Technology

[Save The Date] (eng)aging International Conference “New Technologies: Opportunity or Challenge for the Aging Population?”

8 February 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The (eng)aging international conference will be held in Prague, Czech Republic on 27 and 28 March 2019. It will deal with the topic :”New Technologies: Opportunity or Challenge for the Aging Population?”. The conference is organized in the frame of the long-term (eng)aging! project, which aims to foster society-wide debate about the accelerating demographic change and population aging.

Aging population and a decreasing number of people at a “productive age” presents aserious challenge to our economic and social systems. New technologies can aid in the independent living of older people and extend the time they remain active and self-sufficient.

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SilverFit Mile, or how can elderly can revisit their favourite places by bike, safely, from their care home?

8 February 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

With the SilverFit Mile, the elderly can ride their bikes as if they were outdoors, while remaining comfortably inside their care home.

How? Thanks to virtual reality! A large screen connected to an adapted bike immerses residents in hundreds of landscapes filmed around the world. But that’s not all… Since the update of the SilverFit Mile, in addition to wandering in unknown lands, the elderly also have the possibility to revisit places they know and care about. These personalized routes are easily created thanks to the new Google Street view option of the SilverFit Mile.

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Viva Technology: Over 100,000 people from all over the world at the rendezvous for innovation and startups!

28 May 2018 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Over 47% increase in attendance in one year, more than 125 nationalities represented, more than 300
speakers, more than 9,000 startups present, the 2018 Viva Technology edition is a huge success.

Interview with Yossi Graff, winner of the 2018 SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards

25 May 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Yossi Graff, with the Care@Home Smart Alerting solution, is one of the winners of the 2018 SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards.

Transforming Digital Health into Smart Care with new Vivago MOVETM solution

2 May 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Vivago, a Finnish forerunner in personal healthcare technology, is taking remarkable step by launching the revolutionary Vivago MOVETM solution to global markets. Vivago MOVETM is introduced to the market at Digital Health Nordic event taking place at 13th -14th February 2018 at Helsinki, Finland.

Virtual reality for cognitive stimulation

18 April 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kwido was among the 2018 SilverEco and Ageing well International Awards’ finalists. Kwido’s platform tests new virtual reality technologies for cognitive stimulation.

Ideable presents a study on Kwido Mementia, highlighting the benefits of home use

6 March 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ideable has been developing and marketing Kwido Mementia, the cognitive stimulation platform, for several years now. The platform is part of its Kwido line of products that use technology to provide care for the elderly. Kwido Mementia uses serious games to help prevent cognitive decline and even provides early warning of possible patient problems.

ReadSpeaker webReader: to make web content accessible to seniors

25 October 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

After months of work, ReadSpeaker launches a new and improved solutions called “ReadSpeaker webReader”. This solution better reflects what it does: speech-enable website content, or quite literally, read websites out loud using our text-to-speech technology…

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Infographics: Falls management in care homes, a major challenge

3 May 2017 by Editorial staff Leave a Comment

Tarkett FloorInMotion has recently published an infographics about “Falls in Nursing Homes: What additionals solutions to help prevent these risks?”. Discover it below.

NEW’EE, an innovative sound diffusion system, tested in retirement homes

20 April 2017 by Editorial staff Leave a Comment

Life Design Sonore, a french start-up, has designed an innovative sound diffusion system, called NEW’EE, to increase the seniors’ listening comfort, enabling them to get a better sound without headphone and without increase the volume.

AARP’s Innovation@50+ LivePitch event will take place Wednesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 13, 2017

9 February 2017 by Editorial staff Leave a Comment

AARP’s Innovation@50+ LivePitch event is a two-day pitch competition for emerging startups in the caregiving technology and financial technology sectors.

It will take place Wednesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 13, 2017 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, and will include keynotes, featured speakers and panels of various thought leaders from around the globe with focus on innovation for the 50+ market.