A Dutch consortium including the University of Twente developed an electrical bicycle that prevents elderly people from falling. The smart assistive bicycle, called SOFIE, increases stability by via drive-off assistance and ...
Engineering
Dec 15, 2017
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Despite innovations that make it easier for seniors to keep living on their own rather than moving into special facilities, most elderly people eventually need a hand with chores and other everyday activities.
Robotics
Aug 28, 2017
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Everybody needs a helping hand when they get older – but in years to come that helping hand may be attached to a robotic arm.
Robotics
Jun 21, 2017
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As it is in much of life, the aging process isn't kind to an important type of stem cell that has great therapeutic promise.
Biotechnology
Dec 12, 2016
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At least 11 people were found dead in Japan on Wednesday, most of them elderly residents at a nursing home, as heavy overnight rain from Typhoon Lionrock left towns flooded across the country's north.
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2016
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Samsung announced plans Tuesday to invest $1.2 billion for US-based research over the next four years on "human-centered" applications for the Internet of Things.
Business
Jun 21, 2016
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These days, when people over 80 in Beijing take a bus, see a doctor or spend money, their activities are digitally tracked by the government, as part of an effort to improve services for the country's rapidly growing elderly ...
Other
May 30, 2016
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The elderly may find that using a smartphone is difficult and incomprehensible, while the disabled may encounter problems because phone operation requires delicate motor functions. But one inventor saw no reason for it to ...
Software
Nov 9, 2015
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Mobile service robots developed by computer scientists at the University of Lincoln, UK, could soon be helping elderly people stay independent and active for longer.
Robotics
Sep 29, 2015
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Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is launching its latest project – the Anchor Robotics Personalised Assisted Living (ARPAL) facility - that will enable robotics researchers, elderly people with assistive needs and those ...
Robotics
Sep 10, 2015
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