Wearable safety adhesive can detect an assault

Student in India invents a wearable device that could help save the vulnerable from sexual predators.

IndiaUnited States11 Aug 2017

Wearable device | Photo source MIT Media Lab/Jimmy Day

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A university student in India has invented Intrepid, an adhesive device that can detect assault when the user is unable to defend themselves. Intrepid, a small, slim and stick-on device can be attached to any item of clothing, or even a handbag. Manisha Mohan, a grad student at MIT’s Living Mobile lab created the device after experiencing safety issues herself when studying late in India. Compelled to want her independence, she penned this innovation, which is made up of two conductive elements, a non-conductive strip and hydrogel which is an adhesive. The device can be washed, as long as the mechanical part…

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