New Software Sets Phone Key as Panic Alarm for Lone Workers
By Simon Sage on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 8:25 AM PST In Applications, Enterprise, Security
I just heard about VeriLocation, a company that mostly does enterprise asset tracking, but also has a very cool GPS-enabled personal mobile application that lets users assign one key as a panic key, which, after being held for three seconds, will send GPS coordinates to a 24-hour manned control centre. Even this app is pretty enterprise-centric – features like geofencing let employers know when a lone worker has entered or left a designated site. The service is available for £20 per month with at least a year-long contract, or you could give the two week free trial a shot.
[via Manchester Evening News]
A new safety device has been recently released in the market called buddi. This is primarily a “find me” service that can also be used as a safety device. This unique miniaturized GPS (Global positioning system) tracking and GPS personal locator is equipped with two buttons on either side of the unit. When the buddi wearer finds himself or herself in trouble or in an emergency situation, the wearer can alert the buddi customer response centre by simply pressing the two buttons. When the buddi wearer presses the two buttons on either side of the buddi unit, the GPS personal locator will establish its location and send the coordinates to the buddi customer response as an alert. Immediately a buddi customer response advisor will be notified and will access the database to find the emergency contacts to be contacted and will make the telephone calls to those named contacts in order to resolve the emergency situation. If necessary they will contact the relevant local authorities.