Sep 10, 2020 | Aging, Featured, Robots
Robots that can hold simple conversations and learn people’s interests are to be deployed in some UK care homes after an international trial found they boosted mental health and reduced loneliness. The wheeled robots, called “Pepper”, move independently and gesture...
Mar 26, 2020 | Aging, Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare
Voice technologies using AI are being used to help combat loneliness in countries including Sweden and the UK. Should they be used more widely as coronavirus spreads? “I thought at first it was a sign of insanity, speaking to a little thing like that and him talking...
Jul 25, 2019 | Aging, Business, Featured
Young people may roll their eyes at older people who can’t use technology as fast as they do, but it’s wrong to say that older Americans can’t use technology. Remember, a baby boomer, Tim Berners-Lee, invented the World Wide Web, so why should we be...
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