‘Nirbhaya’ device to help people in distress The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre at Mumbai has developed a personal distress signalling device ‘Nirbhaya’ that will send SOS messages to police besides near and dear ones during any emergency faced by its user. The compact low cost tele-distress alarm device will be linked to a cell phone that would send SMSs to the police and the family in case of distress, “whatever be its nature... kidnap, attack, robbery or heart attack,” according a release by the BARC. The device, that is rugged and cannot be destroyed easily, has been named ‘Nirbhaya.’ after the December 16 Delhi gangrape victim. It can be easily carried around in a pocket or purse and requires a cell phone for its functionality, the release said. During an emergency, the user has to press a single switch on the device and it will automatically send signal on bluetooth to multiple cell phones along with its GPS location.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:55:45 +0000
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