The IoT market is exploding. A recent report revealed the global Internet of Things (IoT) market spend will grow from $625.2 billion in 2015 to $1.29 trillion in 2020 — with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6%. This week, Dell Chairman and CEO made news when he announced that his company would be setting up a new research and development division that will invest $1 billion in intelligent technology.
One driver behind IoT growing so rapidly happens to be because the technology works fluidly with many corners of the business world. An area where its impact is already being felt is in the healthcare field, specifically helping to protect our growing aging population. GTX Corp. (GTXO) is an award-winning company in the space that develops cost-efficient and wearable IoT technology that is improving the quality of life and safety for senior citizens.
The company is best known for their GPS Smartsole® product, which is a smartphone-connected GPS tracker embedded in the insole of a shoe, think Dr. Scholl’s meets Lojack. As Bloomberg reportedearlier this month, over 45 million Americans will be caring for 117 million seniors by 2020, and even major players like retail giant Best Buy (BBY) are making significant investments to sell products and services that enable adults to remotely monitor their aging parents. This is exactly the type of technology that GTX specializes in.
Furthermore, the Bloomberg report estimates that remote monitoring for senior care alone represents a $50 billion market.