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Sponsor: Inovonics

Team Members: Cameron Seamans, Kari van Zyl, Jonathan Gruen, Matthew Spydell, Ali Alnasser, Isaiah Sierra-Baron

Product Description: When it comes to location finding and tracking, GPS is an ubiquitous technology; however, GPS is only accurate and relevant for use outdoors. The complexities of buildings are far too great for GPS to retrieve an accurate location. Thus, there is great need across multiple industries for location services to function inside multi-floorÌýbuildings with many rooms.

Echo Locate implements various wireless communication protocols (RFID, BLE, etc.) to effectively monitor location indoors via wearable devices and base stations. The primary beneficiaries of Echo Locate are retirement homes and psychiatric wards where awareness of patient location is essential. The capabilities of Echo Locate can also be extended to other industries such as education, shipping, manufacturing, and security.

Unique Capabilities:

• Accuracy within 10 feet
• Distinction between building floors
• Battery lifetime of longer than one year
• Multiple wireless technologies used
• GUI for patient identification/location