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Japanese Satellite System to Track Dementia Victims Who Wander

Wed, 04/05/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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Japan is developing a satellite-based global positioning system and a cellular phone network which could be used to track the whereabouts of older people with dementia who have wandered off. Local governments in Tokyo and Japan's Kikuchi City plan to test the device, developed by a group led by trading house Mitsui & Co "We are definitely expecting a market to develop for the system,'' a Mitsui spokesman said.

Japan is developing a satellite-based global positioning system and a cellular phone network which could be used to track the whereabouts of older people with dementia who have wandered off. Local governments in Tokyo and Japan's Kikuchi City plan to test the device, developed by a group led by trading house Mitsui & Co "We are definitely expecting a market to develop for the system,'' a Mitsui spokesman said.