Voice Activated Passive Alcohol Sensor, Lion Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: PAS/VAS (passive alcohol system / voice activated system) flashlight from Analytical Systems (Lion Laboratories). This is a voice activated passive sensor that did not incorporate a flashlight. The sound sensing system was activated when a person started talking. Users held it in front of person’s face and got the person talking; the talk started the device’s pumping air and captured a breath sample for analysis. Instead of using semiconductor technology, passive sensors made by Lion Laboratories used a new sensor – the fuel cell – which allowed the unit to be much smaller. However, the device was still only a breath tester, not a flashlight.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0301.12
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0301.12
label: accession number
content: 2014.0301
objectType: label: Object Name
content: breath alcohol tester
label: Object Name
content: Breath alcohol tester
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (sensor material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Measurements
content: sensor: 12 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 31.75 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: case: 2 1/4 in x 13 3/8 in x 2 in; 5.715 cm x 33.9725 cm x 5.08 cm