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Bling ring creates most
expensive doorbell for charity
Secured by Design (SBD) Development Officer Doug Skins got within touching
distance of the world’s most expensive doorbell when he attended a reception
hosted by Ring, a pioneer in DIY outdoor smart home security products.
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company was displaying one
of 10 limited edition diamond,
sapphire and gold-encrusted
video doorbells at a reception
for business contacts and the
media in Soho in November.
Priced at an eye-popping
$100,000 each, the Ring Elite
Crown Jewel Edition Doorbells
went on sale the following day
in the Smartech department
at Selfridges, Oxford Street,
London.
The proceeds from the
sales are being donated to
UK charities supporting the
rehabilitation of offenders on
their release from custody.
Created by international
fine jewellery specialist Bijan,
the doorbells feature 33.20
carat in sapphires, 0.56 carats
of diamonds and 98.05kg
of yellow gold. The device’s
faceplate is cast in 18gk yellow
gold, with more than 2,000
sapphires and 40 diamonds set
into the surface.
Jamie Siminoff, Chief
Inventor and Founder of
Ring, said: “Every decision we
make as a company centres
on our mission to reduce
crime in neighbourhoods.
Outside of our day to day
work, the team works tirelessly
to bring our mission to life
through Ring’s charitable
arm, by partnering and
working with various police,
prison reform programmes,
in-school initiatives and by
providing free product to
neighbourhoods in need.”
Ring seeks to create a ‘Ring
of Security’ around homes and
communities with its range
of outdoor DIY smart home
security products, which enable
users whether they are at home
or elsewhere to see and hear
speak to doorstep callers.
‘Ring of Security’
Jamie turned Ring, a
company which he started in
his garage, into a successful
business worth an estimated
$460 million and that has
products installed in more
than 80 countries around the
world.
Police to get smartphones in
£210m contract
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paramedics and fire crews are
to be armed with Samsung
smartphones after the South
Korean corporation won a
Government contract worth
up to £210m to supply 250,000
handsets for a new emergency
communications network.
The project, the first of its
kind in the world, is designed
to allow the emergency
services to access the internet
in the field. Police will be
able to feed live video back
to headquarters, paramedics
will gain access patient
records and fire crews will
download building blueprints
before they tackle a blaze, say
ministers.
‘designed to allow
the emergency
services to access
the internet
in the field’
The Home Office has
awarded a three-year deal to
Samsung to supply toughened,
water-resistant 4G devices
to the emergency services,
with the option of a one-year
extension. The smartphones
will have a special “push to
talk” button to allow users
to communicate instantly
without having to dial a phone
number.
The
contract, won
against rival bids
from Motorola and Sepura, a
British specialist in emergency
services communications, is
part of the ongoing £1.2bn
development of the Emergency
Services Network (ESN), which
replaces the Airwave radio
network with a system based
on EE’s mobile network.
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ESN uses standard
mobile signals and equipment
rather than Airwave’s bespoke
systems.
A Home Office spokesman
said: “Using a single ESN
4G device is more effective,
efficient and less costly than
using a combination of the
existing Airwave devices and
multiple commercial networks
and standard 4G devices.”