A 12-year-old has dreamed up a safety app that makes your phone into a panic button that can reach your emergency contacts.
Dylan Puccetti, a middle school student who lives in Texas, came up with the idea after hearing about a teenager who was kidnapped in 1997, KHOU-TV reported.
"I hope it will save somebody's life," the inventor of the SaveMePro app told KHOU.
The free app works through the power button on any Android phone. If the device is locked and the power button is pushed eight times, the app will send an automatic text message to preprogrammed emergency numbers.
"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," Dylan said.
The middle school boy thought of the app idea after his dad talked about the 1997 disappearance of Jessica Cain. Dylan's dad knew Cain before she disappeared from Galveston County, Texas.
"She needed an emergency alert button," Dylan told KHOU.
The app can additionally be upgraded with a $1 in-app purchase that will allow the phone's location to be tracked through GPS for up to 72 hours.
A student at Austin Middle School in Galveston, Texas, Dylan already has two patents and counts math, science and engineering among his strong suits. He developed a device in fifth grade intended to help young baseball players improve their pitching skills.
Dylan's father, Michael Puccetti, told KHOU, "His mind is always going. He's always thinking of great stuff."
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