Experiência de Marca

Indian watch can protect women

The accessory will have a button that, when pressed, will send a text message to the nearest police station

Many solutions have been proffered to help stop violence against women. Few seem like as much of a non- sequitur as India’s. It’s a watch.

Unveiled by information technology minister Kapil Sibal, the watch is already being worked on by the Centre for Development of Advance Computing. It’ll be primarily to reduce crimes against women, but it should prove helpful to anyone.

The watch will have a button that, when pressed, will send a text message to the nearest police station as well as any chosen family members. Included in the text will be location information that the watch’s built-in GPS system always be gathering.

It’ll also have a built-in video camera that will activate when the button is pressed. That camera will shoot for 30 minutes after being pressed. The watch will come in two versions: a $20 one and a $50 one.