Taking their cues from a brutal December 16th rape in Delhi last year,
three engineering students in India developed a foundation garment
they’re calling a “Society Harnessing Equipment” or (SHE) and it’s being
referred to as the latest in “anti-rape” lingerie. It took the students
three months to invent it.
The garment is designed to help women ward off unwanted sexual advances
by detecting the touch of a potential assailant and delivering 82
electric shocks. And it’s smart enough to contact the local police
station as well as a victim’s family alert them she’s in danger.
SRM University student Manisha Mohan, 20, (located in Chennai) is one of
the creators of the project. She calls the invention “a retaliation
against menaces in society.”
The slip-like piece looks like an average white nightgown lined with a
polymer. It is form-fitted to the body and can apparently be worn with a
dress or skirt. The students say studies have shown that attackers often
reach for a woman’s breasts first, so the bra-area is outfitted with a
series of sensors “calibrated to detect pinching and squeezing.”
Mohan told the Daily Beast that once a pressure censor is activated,
the garment sends out an electric shock so strong that when she tried it
out, it left burn marks on her skin for weeks–the side that touches the
skin is insulated so that the wearer doesn’t feel any of the shock.
Mohan further explained that a woman can flip an electric switch
attached to the waist of the garment when she feels she is in potential
danger. The slip comes equipped with a GPS device designed to be
programmed by the wearer to send an SMS alert to family an to the
nearest police department when she’s in trouble.
The students are in the process of launching the product and hope to
have available for purchase within a few weeks.
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