GTX Corp Launches Fulfilment Center in Ireland to Support SmartSole Sales in Europe
LOS ANGELES, CA. – June 3, 2015 – GTX Corp (OTCQB: GTXO), an IoT platform and leading provider of personal location GPS wearable technology and wandering assistive technology, announced today the signing of an agreement with Alroni Ltd. based in Ireland, sister company of TippToes, an established supplier of medical garments and footwear in Ireland and the U.K. for over 17 years.
GTX Reports Record Q1 Results
GPS SmartSoles Launched – Revenues Up 593% Over 2014 – Clean Balance Sheet
Well Positioned for 2015 Growth
LOS ANGELES, CA – May 18, 2015 – GTX Corp. (OTCQB: GTXO), an M2M IoT platform and leading provider of personal location GPS wearable technology and wandering assistive technology, announced the results of its financial performance for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015.
GPS SmartSoles® Expanding U.S. Territory with New Rep in Florida
Senate Special Committee on Aging Discusses Advances in Technology to Help Seniors Live IndependentlyLos Angeles, Calif. – May 14, 2015 – GTX Corp. (OTCQB: GTXO), a leading provider of personal location GPS wearable technology and wandering assistive technology, announced today the appointment of PAL BUTTON Medical Alert Systems as the sales representative for GPS SmartSoles in The Villages & South Florida area. The Nadler’s have been inspiring healthier, safer lives for families for over thirty years. “GPS SmartSole is the perfect complement to our existing products. We are thrilled to be selected as team members representing this innovative product,” said Fyllis Nadler, Director of Operations for PAL BUTTON Medical Alert Systems. “We had great success in presenting the SmartSole at the Fire Safety expo sponsored by the Villages Police and Fire Department, many individuals expressed interest and were excited to know that the product is now available for families.”
GPS SmartSoles at the Fire Safety Fair 4-18-2015 Lady Lake, FL
PAL BUTTON Medical Alert Systems sales representative for GPS SmartSoles in The Villages & South Florida area.
GPS SmartSole Launches in Australia at CeBIT 2015
mCareWatch Pty Ltd Signs distribution agreement and places first commercial order with GTX Corp
Los Angeles, Calif. – May 7, 2015 – GTX Corp. (OTCQB: GTXO), a leading provider of personal location GPS wearable technology and wandering assistive technology, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement with mCareWatch Pty Ltd, an Australian healthcare technology company focused on providing market leading assisted living, mobile health and tele-care solutions.
mCareWatch introduced the patented SmartSole® wandering assistive wearable technology at the Global Business Technology Event- CeBIT, May 5 – 7 at Sydney Olympic Park. mCareWatch has placed its first commercial order which is scheduled to ship next week and will begin selling the SmartSole in Australia in May.
GTX Corp’s New E-commerce Store Features 6 Month Interest-Free Financing on GPS SmartSoles
Los Angeles, Calif. – May 1, 2015 – GTX Corp. (OTCQB: GTXO), a leading provider of personal location GPS wearable technology and wandering assistive technology, announced today that it is offering 6 months interest-free financing for its flagship GPS SmartSoles. Available through its newly launched e-commerce store customers will have the option of signing up for a payment plan through PayPal, offering 6 months interest free financing.
GTX Corp Comments on 2014 Performance and 2015 Roadmap
Los Angeles, Calif. – April 16, 2015 – GTX Corp. (OTCQB: GTXO), a leading provider of personal location GPS wearable technology and wandering assistive technology, announced today commentary on the Company’s performance for last year and what shareholders can expect in 2015.
GTX Corp Adds Netherlands Distributor, Track & Trace NL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 11, 2015 – GTX Corp. (OTCBB: GTXO), a pioneer and global provider of personal location wearable technologies, is pleased to announce the addition of Track & Trace NL to its growing list of international distributors. Track & Trace is based in the Netherlands and has been supplying GPS tracking solutions in the Netherlands, Belgium and surrounding countries since 2010.
