emergency alarm for openmoko

2007-10-02 Thread Robin Paulson
this looks like an interesting idea, does anyone here know of something similar for openmoko? http://www.gadgetguild.com/2007/10/01/armani-phone-with-built-in-rape-alarm/ as i recall, some of the designed-for-outdoors ericsson phones a few years back had something similar, and they could be

Re: emergency alarm for openmoko

2007-10-02 Thread Doug Sutherland
Better check the legalities of auto sending anything to emergency services. Due to instances of false alarms, this is not legal in many places, and/or can involve large fines. This is true even of home fire and security alarm systems. If you have false alarms and a system that reports to

Re: emergency alarm for openmoko

2007-10-02 Thread Kyle Bassett
I love the idea, just (here's the real reason why I love open source!) not send to emergency services. Pick a relative or co-worker to send to...hell maybe even an auto-email system that will parse the message. Anything is possible! -Kyle On 10/3/07, Doug Sutherland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: