Mint profiles five innovative ideas by students from engineering colleges across the country that made it to the list of Top 10 Innovations of 2015 compiled by Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson AB

Team Members: Avinash Bansal, Ayush Banka, Chiraag Kapil, Manik Mehta, Paras Batra

College: IIT Delhi

Rank: One of the two winners

Appalled by the brutal gangrape-murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student in New Delhi in 2012, five students from IIT-Delhi came together to create a prototype of wearable jewellery fitted with a Bluetooth device that can send alerts and messages to family and friends through a smartphone app.

While this may seem like any other wearable security device for women, it taps nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi routers in addition to the Global Positioning System (GPS) to track and locate users. In addition, it relies on a network of people using the app to call for help, and not just family and friends..........Read more

 

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