Japanese Company Develops GPS-Equipped Life Jacket for Disasters

TapTechNews on June 22 reported that Japan is located in the Ring of Fire and is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. To deal with such situations, the Japanese company Guardian72 announced that it has developed a life jacket equipped with a GPS satellite positioning system (TapTechNews note: GPS is located in the hood part).

Officials said that this life jacket can be used in nursing homes and hospitals that cannot be evacuated in time when a tsunami strikes, aiming to help the police and search and rescue personnel quickly grasp the location information of the trapped persons and carry out rescue operations promptly. It is introduced that this life jacket can also be applied to shipwreck accidents not only for tsunamis.

In the demonstration experiments conducted many times off the coast of Minami Sanriku-cho, this life jacket can help the search and rescue personnel quickly lock the latitude and longitude of the disaster victims, and there is also a pocket on the life jacket for placing emergency food when waiting for rescue.

This product will start to be pre-ordered on a dedicated website from July 20 and is planned to be officially launched in May next year. The town mayor Satoh Jin gave affirmation and said: I tried it on and didn't feel heavy, and didn't feel inconvenient when moving.