10Meters News Service

December 14, 2001 – New this holiday season from venerable catalog company Hammacher Schlemmer, a high-tech device that uses infrared beams as a personal safety shield.

The device from American IR Technologies, Inc., called Safety Beam, creates an invisible infrared barrier between objects – or people. If that barrier is crossed, an alarm is sounded.

American IR Safety Beam

The Safety Beam can be used indoors or outdoors. The beam can span a distance of up to 75 feet, and users can choose between a loud alarm or a "friendly" chime for intruder notification.

Founded in 1848, Hammacher Schlemmer is the oldest catalog company in America. Visit its Web site at www.hammacher.com.

American IR Technologies of Las Vegas, Nevada, uses proprietary infrared technology for its line of safety products.

Also available: a portable personal Mini Alarm with a "panic button" alarm; a Door Alarm with a wireless control panel that allows users to create personal codes to arm and disarm the alert function; a Mini Window Alarm, and the STM (Stop the Music) alarm that attaches to portable music headsets and allows users to switch connections to sound an alarm.

Devices can be purchased from American IR Technologies' Web site at www.american-ir.com. The company also offers packaged safety kits for home and office use. Among the packages offered: the Baby Bundle and the Campus Safety Kit.