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MIT Student Invents Ice That Tattles on Binge Drinkers

Donald Deane — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:00:45 +0000

When it comes to ice, we only want it to do one thing -- make our drinks cold. We certainly don't want it to snitch to our friends after we've had one too many. But a MIT student has invented exactly that -- digital ice that monitors how quickly someone is drinking and sends out an alert when they've hit their limit.

Do You Qualify As a Binge Drinker? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:26:29 +0000

According to a survey involving about 450,000 adults, 17 percent of Americans are binge drinkers. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention describes binge drinking as consuming four or more alcoholic drinks for a woman, and five or more for a man. There has been a two percent uptick in the percentage of Americans who report binge [...]