Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Here I am, there I go and now you know. My GPS told you so.
Expect crowd-based problem solving to fuel endless innovations in 2012, especially as for consumers, contributing will be more effortless than ever.
However the reality is that most consumers- while they might want to contribute- find that it a hassle. You can expect to see more IDLE SOURCING initiatives in 2012: products and services that make it simple to contribute to anything, from pinpointing roads in need of repairs to finding signs of extraterrestrial life.
Making this technological possible is the ubiquity of always-on, GPS and accelerometer-enabled smartphones. In 2012, consumers can and will increasingly broadcast data about where and what they are doing.
Two IDLE SOURCING examples that show the way:
Test launched back in March 2011, the Boston based Street Bump app takes advantage of the sensors on smartphones to give city officials a real-time map of road conditions. The Android app uses the accelerometers and GPS technology in users’ phones to register when and where the user’s car has experienced a pothole, which it logs and reports automatically.
Israeli crowd-sourced traffic navigation app Waze reached seven million users across 45 countries in October 2011. The app provides free turn-by-turn navigation alongside live information about road conditions, crowdsourced from other users. Users can also sign-in and view their friends’ locations.
GTXCorp continues to offer its patented 2-way GPS people finding solutions – including its life saving GPS Smart Shoe through Aetrex Worldwide – that instantly locates the victims of Alzheimer’s Disease that have eloped or wandered from their caregivers. Talk is that a kids version is on the drawing boards for a similar solution. Remember, dementia is not age biased.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
In Depth Interview on the Code Amber Alertag on the Peggy Smedley Show

Nov 15, 2011 - Peggy Smedley Show - Security and M2M - First Responders
Featuring Patrick Bertagna, GTX Corp CEO discusses the benefits of the Code Amber AlerTag providing emergency medical information to first responders in a secure/encrypted format. Listen to the Show
The Peggy Smedley Show, with listenership of almost 100,000 is the voice of M2M and connected
devices, broadcasting live each Tuesday from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. CT
on the Connected World Network, owned by Specialty Publishing
Co., and a member of the World Syndicated Radio Network
(wsRadio). The Peggy Smedley Show is a weekly radio show that
helps listeners not only understand connected devices, but also
how to make these devices a part of their everyday lives.
Past guests of the Peggy Smedley Show include:
• Alcatel-Lucent
• AT&T
• Center for Connected Health
• Google Inc.
• GrandCare Systems
• GTX Corp.
• IBM Corp.
• MIT Media Lab
• Motorola Mobility
• Omnilink
• Sprint
• T-Mobile USA
• U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Verizon Wireless
• WebTech Wireless
• Wellcore

The Code Amber Alertag Makes a Great Holiday Gift for Family and Friends
GTX Corp CEO Patrick Bertagna at the Undiscovered Equities Conference discusses the GPS Smart Shoe and the Code Amber Alertag Watch the Interview




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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Over 10,000,000 View The GPS Shoe on the Media Global Stage
Below are just a few of those articles from many of the leading national and international media outlets. And if you Google "gps shoes for alzheimer's patients hit US" you will see dozens of articles from all over the world that have recently featured the award winning patented GPS Smart Shoe.
US News Coverage
- CBS News -
GPS shoes marketed for Alzheimer's patients: Will they save lives? - Fox News -
GPS Shoes for Alzheimer's Patients - Fox News Channel - The GPS Shoe on the FNC Ticker - Video
- CNN - GPS shoes track dementia patients - Video
- NBC News - What a find: GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients
- ABC News -
GPS Shoes for Alzheimer’s Patients - Time Magazine -
A GPS-Enabled Shoe to Track Wandering Alzheimer's Patients - New York Post -
Gramps' 'wander off' GPS shoe - New York Daily News -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients monitor wandering seniors who may be suffering from dementia - The New York Times -
A Shoe for Wanderers - USA Today -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients coming to market - The Washingtonian -
GPS Shoe Tracks Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients' Whereabouts - National Public Radio -
High-Tech Shoes Aim To Stop Wandering Alzheimer's Patients - The Boston Globe -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to hit US - Popular Science -
First GPS-Enabled Walking Shoes Help Caregivers Track Alzheimer’s Patients - Yahoo News -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to hit US - AARP -
A GPS Shoe? Don’t Laugh. It Could Help Track Wanderers - World Market Media: -
GTX Corp (OTCQB: GTXO) GPS Shoes Noted in Press Around the World

