Health, Technology, and Aging :: Fall 2007

There is a new issue of an online journal, "Interactions," devoted to Designing for Seniors. You can access the journal from campus or if you are on the IU VPN. Here is the Table of Contents.
To get to the journal, click on "Designing for Seniors" below. The TOC is not hotlinked.

SPECIAL ISSUE: Designing for seniors

ICT design for elders
Jonathan Livingston
Pages: 20 - 21
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Technology and aging: the untapped potential
Susan Ayers Walker, Michael Sarfatti
Pages: 22 - 23
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Mobile phone design for older persons
Sri Kurniawan
Pages: 24 - 25
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Speech recognition and alternative interfaces for older users
Sara Basson, Peter G. Fairweather, Vicki L. Hanson
Pages: 26 - 29
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Ambient assisted-living research in carelab
Boris de Ruyter, Elly Pelgrim
Pages: 30 - 33
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The use of an intelligent prompting system for people with dementia
Alex Mihailidis, Jennifer Boger, Marcelle Canido, Jesse Hoey
Pages: 34 - 37
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Exploring the nuances of Murphy's Law---long-term deployments of pervasive technology into the homes of older adults
Janna Kimel, Jay Lundell
Pages: 38 - 41
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Neuroscience via computer: brain exercise for older adults
Michael Merzenich
Pages: 42 - 45
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Two Bay Area start-ups capture top prize in 2007 Boomer Business Plan Competition; World Hearing Organization and SeroNostics win $10,000 plus access to leading venture capitalists and boomer market experts

Santa Clara, CA, June 22, 2007 -- Two early-stage ventures developing innovative technologies that address health problems common among older people have been selected as winners of the 2007 Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition. Find out more

I think I have the wiki working well for the most part. Once all of you have registered i'll start adding your names to the team spaces I created.

A wiki is an open forum, but to edit pages you have to be logged in. So don't get any funny idea's about messing with other people's words on shared pages. Every thing is logged, and everyone can see who made what edits :-). Play around with the different options, you'll see what I mean.

Email me with questions or concerns. It usually takes a day or two to get everything working smoothly, but by the end of the semester I think you'll like this system.

--Richie

I fixed up the posting for Assignment 1 in the wiki. The syntax is simple, but very strict. someone overwrote the whole page. This is not a big deal because everything is saved every time you edit the page. So far there are only two people who have made entries here. I added a few extra names so you can see more examples of how you should add your own name when you are ready to post on that particular page.

I strongly recommend that you check out the syntax guideline for the wiki. Its not something you have to study, just browse it for a few minuets so that you are familiar with the possible ways you can set up your posts. The reference will always be there. Check it out here:

http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~surg/agingwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:syntax