Get a device (personal emergency response system) your parent can use to call for help if needed.

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In response, navigation device maker Magellan is going big.

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Among his latest favorites is the 5Star Urgent Response miniaturized personal assistance device.

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With the delay between touch input and screen response slashed by orders of magnitude, a device that sports the sort of super-low-latency Dietz envisions has the potential to feel far more (for lack of a better term) natural than its brethren.

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Should calamity strike, you can use the device to send a distress signal to the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center, a search-and-rescue service that will coordinate with local authorities to send help your way.

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Palm's actions makes it seem like there are no other ways for a device to interact with iTunes, and the company's outraged response to Apple blocking the Pre make it seem like Apple is wrong for forbidding non-iPod devices from masquerading as iPods.

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The Caliber Advantage controls the action via the device's Bluetooth(R) connection, providing the lightning-fast response needed for today's mobile gaming.

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Given that this is an extremely early prototype, the E Ink device had a lot of bugs when we played with it: force closes, reboots and slow response are among the things we noticed.

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The creation of the registry is a response to the concern expressed by panel members at the FDA advisory panel last summer for the Edwards Sapien device that excessive enthusiasm for the device might cause a stampede of early usage.

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