So you think that you have the hottest mobile phone out there, huh? Does it detect bad breath? You read that right folks, apparently a German telecommunications company is working on a phone that does just that. This prompts me to ask the burning question, WHY?

A German telecommunications company said on Tuesday it is developing the first mobile phone that will alert users when their breath is bad or if they are giving off offensive smells.

The phone will use a tiny chip measuring less than one millimeter to detect unpleasant odors, a spokeswoman for Siemens Mobile said. A research team in the southern city of Munich is developing the device using new sensor technology.