These days security is never far from anyone’s mind, it seems wherever we go we are reminded that our personal identity is at risk just as much as our personal belongings and what’s worse is we actually store confidential information on possessions such as mobile phones and laptops.
Now though, we might be able to breathe a little easier thanks to Nio, the brainchild of British Innovators TenBu, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Nio is apparently an easy to use device consisting of a Bluetooth tag with a software link that downloads to your phone giving you a personal protective space of up to 25 metres. Cool eh!
Why the name Nio? It is named after the Japanese Guardian Kings and that is what Nio the gadget does, it guards your mobile, laptop or any other device.
So how does it work? The secure zone of 25 metres applies to both your mobile phone and the Bluetooth tag so if you attach the tag to say your laptop then your mobile and your laptop are protected.
If the zone space is breached, like say someone picked up your mobile and attempted to make off with it, the moment they move outside the 25 metre protective zone both the mobile and the tag will emit an audible alarm and a blue light will start flashing on the Bluetooth tag.
Yep, I imagine that might be enough to scare any opportunist thief into dropping it.
If you want even greater protection you can activate a motion sensor which will alert you if anyone so much as tries to move an item that is tagged.
There’s nothing to stop you having multiple tags to attach to all your devices or even your car keys and all of the tags can be controlled simultaneously by the Nio software. Now this is exciting.
I mean how often do we hear about laptops containing confidential data on thousands of people getting lost or stolen? Too often!
So Ben Hounsell, Director of TenBu, is quite right when he says organisations should take security of confidential information on portable storage devices more seriously.
“We have a responsibility to be realistic about the risks inherent in transporting data, and to ensure that we take every reasonable precaution to protect ourselves, our customers and our businesses from criminal behaviour,” said Hounsell.
Hey I don’t know about you but I want one!
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The idea looks quite innovative to me of providing a personal Alarm. No one can ever imagine about the wonderful idea. If this system works then definitely it will be of great help.
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