Alarms & Sensors

These devices help their users to protect themselves by emitting loud, piercing sounds. The sounds startle potential assailants and give users time to break away and escape. They can be especially effective when used together with other means like pepper spray.

It’s a familiar fear—what happens if a fire starts when you’re asleep, or if you’re busy in a different part of the house? Well, if you have a working smoke detector, you hear an alarm and either catch the fire in time to put it out yourself, or get out of the house safely with your family and call the fire department.

With crime on the rise in more areas than most of us would like to imagine, most are not aware of the many many ways one can use the current innovations in security to protect you and your family without spending a fortune. Here are just a few of the many gadgets out in the market today that will make you feel better about leaving your home or a loved one in the care of someone else in your home.

Grandchildren, retirement, and plenty of free time are all part of getting older, but so are arthritis, false teeth—and potential medical emergencies. Besides heart attacks and chronic illnesses, which become more prevalent with age, accidents and falls in the home become not only more common but more dangerous as people get older.

Word has it that when Hercules, the Greek mythological hero, was a baby, he killed a snake in his crib. Today, you can’t expect babies to take care of themselves quite as well—and while a snake may not be at the top of your worry list, you still want to know that your baby is safe when you’re out of the room. Fortunately, we’ve made some progress since the days of Ancient Greece, and you can now keep an eye on your child with a baby monitor.