respondents across 22 countries reported experiencing drink spiking at some point in their lives.
Smartwatch safety system
Protection that stays alert when you may not be able to.
ShieldSip does not detect what is in your drink. It tracks what is happening to your body. If your vitals shift in ways that do not match your personal baseline, it checks on you. If you cannot respond with your passcode within 30 seconds, it sends your location to your trusted contacts, activates an alarm, and starts recording audio so you have evidence you can actually use.
Interactive product concept · Patent pending
Heart rate
78 bpm
Motion
Low
Now
User signal
Recent
Tap · 2 min ago
Trusted circle ready
11:32
ShieldSip Live
Pattern shift detected
Check in ⓘ
The global picture
A hidden crisis with almost no evidence trail.
Drink spiking affects millions of people worldwide. It leads to memory loss, sexual assault, and almost never results in consequences for the person responsible, because victims wake up with no memory and no proof.
of college-age women (18 to 24) reported being drugged since starting college in a study of 8,742 participants.
of victims lost memory during the incident. No memory means no evidence. No evidence means no report.
of spiking incidents are never reported to police. Of those who stayed silent, half said they "didn't see the point."
who were spiked experienced sexual assault during the incident. Most had no memory of it afterward.
Sources: Davies et al., Global Drug Survey, 22 countries (2024); Warner et al. (2018), 8,742 female college students; Drinkaware & Anglia Ruskin University (2024).
The critical gap
The night begins.
Something feels wrong.
Memory becomes unclear.
Hours later, someone realizes something happened.
Most safety tools still wait for someone to ask for help.
But what if they cannot?
Recognize the danger
Find and unlock the phone
Open an emergency app
Clearly request help
How it works
Your body tells the story. ShieldSip listens.
Spiking affects your vitals: heart rate drops or spikes, movement slows, responsiveness fades. ShieldSip builds a personal baseline from your normal patterns, then watches for changes that do not match. It never analyzes your drink. It analyzes you.
Why ShieldSip
What exists today versus what we are building.
Every personal safety app on the market requires you to do something when danger arrives. ShieldSip is built for the moment when you cannot.
Existing safety apps
Require the user to act
Must recognize something is wrong
Require finding and unlocking a phone
User must press a panic button or send a text
Generic thresholds, same for every user
No evidence preserved after the event
Phone-first: useless if the phone is out of reach
ShieldSip
Acts when the user cannot
Passively monitors vitals on your smartwatch
Runs from your wrist, no phone required to detect
Automatic escalation if no passcode within 30 seconds
Personal baseline calibrated to each individual
Safety Timeline + audio recording preserves evidence
Duress PIN: looks like a dismissal, silently triggers response
Safety Timeline
Preserve context when memory cannot.
When an alert triggers, ShieldSip preserves a time-stamped, encrypted record: your vitals, your location, and with your prior consent, ambient audio. So the story of that night exists even if your memory of it does not.
ENCRYPTED INCIDENT RECORD
Shield Mode started
Pattern shift observed
Haptic check-in sent
No response received
Alarm activated
Trusted Circle notified
Location sharing started
Audio recording started
A Safety Timeline may provide additional context for reporting. It does not prove that drink spiking occurred and does not guarantee that information will be accepted as legal evidence.
Reality check
Here is what ShieldSip cannot know.
A changed heart rate cannot identify a specific drug.
Missing a check-in does not confirm an emergency.
Alcohol, exercise, anxiety, medication, and illness can create similar patterns in your vitals.
A smartwatch alert is not a medical diagnosis.
ShieldSip cannot guarantee your safety. No technology can.
Responsible safety technology should communicate uncertainty, not hide it.
Actively building
Research first. Prototype in motion.
ShieldSip is actively developing its smartwatch and phone experience while building the research, safety, and privacy foundation behind it. Personal baseline calibration adjusts to each user over time, so the system gets better at distinguishing your normal from something unusual.
Collaborate with our team →Research
Reviewing toxicology, emergency medicine, and wearable technology evidence to understand how spiking affects measurable vitals.
Product
Designing the smartwatch, phone, and Trusted Circle experience from Shield Session activation through safety response.
Technology
Developing the personal baseline calibration and multi-signal pattern analysis framework that adapts to each user.
Partnerships
Connecting with universities, researchers, physicians, and safety organizations for validation and collaboration.
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