CUTTING EDGE: Shoes For Wandering Feet
In another effort at designing a smart shoe - by which The Stiletto does not mean “stylish” - GTX Corp., a manufacturer of miniature GPS tracking sensors, and cobbler Aetrex Worldwide are joining forces to create shoes for dementia patients that will help caregivers track them down when they wander, reports Agence France-Presse:
"The technology will provide the location of the individual wearing the shoes within 9m (30 feet), anywhere on the planet," said Andrew Carle, an assistant professor at George Mason University who served as an advisor on the project. ...
Carle said embedding a GPS device in a shoe was important because Alzheimer's victims tend to remove unfamiliar objects placed on them but getting dressed is one of the last types of memory they retain.
He said a "geo-fence" could be placed around a person's home and a "Google Map" alert sent to a cell phone, home or office computer when a programmed boundary is crossed.
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