The AARP website has a nice collection of related articles ranging from automatic health monitoring devices, to robotic companionship, remote social awareness devices. It seems that these are the three big themes showing up in most of the literature.
Imagine rolling out of bed in the morning and dragging your sleepy self to the bathroom sink. You glance in the mirror, wince, open the medicine cabinet, and reach for a bottle of pills. But instead of grabbing your Lipitor, you take out the Tylenol with codeine. Suddenly a computerized voice tells you that you're making a mistake. That should wake you up -- and get you to reach for the right container.
Walkers are being developed that can steer away from obstacles and be retrieved by remote control, to prevent falls while trying to reach the walker. And Oregon Health & Science University is developing a cane that can detect gait, pressure and other warning signs, and sound an alarm when a person is in danger of falling. When used with sensors, it also could be programmed to beep when the user gets up out of a favorite chair, for instance, but forgets where he put his cane, or to alert caregivers when the user is in danger of falling.
Here is an article describing an NIH project where 300 homes of elders
are being wired up with sensors in an effort to detect dementia early.
http://wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6678653
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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