Bluetooth panic button makes emergency calls

A new device from British design consultancy Fen Technology and Ireland's Securecom gives would-be victims a chance to make emergency calls without ever having to touch the phone — as long as it's a Bluetooth-enabled GSM cellphone or GPS satellite phone.

The Wireless Personal Alarm is a button-sized transmitter designed to be worn as a pendant. Press it, and an emergency call goes out to a pre-defined list of contacts with your location triangulated by the network (with a satellite phone, GPS is used, but the unit has to be connected to the phone, kind of defeating the whole point).

reBlogged from Engadget

emily | 5:01 PM | Technology |
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