A nova invenção da ciência é um sapato para ajudar pacientes com mal de Alzheimer. O que o tênis traz de novo está na sola e ninguém pode ver. Ele tem apenas uma entrada USB, para carregar o pequeno aparelho instalado no sapato, um GPS. A pessoa que o coloca no pé tem a localização enviada para uma central de monitoramento.
O produto foi desenvolvido especificamente para ajudar a localizar pacientes de Alzheimer que não conseguem voltar para casa sozinhos.
CBS News - It’s very common for people who have dementia to wander off on their own. When that happens, frantic family members have to search for them, and call the police if they can’t find them.
But there’s now another option. Technology — in the form of shoes that have GPS tracking is beginning to revolutionize how caretakers keep tabs on their loved ones who sometimes wander.
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GTX CORP DELIVERS 1,500 ‘GAME CHANGING INTERNET-CONNECTED DEVICES’ TO AETREX WORLDWIDE AS CAREGIVERS ACROSS THE U.S. BEGIN TO MONITOR THEIR LOVED ONES WEARING INNOVATIVE GPS SHOES
Los Angeles, CA – January 18, 2012– GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO), a leader in customizable, patented 2 way GPS Tracking Personal Location Services (PLS) solutions, delivers its second commercial order of 1,500 GPS devices to Aetrex Worldwide, Inc. a global leader in comfort and wellness footwear products. The GTX Corp miniaturized 2 way GPS tracking devices are embedded in the Aetrex Ambulator® collection bringing a reliable, trusted solution for monitoring the location of seniors afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
There are over 5.4 million seniors who suffer with Alzheimer’s and over 12 million caregivers that devote their lives to them, with millions more expected as the Boomer population ages; however Alzheimer’s represents 60%-70% of all cognitive disorders, so in reality there are close to 9 million Americans suffering from impairments, like Autism, that can lead to wandering. The award winning, patented GPS Shoe solution is the world’s most ground-breaking product containing GPS tracking technology designed to help monitor and locate individuals who have a tendency to wander and become lost.
Professor Andrew Carle of George Mason University recently discussed this potentially lifesaving technology on the CBS Early Show and said, “These are only U.S. numbers with an estimated 25 million cases of Alzheimer worldwide expected to quadruple to 100 million short of a cure.”
With these statistics in mind and the central theme of this year’s Consumer Electronic Show – “internet – connected consumer devices are game changing…” the Company returned from last week’s largest CES in its 44 year history, with a roadmap to expand its partner alliance to help deliver GPS Shoes to 9 million adults and children in the U.S. with cognitive disorders and millions more across the globe. The Company is developing an aggressive plan to reduce the size of its miniaturized 2 way GPS device, provide a worldwide cellular coverage plan, increase its intellectual property portfolio and add new channel partners domestically and internationally.
For licensing and distribution inquiries please contact GTX Corp at info@gtxcorp.com and for consumers interested in purchasing the Aetrex GPS Shoes please go to www.aetrex.com/gps
The GPS Shoes are available for consumers to purchase in both men’s and women’s styles for $299 with a $30 to $40 monthly monitoring service plan.
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About GTX Corp (GTXO.OB) a leader in enterprise 2 way GPS (Global Positioning System) real-time personal location services (PLS) was founded in 2002 and is based in Los Angeles, California with distributors in Mexico, Australia and Nepal and customers in 141 countries. GTX Corp utilizes the latest in miniaturized, low power consumption technology and offers a robust enterprise GPS and cellular location platform to track in real time the whereabouts of people, pets, and high valued assets. Answering the “where is” question through a licensing business model and providing a complete end-to-end solution of hardware, middleware, apps, connectivity and professional services, letting you know where someone or something is at the touch of a button. GTX Corp also owns and operates LOCiMOBILE, Inc which develops GPS applications for smart phones and tablets, Code Amber News Service, and Code Amber Alertag. The Company has an aggressive intellectual property strategy and owns an extensive portfolio of patents, patents pending, registered trademarks, copy rights and URL’s.
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Close to 9 million people in this country suffer with some form of a cognitive disorder, from dementia and Alzheimer’s to Autism, Down syndrome and veterans that came home from battle with brain injuries. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, about 60 percent of the 5.4 million of those afflicted with the Alzheimer’s will wander off and become lost.
George Mason University Professor Andrew Carle recently stated, “of course these are only U.S. numbers with an estimated 25 million cases of Alzheimer worldwide expected to quadruple to 100 million short of a cure.”
