We’ve seen a lot of personal safety devices over the past few years, but very few have claimed to cover as many bases as the Occly Blinc. As a personal safety device, it’s bigger and a lot less elegant than some of the more fashion-forward options we’ve covered, but it might be worth sacrificing form […]
There are two kinds of personal safety gadgets — silent and loud. Run Angel is definitely the latter. The wristband blasts out a 120 dB siren with a press of a button, while also sending out texts and emails to trusted contacts. Unlike a few other personal safety wearables, Run Angel doesn’t try to pass for […]
In personal safety tech, there’s never going to be one gadget that solves every problem. Fortunately, there are tons of gadgets and apps that can help in different situations, and now we can add Brio to the list. Brio isn’t the most sophisticated gadget we’ve seen, but the concept is simple and reliable enough to […]
Anyone who wants to use technology to help them stay safe at night has no shortage of options. We recently looked at over a dozen apps and gadgets built to help users reach out to trusted contacts or authorities in case of an emergency, but most were either apps or wearable sirens. Aluma Connect, which […]
For women in 2016, it’s a fact of life that as far as personal safety is concerned, it’s better to be prepared than to be caught unawares. Here, we’ve rounded up a litany of options that will help you feel safer without compromising on style. Most of the items listed below are classic “panic button” […]
One of the great things about wearables is the avenues they’ve opened up for personal safety. Way back before wearables took the tech scene by storm, we looked into the idea of using smartphone apps to help prevent sexual violence. One of the biggest shortcomings of those apps was that they necessitated using a smartphone […]
Looks, as always, can be deceiving. On Blingsting.com, you can find a fun little keychain called the Ahh!-larm. Well, that’s the deceiving part, anyway. This heart is all business — it doubles as a deafening alarm that can startle or scare off predators or muggers late at night. The Ahh!-larm is more or less your […]
