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."
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-- 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.]
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-- Mobile.Blorge
August 2008
"Here is what you have to look forward to as
you enter your 60s and 70s: deciphering conversations at cocktail parties
becomes difficult; you cannot remember where you put your keys; and your
grandchildren think you are a computer klutz.
Fortunately, technologies are appearing that can remedy some of these
shortcomings, helping those in their 60s maintain their youthful
self-images."
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-- The New York Times
August 2007
"As baby boomers grope their way through
middle age, they are encountering the daily indignities that accompany a
downward slide in visual acuity: trying to read a road map in a car at
night; cell phones designed for 20-year-old eyes, the minuscule letters on a
bottle of aspirin; nutrition information squeezed onto a bag of peanuts."
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-- The Ledger
May 2007
"Safety is a major concern for older
residents—though it's something that designers and contractors can create
without making residents feel like they have lost their independence."
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-- The Cooperator
March 2007
"An entirely new genre of residential
developments is providing [baby boomers] with... an expanded range of
innovative housing options that combines the comforts and conveniences of a
resort lifestyle with the aesthetics, amenities and independence of a
single-family home."
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-- Senior Journal
February 2007
"Nine out of ten baby boomers anticipate that
technology will help them live longer and more independently."
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-- Ecumen
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