Frenchman designs smart bracelet aimed at protecting women from assault, inspired by a painful personal experience
- Carrat is a piece of wearable tech in the form of a stylish bracelet with a connected mobile app, which alerts emergency contacts once activated
- Founder says he was inspired to create a device that can protect women from assault, after a terrible personal experience
Alexandre Cerret will never forget the phone call he received three years ago, when what was supposed to be a regular evening turned into a nightmare.
He was living in central Paris at the time, waiting for his girlfriend to come home from a night out near the Eiffel Tower. She was late and he was worried.
When he finally received her call, she told him that she had been stopped by a stranger as she walked to her car, who then attacked and raped her.
Unfortunately, Cerret says the police investigation was severely hampered by a lack of evidence, and the case did not go through as not enough proof was given.
“We didn’t have security cameras in the street, we had no material evidence, this was a big issue when we reported it to the police,” Cerret, now 23 years-old and living in Geneva, told the Post via a Zoom call.
