Zanger Home and Ranch Security

Raising $1M to build a proprietary, Artificial Intelligence driven home security system that protects against drones.

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Proprietary home security system that protects against spying drones.
Our Mission
We will develop and manufacture proprietary, next-generation, Artificial Intelligence driven consumer electronic products.
Accomplishments
  • We designed 2 distinct consumer products based on the same proprietary technology, that was originally developed for the US Army Special Forces.
  •  We worked out a process with the US Government, which allows us to use this technology and develop new products.
  •  We re-engineered the units with a new, improved and less costly chip-set, without compromising functionality or quality. Thus, making this technology affordable to wider range of commercial customers outside of the USA.
The following are existing challenges and problems and the solutions we provide:
1.      Privacy
In 2020, the FAA reported that there were about 7 million drones in the United States alone. Of them approximately 90% were for hobbyists and 10% were for commercial drones. However, the prevalence of drones cannot be denied – a majority 59% of American population witnessed a drone in flight. The drone use is predicted to grow exponentially for the next 10 years. Study after study conducted in the US and Europe show deepening concern over privacy infringement by drones. What do all these findings tell us? Generally, people do not like to be watched. They particularly do not like to be video-taped secretly from the sky. And they really do not like being targeted for their ethnicity, neighborhood choices, or political affiliations.
 Large industrial facilities, transportation hubs, agricultural and mining companies and others also have security and privacy issues connected with the wide spread availability and use of drones.
 
Santana Technology’s Zanger® Home Security system is the only product that provides intelligent, continuous protection of the entire area, including the space above it. 
Zanger® will detect, defer and disable any drone entering the protective “dome”.

2.      Border security
Wildlife reservations, Transportation lines, large growers of agricultural crop and livestock, large industrial facilities and sovereign states look to automate their border monitoring and security. 
 
Santana Technology’s TetraEx™ Miniature Networked Sensors system is a viable product that provides state-of-the-art, AI-driven, reliable and comprehensive solution.  
 
Operational Environment
There are a few products in the market that can be considered a competition to Zanger® Home and Ranch Security system. However, none of them has “drone” jamming capabilities. Most notable are Ring DoorBell and Simply Safe. These 2 products together have only a few of the capabilities that Zanger® Home and Ranch Security system has. On top of it, even though Zanger® Home and Ranch Security is a far more advanced system, it is much easier to setup and operate. A few years back, Ring Door Bell was bought by Amazon for about $1.8 Billion.
There is no competition for our next product, TetraEx Miniature Networked Sensors. To provide security, physical barriers like walls and fences are built around the protected area or observation towers are constructed with various types of detection equipment and/or guards. In any case, a special construction is required. In sensitive ecosystems like wildlife reserves, no construction of any type is encouraged. In general, walls and tower could be easily breached or avoided. TetraEx does not require any type of construction or an external power source. It does not interfere with the surrounding environment. These sensors provide continuous and stealth monitoring of the entire protected area without technical support for years.  

Reaching our billion-dollar goal
We will engage in the following business activities:

1.      We will start developing Zanger® system first. 
 All the necessary preparatory work to build a functioning prototype is completed. The concept and technical solutions have been evaluated by an independent, reputable engineering firm and the project was determined to be viable. We will spend $408 thousand to have the prototype ready for testing and demonstrations. We will need estimated $200 thousand to prepare the product for manufacturing. Another $80 thousand will be spent on the design of optional equipment. An engineering group in Armenia, that developed a drone “jamming” technology and successfully tested that technology in a battlefield environment, will provide a commercial version of that technology to us for $40 thousand. 
 
Total cost to bring Zanger® to market: around $728 thousand.
 
The finished product will consist of main control unit and sensor units. Consumers will have a variety of plug-n-play optional equipment to choose from, including additional sensors for better coverage of larger areas, stand-alone video cameras, 2-way communication device, drone jamming device, sound alarm and security lights. All of them with Zanger® private label.
 
