Design and Development of a Novel Tracking Device (WeTraq) to Track People with Autism or Dementia Disorder

根据加拿大阿尔茨海默氏症协会的数据，每年有25,000名加拿大人被诊断患有痴呆症，15年内将有937,000名加拿大人患有这种疾病。根据加拿大自闭症研究国家流行病学数据库（NEDSAC），自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）是最常见的发育障碍之一。在加拿大，每94名儿童中就有1名被诊断患有ASD。目前，市场上有基于GPS技术和蓝牙的传统跟踪设备。然而，它们的主要局限性是地理覆盖范围，拥有成本高和电池寿命短。为了克服这些问题，我们建议设计和开发WeTraq跟踪设备。WeTraq旨在利用全球WiFi网络和GSM 2G/3G以及GPS，通过集成物联网（IoT）技术的多个技术方面，提供全球覆盖，具有精确的位置，低成本和长达4个月的电池寿命。

According to the Alzheimer's Association of Canada, 25,000 Canadians are diagnosed with dementia annually,and 937,000 Canadians will be living with the disease in 15 years. According to the National EpidemiologicalDatabase for the Study of Autism in Canada (NEDSAC), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the mostcommon developmental disabilities. In Canada, 1 in 94 children is diagnosed with ASD.Currently, there are conventional tracking devices in the market based on the GPS technology and Bluetooth.However their major limitations are geographical coverage, high cost to own and low battery life. Toovercome these problems, we propose to design and develop the WeTraq tracking device.WeTraq is designed to utilize the global WiFi network and GSM 2G/3G in addition to GPS to provide Globalcoverage with precise location, low cost and battery life of up to 4 months by integrating several technicalaspects of Internet of Things (IoT) Technology.