Mature Market Experts

Mature Market Experts: more news and stats you can use on boomers, seniors and the mature market - Here comes “Nana Technology.” Andrew Carle, assistant professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, uses the term, nana technology (as opposed to nanotechnology), to describe the technology being developed to assist baby boomers as they age. We’ve all heard of life line pendants, that can send an alert when an elderly or disabled person needs assistance. Carle and Russell Bodoff of the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) relate how future technology will offer many other forms of help to seniors. Several companies are creating intelligent phones that could help those with memory loss by showing a picture of the caller, their relationship to them, and notes on their last conversation. Smart walking aids will be able to avoid obstacles, come when summoned and perhaps even detect irregularities in gait (that may predict a fall), along with a locator beeper so the device can be found if misplaced. In as soon as two to three years, robotic “nurses” may be available to help lift a patient. Shoes that aid balance, trackers for Alzheimer’s patients, smart pill dispensers and medicine cabinets are all in development. To read more in an  click here.

It will be interesting to see how these products are marketed.

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