Rajasthan teen, Niranjan Suthar, has developed a wearable armour which is capable of delivering a 220-volt shock on contact, for women to protect themselves from molesters. The'Shock Glove' weighs 150 grams and comes equipped with a SIM card, GPS chip, a video camera, 3.4-volt battery and a transformer that amplifies 3.4 volts to 220 volts, for a meagre price of Rs.500. It is a technical hybrid between a shock gun and a cell phone, Sudhar said.
All that a girl has to do is to switch it on when sensing trouble. The moment the girl defends herself with the wired hand, the molester will get a 220-volt shock and the location will be sent to police, according to government officials.
The device is capable of sending help messages, tracking the GPS location and recording video of the incident.
Interestingly, the innovative armour inventor is a class 12 arts student Niranjan Suthar, 17, who couldn't get into Science faculty because of poor grades in class 10 board exam. His zeal for tinkering with electronic gadgets became productive when Suthar came up with the idea of developing a safety device following the Delhi gang rape incident. It took 2 years of trial and error for Suthar to eventually develop this lethal weapon.
His efforts did not go unnoticed as the discovery won first prizes in the district level science fair, Jalore on October 2015 and the 48th state-level science, mathematics and environment exhibition, Ajmer on January 21, 2016.
