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

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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.