Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Shoe Tags

Paul Simon sang about diamonds on the soles of her shoes. Has a much different ring than GPS on the soles of your shoes.

Sixty percent of Alzheimer’s patients will wander away from home at some point over the course of the disease. Finding them quickly is critical as the risk of death or injury goes up considerably after 24 hours.

But now there’s a new device among a growing number of products designed to keep track of our wandering loved ones.

Two companies, GTX and Aetrex Worldwide, are collaborating to release a shoe with GPS tracking capability.

Sounds like a winner, but no Grammy candidate.

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