EDITORIAL COMMENTS: Oh no, another magic bullet...
It’s February, and a team of execs sits poolside at their firm’s annual leadership retreat, far from the gray drizzle back east. They’ve just come from a seven-minute meeting on last year’s safety record, and the talk turns to what a dangerous place the world is these days.
The head of IT mentions he bought a Digital Angel for one of his kids for Christmas. “A digital what?†asks someone. He explains: It’s a wristwatch with five alerts. An emergency alert, a fall-down alert, a wander alert, a temperature alert and a low battery alert. A call service sends the alerts by email to your cell phone or PC.