ELIZABETH PAYNE, OTTAWA CITIZEN More from Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen Published on: February 10, 2017 | Last Updated: February 11, 2017 3:23 PM EST The future of fall prevention could be in the soles of your shoes. That is where an Ottawa-based high-tech company is focusing its work — on smart […]
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Aging Into The Future – LA’s First Tech + Aging Conference Next Thursday
LOS ANGELES, CA – 10 Feb, 2017 – The first ever Aging Into The Future conference featuring tech solutions and innovations to help seniors live better, fuller lives will be hosted by St. Barnabas Senior Services with The Eisner Foundation as the Presenting Sponsor and AARP California as the Luncheon […]
Seniors in the digital age show it’s never too late to learn
By PATRICK FILBIN, Associated Press Published: February 8, 2017 1:02 AM CDT GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Beth McGee can be in two places at once. One is in the building where she lives, the four-story home of Primrose Retirement Community in Gillette. She’ll sit in a chair in her […]
The Heroines of Hidden Figures are also STEM Heroes
Bendigo workshops to challenge belief technology is only for young people
A technology educator says older people are keen to use iPads and other tablet devices even as some struggle to understand how the technology works. The Goldfields Library Corporation’s Barbara Billings said much of her work focused on empowering older people to use technology. “There are not many places people can go to […]
Helping Seniors Get Connected Through Technology
By Julie Davis Over the last several years, older adults have been the fastest growing segment of the online population. More and more people over the age of 60 are going online and using Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Youtube. They are emailing, texting and blogging—and it is having a positive […]
Anita Borg Institute wants to do more to boost Chicago’s women in tech
Cheryl V. Jackson, Blue Sky Innovation L‘Shon Anthony is on a mission, traversing the Chicago area to get in front of tech-focused groups of women at universities, as well as companies that want to help boost the numbers of women in the field. Anthony is building out the Chicago chapter […]