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The business of Geezer Design is to incorporate ergonomically correct and psychologically appropriate design principles into products and places so that the silver population* finds them easy and satisfying to use.


How? By consulting in early design stages—the earlier the better—with product designers, usability engineers and architects.


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* Silver population [noun] - A polite term used to identify older people. Believed to be derived from the natural color of their hair—if they have hair.

E.g. - Today's baby boomers are tomorrow's silver population.
Human factors designs for seniors

News

September 2009

"Given their growing physical limitations and focuis on health-related products, 'there will be dramatic shifts in what they buy and where they shop,' Mr. Seitzinger [senior vice president, Information Resources Inc.]." Read more...

-- Wall Street Journal

June 2009

"Clothes could monitor body temperature or provide bus information. Researchers are examining how hi-tech clothing could improve the lives of older people. The three-year project could see electronic devices built in to clothing that could provide information ranging from heart rate to bus timetables." Read more...

-- BBC

February 2009

"If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone," said University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer. "It’s like instantly aging a large number of drivers." [And like that's a bad thing? Ed.] Read more...

-- Mobile.Blorge
 
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