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New User-Friendly Mobile Device Launched For At Risk People

y person can contact someone when they are in need.

The presence of chronic diseases such as Parkinson’s disease that impairs motor skills or age-related frailty further complicates the issue. All these problems are overcome in the unique device designed to incorporate all essential in the event of an emergency.

The two large buttons on the side initiate a call to the service centre when pressed simultaneously. The device allows a user to make an emergency call by simply gripping the device, rather than having to find and press a button, which means that a person with impaired motor skills can also operate the device.

Another separate button helps initiate a call to a pre-programmed telephone number (of a friend, neighbour or relative). The enhanced audio features enable the user to hear the responder without being held up to the ear. Canceling a call that has been made is enabled through yet another button.

'When an emergency call is placed to a service centre the operator who takes the call automatically receives the user’s file on their computer, and, if necessary, can use the GPS tracking to obtain information about the location of the person on an electronic map. This is particularly important if emergency services are to find them quickly, especially if the person does not know where they are or are having difficulty speaking,' said the project manager.

'Whereas existing mobile devices with location detection capabilities typically transmit GPS data via an SMS message, the MobilAlarm system uses the Care Phone Protocol developed by project partner Attendo Systems that transmits the data through the voice channel. This ensures that the information arrives instantly, compared to an SMS message which can take minutes or even hours to arrive depending on network traffic,' he concluded.

Although the prime target of the marketing would be elderly people and those who suffer from chronic disease
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