Smartphones might ironically be the answer to selfie-related deaths, two wilderness medicine specialists say.
Hundreds of people have lost their lives in pursuit of daring selfies to impress their social media followers. But smartphone technology that uses global positioning system (GPS) location, or measures altitude, could potentially be harnessed to prevent these unfortunate incidents, the two experts suggest.
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