Twiceme's mission is to empower all bystanders to become helpers through the awareness and adaptation of HTH (Help The Helpers) technology.
Why Twiceme exist?
Helplessness is a dark and terrible state of mind. It goes against everything Twiceme is hardwired to do. From an early age, Twiceme is a natural helper, brave problem solver, and big-hearted empath. It was through witnessing helplessness on the battlefield that a pact was struck between friends. A promise to turn the helpless into helpers.
That promise has resulted in Twiceme – a young company focused on turning bystanders into helpers all over the world. The battlefield may be building sites, ski-slopes, and mountain bike trails but if users have ever experienced that feeling of helplessness, as a bystander of an accident, where someone becomes incapacitated then they know what drives Twiceme every day.
What is Twiceme?
Tap the Twiceme symbol with a smartphone to alert, relay location, and access critical information
Twiceme Help the Helpers (HTH) technology gives bystanders the information they need to help someone who has become incapacitated in an accident. This buys them and the wearer critical time.
All without the need to unlock the wearer’s phone or even have network access. Tap the Twiceme symbol with a smartphone to alert, relay location, and access critical information uploaded by the wearer.
HTH technology
When users are in an emergency, knowing what to do and having the right tools to do those things is crucial. That's why Twiceme works closely with rescue partners to understand the process of helping an incapacitated person, or someone in need of assistance.
Twiceme wants to ensure anyone can become a potential helper, and not feel helpless. Its research has resulted in a product that solves three main areas in a rescue process:
Alert
The first thing user should do when helping a person is make sure their situation is stable. The next thing they can do is try to contact the right person or organization. This can differ depending on the circumstances.
Sometimes users want to contact local or national emergency personnel, otherwise the person's ICE contacts. Sometimes, users want their friends in the area to come to them. That's why Twiceme allows for numerous possibilities of alerting the right person.
For example:
- If users are in a local rescue area, such as a bike or ski destination where there are local patrollers, they can immediately contact the local rescuers. They've rolled this out to 130+ rescue destinations around the world. Download the app to see if the destination is there.
- If users want to alert an incapacitated person's ICE contacts, they can do so as well in Twiceme. Simply scan the Twiceme symbol on the equipment and access the uploaded information by the wearer. There user'll find ICE contacts as well.
- If the person isn't unresponsive and wants to alert his or her friends, they can do so as well through Friends alert.
- If users are going out alone on adventures, use Get Back Timer to relay geolocation data to emergency contacts if they're not back at the predetermined place before the time runs out.
- Automatic alert (coming soon).
Locate
Through the Twiceme app, the user can immediately get the coordinates of the position
The next step is to locate where users are. This is crucial to ensure the rescue process goes as fast as possible and that the person receives help.
Through the Twiceme app, the user can immediately get the coordinates of the position and relay that to either rescuers, ICE contacts of the wearer, or others.
Identify
The most sought-after feature rescuers have asked us since day one is - we need to know more about an incapacitated person. There hasn't existed a global solution to help quickly understand who the person is and what might be the best way forward to help that person. This can result in lost time, valuable time.
Through Twiceme, users can simply scan the uploaded information by the wearer by holding their smartphone over the Twiceme symbol and access the locally stored information. This works on a global level because it's based on NFC and doesn't require an internet connection.
- Stored information
The information uploaded by the wearer is completely free to choose how much or little the user wants to share
Psst! Worried about privacy issues? Don't be. The information uploaded by the wearer is completely free to choose how much or little the user wants to share. Plus, the information is locally stored in the equipment and not in any database or cloud storage.
It's unhackable, and when someone accesses safety information, they can't store it either. It's presented only locally on the phone, either through the browser (still locally) or on the app. See more answers here.
Get involved in the movement - become a helper
The best and easiest way to explore Twiceme is to download the app and explore it.
By understanding how to take action in an emergency, users are potential helpers who can do the most human thing of all - lend a helping hand.