Collaborate Disseminate
We have so many options through which to communicate with our friends and relatives during the lockdown, thanks to our smartphones and the number of apps that serve all possible …read more Continue reading Keep In Touch With Grandma, With This Lo-Tech Interface
A lot of commercial offerings of technology aimed at helping the elderly seem to do a good job on the surface, but anything other than superficial interaction with them tends to be next to impossible for its intended users. Complicated user interfaces and poor design consideration reign in this space. …read more
Continue reading Date Clock Requires (Almost) No Interaction
The tech-support scammers were allegedly part of a network of crooks in the US and India who conned about 7,500 victims. Continue reading Two charged with tech-support scamming the elderly for $10m
A Chinese white-label panic alarm used by elderly and vulnerable people can be remotely controlled by sending it simple SMS commands. Continue reading White label SOS panic buttons can be hacked via SMS
Financial talk itself is taboo. Admitting to getting fleeced and losing all your savings? That qualifies as super taboo, a new report says. Continue reading Elderly scam victims are too embarrassed to speak up
Prosthetic and assistive technologies have come have come a long way in recent years. When there are not only major medical research organizations, but individuals getting on board designing tools to improve the lives of others? That’s something special. Enter a homebrew essay into this field: ExoArm.
Attached to the body via what was available — in this case, the support harness for a gas-powered weed-eater — which distributes the load across the upper body and an Arduino for a brain, ExoArm designer [Kristjan Berce] has since faced roadblocks with muscle sensors meant to enable more instinctive control. …read more
The next WannaCry might not get so far. Continue reading Educating Kids And the Elderly Is the Key to Closing the Online Security Loop
The next WannaCry might not get so far. Continue reading Educating Kids And the Elderly Is the Key to Closing the Online Security Loop
Uber drivers claim that a new startup has them doing more work for no added pay. Continue reading ‘GoGoGrandparent’ Is Overcharging Seniors for Uber Rides, and Drivers Are Pissed
Uber drivers claim that a new startup has them doing more work for no added pay. Continue reading ‘GoGoGrandparent’ Is Overcharging Seniors for Uber Rides, and Drivers Are Pissed
