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One in FIVE Europeans suffer from noise pollution caused by traffic and aircraft as officials warn up to HALF of city-dwellers are exposed to constant road noise at dangerous levels

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8078083/One-FIVE-Europeans-suffer-noise-pollution-caused-traffic-aircraft.html?ITO=applenews The European Environment Agency (EEA) predict figures will get worse Noise pollution can disrupt sleep at night, affect heart health and brain function The EEA say such exposure could be traced to the 12,000 premature deaths More than 18% of the UK urban population exposed to harmful noise levels By LEIGH MCMANUS FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 09:16 EDT, 5 March 2020 | UPDATED: 09:22 EDT, 5 March 2020 One in five Europeans suffer from noise pollution caused by traffic and aircraft as officials warn up to half of city-dwellers are exposed to constant road noise.  Alarmingly, figures are set to rise in the next decade due to urban growth, the European Environment Agency (EEA) predict.   Noise pollution can disrupt sleep at night, while chronic noise has been found to effect heart health and brain function by adding stress to the body.  The EEA say such exposure could be traced to the 12,000 premature deaths and as […]

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It’s just noise … right?

Australian Academy of Science: Health effects of environmental noise pollution https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/health-effects-environmental-noise-pollution It might be tempting to think that noise isn’t a serious health issue, after all, it’s just noise. It won’t kill us … right? Well, maybe. Exposure to prolonged or excessive noise has been shown to cause a range of health problems ranging from stress, poor concentration, productivity losses in the workplace, and communication difficulties and fatigue from lack of sleep, to more serious issues such as cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, tinnitus and hearing loss. In 2011 the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report titled ‘Burden of disease from environmental noise’. This study collated data from various large-scale epidemiological studies of environmental noise in Western Europe, collected over a 10-year period. The studies analysed environmental noise from planes, trains and vehicles, as well as other city sources, and then looked at links to health conditions such as cardiovascular […]

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GTX Corp is a proud member of the Southern California Biomedical Council

GTX Corp is a proud member of the Southern California Biomedical Council. Find GTX Corp Featured on SoCalBio.org  socalbio.org About SoCalBio  Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio) is a nonprofit, member-supported trade association that serves the biotech, med tech, IVD  and digital health communities in the six counties that comprise the Greater Los Angeles region (Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside and San Bernardino). SoCalBio’s programs help local firms gain access to capital, potential partners, and other business services. The Council also promotes technology transfer and workforce training, while informing policymakers and the public at-large about the benefits of the region’s bioscience industry. SoCalBio is open to membership by firms and organizations engaged in all aspects of bioscience research, technology development, and commercialization.

GTX Expands Testing of New Hearing Protection Solution to Sri Lanka, Peru and Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, March 9, 2020GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) (GTX), a pioneer in the field of GPS wearable technology people & asset tracking, today announced receiving test orders for their recently launched noise reduction system NRBz, from the Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense and from a distributor in Peru which specializes in solutions for the health, mining and transportation industry. NRBz are patented noise reduction ear buds designed to reduce loud background noise by up to 40 dB’s without attenuating low direct noise such as someone speaking to you. Ideal for military, law enforcement, first responders, hunters, recreational firearms users, mining, oil, utility and gas workers, race car drivers, motorcycle riders and people with autism or hyper-sensitivity to loud noises but still need to clearly communicate with other people around them. In fact this past weekend several of the 550 race teams from over thirty different states and seventeen different […]

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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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GTX Corp Signs Agreement with Hearing Armor and Launches New Wearable Tech Hearing Protection Product Under its Health & Safety Platform

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2020GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) (GTX), a pioneer in the field of GPS wearable technology, people & asset tracking Location-Based Services (LBS) and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced the launch of a new patented wearable technology noise reduction system designed to protect the wearer from loud background noises, without interfering or drowning out direct verbal communication. The patented noise reduction ear buds or NRBz are designed to reduce loud background noise by up to 40 dB’s without attenuating low direct noise such as someone speaking to you. Perfect for military, law enforcement, first responders, hunters, recreational firearms users, oil and gas workers, race car drivers, motorcycle riders and people with autism. Basically, anyone who is exposed or sensitive to loud noises but still needs to clearly communicate with people around them. The hearing protection system, invented by Dr. Rick Rogers, was originally created to provide […]

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GTX Corp Launches New Health & Safety Platform

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, February 6, 2020 GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) (GTX), a pioneer in the field of GPS wearable technology, people & asset tracking Location-Based Services (LBS) and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced the launch of its new Health and Safety suite of products. This new platform will focus more on NFC, BLE and IoT technology along with other patented technologies to produce a variety of health and safety products that can be used alone or integrated across a wide array of vertical markets and applications. While the Company is staying true to its ethos of wearable technology, this Health and Safety platform will expand beyond footwear and the senior community, which is what GTX Corp is most well known for. Some of the new channels will be hospitals, schools, oil and mining, construction and the art world, adding to its existing channels serving seniors, Alzheimer’s, autism, military and […]

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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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Sri Lanka MoD places order for GTX’s GPS and Track & Trace solutions

22 JANUARY 2020 The Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense (MoD) has placed an order with US military contractor GTX Corp for its global positioning system (GPS) and Track & Trace solutions. The company is involved in the manufacture of wearable GPS, people and asset tracking location-based services (LBS) and real-time location systems (RTLS). The initial test order, which will be sent to the company in the next few weeks, is part of a requirement from the Sri Lanka Army, Disaster Management Centre, and Centre for Research and Development. Under a Sri Lanka MoD initiative, the country’s personnel and equipment have to be tagged, tracked and located (TTL). GTX, along with the Sri Lankan Government, has been working for the past year to get approvals for the sales and import of its products. Approvals for the sales and import of GTX’s products were received after the government confirmed the 2019 annual […]

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