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Arrive Alive Technologies to Develop World's First Passive Ignition Interlock System to Eliminate Drunk Driving.


Strategic Partners Sought to Fast-Track Production of Revolutionary Technology Based on Exclusive Rights Patent

FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- Arrive Alive Technologies (www.arrivealivetech.com) announced today its intent to produce and market the world's first Passive Ignition Interlock Noun 1. ignition interlock - a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting; "car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock"
interlock
 System specifically designed to prevent individuals from operating private or commercial motorized mo·tor·ize  
tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es
1. To equip with a motor.

2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles.

3. To provide with automobiles.
 vehicles (automobiles, trucks, boats, airplanes, forklifts) while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The company, which is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL, is currently seeking investors to fast-track production of the revolutionary life-saving device.

"We are seeking funding in support of our development effort and have been getting a lot of interest from potential investors and technology partners," said Michael De Prado, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Arrive Alive Technologies. "We look forward to selecting the right extended team to bring our solution to market."

The Arrive Alive system is based upon the company's exclusive rights to a patent that was granted to Neuro-Clinical Psychologist and Arrive Alive Chairman Dr. Dennis Bellehumeur in May 2005. The system uses a galvanic sensor that can be embedded in the steering wheel of virtually any vehicle to measure epidermal Epidermal
Referring to the thin outermost layer of the skin, itself made up of several layers, that covers and protects the underlying dermis (skin).

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epidermal
 (skin) elements of the driver. Alcohol content, sweat, temperature, and other measurements are read continuously by the system to determine if the driver is under the influence of alcohol. If the driver is determined to be impaired, the system works in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem"
tandem
 with logic circuits connected to the vehicle's ignition system ignition system

In a gasoline engine, the means used for producing an electric spark to ignite the fuel-air mixture in the cylinders to produce the motive force. The ignition system consists of a storage battery recharged by a generator, an induction coil, a device to
 to prevent operation.

Unlike other interlock A device that prohibits an action from taking place.  solutions currently on the market that require drivers to submit breath samples in order to be effective, the Arrive Alive system will not require the driver to change behavior in the operation of the vehicle.

"The ability to provide effective monitoring in a completely unobtrusive fashion through the steering wheel is what will really separate the Arrive Alive system from the competition," said Dr. Bellehumeur. "Breath-based systems are easily defeated by having a sober passenger or friend submit to the test. Our system monitors the driver, and only the driver throughout the entire time that the vehicle is in operation, so it's virtually foolproof."

Since the Arrive Alive system's core sensor array A sensor array is a set of several sensors that an information gathering device uses to gather information (usually directional in nature) that cannot be gathered from a single source for a central processing unit.  is integrated to the steering wheel, providing consistent contact with the driver, there is also great potential to expand the system to detect other substances or forms of impairment that would impact driving performance, such as fatigue.

Dr. Bellehumeur's research and dedication toward developing the Arrive Alive system began 15 years ago when his then-teenage son crashed his car into a utility pole while intoxicated in·tox·i·cate  
v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates

v.tr.
1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.

2.
, leaving him hospitalized with brain damage. "I dream of one day eliminating the pain and suffering that is experienced daily around the world due to operation of motorized vehicles while under the influence of drugs and alcohol," said Bellehumeur.

About Arrive Alive Technologies: (www.arrivealivetech.com)

Fort Lauderdale-based Arrive Alive Technologies has patented a process and method that prevents the operation of a motor vehicle by persons under the effects of alcohol and certain hallucinogenic drugs. The management team consists of Dennis Bellehumeur, Founder and Chairman; Michael De Prado, Co-Founder and Managing Director; Rick Abrams, Co-Founder and Managing Director; and John T. Mooney, Co-Founder and Managing Director.

General Information - www.arrivealivetech.com

Patent information - http://www.arrivealivetech.com/patent

Investor Information - Michael De Prado, T: 954-308-7522 * E: mdeprado@arrivealivetech.com

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