A University of South Florida (USF) graduate student is developing a high-tech new way to stay safe in style.Addison Bounds, a 22-year-old former USF beach volleyball player, co-founded Elora Armor, a brand that creates jewelry with a sensor designed to warn its wearer when dangerous substances have been slipped into their drinks.The company plans to offer bracelets, pendants, keychains and potentially phone cases that can alert if a drink has been drugged, Bounds told Fox 13 Tampa Bay.COULD A PAINT-ON ELECTRONIC TATTOO SPOT HEART ATTACKS?Bounds co-founded the brand with Kira Robichaud, a friend with a science background who is helping lead a small team of women developing the technology.The Elora bracelet can detect if a drink has been spiked.(Elora Armor)The Elora Armor pendant prototype.
(Elora Armor)The jewelry is designed to detect benzodiazepines, a common drug linked to drink spiking.After some of the liquid is dropped onto the electromagnetic sensor, an alert is sent through an app, revealing whether the drink has been tampered with."You just drop – whatever's on your finger is plenty – onto the surface of the product," Bounds said.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP"You’ll receive a notification to your phone telling you if that drink is safe to consume or not, and if your drink has been spiked, your live location is immediately sent to your safety network that you've connected to the app."Bounds shared that a friend of hers was drugged in high school and later found unconscious in a closet, where she had been assaulted.CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES"It's like a really rude awakening ...
there are people who really intend to do harm, and there isn't really anyone looking out for us except for ourselves," she said.Elora Armor co-founders Addison Bounds and Kira Robichaud are pictured in the lab.(Elora Armor)Bounds said she hopes to launch the bracelets in January 2028, ahead of the L.A.
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