2.      TetraEx™ Miniature Networked Sensors
a.       Technology           
We developed a Top-Secret, State-of-the-Art, Proprietary, Dual-use (not a weapon) technology for US Army, that we legally used to design commercial products. We plan to manufacture next-generation large area security devices. Miniature Networked Sensor system is a self-organizing field deployable platform. Deployed miniature sensors automatically activate, connect and create a “Virtual Wall”. These sensors detect, quantify, identify and classify relevant information, eliminating false alarms and accurately reporting intruders’ GPS coordinates.
A single control device, such as a smart phone, tablet or computer can monitor 10,000+ sensors and 100’s of square miles.
 
Our units are designed for harsh environment. They are extremely secure, work independently after deployment, require no maintenance. These sensors are capable of registering and determining the location of a shot fired accurately within couple of inches, and transmit GPS coordinates to the control within seconds. As soon as a disturbance is detected, located and recognized the authorities will be able follow real-time movements of intruders and take measures to eliminate the threat. 
b.      Cost 
Total of $800 thousand will be spend on re-engineering and re-designing of the sensors with a low cost chip-set, without compromising the technical capabilities of the units. This will include “blueprints” to the production process, including testing and quality control requirements. 
c.       Markets                 
Limited market research in South African Republic and in Armenia revealed that there was a huge interest in this technology’s border security and commercial applications. 

We already established contacts and presented the technology to Armenian government officials at the highest level. We are confident that our technology exceeds Armenian’s requirements by far. We will take full advantage of Armenia’s privileged economic ties with former soviet republics and its neighbors and will offer this technology to other countries. We will customize the encrypted interface per customers’ requirements, offering them ample choices of secured communications and control.
 
Our marketing efforts unveiled 2 major potential commercial uses in Africa: Wildlife reserves and railroad security.  Our efforts included establishing contacts with the government and business circles.
 
We approached South African representatives to discuss the application of our technology to wildlife preservation and control. The idea was to scatter sensors along the borders of the reserves, and alert local anti-poaching guards by sending illegal activity coordinates, pictures and maps directly to their phones and tablets. The response was quite encouraging. Both government and private wildlife security services were extremely interested. Similar problems exist in other countries, and our units will provide the solution.
 
During these discussions another possible application of our technology became apparent: railroad transportation security. There is a huge problem with theft and vandalism on railroads. We managed to address the existing problem with minor changes in the design of our sensors. Our units will be able to detect, pinpoint and report any suspicious activity along the railroad lines, giving authorities a chance to interfere and prevent a damage to the transportation systems. This opened up a huge market for us.
 
Making money
We will develop Zanger® system first. 
Exact cost analysis has not been done. However, considering the cost of similar equipment, also the fact that our system does not require a monthly subscription service, we are confident that at a minimum of 400% profit margin our technology will be quite affordable in the USA and Canada, which are our primary markets.
Zanger® Security will be an extremely desirable technology for acquisition or licensing for companies already in the security industry. Within 2 years, when the product is ready for markets we will decide which way to proceed.  Whatever the decision, the early investors in the company will be rewarded handsomely.

For TetraEx, we zeroed in on our initial pool of potential customers.
We want to make sure we have a handle on this group, before we expand to other countries.  We are confident that there are other countries with similar needs, and our technology is the solution. We based our calculations on 50% of the total number of units Armenia must have for protection of its borders and getting the full benefits of this technology.  

Armenia needs 5,000 units, plus 30% annual attrition for extreme weather conditions. In addition, because of its terrain 25% more units to provide redundancy. The Government will invest $11,625,000 for initial units, and $2,250,000 annually afterwards for upkeep. 

For South African Republic our calculations are based on 50% of the total number of units needed for wildlife reservations and only 5% of the need for railroad transportation.

SAR needs 23,000 units, plus 10% annual attrition. The Government will invest $37,950,000 for initial units, and $3,450,000 annually afterwards for upkeep.

We assume an initial listing price of $1,500 per unit, with gross margin of $1,000. 

More info: www.zangersecurity.com

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