Home- alone women get new protector

Tokyo, April 21: In order to secure homes in Japan, an apartment management company has developed an innovative idea called “Man on the Curtain”. Using this, a shadow is projected onto a curtain using a smartphone connected to a projector. There is a moving shadow of a man doing various energetic activities on the curtain.

Visuals of a tough guy boxing, throwing left and right hooks and jabs, and lunging forward are projected. It is enough to make any passing criminal think twice before breaking in. The plan is to help protect and reassure women living by themselves. The project is still in the prototype stage.

Customers can choose from a dozen different scenarios that show their man boxing, doing karate and even swinging a baseball bat.

To mix things up a bit, the man can calm down and do more mundane things like get dressed, chill out with a guitar or even do some vacuuming around the flat.

The system was developed for security at buildings run by Leopalace21 Corp, said Keiichi Nakamura, manager of the firm’s department.

Queries from the public prompted the firm to think bigger and consider offering it for sale. But some people have doubts about how effective it might be, said Nakamura.

In particular, criminals might sooner or later work out that a “man behind the curtain” who spends his whole time shadow boxing, actually means a woman is alone inside. advertising