Smart accessories help people wear against sexual harassment

Clothes, necklaces, rings with alarm bells, GPS positioning and camera back to evidence of sexual assault or harassment.

Alexandra Ceranek, 48 years old in Germany, shared that she was lucky to escape a sexual assault thanks to her shorts with alarm bells . The two attackers she ran away when the bell rang.

Sandra Seilz, founder of Safe Shorts, said she released the bell-type pants because of a sexual assault. The pants are designed with the ability to resist the pulling force. Pants have a digital lock that only the wearer can open. Alarm bells activate when someone tries to pull down the pants. The price of pants alarms from 2.6 to 3.4 million VND.

The pants are designed with locks against falling traction and alarms when the owner is in danger.(Photo: WT).

Sexual assault or sexual harassment can happen to all women in the world. Some companies develop devices and accessories to prevent this situation and alert the victim's relatives. Rishi Kaul analyst, said many devices allow users to simply press the alarm button and their location will be sent to the pre-selected contact numbers.

In it, the bracelet named Onee is made by engineers at Harvard Business School, USA and paired to help two wearers identify each other. Before activating, the wearer synchronizes his device with the other person's bracelet via a software. The one who wears the bracelet for the first time means safety, the second touch means danger and needs help.

The Leaf Wearables Company in India also produces Safer neck chains that connect to a mobile application. This device is both a beauty accessory and acts as an emergency alarm when its wearer is in danger.

Similarly, Nimb Company Nimb Smart Ring , Russia, also integrates an emergency alarm button to send the employer's alerts and location to the list of pre-selected phone numbers. Warning information is also forwarded to emergency services.

The Nimb ring also has a voice recording function to collect evidence through the user's phone when the help is activated. Once the quote is sent, your contacts are notified in a variety of ways, such as messages, notifications, vibrations, phone calls, emails. People wearing Nimbs will notice their ring vibrate and know that there are friends and relatives in danger. If you add a police phone number, the help will be sent to them with full data of the sender's name, gender and location. The price of a Nimb ring is about 1.8 million dong.

Kathy Roma, the founder of Nimb, said the ring was designed to have a warning-deleting feature within 20 seconds if accidentally mistakenly pressed. To delete, users need to enter the password, so not everyone can do it.

"In case an attacker threatens to delete, you can use a special password to issue the" I am forced to delete "command. Those who receive this message will immediately know you are in a situation like how, ' Roma said.

Those who wear this device will notice their ring vibrating to alert their relatives and friends who are in danger.(Photo: DN).

In the more advanced segment, Occly, USA produces a security device called Blinc. This product is equipped with an alarm button, 4 small cameras that record evidence of an attack, then activate the alarm and flash.

Other smart wearable devices include an alarm button that connects to the mobile application, helping users notify their relatives and friends that they have arrived safely. If the user presses three times, the warning signal for help will be taken to the list of five pre-selected relatives' phone numbers.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in every three women in the world has experienced some form of attack whether it is physical or sexual assault. Nearly 40% of victims are related to their lovers or husbands.

Analyst Rishi Kaul said safety wearables for women account for about 3.5% of the global wear market share. However, these devices are still few people interested. Currently, many mobile applications have similar features, some of which can be activated by shouting or shaking the phone vigorously.