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Indian Student Develops An Anti-Molestation Device
January 25, 2012
The increasing number of crimes against women in the country is gathering at least somebody’s attention. A young student from GD Goenka School called Manu Sharma has invented a device specifically for this purpose.
It’s a small device which a woman can wear on her wrist and use to protect herself. If commercialized properly, this device can change the lives of many women across the country.
Manu Sharma says that he is well aware of the spate of women in the NCR region and knows what many women go through everyday. The need to do something to stop this menace is what inspired Manu to come up with this device.
Though many women are able to escape such horrible situations, the emotional and mental scars show for a long time in these women. This leads to a disturbed state of mind and depression in some. According to him this new device will make them feel safer during such crises.
The device works in a rather simple manner. It can be worn on the wrist like a watch and when a woman is being physically harassed it will trigger off an electric shock that will be generated from the impulses of the woman. Now to give you a rough idea, a normal person’s impulse rate is somewhere around 60 meters per second but when a woman is being physically manhandled her rate shoots up to 119 meters per second. At this point the device senses the sudden increase in the impulse and gives out a small electric shock of the intensity of 0.01 amperes which is good enough to paralyze the molester for some seconds giving the woman enough time to escape the scene. The device can only feel the hormones of a woman which makes it rather useless for men.
Currently it’s only in the development stage but it is soon to be commercialized. For this invention Manu Sharma has also won accolades from former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam and also the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad. Manu Sharma is working with the National Innovation Federation to make this device more user- friendly and available commercially.
Sharma also believes that some women manage to survive and share their inopportune experiences. However, the torture and harass is certainly not easy to cope up with – eventually leading to mental as well as emotional fear and depression. Through the newly unleashed anti-molestation device, women will be enabled to protect themselves and aggrandize safety in a significant way.
The device, which can be worn seamlessly as a wrist watch, functions to give electric shocks to attackers. But, this happens on the basis of the speed of nerve impulses. To shed some insight, the average speed of nerve impulses that transmit from the brain to other body parts comes to 60 metre per second. However, during attempts of molestation, the speed of nerve impulses raise to 119 metre per second.
That is when the innovatively designed anti-molestation solution senses the increased nerve impulse and hurts the attacked with a small electric shock of 0.01 amperes. It may catch off-guard but the device touts to leave the attacker paralyzed for a few moments, providing the victim with the much-needed time to escape.
Not only this, the unique device also lends support to an integrated camera which helps the wearer click the molester's picture. Though the anti-molestation device is presently under the developmental stage, the medium is anticipated to change the women feel insecure in the country.
Since the innovation features the capability to detect merely the female hormone, it may not be of usage to men. Nevertheless, the purposive equipment emerges to be a significant upcoming beginning to eradicate the incidences of women molestation. Having accomplished accolades from the former President APJ Abdul Kalam, Manu Sharma aims at instilling a feeling of confidence and safety amongst women across the country.
The brilliant student from GD Goenka School has also gained commendable recognition from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. As aforementioned, the anti-molestation device is currently under the developmental phase. But the developer has already started working with the National Innovation Federation to make the device commercially available in the near future. Hopefully, by taking advantage of the product, women and the society at large will be enabled to strengthen the security facet whilst not worrying over any mistreat from the men around.
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