Thursday, August 1, 2013

Teeth of truth? Mouth-mounted health sensor invented

Researchers have developed a mouth-worn sensor that can detect if a patent has been drinking, smoking or coughing.It used to be that loose lips sank ships but, if a group of researchers from the National Taiwan University have their way, the expression will soon have to be modified to cover loose dentures too.The five-strong team at the university’s departments of computer science and information engineering and electrical engineering have published a paper detailing their development of a tooth-mounted sensor that will spill the beans to doctors and dentists if a patient is being less than honest regarding eating, smoking or drinking…

Source: http://www.dentapress.com/headlines/5306-teeth-of-truth-mouth-mounted-health-sensor-invented.html

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