Student App "Light Alert" Warns Users of Rape Zones

Imagine if you phone buzzed and lighted up with an text message whenever you were walking down a street or through a neighborhood with a history of sexual assault. That's the idea behind Light Alert, an app created by two student finalists in Imagine Cup, Microsoft's annual student tech competition. Malisa Vongskul, a junior IT major at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and Ashley Myers, a senior computer science major at DePauw University, make up team MangoBunnies, the...