Silver is the new amber ever since a 77 year old man disappeared into the woods and died.
William Young, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, was declared missing after taking the family’s car for a drive and never returning home. Countless search parties, dozens of worried family members and friends, and 5 days later his car was found in a bay. The next day his body was found 5 miles from the car, drifting away from the initial point of impact.
William Young’s tragic story broke down the traditional barriers of safety alert systems. Local police officials responded to the inundation of worry for elders suffering from dementia with a volunteer search and rescue effort, named “Silver Alert,” honoring Young. The Silver Alert has already been adopted in several states scattered throughout the U.S, including Florida, North Carolina, Texas. Imitating the idea of the “Amber Alert,” the “Silver Alert” hopes to get as many elderly people suffering from dementia registered with local authorities, making it much easier for them to distribute information to the public and other authorities in an emergency.
Another vital feature of this program is the use of GPS tracking devices. With new technology, GPS tracking devices can be placed in family cars or on bracelets or necklaces that can be worn by the elderly. In cases of missing children, and now, missing elderly people, reaction time is key. A second can make the difference between finding them at the side of the road and finding them at the bottom of a bay. GPS tracking devices enables people to find the fastest route available back to their loved ones.
GPS tracking devices can also be used to give elderly more freedom. Family members can set up a GPS fence around the community or any predetermined area they felt comfortable having their family member roam free in. If the elderly person left that area, family members would get a text message, and the GPS would help them track down the person.
Had this technology been in place when William Young went missing his family may have been able to save him, and police are doing everything they can to ensure that other families will get the chance that the Young’s didn’t have.
According to a study, the average age at which children get their first cell phone is 8. That is third grade, which is only three years after their very first day of school. From this moment on their cell phones will become an extension of their bodies- permanently attached to their hands. It’s uncontrollable- children are growing up much faster than they were before the technological revolution. The need for control over these devices is paramount as the age of first acquiring a phone decreases and technology makes it easier for them to obtain more sophisticated phones. The solution? 
With technology exploding out of every hole on earth, hackers are finding ways to hack the anything they can get their fingers on and they have found their next victims: keyboards.
You may think your dog is a master of the doggie paddle, but think again. Good Morning America stresses that your dog may be at risk for drowning like one of the 1,028 pets that drown each year.
Money can’t buy you love- unless you have an iPhone.
Mumbling into the microphone is the best that she can do to save her five children and herself- little does she know that it’s too late. The dizziness weighs her head down- she is barely able to prop her ear against the phone. Within a matter of seconds it is all over; the damage is incomprehensible, and irreparable.
The next time you go to get money out of the ATM machine, think again because you might be giving away your identity.
GPS tracking devices have championed in catching criminals and finding lost children, but they have proven successful in another, unsuspecting arena – marketing. By placing GPS tracking devices on more than 200 boats racing in the Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race, and airing their positions in real time on their website- 
Superheros are a thing of the past- with cutting edge technology, you can become your own vigilante. After a series of approximately 30 break-ins in a period of only 2 weeks, a criminal was caught on a home video tape by a local resident, Pam Trickey. The sunlit, warm, and welcoming town turned into a much darker reality- one that she wanted to catch on tape. Authorities are hopeful that this new footage will help them catch the burglar. The picture identification is a vital part of the investigation that was missing prior to this major breakthrough. Trickey, bought surveillance cameras to catch the person who vandalized her car, instead she got the burglar responsible for other neighborhood car break-ins. Taking it a step further, she cleverly hid the cameras in flower pots.
Busted stories like the follow one are always amusing, but it really makes you wonder about the audacity of some thieves out there. Recently, a thief stole a camera and lens from a special exhibit at the Multnomah County’s Central Library. The exhibit featured a display full of police crime-fighting tools. The thief immediately went for a Nikon camera and lens which ironically was located next to a book titled “Crime Scene Photography”, an old fingerprint magnifying glass, a plastic police evidence bag, and bright yellow evidence markers. A surveillance camera in the library caught the whole thing, and another surveillance camera even caught the thief holding the camera in the elevator as he exited the library. 
Screaming can be heard for miles across. Search teams are deployed and spend hours upon hours calling. Hearts are suspended mid-air. This routine happens 2000 times a day; every single time a child has gone missing. In response to this horrifying scenario, Good Morning America on ABC found some new gadgets that are now available to help lower that number and aide parents in keeping track of their precious children.
These items may be low tech but they are certainly effective. They provide a nice safety net hovering right under your child making the impact of the fall less harsh. The first item featured was the Safety Tat, which was invented by a Baltimore mom concerned about her child’s safety. The 
