The year 2007 has been described as 'the year of Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled mobile phones' par excellence. GPS and related positioning technologies offer new ways to help older and disabled people, and also reinvent healthcare and social care!

News item: GPS navigation plan to help blind
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6458005.stm

Paper: CAALYX: a new generation of location-based services in healthcare
Increasing older people’s autonomy and self-confidence by helping them in case of emergency
http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/pdf/1476-072X-6-9.pdf

All good wishes,

--Maged

Check out: http://caalyx.eu/