Hi-tech lingerie to help women fight sexual offences

Three automobile engineers from Chennai have developed

lingerie called ‘Society Harnessing Equipment (SHE)’ having modules of GPS, which they claim are capable of sending alerts to the girl’s parents and police as soon as the sexual offenders try to attack her. The product with global system for mobile communications (GSM) and also pressure sensors, is capable of sending shock waves of 3,800 KV as well as alerts.

Developed by Manisha Mohan, an engineering student of Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University in Chennai, along with her two colleagues Rimpi Tripathi and Neeladri Basu Pal, he developed the proto-type of SHE and are busy fine-tuning the product for commercial roll out in April. The innovative design bagged an award at the Gandhian Young Technology Award-2013 event organised at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

Though they are getting a lot of joint venture offers, nothing has been finalised yet. The trio has also approached their friend in National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to help with the right fabric choice for the product so that it can be a washable one.