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ITS A FITNESS TRACKER, A WATCH, AND A STRONG DETERRENT AGAINST PERSONAL ATTACKS – ALL-IN-ONE!
THE ON-BOARD CAMERA TAKES IMAGES OF ATTACKERS AND SENDS THEM TO OUR SECURE SERVER!
Its not another panic button, or mobile phone app. TekkoCam is designed to deter attackers. Stop attacks before they escalate. TekkoCam is an everyday wrist-wearable, fashionable accessory that contains the technology to deter personal attacks, alert bystanders in the vicinity, notify your trusted contacts of your location and status, and collect a visual record to assist police in their investigations. It also protects your handbag and valuables from bag snatchers– you can see how in the video! The system also has a discreet amber alert, which takes images and notifies contacts discreetly (useful in domestic violence or hold-up situations). On top of this it incorporates a clock, fitness tracker/sleep tracker (pedometer) making it functional in today’s “wearable” world. It’s a revolutionary new system that takes all modern technology has to offer, and integrates it into a strong deterrent.
Why did we begin designing the TekkoCam?
If you watch the news and/or social media, you cannot miss the fact that the world is changing. Attacks against women, men, children, the elderly, and vulnerable members of the community have all increased across the world.
At TekkoCam we believe everyone should be able to live their lives in peace and safety.
NOT ANOTHER INEFFECTIVE PANIC BUTTON
We investigated other personal safety devices, and couldn’t help but think they are ineffective, old fashioned.
As parents, concerned citizens and people who are appalled by the rise in violence worldwide, we asked these simple questions:
Why can’t technology help to deter attacks? Stop them from happening?
There must be something better than a panic alarm? Better than a button that just notifies me my children/loved ones are in danger? Something better than a mobile phone app which is often hard to get to -especially if it is in a handbag!
Whilst panic buttons and apps that alert contacts were a step forward years ago, where are the new generation of safety devices?
Current personal safety devices DON’T STOP MY CHILDREN or LOVED ONES BEING HURT, it simply tells me where to find them, crying and hurt. How can we do better?
With those questions in mind we began designing a strong deterrent. Something that would make an attacker run away!
We then had to ask the following question of ourselves and those with technical and law enforcement expertise:
What would stop an assailant from carrying out an attack?
The Answer? BEING CAUGHT!
THAT’S WHY WE AT TEKKOCAM:
1. Added a Camera with a flash! Images are uploaded to our secure server!
2. Added a High Intensity LED strobe to the siren module and the wristband of the TekkoCam System!
Strobe Module on Bag attracts attention!
Siren Module with LED Strobe
Bright LED Flash on wristband attracts attention
3. Added a loud Siren with a voice warning that “Images Location Sent to Authorities” (available in different languages soon)
4. Developed the Safety In Numbers Group (SING) feature. Connect via the TekkoCam App with friends while out and about, to keep assistance close by!
SING group. Everyone to the rescue!
5. Incorporated a watch and fitness tracker to make it useful and more likely for people to wear it, and thus protect themselves!
Watch, Fitness Tracker, Safety…. All in One!
6. Brought out a range of adjustable, interchangeable bands in various colours, to match clothes, mood or tastes!
Interchangeable, coloured bands!
Removable POD
7. Included a pocket/handbag size branded Power Bank so you’re never without power! The power bank comes with every TekkoCam purchased, and its also a perk for those who pledge!
All these components, 1 through 6, added together, work hand-in-hand to create a device people are happy to wear, can use to track steps or sleep, use as a watch, and of course, use as a strong deterrent against assaults.
Why a still camera? Why not video? Why not audio? The answer is simple – a series of still photographs are easy to send to our server. Video takes time to record and a long time to send over WiFi let alone a mobile phone network. The same goes for audio. A single image can be sent quickly, thus even if the phone and wristband are broken, the image has been sent, the assailant can be caught.
Where is TekkoCam marketing to?
Our Patent Application is world-wide.
At this stage we are in discussions with people, organisations, charities, educational institutions and more globally.
So far we have our brochures and marketing material translated into French, Japanese, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese. Soon we will have Chinese, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Indonesian, and more.
So where to from here?
Well, we have done a lot of the main stuff already! So far we have:
Electrical Engineering Underway – Components selected and design ongoing. Final product will be FCC, CE certified as minimum!
Mobile Phone App Underway
Server Architecture and Security designed and being enhanced in concert with Mobile App development
Aesthetic Prototype Made
Packaging & Distribution Networks Investigated, quotes received for worldwide shipping
Website and Social Media Active
Movies About TekkoCam Filmed and Published
Cost Analysis Done
Networking with People, Businesses, Charities, and Government Bodies Worldwide
And What’s next?
What’s the most important thing for TekkoCam? What’s the one thing we need to make people safer across the world?
What can you do?
Support us on Indiegogo, and bring in a new age of personal safety across the world! Join us in our vision of a world where attacks are deterred and people are safe to go about their lives.
Until such times as education and awareness reach a level where people can go about their lives in safety, the TekkoCam System will be there.
Pledge or buy today, and make a safer tomorrow!
Please note: the ability to pay with credit card is available, however, you must first click on ‘proceed with PayPal’ to reach this option.
Thank you from all the team at TekkoCam!
Risks and Challenges for the TekkoCam System.
1. Will it work? We have spent many months in consultation with electrical engineers and mobile app developers. Whilst the concept seems easy enough, we have had to work around a number of obstacles to reach the point where we are confident in the device working as described above. Because we want to ensure it can be used even by those with no WiFi and/or poor network coverage, we have had to develop the system to be able to handle such instances. We are proud that we have developed the system to work in a variety of situations and look forward to seeing it available all over the world.
2.When it comes to technology, and especially wearables, size constraints with regard to electrical engineering and design are a major concern. We have worked with several electrical engineering firms both in Australia and abroad, and have only moved forward with the project once we obtained a dimensional solution for our MVP that met our size requirements. We are very confident that the final product will be well within our prescribed size and design specifications, as reflected in our Aesthetic Prototype. Further development and research will focus on evolving the design by adding additional features whist keeping size, design and aesthetics in mind.
3. Finding the perfect ratio between image quality and image size is a fine balance. Finding this balance ensured that TekkoCam takes images, and uploads them as quickly as possible. Where a WIFI connection or 4G network is available, the size of the image is not as much of a concern. But we aim to be able to send images in areas of poor mobile coverage as well. The challenge here was to find the balance between image quality (how high must image resolution be, to be utilised by authorities in their investigations?) and size/speed of upload. We continue to research and develop this so we can always get the best quality image sent to our server quickly.
4. Design and Production Delays are a risk in technological projects such as TekkoCam. We are very confident that our experience in running multiple businesses across a wide array of industries for the last 15 years will be beneficial in minimising the incidence of delays. Our effective hands-on management approach and close working relationships with designers and manufacturers will keep the TekkoCam Project on track to meet every milestone from our Indiegogo campaign through to Delivery.