GTX Corp Expands Sales Channels Launches Affiliate Program for GPS SmartSoles®
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 5, 2015 – GTX Corp. (OTCBB: GTXO), a pioneer and global provider of personal location wearable technologies, is pleased to announce the launch of its affiliate program for its flagship GPS SmartSoles. The affiliate program was launched in partnership with ShareASale, a U.S. based online marketing program management firm.
GTX Corp Expands GPS SmartSole ® U.S. Sales Team
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 12, 2015 – GTX Corp. (OTCBB: GTXO), a pioneer and global provider of personal location wearable technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Burrington as National Sales Manager for GTX Corp, and the addition of five new sales representatives covering California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada.
GTX Corp to Present at Inaugural Innovations Conference
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, February 5, 2015–GTX Corp.(OTCBB: GTXO), a pioneer and global provider of personal location wearable technologies, is pleased to announce that it will be presenting at the inauguralInnovations Conference in Miami on Monday, February 9, 2015 at Mondrian South Beach, hosted by Greentree Financial Group and Brewer & Associates Consulting.
Bluvision And GTX Corp. Collaborate On SmartSole GPS-Enabled Monitor Insoles For Persons With Dementia, Autism
February 10th, 2015 – Charles Moore – Alzheimer’s News Today – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida based Bluvision has announced a collaborative venture with wearable technologies innovator GTX Corp., a company that specializes in the development of personal location devices, to create solutions for location tracking those with memory cognitive disorders like Alzheimer’s and other forms of Dementia, as well as persons with Autism.
Can GPS technology help dementia sufferers stay independent longer?
CTVNews.ca Staff – Sunday, January 18, 2015 – Researchers in Alberta are trying to determine whether GPS technology can help people with early stage dementia stay safe and live independently longer. The Locator Device Project is a six-month trial being conducted out of the University of Alberta. With partial funding from the provincial government, researchers are testing out GPS technology to locate wandering or lost people who have cognitive impairments.
How Small Cap Companies Can Change the World: Interview with Jack Brewer of the Brewer Group
January 29, 2015 – Equities.com
Equities.com recently had the opportunity to speak with Jack Brewer of The Brewer Group who, after a successful career as a professional athlete in the National Football League, went on to tackle the financial world as an innovator pushing to change how the capital markets can impact the global community in a positive way.
JABA Piloting New Tracking Tech for Forgetful Seniors
Jan. 27, 2015 – Charlottesville, Va (WVIR NBC 29) – Families living with Alzheimer’s or dementia patients might be able to get a little relief thanks to new technology. An Albemarle County organization is testing out a device that helps keep an eye on people who may wander.
Patrick Bertagna and Andrew Carle on the Peggy Smedley Show
Oct 21, 2014 – Peggy Smedley Show
Smartsole and Its Use in Healthcare
Andrew Carle, founding director of the program in senior housing administration, George Mason University, gives an overview of GTX’s Smartsole..
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Missing Alzheimer’s patient illustrates danger of “wandering”
SAN DIEGO — There’s still no sign of a 75-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who disappeared 10 days ago.
CBS News Story mentions SmartSoles
Aeris Raises the Bar for M2M and IoT Support Services, Removing a Key Roadblock to Industry Growth
Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) May 13, 2014 – Aeris Communications, the Made for Machines technology and service provider, today announced the introduction of Infinity Support. Building on over a decade of experience in the M2M and IoT market, servicing millions of devices across all major industries and geographies, Aeris has developed Infinity Support to provide the critical capabilities that customers need to achieve breakthrough performance in operational efficiency and solution uptime.
Best New Tech To Help Aging Parents
Take a look at the latest gadgets and apps to help as parents get older.
USA TODAY – May 11, 2014 – Jennifer Jolly, Contributor – My newly retired mom is a fairly tech-savvy senior. She plays a mean game of Words With Friends, knows how to post photos on Facebook (not always a good thing), and shoots a decent selfie every now and again.
Turns out, these seemingly simple digital doses of daily life might soon be just what the doctor orders for both older adults and the people who love them.
