Filled after the escape or disappearance of the cause of Alzheimer''s patients out of sight, a lot of people, which may expose
them to harm because of the lack of awareness of themselves, both from the company, "LG. T. X" and "Orteix" on the production of shoes for tracking people infected with the disease working on the global
positioning system GPS.
It will boot the new segment to the global positioning system, so that the patients with follow-up on computer screens and to determine their position in the case of absent or invisible Hamwa on their faces.
According to reports, it has not yet determined the price of the shoe, which will come out to light the next year, but experts predict that the rate ranged between 200 to 300 dollars, and the participation of servicing the global positioning system will be up to the patients to pay 20 dollars per month.
To illustrate the importance of this invention is Professor at George Mason University of America, Andrew Carle, who was an adviser on this project, "to making this kind of shoes a great importance as it will save the lives of the stranded patients and provides a lot of money to save his government and the search for these patients, especially patients with
Alzheimer''s and can easily miss and hurt themselves. "
Carly said that according to statistics, 60 per cent of Alzheimer''s patients are wasting at least once, for a lack of awareness of place and their time and understanding it would not request any assistance to return to their homes, leaving the responsibility of a precept of the relatives only.
Carly and that "companies is currently seeking to develop technologies that help to improve the lifestyle of middle-aged and older people," affirming that the profits of the invention of devices to track down the adults, up to five billion dollars.
Recalled that, according to Johns Hopkins University of America, the number of patients with Alzheimer''s had reached 26 million people around the world, and is expected to reach more than 106 million people by 2050.