But help may be at hand for those who realise too late they are tipsier than they would like to be. Scientists have invented a machine which may help them sober up around three times as fast as they usually do. Breathe in: Scientists have invented a machine which may help people sober up three times faster than normal by breathing hard and fast into a face mask which supplies them with carbon dioxide (Pictured: The mask on trial)By hyperventilating they are using the lungs to breathe out the alcohol. The device, developed to help patients overcome carbon monoxide poisoning or recover from anaesthetics more quickly, was adapted to help those at serious risk of alcohol poisoning. The volunteers cleared the alcohol more than three times as fast with the machine, compared with when they did not use it.

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2020 01:35 UTC