PaniCam
Designed for the realities of life in an urban setting, PaniCam is a wearable device hidden on the back of one's collar which helps the wearer safely journey home at night. Using a modular design that can be fitted to any jacket-like item of clothing, PaniCam contains a camera, a Piezo speaker and an alarm light system, helping the wearer feel secure by providing video footage of a potential assailant, while emitting light and sound in order to scare the assailant away. PaniCam is contained within the collar of the wearer's jacket, and is activated as soon as the wearer feels like she or he is in a potentially dangerous situation. By popping their collar, the wearer activates the camera, recording the potential assailant and environment behind the wearer. Should the assailant make a move, the wearer can then activate an audible and visual alarm via a small capacitive touch button located on the front tip of the collar. Discrete and subtle, PaniCam is a solution to the dangerous realities of walking alone at night.
Kiran Delneuville
M.A. Global Studies, 2018
Purva Juvekar
M.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Nisha Pathak
MIMS UI/UX and Product Design, 2018
Yayu Zheng
B.A. Film and Media Studies, 2018