Harvard, MIT Collaboration RapidSOS Builds Out Suite of Technologies for Emergency Services
Former MIT and Harvard students are releasing One-Touch-911 to act as a data pipeline from any connected device to first responders as a part of the RapidSOS project that was originally developed to revolutionize emergency medical services, said a news…
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release from the new company. RapidSOS is a technology platform that predicts emergencies before they occur, dynamically warns people in harm’s way, and ensures that first responders are always accessible. The One-Touch-911 system interfaces with dispatch centers in more than 135 countries -- transmitting data from a user’s phone directly to dispatchers in an emergency, the release said. The project received $5 million in financing from Highland Capital Partners, it said.