London: Shoes fitted with a miniature GPS system to locate Alzheimer’s patients have gone on sale in Britain, the Daily Mail reported.
The shoes enable the person with Alzheimer’s to be monitored remotely. The 250-pound shoes are fitted with a device – similar to those used in sat-nav systems found in cars.
Family members use an app downloaded to a smart phone or computer to find out the location of the missing person.
The GPS is implanted in the heel of the shoe. The device contains a battery, SIM card (that tracks the wearer) and an integrated chip to help the device function, Mail said.
The antenna and a USB connection to charge the shoes runs up the back heel of the shoe. The shoes need charging roughly every two days, a process that takes roughly two hours.
American company GTX Corp is marketing the footwear range Aetrex Navistar GPS Shoes.
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