Water bottle by dawn, lethal and Mutant Self-Defense weapon by dusk

One of the reasons we loved the world of cartoons was all the funky paraphernalia it had fit inside its make-belief landscape. When the bad guys come knocking, our star seems to pull just about anything she needs to fight them, right out of her caboose. What if we told you, that women could fight that way in real life situations too?

If the Transformers film series was based on a super-weapon, it would be The Samiidha Bhavani – named after the Indian Hindu goddess of valor. It looks like a water bottle, but it will unravel to turn into everything you’d need in an emergency, at the push of a button. And what’s more – this arms and ammunition would not have to be smuggled to you, it has been made legal in the best interest of the women.

The brainchild of Pune-based orthopedic doctor Pavan Kohli, it is the “first fully-legal and complete self-defense device for women,” and was unveiled by him on International Women’s Day on Sunday.

It’s Features: 

What looks like a harmless water bottle in a woman’s handbag, less than 9 inches long weighing 1.5 kgs, turns into a 2’ 3” feet long baton on the press of a button.

When this fully-loaded baton springs into action, one can summon either one of its type of engineering, designed by scientists from Singapore, Japan and the UK: Electrical, electronics, chemical, telecommunications and mechanical.

Its chemical superpower is a 25 times more effective pepper spray dispenser, that can effectively stun a group of 5 to 10.

Its telecommunication mutation is that it can send messages to up to 5 pre-loaded emergency contacts, as well as activate its GPS, that can prove to be instrumental for tracking. It also sounds an alarm, and conjures a strong strobe light that can blind an assailant and delay his plan.

Samiidha Bhavani
Picture By: Wall Street Journal

Electrically, as you may have guessed, it doubles up as a stun-gun, throwing off the assailant by a couple of feet.

Mechanically, it bares its fangs in the form of a knife that springs out that is sharp enough to serve the purpose.

Women’s rights activists say that The Bhavani might be slightly impractical to deploy, in the event that the girl is bound, but surely, once she manages to get her hands on to it knows how to use it, it could save the day.

Costing and Availability:

The device, that supposedly costs Dr. Kohli about 5,000 rupees, shall be sold at a discounted rate of less than 1,000 rupees a unit. He is in the process of patenting it, so he can rope in a manufacturer to start production.

He has also sought the government for permission to sell the device through police stations. He says he is also in talks with Baba Ramdev, who runs a yoga and health products empire to retail Bhavani through his chain of retail stores – Patanjali Yogpeeth.

Original Source: Wall Street Journal

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