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Robot innovations dance, lift and wash hair

Robot innovations dance, lift and wash hair

...gentle hair-washing experience. The robot, which is designed to assist the elderly and infirm rather than lazy stylists, is on display at the International... Read more

30 September, 2010 by Leslie Katz and Shannon Doubleday
AmIHomCare: AAL System for <endeca_term>Elderly</endeca_term> and Disabled People Indoor Assistance

AmIHomCare: AAL System for Elderly and Disabled People Indoor Assistance

...proposed systems, AmIHomCare will monitor the vital signs of the patient or elderly people in attempt to identify a potential dangerous situation and it is... Read more

1 July, 2011
Teaching the <endeca_term>Elderly</endeca_term> to Use the Internet 1.0

Teaching the Elderly to Use the Internet 1.0

Do you want to teach someone elderly in your life how to use the computer and the internet? Or... Read more

30 August, 2010
Touch Tutorial - <endeca_term>Elderly</endeca_term>, Autism & Special Education 1.5

Touch Tutorial - Elderly, Autism & Special Education 1.5

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21 January, 2012
Touch Tutorial Lite - Autism, Special Education & <endeca_term>Elderly</endeca_term> 1.1

Touch Tutorial Lite - Autism, Special Education & Elderly 1.1

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17 September, 2011
An Alerting Wireless Sensor System for Long Period of Immobilized <endeca_term>Elderly</endeca_term> in a Residential Room

An Alerting Wireless Sensor System for Long Period of Immobilized Elderly in a Residential Room

This paper presents a low cost wireless sensor network system which is developed to be an alerting system for relatives... Read more

18 March, 2011
Woman gets replacement jaw via 3D printer

Woman gets replacement jaw via 3D printer

...An elderly woman has received a replacement titanium jaw, an operation participants say demonstrates... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Martin LaMonica
Supporting Mobility in Wireless Body Area Networks: An Analysis

Supporting Mobility in Wireless Body Area Networks: An Analysis

In a world with a growing elderly population, Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) are considered an opportunity to supply... Read more

15 November, 2011
Using Physiological Signals for Authentication in a Group Key Agreement Protocol

Using Physiological Signals for Authentication in a Group Key Agreement Protocol

A Body Area Network (BAN) can be used to monitor the elderly people or patients with chronic diseases. Securing broadcasted data and commands within... Read more

8 April, 2011
CDTOM: A Context-Driven Task-Oriented Middleware for Pervasive Homecare Environment

CDTOM: A Context-Driven Task-Oriented Middleware for Pervasive Homecare Environment

With the growing number of the elderly, the authors see a greater demand for home care, and the vision... Read more

1 January, 2011
RMAIS: RFID-Based Medication Adherence Intelligence System

RMAIS: RFID-Based Medication Adherence Intelligence System

There has been compelling evidence that outpatients, especially those who are elderly or taking multiple complexly scheduled drugs, are not taking their medicines as... Read more

4 September, 2010
Energy Efficient Assisted GPS Measurement and Path Reconstruction for People Tracking

Energy Efficient Assisted GPS Measurement and Path Reconstruction for People Tracking

...use of a wearable GPS and cellular tracker for applications such as elderly tracking, device power consumption is an important consideration. To save power, Assisted... Read more

1 June, 2010
GotoCamera  Client 6.2.11

GotoCamera Client 6.2.11

...affordable for you to monitor your home, your child, your pets, the elderly, your office, and more, using the webcam you already own and any... Read more

21 December, 2011

Older generations need innovation, not just internet

...robots * 49 - Reward inventions and innovations that make life easier for the elderly My first reaction, that this was a bit of an odd mix... Read more

17 October, 2011

Phone firms shut down for dishonesty, slamming

...without permission, a tactic known as 'slamming'. The firms had particularly targeted elderly, vulnerable people. The Insolvency Service said on Friday that the two companies... Read more

22 August, 2011

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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