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GPS SmartSoles on CBS Channel 5 Phoenix AZ

AZ Family.com Insole with GPS could help locate lost dementia, Alzheimer’s patients in Arizona David Caltabiano Posted Feb 27, 2020 The new device could help families keep track of loved ones who have dementia or Alzheimer’s. PHOENIX, AZ (3TV/CBS 5)– Lost and confused– it’s a sad reality for people who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Patients often leave their houses and forget how to get home. Now, there’s a new product geared toward helping those families– one of which remembers the day their father went missing in 2015. [WATCH: How a new GPS device helped an AZ family track down grandpa] Raul Lujan is like many of our grandparents or parents: he loves to smile in pictures with his wife and hangout with his great grandchildren. On a July day in 2015, he took a drive to the auto shop. “He went out that morning to take the car to get the […]

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KTAR News- Shoe insole with GPS device helps Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism patients

BY BOB MCCLAYFEBRUARY 26, 2020 AT 4:25 AM PHOENIX — A California company says one of its products can help find lost Alzheimer’s, dementia and autism patients through a GPS tracking device in the insole in their shoes. The product is called Smartsole. “Think of it like a ‘Lojack’ meets ‘Dr. Scholls,” said Patrick Bertagna, CEO of GTX Corporation, the company that makes Smartsole. “It’s an orthotic insole, but it’s embedded with a GPS Cellular module that triangulates your position and transmits it out via cellular to the cloud.” With the GPS tracker in the insole of a patient’s shoe, loved ones and caregivers can use their computer or smart phone to track the patient’s whereabouts. Smartsole is credited with helping someone find an elderly man who had driven away in his car here in Arizona. “He literally drove until his car ran out of gas,” Bertagna said. “It was a […]

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AI Venturetech to Utilize GTX Corp GPS Products for Future AI Applications

JANUARY 31, 2020 AIVENTURETECH (NEW YORK)–AI VentureTech, Inc. announces plans to utilize GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) GPS wearable tracking technology and NFC solutions to build future Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications for commercial markets. GTX Corp is a pioneer in the field of wearable GPS, people and asset tracking Location-Based Services (LBS) and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS). The Company will explore the development of AI based applications utilizing data from GTX Corp GPS wearable products. Predictive Tracking of High-Risk Patients One area of research would be in developing analytical and predictive applications for high risk patients such as Alzheimer’s and Dementia. We could build applications that utilize GTX Corp patented GPS SmartSole® wearable shoe product to build data sets that better predict locations for patients who may wonder based on past data and patterns. Shipping and Logistics At the enterprise level we plan to explore development of tracking analytic applications to increase […]

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Good Living Guide- “GPS SHOES NOW AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS WITH ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA”

January 15, 2020 by Good Living Guide. This post may contain affiliate links. If you have a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s, the possibility that they might wander is a serious concern. Now, you can use soles with built-in GPS to track them everywhere they go. GPS SmartSole SMARTSOLES ARE A SMART IDEA The insoles are made by a company called GPS SmartSole. The insoles use GPS and cellular technology to track the person wearing them. You can use your phone or your computer to get the person’s location. They look just like the insoles that you’d buy at the drugstore. Our GPS shoe inserts are small, lightweight and discreet. PEACE OF MIND FOR CAREGIVERS Patti Ciancaglini is the wife and caregiver of former professional boxer Ray Ciancaglini, who is now a concussion awareness activist. In a video, Patti explains that Ray enjoys walking around their outdoor property, but she worries that […]

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RFID Journal- Blockchain Solution Employs NFC for Supply Chain Accountability

ShipChain and GTX are partnering to offer a solution that captures supply chain data throughout perishable goods’ journey from manufacturer to consumer, with a goal of boosting visibility and trust. By Claire Swedberg Aug 13, 2019—Logistics solution company ShipChain has teamed up with GTX Corp. to provide a blockchain-based solution leveraging Near Field Communication (NFC)-basedsensor data to capture, manage and share conditions throughout the supply chain. The solution consists of ShipChain’s software using GTX’s NFC smart tags with built-in temperature sensors. ShipChain offers a blockchain-based ship-and-trace software platform for its customers, which include food and pharmaceutical companies. Since its launch in 2017, the company’s universal visibility platform has focused on supply chain data, says John Monarch, ShipChain’s CEO. The goal, he says, is to insert visibility and subsequent accountability into the supply chain so that companies and consumers can each have trust in what happens as goods travel to customers. The system initially provided vehicle tracking via GPS so […]

