By Ryan Nill

When buried alive or in similar dire straits, the amount of time that you are buried is inversely proportional to the chance you have of living. That’s code for the longer you are trapped the slimmer your chances of living are. The altruistic US and Russian based Tancher Corporation intend to give away design rights for this swanky radio beacon, designed to save lives by emitting a radio distress signal which can be quickly located to save the trapped person. It’s also a USB flash memory stick. But that’s all besides the point. Look at this thing! Tres chic.

The wristband was developed as part of the Tancher Electronics Social Safety Initiative, which hopes encourages government and industry to make life saving devices more accessible. Dr. Anton Tyruin, President of Tancher states that he hopes to “To create a network of organizations to contribute to the design process of similar devices and will assist authorities to develop life-saving and rescue technology.” See what we can do when we all get along?!

VIA [ Gizmag ]