Guardian angel app aims to save lives

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-653" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;09&sol;Guardian&lowbar;Angel&lowbar;App&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Guardian Angel App" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;>A new company that privately monitors users&&num;8217&semi; location during an activity and raises a pre-set alarm if they don&&num;8217&semi;t &&num;8221&semi;Get Home Safe&&num;8221&semi; has been launched&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GHS&comma; is the brainchild of Kiwi entrepreneur Boyd Peacock&comma; is simple and easy to use and aimed at people from all walks of life undertaking everyday activities such as children walking home from school alone&comma; women travelling home after a night out and people working unsupervised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via a free smartphone app users register with GHS what they intend on doing and the time they will be &&num;8216&semi;home safe&&num;8217&semi;&comma; for example in 15 minutes&period; GHS then acts as a &&num;8216&semi;guardian angel&&num;8217&semi; safely recording GPS location data and check-in prompts to privately watch over the user&&num;8217&semi;s movements throughout their chosen activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If something unforeseen happens and the user doesn&&num;8217&semi;t stop or extend tracking as planned&comma; an alarm is raised and the information GHS safely recorded is sent to pre-selected personal emergency contacts&period; As the alarm is sent from the GHS servers not the phone&comma; users don&&num;8217&semi;t need a working phone or coverage for the alarm to be raised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Peacock said the app would also provide the ultimate &&num;8216&semi;peace of mind&&num;8217&semi; for families with teenagers doing after school or weekend activities&comma; especially as so many youngsters now have phones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The app is free to download from app stores from August and it is free in the email alert only format&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;