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How Can I Build a Portable "Dead-Man's" Switch?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-the-event-of-death dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "I'm a widower caring for my very disabled child. I have family who check in on me often, but not reliably, and not every day. How can I rig up a 'dead-man's switch' that will alert family or emergency services should something happen to me, so that my child can be cared for? Her medical needs are significant enough that being alone for even an hour could be fatal for her. We do occasionally get out of the house, so a GPS type cellphone and a heart-rate monitor watch would seem to be the ticket, but how to link the two and get the desired dialing behaviour?"

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  1. Re:Homeland Security by kfg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Needless to say as much as I would have liked to help from a technical standpoint I learned EVEN I can excersise caution when it comes to men in black suits paying me a visit....

    And this is why "security" kills more innocent people than the terrorists ever will, not to mention raising questions about who the real source of terror is.

    KFG

  2. Re:try shopping by tlh1005 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is informative?? Some people just have a need to be rude. Of course one could visit a medical store but it's obvious the inquirer is looking for better ideas or opinions. Should we now just respond to all desktop related questions with, "Go visit Best Buy"...... They sell a lot of software, computers, and electronics, they'll know best correct?