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The Israeli made Aerotel GeoSkeeper is a GPS enabled device that can be strapped to the wrist of an senior citizen or child and programmed to set off an alarm and send their location if they leave a defined area, neighborhood for example. The GeoSkeeper has an embedded quad-band GSM/GPRS module and built-in cellular speakerphone for communication as well. Clearly this device would be excellent for hikers and back country skiers as well other followers of extreme of lone sports.
Aerotel Medical Systems, a world leading manufacturer of modular, mobile and home-based telemedicine and telecare solutions, reveals its new GeoSkeeper™ GPS-based personal safety device for seniors, children and lone workers. GeoSkeeper™ will be demonstrated along with other Aerotel remote monitoring solutions as part of the Israel Mobile Association (IMA) pavilion at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona The SKeeper is a striped down version of its sibling and provides everything except the geofencing feature. It does feature two-way voice calls and text messages with an advanced alerting system for enhanced personal security.
(newlaunches)
References: aerotel, newlaunches
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