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RIBA-II : a robot for elderly

The research team from RIKEN and Tokai Rubber Industries (TRI) have come together to build a new robot with high-precision sensors for the care of the elderly. The robot called RIBA II (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance) is capable of lifting patients as heavy as 80 kg off the floor and place them on a wheelchair. ;     ;[Read More…]

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UK : Computers for Older People Appeal (Computer and electronics recycling solutions for London and UK)

Maxitech.biz are asking the IT directors of London and UK based companies to donate their old PCs rather than dump them so they can be put to good use through this environmentally and socially beneficial programme. Peter Paduh, Managing Director of Maxitech.biz Limited said: ‘’We made some older people very happy on Friday and intend to continue doing this. There[Read More…]

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New Technology Gives Boomers and Families Pain-Free Travel

Atlantic Luggage has pioneered a travel technology that is changing the way Americans travel. Not since the introduction of the wheel has a travel innovation done so much for business and leisure travelers. QuadWheel® Technology, a convertible upright, eliminates travel-related strain and prevents luggage from tipping over. The patented engineering behind the QuadWheel® technology converts a two-wheeled case into a[Read More…]

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Switzerland : Mobi-Click «Compact» : an easy-to-use phone designed for Seniors

Mobi-Click «Compact» is an active alarm system, an emergency call and the simplest mobile phone in the world at the same time. Mobi-Click «Compact» works like a common mobile phone. You can answer every call and dial three preset numbers. That’s why it’s perfectly suited for elderly people or small kids. The senior mobile phone with emergency call function The[Read More…]

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Securephone : mobile phone for Seniors

Bringing the lifecall concept into the 21st century, the Secufone by the company of the same name offers up to date phone functionality combined with emergency location reporting for the elderly or disabled. The Secufone is a simplistic candybar design measuring 66.0 x 139.0 x 24.9 mm and weighing a hefty 160 grams. It is dominated by a large color[Read More…]

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JAPAN : a radio that suits senior citizens

Radio broadcasts are an extremely popular source of information, particularly with the elderly. However, hearing abilities decline as people ages, and many senior citizens complain that they can “hear the broadcast but don’t understand what’s being said because it goes by too fast.” This radio was designed to meet the increasing need for easy-to-understand audio. The “RA-BF1” features large-font, easily[Read More…]

Japan : a robot designed to help people to walk

Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at Tsukuba University in Japan is starting to commercialize a robot designed to help people with weakened leg muscles to walk smoothly. The Robot Suit detects electric currents produced when people move their leg muscles. They then help the user move their legs smoothly, using motors installed at their waists and knees.   In the future,[Read More…]

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Aging Services Technology Demo on Capitol Hill Features Revolutionary Ideas to Help Seniors

Families Face Crisis of Caring for Elders; Swift Government Action Needed WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire/ — Today, some of America’s best known technology companies and leading university research centers will give members of Congress and federal agency officials a glimpse of revolutionary new technologies designed to support older adults and their caregivers. The technologies promise to enhance care and increase[Read More…]

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Japan : Robots to help the elderly

With an electronic whir, the machine released a dollop of peach body shampoo, a kind of body wash. As the cleansing, bubbling action kicked in, Toshiko Shibahara, 89, settled back to enjoy the wash- and-soak cycle of her nursing home’s new human washing machine.   ;   The temperature is just right, the bubbles are really comfortable, she said, happily[Read More…]

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Intel Showcases Innovative Wireless Sensor Networks for In-Home Health Care Solutions

Government, Industry Urged to Support Technologies to Assist Aging Population Intel Corporation is giving government officials a first-hand look at compelling future in-home health care applications at a technology demonstration hosted today by the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST). In-home technology prototypes illustrate how tiny silicon-based sensing devices, discreetly embedded in objects such as shoes, furniture and home appliances,[Read More…]