Sad to say but truth be told, many seniors find it difficult to achieve satisfactory sleeps. Seniors are generally sensitive to environmental factors and tend to wake up easily due to excess noises and unexpected lights. Yet, the new iPhone app Proactive Sleep 2.0, can help an aging adult have a suitable night’s rest.
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Until now, Nintendo’s Wii has ruled the motion-controlled gaming world, as it was a great device for casual gamers who wanted to go bowling, jet skiing or golfing without leaving home. But what if you could play all these games with a controller that’s more comfortable and easy to use? And what if that controller was also more accurate in detecting precise motions and cost less than its competitors?
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A recent article in The New York Times explains the benefits of the Sensecam, a fascinating new device intended to help aging Alzheimer’s patients remember events from the past. Sensecam-based research is pretty simple yet simultaneously revolutionary: a participant with poor memory wears the Sensecam, a tiny black box around the neck. The Sensecam continuously takes digital pictures and archives audio throughout the course of an event.
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Just think how nice it would be to get all the savings of coupons without having to review, sort, cut and store them weekly. Well, Target’s taking the legwork out of these discounts by taking paper out of the equation.
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Skinput takes the hassle out of reading off of small LCD screens and pushing minute buttons. It projects an enlarged touch screen onto your forearm or palm.
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Senior Friendly Features: High Disc Capacity, Easy to Operate Front Panel, Wide Dynamic Range Control, High Resolution with HDMI Capabilities, Large Buttoned Remote
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Elder friendly features: Automatic Shut-off, Safety Handle, Unbreakable Carafe, Accessible Filter Baskets, Large Visuals, Broad, Shallow Filter Baskets.
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A situation sometimes calls for using specialized settings, the kind of stuff that is too complex and nuanced for automatic overrides. Taking advantage of preprogramability will allow you to transcend the limitations that automatic settings might impose.
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New York City’s Department of Aging has teamed up with Microsoft to provide seniors who can’t leave their home with complimentary computers and video conferencing technology, so they could interact with older adults at the the Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center in Queens. As Milton Greidinger, one of the six seniors in the program explains, “it took me out of the nearly dead group and put me in the alive group.”
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Elder Friendly Features: Remote Program Settings
by Max Baumgarten on March 11, 2010
in Commentary
Remote program settings involve customizing an electronic device from a distant location. The most obvious example involves controlling your TiVo preferences from a Blackberry or iPhone. In other words, you can set the recording schedule from pretty much anywhere and then watch the program whenever you get around to it. Remote program settings are personalized in nature; the end result has been customized for your benefit.
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