Kids with Autism and Drowning
19 Jun 2019Preventable injuries sadly often result in death among both adults and children with autism. And, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, those with autism are three times more likely to die because of injuries when compared with the general population.
Autism is a type of developmental disorder marked by challenges with communication and social skills and repetitive behaviors.
For kids with this developmental disability, there are more striking numbers — they’re 40 times more likely to sustain an injury that leads to death than the general child population. And, drowning is the leading fatal injury among autistic kids.
Keeping up with your family as summer gets into full swing can be tricky in the best of times. Everyone seems to go his or her own way. There is a better way, though. From elderly parents to spouses, to teens, and more, GPS tracking can help you keep up with the movements of your family, and so much more, during the dog days of summer and beyond. Here are a few prime examples.
- Teen tracking. There are few things more terrifying to parents than handing over the keys to the car to their teen drivers. Even if your teen isn’t yet driving, he or she is probably rarely home. GPS tracking for teens allows you to keep tabs on your teen at all hours of the day and night. You can even track when teens leave designated boundaries and when they leave the house during designated quiet hours.
- Tracking elderly parents. Elderly tracking is another area where GPS tracking can take a weight off busy, burdened minds. Illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can rob aging adults of memories and render them easily confused. GPS tracking for the elderly gives you the tool you need to track lost parents and help keep them safe.
What is Smart Farming?
17 Jun 2019Farms are becoming more important than ever as the number of people on the planet requiring food balloons and available landmass designated for farming shrinks. Forbes suggests that food production will need to increase by 70 percent by 2050 to feed a world’s population that will approach 10 billion.
Future proofing agriculture is a bigger challenge than the average person realizes. One thing that is changing the outlook of farming though, smart farming. In fact, smart farming may be the key to future growth in agriculture. But what is it?
Smart farming is a process by which we use a combination of data and technology to improve the quantity and quality of production on the world’s farms. It’s already happening, to some degree, on large-scale or corporate farms around the world. Even smaller, family farms are beginning to adopt technology to improve crop yields, map soul, and monitor livestock.
