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Warpy

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4. If it can be made cheaply enough, it might be useful

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:33 PM

Jan 2024

I can, think of several specific cases where this gadget would have come in handy around here. I remember one little old lady with Alzheimer's, the husband just let her wander, "Where's she gonna go? Nearest neighbor is 14 miles away." This would have come in handy for them, telling him which direction she'd gone. With luck, she hadn't stepped on a rattlesnake.

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Indian teen invents gadget that may transform dementia care [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 OP

Very cool. Another reason why we should all be humble. Genius grows everywhere. Joinfortmill Jan 2024 #1

Hard to believe this doesn't exist already. mucifer Jan 2024 #2

Some smart watches have fall detection n/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 2024 #6

LoRa Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2024 #3

If it can be made cheaply enough, it might be useful Warpy Jan 2024 #4

A friend told me the story about her Mother in law who had dementia and she was following her husband to the gas station flying_wahini Jan 2024 #5