Two Bath graduates have launched a revolutionary women’s safety smartwatch app that monitors heart rate and body motion to sense distress and automatically sends an emergency alert if the wearer is attacked. Epowar uses AI to respond immediately if a user is attacked when walking or running alone. The app detects distress, sends an alert to the wearer’s contacts and automatically records and stores evidence, including microphone data, GPS, vital signs and movement in a cloud system. Founder E-J

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