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MIAMI, Fla. (1P) -- A trio of kiss is good. If it is low, the a minute amount of electrical
Miami students have devised kiss is bad." current through their bodies.
a machine that measures the R e s i s t a n c e, as used by When their lips meet, the cir-
smooching power generated Woods, is purely a technical cuit is completed."
by two people kissing. It's term in describing the num- The rest is up to the cou-
called the kissometer. ber of e 1 e ct r o n s that get ple. An ohmeter reaction de-
Its creators, including a through. penda on the length and in-
bouncy 18- year -old brunette, The kissometer is rigged tensity of the kiss. At each
are having a lot of fun with with flashing lights and ring- level of intensity, the circuit
ing bells. The lowest quality is switched to one of the
trial runs. kiss flashes a sign that says, lights or bells.
"It all d e p e n d s on the "Dead fish." A Casanova em- Don Barachak, 21, from Is-
sparkle inside you," said Tati- brace will register "Woweee." hp, N. Y., and Tatiana have
ana Prilutchi, the only female The hottest smooching regis- given the kissomter a few
in her electrical engineering ters a "Woweee" and clangs dry runs — when they can get
class. "If you feel all tingling a bell. the rest of the students away
inside, your kiss will show it." "The machine works on sci- from it. They report it's a suc-
John Woods, 21, Chillicothe, entific principles," said Tati- cess.
Ohio, takes a more pedestrian ana, of North Miami Beach. "It was built for an expo -
view. "The kissometer is pure- "The couple inside the booth sition as part of National En-
ly dependent on the resistance hold an electronically charged gineering Week," Woods ex-
of the kiss. If it is high, the probe in their hands. It sends plained.