After nine years of research and development, GTX Corp (GTXO.OB) and its partner Aetrex Worldwide have brought to the consumer market a solution for people who wander – a GPS Shoe with an embedded 2-way GPS tracking device that will instantly locate the wearer and send a caregiver an alert via text or email if the wearer wanders off beyond a pre set area.
When a 79 year old victim went missing the Virginia Beach Police Department, Emergency Medical Services and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management Search & Rescue Team and numerous volunteers assisted in her search. Fortunately she was found alive, but the Police claimed the net cost to the taxpayers was about $36,000. No one questioned that the money was well spent, but what if there were a better way to locate those that wander, what if instead of $36,000 you could bring the cost down to $299?
If only 10 percent of the 9 million Americans which have a cognitive disorder get lost – 900,000. Assuming it would cost a thousand dollars on average to locate someone that had wandered off and became lost – 900,000 multiplied by $1,000 for each search would cost $900,000,000. That’s almost 1 billion dollars that could be saved or better spent on research developing cures. That’s 10 percent at a cost of $1,000, when the statistics show it’s closer to 60% that wander at a search and rescue cost of tens of thousands of dollars. Not to mention the emotional toll on the caregivers. The value in peace of mind gained, search and rescue costs and lives potentially saved isn’t quantifiable.
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Where can I order a pair – www.aetrex.com
(CBS News) It’s very common for people who have dementia to wander off on their own.
When that happens, frantic family members have to search for them, and call
the police if they can’t find them.
But there’s now another option. Read full story
If one ever questioned if there was a payback for all of the trillions of dollars invested in space satellites, celestial navigation, computers and the internet, watch this clip from the CBS Early Show.
In the not too distant future our nation is going to be ravaged by a crippling disease for which there is at present no cure. But, technology enterprises, like GTX Corp and it’s production and retail partner; Aetrex Worldwide have taken the technology of global location and put it to use affirming for the caretakers of those millions smitten with Alzheimer’s the means to find their loved ones despite their inclination to wander.
Turning what seemed at first to be a simple product concept utilizing an existing technology and making it into a practical retail solution took more; time, energy, financing and will power than anyone imagined. But GTX Corp did it and the world will be better for it.
Dorothy never made it to the family holiday get-together Saturday afternoon, police said. Dot last spoke to her son earlier that morning. She was set to leave her home by noon, police said, but she never made it to the gathering and family members haven’t heard from her since. She was prescribed medication for Alzheimer’s, but no one was certain if she had been taking the pills.
Dorothy is white, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, and has blue eyes with gray hair. She would be driving a four-door, black Honda. Anyone with information should call the Police.
And anyone who believes that suffering the loss of one’s privacy – by wearing a 2-way GPS tracking device embedded within a shoe that can be tracked by caregivers – is of greater concern than actually being found before the elements or events bring harm to a person – might rethink which right was more relevant if Dorothy was their mother.
The Silver Alert was real, the outcome is unknown. The probability that one-half of all afflicted will wander or elope and become lost within one-quarter mile of their home is a fact. Half of that number will not be found in time, but their rights will be intact.
Can you imagine the simultaneous sound of ten million sighs of relief? These extraordinary – potentially life-saving GPS shoes – were created and patented by GTX Corp and manufactured by Aetrex Worldwide. Although the shoes are not a cure, they are a solution available to be placed on the feet of those you love and keep.
Expect crowd-based problem solving to fuel endless innovations in 2012, especially as for consumers, contributing will be more effortless than ever.
However the reality is that most consumers- while they might want to contribute- find that it a hassle. You can expect to see more IDLE SOURCING initiatives in 2012: products and services that make it simple to contribute to anything, from pinpointing roads in need of repairs to finding signs of extraterrestrial life.
Making this technological possible is the ubiquity of always-on, GPS and accelerometer-enabled smartphones. In 2012, consumers can and will increasingly broadcast data about where and what they are doing.
Two IDLE SOURCING examples that show the way:
Test launched back in March 2011, the Boston based Street Bump app takes advantage of the sensors on smartphones to give city officials a real-time map of road conditions. The Android app uses the accelerometers and GPS technology in users’ phones to register when and where the user’s car has experienced a pothole, which it logs and reports automatically.
Israeli crowd-sourced traffic navigation app Waze reached seven million users across 45 countries in October 2011. The app provides free turn-by-turn navigation alongside live information about road conditions, crowdsourced from other users. Users can also sign-in and view their friends’ locations.
