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An innovative 12-year-old patented an app he recently created called “Save Me Pro.”
Dylan Puccetti’s Android app is essentially a virtual panic button. If a phone has the app installed, if the user is in danger all they have to do is push the power button six times to send a discreet message for help.
“If I was getting abducted and I have my phone in my pocket, all I have to do is reach down and press the power button,” explains Puccetti.
With a 99-cent upgrade, the message receiver will get a GPS map showing the sender’s exact location.
Puccetti’s father would often tell him about Jessica Cain, a teenager who disappeared from Galveston County in 1997.
“She needed an emergency alert button,” said Puccetti.
Puccetti already has two patents under his belt. In fifth grade, he designed a device to help teach young baseball players how to pitch.
“His mind is always going,” said Dylan’s father, Michael Puccetti. “He’s always thinking of great stuff.”
The Save Me Pro app is only available on Android. The Puccetti’s say so far some 200 people have downloaded it.
Agencies/Canadajournal
