New Electronics & Telecom Project Idea: GPS Tracking For Old People

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  medeepak

  i was thinking about something similar for a Analog Devices competition
  i was thinking about making a wheel chair
  which has a GPS module attached to a mobile so we could the find the shortest way using google maps
  also in it are proximity sensors which find the nearby obstacles and avoids them
  but due to lack of help i could submit the abstract
  
  any way yours is a good idea
  start working on it ASAP
  
  Cheers
  deepak
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  sam_from_hell

  Isn't it easier to just give the person a cellphone??
  Or to integrate a GPS transmitter into it?( I think this already exists :?: )
  But this idea would work great for pets!
  --Cheers
  Sam
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  Harshad Italiya

  Really nice idea Biggie, Interfacing GPS,Controller and Windows CE based system can work.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  sam_from_hell

  Isn't it easier to just give the person a cellphone??
  Or to integrate a GPS transmitter into it?( I think this already exists :?: )
  But this idea would work great for pets!
  --Cheers
  Sam

  Well, yes it's easy. But old people find it VERY difficult to use the Cell Phones. We can't expect a lost old man to take out a cell phone, find out the right number and dial it. Instead, this system should be automatic. Say, if the old man goes out of defined radius, an alert is sent to all prefixed mobile devices.
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  sam_from_hell

  Ankle Monitor link shows that its already in use in developed countries (read USA). (Hope it helps)
  A great idea for a project!
  Cheers
  --Sam
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I think whether to carry it or not is going to be personal question. I'd rather want a technical discussion on this than whether this is ethical or not.
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  shreyasm89

  @biggie- Are you game for using A-GPS(uses GSM n/w) than GPS? We will have to automate the phone to activate the A-GPS when it crosses a certain area. Also GPS won't work accurately under cloud cover that's i advocate A-GPS. In A-GPS it relays information to a LOCATION server which will pinpoint the position of the GPS receiver. Now this location server can be clubbed with the Customer Service base of the service provider, wherein call-centre executives can call up that person and inform him/her about the location & direct accordingly. This will ensure that the geographical information need not be relayed everytime to a remote location but can be stored at the server itself. I suggested this since we already have included spekers in our idea. We won't need a separate speaker but a normal cell-phone.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  @shreyasm: I'm not a communications guy and have very limited knowledge of A-GPS (yes, I'm aware of what it is). I just have an idea - how to implement it in the best possible way needs to be fixed by all of us contributing to this thread here. I'm game for everything that might be useful.