The Associated Press reports on a patent filed by a Florida inventor for a steering wheel sensor that tests for blood alcohol through skin contact, and refuses to start the car if you’re too drunk. The article points out that the auto industry will likely be resistant to such an invention. Nonetheless, we are surely approaching the age of smart objects. Embedded sensors will completely transform our experience of the manufactured world. (Via Slashdot and the Washington Post, but Google News reports this story in 192 total sources as of this morning.)
