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[GadgetSpy] Design consultancy Fen Technology has teamed with Securecom to develop a Bluetooth-enabled panic alarm that can work with a Bluetooth-based GSM phone or a satellite phone.

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[Charm-Pendant.NET - Jewelry Pendants] Bluetooth enabled panic alarm: PhoneMag.com, AZ - 3 hours ago The Wireless Personal Alarm (WPA) is a Bluetooth pendant that enables the user to send an alarm, with embedded location information, to pre-selected recipients ”¦ Bluetoothenabledpanicalarm

PHONE Magazine @ PhoneMag.comhttp://www.phonemag.com [PHONE Magazine @ PhoneMag.com] Bluetooth enabled panic alarm: The Wireless Personal Alarm (WPA) is a Bluetooth pendant that enables the user to send an alarm, with embedded location information, to pre-selected recipients, while the user’s GSM or satellite mobile handset is beyond their immediate reach. For GSM, the latest network-based location technology is used, while for satellite handsets, embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is utilised.

Senior Citizens : Sharing Our Passion for Humanityhttp://www.seniorcitizens.com [Senior Citizens : Sharing Our Passion for Humanity] Companies seek partners for Bluetooth-enabled panic alarm: Companies seek partners for Bluetooth-enabledpanicalarm Design consultancy Fen Technology Ltd.(Cambridge, England) has teamed with Securecom Technologies Ltd. to develop a Bluetooth-enabledpanicalarm that can work with a Bluetooth-based GSM phone or a satellite phone. The so-called Wireless

[Wearables - wearables.engadget.com] Bluetooth panic button makes emergency calls >: We’ve seen it a dozen times in thrillers: a crime victim struggles to call 911 but the phone is knocked away by the assailant and lies there, just out of reach, as the attacker moves in. A new device from British design consultancy Fen Technology and Ireland’s Securecom could give would-be victims a chance to make that emergency call 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).

[Charm-Pendant.NET - Jewelry Pendants] Bluetooth enabled panic alarm: Esato, Norway - 1 hour ago The Wireless Personal Alarm (WPA) is a Bluetooth pendant that enables the user to send an alarm, with embedded location information, to pre-selected recipients ”¦ Bluetoothenabledpanicalarm

[Krunker] Bluetooth panic button: Fen Technology in conjunction with Securecom Technologies Ltd., has developed a Bluetooth enabled panic alarm that can work with Bluetooth enabled GSM phoens or satellite phones. The alarm is integrated into a snall button sizes pendant that a user would wear. If the person is in trouble, all the person would need to do is press the pendant to send out an alarm to their connected phones. Sounds like a pretty cool idea except… what happens when your significant other accidentally presses the pendant b/c the person is trying to hold you?

[Computer Alchemy] Bluetooth panic button makes emergency calls: A new device from British design consultancy FenTechnology and Ireland’s Securecom could give would-be victims a chance to make that emergency call without ever havingto touch the phone — as long as it’s a Bluetooth-enabled GSM cellphone or GPS satellite phone. The Wireless PersonalAlarm is a button-sized transmitter designed to be worn as a pendant. Press it, and an emergency call goes out to apre-defined list of contacts with your location triangulated by the network (with a satellite phone, GPS is used, butthe unit has to be connected to the phone, kind of defeating the whole point). Let’s just hope the developers don’tmake this thing look too good or it may be the first thing the thief grabs.

DoubleViking[DoubleViking] Bluetooth-enabled panic alarm: The so-called Wireless Personal Alarm is a button-size Bluetooth pendant that enables the user to send an alarm, with embedded location information to preselected recipients, while the user’s GSM or satellite mobile handset is beyond their immediate reach. For GSM, the latest network-based location technology is used; for satellite handsets, embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is utilized.

textually.org[textually.org] Bluetooth panic button makes emergency calls: 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).

[Wireless - wireless.engadget.com] Bluetooth panic button makes emergency calls >: We’ve seen it a dozen times in thrillers: a crime victim struggles to call 911 but the phone is knocked away by the assailant and lies there, just out of reach, as the attacker moves in. A new device from British design consultancy Fen Technology and Ireland’s Securecom could give would-be victims a chance to make that emergency call 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).

Wireless.weblogsinc.com[Wireless.weblogsinc.com] Bluetooth Personal Panic Alarm Launched - The Wireless Weblog ...: The WPA is a pendant that allows users to send an alarm, with embedded location information, to pre-selected recipients. The device is available either as a standalone or in conjunction with a dongle needed to connect with a satellite handset.

Wireless.weblogsinc.com[Wireless.weblogsinc.com] Bluetooth Personal Panic Alarm Launched - The Wireless Weblog ...: The WPA is a pendant that allows users to send an alarm, with embedded location information, to pre-selected recipients. The device is available either as a standalone or in conjunction with a dongle needed to connect with a satellite handset.

Wireless.weblogsinc.com[Wireless.weblogsinc.com] New Bluetooth-Enabled GPS Receiver Unveiled - The Wireless Weblog ...: The PowerMAX is the world’s first affordable, professional mapping-grade receiver featuring Bluetooth® wireless technology. It features the same dependability and value for which other members of CSI’s MAX family of DGPS receivers - the DGPS MAX and the mini MAX - are renowned.

http://dazilgroup.blogspot.com [Dazilgroup.blogspot.com] Heads up!: Bluetooth Personal Panic Alarm Launched: The WPA is a pendant that allows users to send an alarm, with embedded location information, to pre-selected recipients. The device is available either as a standalone or in conjunction with a dongle needed to connect with a satellite handset.

http://www.idfuel.com [Idfuel.com] IDFuel, the Industrial Design Weblog: All of these devices are monitored through a base unit small enough to carry in a pocket or clip on a belt like a cell phone. If any of the RFID devices are separated more than twelve feet from the base receiver, both devices sound an alarm to notify the user. The base receiver will track the location of your valuables on an LCD screen while the alarm on the devices will help to locate them and deter thieves.

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