A Step In The Right Direction
Your parents want their independence, and you want peace of mind. SmartSoles by GTX are a great way to to always know where your loved ones are without pestering them to check in. The GPS-equipped soles slide into any shoe and keep tabs via a simple Web app accessible from regular computers or smartphones. You can bring up the wearer’s location at any time, which is perfect when your senior parent is running errands or suffers from memory loss. People with Alzheimer’s or dementia don’t always realize they’re lost and, if frightened, might even decide to hide.
Andrew Carle Discusses GPS SmartSole With CNN
( GTXO ) GTX Corp Joins Stockr Investment Community
Los Angeles, CA – ACCESSWIRE – The Wall Street Journal – May 1, 2014 – GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO), a leading provider of personal location wearable technologies, is pleased to announced it is now using Stockr to communicate directly with the investing public. Stockr is a social platform that helps investors connect in real-time with one another and to public companies as well as trustworthy sources of tradable information and data.
Fox News (Washington, DC) airs story that discusses GTX SmartSole
UAV Locator Review
Video Testimonial of a Prime Lite locator user to track his aerial drone.
GTX Corp. + Drone-Mods.com—Where Did It Go? (GPS—Tracking)
They have partnered to provide GPS tracking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Satnews Daily – Sept 20, 2013 – Drone-Mods.com has launched its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) GPS Locator, an effective and reliable GPS solution for retrieving an aerial vehicle in the event of a fly-away. The Drone-Mods.com UAV Locator is a small, lightweight, self-powered, standalone GPS module that attaches to your aerial vehicle. If the pilot loses site of the vehicle, or experiences a fly-away, they simply call the phone number assigned to the UAV and within a few minutes, the pilot will receive a text message and an email containing a Google Maps link with the GPS (latitude/longitude) coordinates of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
Virginia Professor Champions GPS Tracking Shoes
Fairfax, Va. (AP) – March 25, 2014 — Andrew Carle, an assistant professor at George Mason University and a consultant on senior housing issues, is always looking for new technology to improve the lives of the elderly. He’s even coined a term for his life’s work: “nana technology.”
“I’ve always tried to close the great divide between geeks and grans,” said Carle, who’s also the founding director of GMU’s program in senior housing administration.
So when he came across a shoe in 2007 with a Global Positioning System device embedded in the sole — an innovation aimed at parents concerned about their kids disappearing — he had an idea. Why not use the technology to develop a shoe for senior citizens? It could be a lifesaver for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia patients while easing caregivers’ fears that they’ll wander away.
Carle met with Patrick Bertagna, chief executive of GTX, the Los Angeles-based maker of the shoe. “It just really touched us,” Bertagna said of his meeting with Carle. “I brought in our whole management team to shift our focus.”
Now, Carle and GTX are taking their nana technology a step further. They’ve developed insoles with an embedded GPS device so that the technology can be easily moved between pairs of shoes. The “Smart Soles” are being tested by groups that work with dementia patients, and Carle said the soles are scheduled to be released this summer.
KCBS News Radio Interviews Andrew Carle About GPS Shoes
‘Nana Tech’: Smart Shoes & Handheld EKGs Could Keep Seniors Safe
LiveScience.com – March 19, 2014 – Stephanie Pappas
Taking care of elderly parents — or being one yourself — could get a bit easier in the near future, thanks to technology designed to keep seniors safe.
One proponent of this tech, Andrew Carle of George Mason University, refers to it as “nana technology,” a pun on “nanotechnology,” for the unobtrusive size of these new devices. One device that Carle consulted on is a GPS-enabled shoe sole designed to help caregivers keep track of patients with dementia. New wearables like the shoe sole are a discreet alternative to wrist or ankle bands. “There’s no stigma,” Carle told Live Science.
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George Mason professor champions shoes with GPS tracking for Alzheimer’s patients
The Washington Post – Feb. 25, 2014 – Tom Jackman
Andrew Carle, an assistant professor at George Mason University and a consultant on senior housing issues, is always looking for new technology to improve the lives of the elderly. He ’s even coined a term for his life ’s work: “ nana technology.”
