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Delhi based Leaf Wearables Wins $1M Women’s Safety XPRIZE 
8Jun By AdityaNo Comments
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Delhi based Leaf Wearables Wins $1M Women’s Safety XPRIZE 

Anu and Naveen Jain announced Leaf Wearables as the grand prize winner of the $1M Anu & Naveen Jain Women’s Safety XPRIZE at the United Nations in New York City. Entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Anu and Naveen Jain launched a million-dollar prize using the XPRIZE platform, the global leader in designing incentive competitions solving humanity’s grand challenges, to address the safety of women and girls by leveraging technology. Launched in 2016, the idea behind this event is to challenged innovators around the world to create a device that can inconspicuously trigger an emergency alert if a woman is facing a threat and transmit information to a network of community responders, all within 90 seconds and cost under $40. “Safety is a fundamental human right and shouldn’t be conside...
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Wildcraft Enter in Wearable Space, Launched Tracking Device “SPOT”
13Apr By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
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Wildcraft Enter in Wearable Space, Launched Tracking Device “SPOT”

Outdoor gear, apparel and footwear company Wildcraft has launched a GPS tracking device called SPOT, a location monitoring device via app on smartphone. A portable device, SPOT can be worn on the wrist as a band or hooked onto backpack via a clip, the company said. "The launch of SPOT is a first step into the exciting arena of wearable. By allowing you to see the location of your loved ones, SPOT takes away the stress of not knowing where they are if theyve been out of touch", Gaurav Dublish, Director of Wildcraft, said in a release here. "Weve got a host of parents expressing interest in the device from a safety standpoint," the release said. SPOT device comes as a kit with a dual mode technology, GPS + LBS enabling accuracy of up to 10 meters, it said in a release here. Wi...
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