Crime

The First Sign Hair Clip, a hair clip fitted with security sensors, is designed to help deter violence against women by not only sending out a cry for help, but gathering up evidence to ensure justice is served.

Silicon Valley startup Knightscope Inc. is developing an "Autonomous Data Machine" with the potential to perform the oftentimes monotonous task of keeping watch over property more cost effectively and comprehensively than a human security guard.

Police car chases are extremely dangerous, not only for the officers involved, but also for innocent passers-by. The StarChase system, however, is designed to make those chases safer. Instead of pursuing fugitive vehicles, police can just shoot them with GPS tags.

With the advent of GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology, child-tracking devices are now hitting the marketplace thick and fast. Now Taipei-based startup BeLuvv is throwing its hat in the ring, with the Guardian system.

Applied DNA Sciences (ADNAS) has developed a new approach to solve crimes using DNA tagging.

The Pit-BUL and NightHawk are two new car-stopping devices, based on the existing SQUID system.

Scottsdale Inventions, LLC has invented a pair of high-tech handcuffs that could deliver electric shocks to prisoners.

DrinkSavvy cups, glasses and straws are designed to alert their users if date rape drugs have been added to their drinks.

The Coyote Case adds a 100db alarm to your iPhone.

The Spraytect iPhone case has a built-in pepper spray canister.

Researchers from Nagoya University and Fujitsu are set to begin field trials of an automated detection system that alerts a call recipient to possible phone phishing scams.

The SpyBike GPS tracker gives you GPS tracking power for stolen bikes.