Big-Brother device keeps drinkers off the streets

Remote monitoring is becoming very popular. AIN has assisted in cases where remote monitoring of water ways have saved time for technicians traveling to check them.

But this is something new, remote monitoring people for drinking to save lives. Drink drive offenders are now being remotely monitored to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

indystar.com reviews the device that is being trailed in the USA

The device is called SCRAM, which stands for secure, continuous, remote alcohol-monitoring device. It includes two plastic boxes strapped to an offender's ankle. One box sniffs out any alcohol by sucking up sweat. The other has a computer that sends the information to a modem linked to the offender's phone, which sends a message to probation officials by the Internet