“I’ve always tried to close the great divide between geeks and grans,” said Carle, who’s also the founding director of GMU’s program in senior housing administration.
So when he came across a shoe in 2007 with a Global Positioning System device embedded in the sole — an innovation aimed at parents concerned about their kids disappearing — he had an idea. Why not use the technology to develop a shoe for senior citizens? It could be a lifesaver for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia patients while easing caregivers’ fears that they’ll wander away.
Carle met with Patrick Bertagna, chief executive of GTX, the Los Angeles-based maker of the shoe. “It just really touched us,” Bertagna said of his meeting with Carle. “I brought in a whole management team to shift our focus.”
Watch a video of the Washington Post interview with Andrew Carle
Hiding GPS Inside Shoes To Keep Track Of Wandering Alzheimer’s Patients
New technologies can improve the lives of not only the exploding elderly population, but also the people who care for them.
FastCoExist – Feb. 14 2014 – Ben Schiller – With the number of dementia and Alzheimer’s sufferers set to double by 2030, there’s likely to be a growing need for technology that keeps the elderly safe and gives caregivers a little peace of mind.
The GPS Shoe, which contains a tracking device in the right heel, is one idea. Launched two years ago, it allows carers to keep up with loved-ones, and in an unobtrusive way. If the wearer leaves the house and wanders outside a designated area, a carer gets an email or text. They can also map the location and call in emergency help if needed.
The shoes, which retail for about $300, were developed by the Aetrex footwear company, along with GTX Corp, a technology company, and come with various service packages. The cheapest starts at about $35 a month, and the shoes are available in six countries, including the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
Functionable Fashion!
Connected World Magazine – Feb/Mar 2014 – Theresa Gordon
Time to get smart and slip into something more connected.
From vibrations to GPS and more, wearables are trekking mobile and keeping us connected. Flexible insoles create specialty footwear. Supershoes, developed by Dhairya Dand of MIT’s Media Lab, can alert consumers to deals in nearby shops. The app uses your history and preferences so it can ping you via Bluetooth, alerting you to local specials or to provide current information like restaurant hours, weather conditions, and directions. It can even ping the hyper tactile actuators in the soles to tell you to turn right or left.
GTX Corp., has LOCiMOBILE, the GPS Tracking People-Finding app so you don’t have to worry about being lost, getting lost, or losing a loved one. The company now offers GPS SmartSole.
Envisioned for Alzheimer’s patients who can get confused and wander off, but additionally for use with children and others, SmartSole allows families and institutions to “geofence” an area for the child or patient or wearer so they can be found if they break the fence and leave the designated area.
Wearable devices are growing on us, regardless of the reason, panel says
Chicago Tribune – Feb. 11, 2014 – John Carpenter
Form — not to mention fashion and fun — is driving adoption of increasingly functional wearable technology, according to a group of tech executives at the Chicago Auto Show. Things like GPS tracking devices have been around for many years. But cool fitness apps and entertainment gadgets are pushing the fast-growing sector forward.
Patrick Bertagna, president, CEO and founder of GTX Corp., which makes wearable devices that track people with a tendency to wander off — including children or adults with cognitive disabilities — said he has no trouble with the success of less-practical applications. “The entertainment aspect of (wearable) technology is what’s going to drive this,” said Bertagna, speaking Monday on an auto show panel sponsored by Connected World magazine. “When people see it in their cars, and when they see all the fun things they can do with it, I think then (wearable technology) will really transcend into a must-have for other problems out there.”
School Safety: Retired Police Officer and Her Daughter Launch AttachaPack: Safety-Focused Kids Backpack
Options include wearable technology, bulletproof backpack, and hundreds of interchangeable zip-on pockets
9-1-1 Magazine.com – Jan. 9, 2014 – The innovation of a retired police officer and 9-1-1 dispatcher, AttachaPack™, launched in 2013, is offering backpacks with interchangeable pockets aimed at creating fun, personalized looks for kids and peace of mind safety options for parents. The pockets zip on and off for hundreds of possible looks.
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