For Writing in | 27/11/2014 15:00
Imagine you went out with your friends to celebrate something as a possible promotion, for example. At first comes to beer, vodka and then suddenly you find a great idea to start drinking tequila. When all that alcohol takes effect, bad ideas start to get good and you call your ex-girlfriend, just not knowing where your friends are and do some crazy things. The other day, the awakening happen very hungover and with no memory. Dangerous, is not it?
To prevent this kind of situation happens, an application called Drunk Mode was created. As the name implies, it is designed to protect the drunk people from the effects of alcohol, but all the smartphone. The product was created by Joshua Anton, a college student of 23 who is already achieving very positive results with your idea.
Ok, but what about what this does?
According to information published by the Telegraph site, the application in question is able to protect the user in different ways. First, the Drunk Mode must be enabled before you get to the bar or ballad. After this happens, the software blocks the address book (so you do not think the ex-girlfriend), blocks social applications and still sends warning messages to you.
To further improve, using GPS your smartphone, the Drunk Mode shows where your friends so you do not miss. Meanwhile, a feature called Breadcrumbers shows the locations where you were during the evening. With that, upon waking, you can redo the whole script mentally to try to find the lost memories because of the drink.
The condom for smartphones …
The idea Drunk Mode may seem a little strange for more conservative minds, but Anton and his partner in developing the app, Justin Washington, have managed to attract 150,000 fans between iOS platforms and Android – their product, for now, is available only for these two operating systems.
When asked about the inspiration to create a tool like this, they said the goal is to allow people to have fun without any danger or drama – but without the need of being drunk 24 hours a day and seven days a week as well as themselves warn before downloading the app. “It’s like a condom for your mobile phone. This keeps you safe, “adds Anton.
Of course, the software can not prevent stupid actions are made, but its creators are trying. So much so that there is the promise of an update for 2015, bringing new features to the Drunk Mode. One would be the recovery and deleting images sent through Snapchat – preventing embarrassing photographs to be published. In case you’re wondering, to disable the app, all you need to do is solve some mathematical problems.
To learn more about the tool, click here to access the official website of Drunk Mode.
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