March 8, 2013 AT 12:36 pm
Quick wallet hack adds pickpocket alarm
Quick wallet hack adds pickpocket alarm. Caleb writes –
I had the idea to make some kind of alarm that would go off if anyone but me removed the wallet from my pocket. A quick google search revealed tons of wallet alarms, but I noticed that they all had a credit card form factor(that’s good) and would make noise when exposed to light(that’s bad). This represents a problem since the pickpockets in the videos tended not to open the wallets till later at another location. I needed something that would make noise as it was removed from my pocket. Most importantly, I needed the alarm to be locatedinside the wallet. This immediately makes the wallet undesirable and will hopefully make someone drop it like hot coals.
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