![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114072550im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Kidnapped Senior Needed IU-patented Home Security System
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December 17, 2008
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Family and friends of a 75-year-old California grandmother beaten and kidnapped from her home last week might have known of the crime within moments if a device patented by an Indiana University researcher had been in use.
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