Two of the inventors
Manisha Mohan (left) and Rimpi Tripathy.
The lingerie would deliver electric shock waves of 3,800,000
volts to an attacker and features GPS.
The garment can also
send emergency text messages to the police.
The unusual prototype
was created by three Indian students at SRM University in Chennai, who wanted
to combat ongoing violence against women.
The protective
underwear, named Society Harnessing Equipment (SHE), purportedly delivers up to
82 electric shocks to a would-be offender when pressure sensors on the item
detect unwanted force, according to The Times of India.
"A person trying
to molest a girl will get the shock of his life the moment pressure sensors get
activated, and the GPS and GSM modules would send an SMS (to the Indian
emergency number) as well as to parents of the girl," said one inventor,
Manisha Mohan.
Mohan and her two
colleagues, Rimpi Tripathi and Neeladri Basu Pal, hope to begin commercial
production of the device later this month.
The issue of sexual
assault in India has remained on the public radar since the December gang rape
of a 23-year-old student on a public bus in Delhi.
The victim died
thirteen days after the attack. The attack sparked mass anger and
demonstrations across India. There have also been two sexual assault-related
cases reported by female tourists. In the last three months, the number of
foreigners traveling to India has dropped by 25 percent, according to a recent
study by the New Delhi-based Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
The number of female
tourists has dropped by 35 percent, the study claimed.
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