Lion's Share

The technology is straight out of a comic book. “It's Dick Tracy,” says Paul Wilcock, chief executive officer at Guardian Lion.

The company is touting its flagship product as a device that will dramatically change the ability to recover missing persons. Ideally, company executives say, the device will begin preventing child abductions as soon as it is launched.

Beyond helping parents keep an eye on the location of their children, the device may also improve an individual's ability to care for dependents with disabilities such as autism, and mental conditions like Alzheimer's.