WRISTWATCH ALARM
November 1st, 2001
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE AND KEITH NUTHALLTHE SCENE is familiar; armed robbers hold up a bank and a teller moves to dive beneath a desk to hit the panic button, but is told to freeze or be shot. Companies with exposed personnel such as these might consider buying a new wristband alarm developed by Japanese company Takenaka Engineering Co., Ltd.Its device smacks of James Bond, in that it looks similar to a watch, but contains a wireless transmitter with 100 metres coverage. At a push of a button, its signal can set off sirens or send a telephone message to ...
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