GTXCorp continues to offer its patented 2-way GPS people finding solutions – including its life saving GPS Smart Shoe through Aetrex Worldwide – that instantly locates the victims of Alzheimer’s Disease that have eloped or wandered from their caregivers. Talk is that a kids version is on the drawing boards for a similar solution. Remember, dementia is not age biased.
GTX Corp receives new order for 1,500 GPS devices from AETREX Worldwide as GPS SHOES become available online to consumers
Los Angeles, CA – November 30, 2011 – GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO), a leader in customizable, patented two-way GPS Tracking Personal Location Services (PLS) solutions, received its second commercial order from Aetrex Worldwide, Inc. a global leader in comfort and wellness footwear products. GTX recently shipped 3,000 devices to Aetrex and plans to ship these additional 1,500 units in January of 2012. The GTX Corp miniaturized 2 way GPS tracking devices are embedded in the Aetrex Ambulator® collection bringing a reliable solution for monitoring the location of the 5.3 million seniors in theUS afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
The GPS Shoe has captured the imagination of the world. The Company’s flagship product has over 20 patents and patents pending, received the Peoples Choice award for most innovative connected device, has been featured on numerous television shows across the globe and now available to consumers in the United States at www.aetrex.com/gps
GTX Corp’s international licensing strategy will make available the GPS Shoes to additional countries beginning first quarter of 2012. There are already 4 countries with another 6 in consideration and a goal to have at least 12 countries up and running by year end 2012. For information about becoming an international distributor you can contact info@gtxcorp.com or go visit www.gpsshoe.com or www.gtxcorp.com
In addition to international expansion, the Company has begun developing prototypes of an even smaller device configuration, for the children’s market, which it plans to unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 11th inLas Vegas.
Location-mapping footwear can help caretakers keep their charges safe.
By Melissa Romero Posted at 11:20 AM/ET, 10/28/2011
There's a GPS tracker hidden inside this shoe.
The GPS shoe features a built-in tracking system for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. Photograph courtesy of GTX
When someone suffering from a memory-loss disease such as Alzheimer’s wanders off, it can throw relatives and caregivers into a state of panic. The GPS shoe, equipped with a built-in tracking system, aims to eliminate that problem.
The shoe, developed by GTX Corporation in Los Angeles and Aetrex Worldwide, holds the GPS tracking system in its midsole. Caregivers receive alerts on their smartphone or computer when the shoe wearer wanders past a preset distance. The alerts include a link to a Google map pinpointing the exact location of the wearer.
“There are five million people with Alzheimer’s who routinely get lost”, says Andrew Carle, who consulted with GTX for the project and developed the microchip-based “Nana” Technology, designed for people 75 years and older. (More than 60 percent of dementia patients tend wander at some point, and many times repeatedly, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.) “You can call their name all day long, but number one, they don’t think they’re lost, and two, they don’t recognize their own name,” says Carle, who also serves as the director of the Senior Housing Administration program at George Mason University. Paranoia is another issue for Alzheimer’s sufferers, he says: “Sometimes people are found a mile from where they were last seen, but they were in hiding.”
The biggest benefit of the GPS shoe and tracking service is the ability for caregivers to create a “geo-fence,” a set of pinpoints on a Google map. For instance, say an older relative takes the same walk every night around the neighborhood. Caregivers can create a geo-fence that tracks the exact route. “So, Dad takes his walk one night. The second he breaks that geo-fence, I’ll get a Google alert that will pop up on my computer or phone showing me exactly where he is,” explains Carle. “If I’m not in town, I can immediately contact my neighbor or local police and tell them where to find him.”
The alerts can turn three days of searching into just three minutes, according to Carle, which saves not only time but potentially lives, as well. “Unfortunately, when these people aren’t found within 24 hours, there’s a much higher rate of injuries or death.”
Other technologies, such as Comfort Zone, involve pagers or wrist-worn devices with location-mapping systems, but the shoe is less conspicuous and is designed by Aetrex to be medically appropriate for older people.
As long as the person is wearing the shoe, caregivers will be able to track his or her whereabouts whenever they have access to the tracking service on their phone or computer. The wearer’s routes will show up on the Google map in a dotted line dubbed the “cookie trail.”
The shoe was just approved for sale by the FCC, and will be available soon through Aextrex’s Web site for approximately $200 to $300. The corresponding alert system will fall in the $20 to $30 range.
