Wearable, shareable consumer tech built to help and not harm the user? Believe it. Meet the blood alcohol concentration–tracking Buzz bracelet and the unorthodox design process that birthed it.
TECH
CALL IT AN UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH: 22% of undergraduates experience unwanted sexual contact in college, and 70% of sexual assault cases on campus involve alcohol-induced incapacitation. The central issue is consent: Who gives it, and who is able to give it. Can tech help solve the problem?
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