Type Private Founded 2001 Headquarters San Francisco CA, USA | Industry Consumer Electronics Founder Keith Nothacker Area served Worldwide | |
BACtrack is a brand of portable breathalyzers owned by KHN Solutions. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Company history
BACtrack was founded by Keith Nothacker in 2001, during his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania, when he began selling consumer products online.
In 2004, BACtrack was the first company to receive the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing clearance to sell breathalyzers to the general public for personal use.
BACtrack Mobile Smartphone Breathalyzer
The BACtrack Mobile Smartphone Breathalyzer is a pocket-size breathalyzer that pairs with smartphones and other smart devices via an app and Bluetooth LE, producing an estimate of blood alcohol content (BAC). Results are displayed on the smart device or smartphone screen. Released on April 23, 2013, the device was the first smartphone-connected breathalyzer available for commercial purchase.
Awards
The BACtrack Mobile Smartphone Breathalyzer won a Popular Science “Best of What’s New Award” as a breakthrough technology in the Health Category for 2013.
BACtrack Mobile and BACtrack Keychain received Car and Driver's highest rating in an industry-wide comparison in March, 2014.
BACtrack Consumption Report
In June, 2014, BACtrack released the BACtrack Consumption Report an aggregation of drinking data and alcohol consumption patters compiled from users of the BACtrack Mobile Smartphone Breathalyzer.
The data were compiled over the course of a year and represent more than 100,000 alcohol tests taken in over 35 countries, and in all 50 US States. Some of the information in the report includes average blood alcohol content by city and state.