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ShipChain and GTX Corp Launch Blockchain Shipment Tracking Solution- The Maritime Executive

BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 2019-07-22 17:44:04 Blockchain-based logistics ShipChain and GTX Corp (GTXO), a global tech leader offering a suite of GPS and near field communication (NFC) tracking location-based services, have announced a new partnership for a new global NFC blockchain shipment tracking solution. Under the agreement, ShipChain will use GTX’s temperature enabled NFC smart tags to track temperature-sensitive shipments. The tag requires no scanners, or wires, and records temperatures based on customer-defined intervals and duration. In addition, GTX offers other NFC products that ShipChain will utilize to optimize its Track and Trace Platform. “ShipChain’s new partnership with GTX is another step toward reaching our goal: a transparent, unified, end-to-end logistics platform,” said John Monarch, ShipChain CEO, “Until now, availability and cost of sensors was always a stumbling block. But GTX’s smart tags – integrated into ShipChain’s track and trace platform – provide low cost, powerful tool to give our customers even […]

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These shoes help track people with dementia when they wander- considerable.com

People with dementia are sometimes prone to hiding when they feel lost or scared Considerable Staff Restlessness and memory loss are a dangerous combination for people with dementia: They’re likely to leave familiar settings for situations they aren’t equipped to handle alone. Dementia patients who might otherwise be able to live at home are often placed in assisted living facilities because their tendency to wander puts themselves or others in harm’s way. Wandering seniors make the news every day. In fact, 35 states have implemented Silver Alert systems focused on notifying law enforcement about missing seniors with dementia and other individuals with cognitive impairments. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, six in 10 people with dementia will wander. One solution to the problem may be right underfoot. SmartSoles are insoles that are easily adapted to most types of shoe. Equipped with a GPS and cell capabilities, they send a message to a caregiver’s phone as soon as […]

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GPS SmartSole Featured in Sweden’s MedTech Magazine

This sole provides security when memory begins to fail April 24, 2019 9:04 PM | By Lisa von Garrelts | Tell the editors   TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE A discreet GPS alarm in the form of a sole that you have in your regular shoes. So, the solution can look when, for the sake of security, a little help is needed on the stack. With the GPS unit in the sole, the user does not carry any visible alarm that can disturb or be removed. The smart sole from Posifone, GPS Smartsole, is a GPS alarm placed in the shoes. It is activated when the user touches the shoe and notifies relatives, staff or an alarm center if the user passes outside a predetermined security area. The sole is a discrete set of providing tracking capabilities and facilitates the one who easily forgets, or does not want to wear a phone, a wrist or a pocket device. For caregivers and relatives of a […]

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GPS SmartSoles featured in German Publication – DIE WELT

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Location Prediction Using GPS Trackers: Can Machine Learning Help Locate Missing People with Dementia?

Jan 22 2019   JanuszWojtusiak ReyhanehMogharabnia IoT Journal has just published Associate Professor and Director of Health Informatics at Mason’s College of Health and Human Services Janusz Wojtusiak, PhD, initial findings from his research which studied the possibility of using machine learning methods applied to data from GPS trackers to create individualized models that describe patterns of movement. These patterns can be used to predict typical locations of individuals with dementia, and to detect movements that do not follow these patterns and may correspond to wandering. The GPS trackers and data used in the study were provided by GTX Corp’s GPS SmartSoles. Significant number of people with dementia are at risk of wandering and getting lost. These individuals may get hurt, cause distress to families and caregivers, and require costly search parties. This study explores the possibility of using machine learning methods applied to data from GPS trackers to create individualized models that describe patterns of […]

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