{"id":7588,"date":"2022-06-10T08:53:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T08:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7588"},"modified":"2022-06-10T08:53:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T08:53:32","slug":"beacon-jewellery-as-a-personal-security-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/beacon-jewellery-as-a-personal-security-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Beacon Jewellery as a Personal Security device"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IT World Canada recently reported <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itworldcanada.com\/article\/telus-launches-personal-security-beacons-disguised-as-jewellery\/481775\" target=\"_blank\">Telus launches personal security beacons disguised as jewellery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telussecuritybeacons-1024x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telussecuritybeacons-1024x209.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telussecuritybeacons-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telussecuritybeacons-768x157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telussecuritybeacons.jpg 1172w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A problem with beacons is that they tend to look ugly when worn. Telus have solved this problem and have developed an app and service so they can be used as a SOS lifeline.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telusapp.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7590\" width=\"468\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telusapp.png 936w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telusapp-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/telusapp-768x533.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 85vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telus.com\/en\/smartwear-security\" target=\"_blank\">Telus SmartWear<\/a> looks like jewellery or a  keychain. It connects using Bluetooth to a smartphone. When the back of the charm is double clicked it sends a alert. Telus will ring you back to confirm you need help and, if necessary, send emergency services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT World Canada recently reported Telus launches personal security beacons disguised as jewellery. A problem with beacons is that they tend to look ugly when worn. Telus have solved this problem and have developed an app and service so they can be used as a SOS lifeline. The Telus SmartWear looks like jewellery or a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/beacon-jewellery-as-a-personal-security-device\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Beacon Jewellery as a Personal Security device&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7669,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7588\/revisions\/7669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}