15 Year Old Invents Device to Help Patients with Alzheimer's

15 Year-Old's Brilliant Invention Will Keep Alzheimer's Patients From Getting Lost

February 15, 2015

15 year-old Kenneth Shinozuka dreams to someday cure Alzheimer's Disease. According to the Alzheimer's Association, of the estimated five million Americans with the disease, about 60 percent of them wander and often become dangerously lost as a result.

Shinozuka has invented a pressure sensor that when worn on the bottom of the foot or with a sock detects an increase in pressure and wirelessly sends an alert to a caregiver's smartphone. Shinozuka came up with the idea for the gadget from a personal experience, and then taught himself how to make it from scratch.

"My grandfather has lost the capability to eat by himself, to walk by himself, definitely to write and read. He can barely speak anymore. So it's very hard," says Shinozuka. "It's also very hard for my aunt, his primary caregiver, since she's the one who has to take care of him all the time."

Shinozuka's grandfather, Deming, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when Shinozuka was four years old and he regularly wanders out of bed at night. In the first six months Shinozuka attached his device, called the "Safe Wander," to his grandfather's sock, it detected all of Deming's 437 known cases of wandering out of bed with no false alarms.

His mother, Maria Feng, remembers that breakthrough. "We were so proud, and we also felt the power of the invention. The power of the technology. It was such a great moment."

Now, Shinozuka hopes to bring that "moment" to more families.

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Cupcake Shop Owner Helps Rescue Kidnapped Girl

Cupcake Shop Owner Gets Huge Influx Of Customers After Rescuing A Kidnapped 3 Year-Old

February 7, 2015

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After rescuing a young kidnapping victim, Salt Lake City cupcake shop owner Leslie Fiet has been overwhelmed with new customers.

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Fiet recognized a black SUV parked in front of her shop featured in an "Amber Alert" description that was sent to her phone. Fiet recovered 3 year-old Bella Martinez through the vehicle's open window, brought the girl into her shop and called 911.

Since the rescue, customers have been pouring in to thank Fiet and support her business. This past Thursday, so many customers showed up that two of Fiet's friends took the day off from their jobs to help serve customers and work the register.

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"It's totally serendipitous," Fiet told Deseret News. "I think it's good karma. We had such a … storm of stuff happening over the last month that my faith in people being nice was completely down the tubes. To see this overwhelming response from people has been crazy."

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Man Donates House for a Year

Generous Lawyer Donates His House to Homeless Family for 1 Year

January 9, 2013

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51 year-old attorney Tony Tolbert donated the house he lives in to a homeless family for an entire year. As for Tolbert, he is moving back in with his parents.

Tolbert had never even met the family moving into his house. He found them through Alexandria House, a homeless shelter for women and children. For that family, everything has changed.

Felicia Dukes and three of her four children were all living in a single room at the shelter. Due to the shelter's rules, her oldest child was not allowed to live with them. Thanks to Tolbert's generosity, Felicia and all four of her children will reunite in a fully furnished home in Los Angeles.

Tolbert claims his inspiration came from growing up in his childhood home, which often offered the less fortunate a place to sleep at night.

"You don't have to be Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or Oprah," Tolbert told CBS. "We can do it wherever we are, with whatever we have, and for me, I have a home that I can make available."

Tolbert received his education at Harvard and is now a very successful lawyer. This is his way of giving back to the community.

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