Phones to check our breath for disease

According to TechRadar, a new chip can tell if we're drunk or have lung cancer.

Middlesex-based Applied Nanodetectors has come up with a chip that can analyse anyone's breath and look for indicators of health problems, including carbon dioxide, ammonia and nitrous oxide, as well as alcohol.

The company has already built the device into a mobile phone with an air hole that lets it function similarly to an alcohol breathalyser – just blow and you're done.

While the bio-chip can detect lung cancer, diabetes, asthma and food poisoning, it's slightly worrying that the makers suggest its presence in a phone might allow doctors to be automatically notified.

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emily | 9:30 AM | Technology |
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