International and Tech News Coverage
- The Daily Mail UK -
Shoes designed with tracking device to help families of Alzheimer's sufferers - The Hong Kong Standard -
Big step to helping Alzheimer's sufferers - The China Post -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to go on sale in US - The Straits Times Singapore -
Video: GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients - The Emirates 24/7 -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients - The Hindustan Times -
Now, GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients - The Taipei Times -
GPS shoes for those with Alzheimer’s ready for US market - Asia One Singapore -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to Hit US - Channel News Asia -
Alzheimer's GPS shoes to hit US - Inter Aksyon Manila -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to be introduced in US - The Turkish Press -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to hit US - Times Live South Africa -
Help hidden in Alzheimer's sufferers' shoes - International Business Times -
GPS Shoes Tracks Lost Seniors Suffering from Alzheimers - UAE Top News -
Help Hidden In Alzheimer's Sufferers' Shoes - The Times of Oman -
GPS shoes to aid Alzheimer's patients - Gulf News -
GPS shoes to hit US shelves this month - MeD India -
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients - Discovery News -
GPS Shoes for Alzheimer's Patients - Medical Daily -
GPS Shoes for Dementia Patients - UberGizmo -
GPS Shoe helps track patients with Alzheimer's - Mobi Health News -
GPS shoe for seniors to launch in US this year - Take Part News -
Never Lose Grandma Again - Fast Company -
A GPS-Enabled Shoe To Track Alzheimer's Patients - Connected World -
GPS Shoe Coming to Market - Digital Trends -
GPS shoes designed to track location of Alzheimer’s patients - Giz Mag -
Comfort shoes with embedded GPS to keep track of Alzheimer's patients
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
An aging population with a rising incidence of chronic conditions poses a major threat to healthcare systems throughout developed countries.
Of significant importance to this shift will be the collection (Bio-monitoring) and access to personal vital signs via remote sensors (Body Sensor Network) and GPS transceivers. Continuously monitoring and maintaining a secure medical data history of weight, blood glucose levels, blood pressure, fitness activity and respiratory function are merely the initial applications of GPSPLS Health 2.0 solutions.
Two products from GTX Corp provide solutions to these issues, the GPS Shoe and the Code Amber Alertag.
Monday, October 3, 2011
The not so 'golden' years
Alzheimer's disease will produce a cascade of events that may prove to be a health management tsunami. Our population is getting older and living longer. Nearly 10 million unpaid care givers provided more than 8 billion hours of care to dimentia victims. At the current paid hourly rate for a health care provider that amount would be greeater than the national debt. In a decade the problem would make care giving the number one vocation.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
GTX Corp Ships First 3,000 GPS Shoe Devices to Footwear Partner Aetrex Worldwide, Inc.
Alzheimer’s Claims a New Victim every 7 Seconds and dementia had an estimated worldwide cost in 2010 of $604 billion
LOS ANGELES, CA September 21, 2011: GTX Corp (OTCQB: GTXO), a leader in customizable, miniaturized GPS Personal Location Services (PLS) solutions, announced today the FCC certification of the GPS Shoe and the delivery of the first 3,000 units to shoe partner Aetrex Worldwide, Inc. As millions of boomers are approaching 65 and in recognition of World Alzheimer's Day on September 21, 2011, GTX Corp is proud to announce the release of the world's first GPS tracking technology to be imbedded into comfort and wellness shoes for individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
“This is a significant milestone for both Companies and while the $604 billion worldwide cost of dementia has become and will continue to be a significant fiscal challenge, the under $300 GPS enabled shoes will ease the enormous physical and emotional burden borne by Alzheimer’s victims, caregivers and their geographically distant family members,” states Patrick Bertagna CEO of GTX Corp and co inventor of the award winning, multi patent GPS Shoe.
"The GPS Shoe has the potential to be life saving, as well as life changing technology for those afflicted and their caregivers," says Andrew Carle, who has been internationally recognized for coining the term “Nana” Technologies for describing technology for older adults. Carle has served as an advisor to GTX Corp for the past 3 years and is additionally Director of the Program in Senior Housing Administration at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. "The shoes also hold the potential to save governments hundreds of millions of dollars in search and rescue operations, as well in health care costs for those otherwise injured." The World Alzheimer Report 2010 provides the clearest, most comprehensive global picture yet of the economic impact of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Over five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s and without a cure; those numbers are expected to quadruple, to more than 20 million in the U.S. and 106 million worldwide. Statistics show 60% of those afflicted will wander and become lost and up to half of those lost who are not found within 24 hours may die, from dehydration, exposure, or injury. Because paranoia is a manifestation of the disease, many will remove objects placed upon them with which they are unfamiliar. However, habitual memory, which includes getting dressed, is the last type of memory retained in individuals with Alzheimer's. Affirming the placement of the miniaturized 2-way GPS technology in comfort and wellness shoes an efficient and useful monitoring solution for the estimated 15 million family and caregivers of people suffering from the disease.
The Aetrex GPS Shoes will be available for sale at www.aetrex.com, www.gpsshoe.com, www.foot.com and www.gtxcorp.com for an estimated retail price of $299 anticipated beginning in or around the second half of October.
About GTX Corp
GTX Corp® utilizes the latest in miniaturized, low power consumption technology and offers a robust 2 way GPS and cellular location platform that enables subscribers to track in real time the whereabouts of people, pets, or high valued assets through a complete end to end - customizable GPS/GPRS transceiver module, wireless connectivity gateway, Smartphone Apps, middleware, and viewing portal. For further information please visit:
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