Did YOU see it? Stunning photos show last night's SUPERMOON as it rose over Edinburgh, Istanbul and San.What's causing Europe's extreme summer? As England officially declares drought, rivers run dry in Germany.How does NASA's new mega moon rocket stack up against Neil Armstrong's Saturn V? Ahead of its launch debut.‘Everyone who might face danger in their work needs to have Panic Button on his or her phone.’ ‘This is an essential tool for activists, human rights defenders, students and lawyers. ‘We hope Panic Button will ensure future cases of unlawful detention in Sudan do not go undetected, allowing us to mobilise to help more people. Ibrahim Alsafi, a human rights activist in Sudan who has been involved in the testing of the app, said: ‘It is really scary to find out that an activist has been detained for months without anyone knowing anything about them or working to get them released. The app has been released in four languages after three months of private testing by hundreds of users from Amnesty International’s networks across 17 countries.ĭuring the testing phase, activists and journalists said that the tool can make a positive difference in mitigating the daily risk of their day-to-day work. ‘By introducing technology to the fight for human rights, this app updates the power of writing a letter for the 21st century.’ ‘We have long known that the first hours after somebody’s arrest are the crucial window of opportunity for a network to make a difference to their colleague’s release - whether it be flooding the police station with calls, arranging a protest, or mobilising lawyers and organisations like Amnesty International for a campaign of international pressure.’ So there are a number of good options, just depending on your exact needs.'The aim of the Panic Button (pictured) is to increase protection for activists around the world who face the ever present threat of arrest, attack, kidnap and torture,' said Tanya O'Carroll, Technology and Human Rights Officer for Amnesty International
If you’re already interested in the smart watch then there’s no additional cost for Using this, but it doesn’t have the same monitoring center features as the purpose built panic buttons. Typical cost is around $20 a month, but I consider that well worth it if you have a real need for this kind of service.Īnother option is a smart watch which can make voice text or phone calls. Many of these also have GPS location so you can use them outside the home and quite a few have fall detection so that they will automatically call the monitoring center if a fall is detected. So if you have a true medical need for a panic button, I would look at one of the independent services, like great call, which have a cellular panic button rather than relying on echo. When in trouble, shout out… ALEXA TURN EMERGENCY ON …Īlarm goes off downstairs, and I get an app notification and an SMS.īoth of these, like all Alexa skills, will only work when your Internet is working, though. Finally gave the virtual switch a couple aliases in the Echo app (call john, trouble, emergency) and now… I use the switch to play the “Alarm” sound using the Sonos Smart App, and for voice control I use the Echo Hue emulator to trick the Echo into finding the switch. I installed a device with that custom type for the virtual panic mode switch. As a guard it only sends messages at most once a minute (because, in testing, I somehow got it to fire off 100 or so - THAT was fun) Next, I modified phrase switch thing (because it was a fine starting point) Can someone modify the big switch app to call Hello Home Phrases? to optionally run phrases, and allow for notification and SMS on both on or off events for a switch. That means you can always “turn it on” - since it will always do something in any case - turn it on 100 times and it will generate On/Off/On/Off events. I made a virtual switch which doesn’t do anything except toggle when you turn it off or on. All working good, except for the “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” case - which is where the Echo comes in.
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Alert just sets off an alert sound in another room (using Kobi running on a pc as the “speaker”)Īnywhoo. Panic mode turns on lights & alarms, and sends notifications. Some of the basic components are a number of the minimotes where a button is dedicated to setting a hello home action (panic on press, alert when held) I’ve been working on a bunch of device types and smart apps to enable “panic button” functionality into our home - for use whenever anyone feels the need to make noise or get help.
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