Designing Fashionable Medic Alerts

WiseWear’s line of luxury bracelets is called the Socialite collection. Like other wearables, they track fitness and can receive mobile alerts. But unlike most other wearables, the bangles can also send a distress signal to emergency contacts should something go wrong.

"It’s a safety device for women," Wilmink says. "Imagine a woman is at an event and leaves late at night, walks into a dark parking lot, and someone unusual comes up. She can tap the bracelet three times, and it sends a distress message to loved ones with her location. They know exactly where she is." And if someone falls and can’t get up, like Wilmink’s grandfather, they have a way of calling for help.

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