newcenter 5's antoinette antonio has the story from worcester. technology, its essentially like a fitbit but instead on monitoring your steps it's tracking drug use. it's the latest technology in the fight against the opioid crisis. >> someone who's using cocaine has more of a jittery disorganized movement in their arms body movements associated with drug use, downloaded to a smartphone. the hope is to recognize patterns of drug use that lead to an addiction, and in many cases to an overdose. one of the things we want to figure out is how we can predict when someone who's in treatment drug and whether or not we can create an intervention that really in real-time prevents them from using . reporter: dr. peter chai is on the team researching the monitors. so far 20 people are taking part in the study. also in the works at umass medical school, these pills that detect how much and how often patients takes pain medication after they leave hospital. each capsule, has not only the sensor inside. >> theres a little battery in here that activates when it

this is newcenter 5 eyeopener. doug: good morning. saturday morning. i'll doug meehan. antoinette: i'm antoinette antonio. we have a.j. burnett with us this morning. you have a great forecast for a.j.: sure do. looks like a great weekend with plenty of sunshine and the bain desoleil. antoinette: you might need spf-50. that's my suggestion. a.j.: lots of sun today. again, be mindful of that sun angle out there. don't want to be debbie downer, but don't get a burn. you can spend more time outdoors today. lots of sun in store al now, in terms of the humidity, yesterday, we were near 90 and it was ultra humid. oppressive, actually. that has come down and now it's a lot more comfortable. so a litt still a little sticky, but much more comfortable today than it was yesterday at this time. 60, bedford. blue hill at 66. boston at 73. beverly, 63 degrees. we've got mid to upper 60s down toward the cape. chatham at 71 right now. line. sea breezes knocking things back along the coast and plenty of sunshine. do it again tomorrow, shall we? details on the forecast coming up in a bit.

reporting in jp, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newcenter 5. doug: investigators have determined the cause of an overnight fire in manchester by the sea. authorities say a malfunction of the basement dehumidifier unit started a fire in the vine street home about 1:30 yesterday morning. smoke detectors alerted residents to the danger and they were able to get out of the building in time. the fire was knocked down within an hour and nobody was hurt. antoinette: right now, police are hoping video will help them stop a rash of car break-ins. take a look. acushnet police releasing this surveillance video yesterday from the air of james and john streets. they say it shows the suspect checking the door handles for if you see this person or if you recognize the person, please give police a call. doug: the driver charged after crashing into a restaurant in hingham is due in court tomorrow. jeffrey mahoney is facing several charges, including drug possession. three people were injured, two seriously, after friday night's crash of the square cafe. the pas