An Australian businessman is marketing a personal security device aimed at preventing the loss and theft of valuable items such as personal computers.
Scott Fuller, owner of the Tenderloin Meat Co and security equipment distributor Gold Shield, has introduced Smart Clips - a wireless, solar-powered personal property security system that works via radio waves - to the territory.
Smart Clips work in sets of two, with one Smart Clip placed on the item to be protected, such as a bag, and the second on a belt or clipped to a shirt. When the clips are separated by a distance of one to three metres, they beep loudly.
'It is a device that stops you from being forgetful . . . and will alert you if someone has taken your property away,' Mr Fuller said.
Invented and manufactured in Australia, the clips are slightly smaller than a credit card and one centimetre thick.
They are being sold in Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines and major western markets.
Smart Clips are typically used by photographers, gem dealers, computer installers and travelling executives, Mr Fuller said.