aging in place technology

  The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it! — Doris Day  A tweet from Kohler got me thinking: What do you think of Barbie's new eco-friendly dream home from Mattel and;@AIANational http://huff.to/obGmER? We love the low-flow toilet!  Seems Barbie is trending green after years of Pink convertibles and end-less wardrobes; not exactly a sustainability lifestyle (making up for past sins?). The joint effort is a synergy of The AIA and Mattel, who have teamed up for the design competition in honor of

  Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.  -Fred Astaire I returned from Europe last week, which always gives me a fresh perspective on my own country. Yesterday doing pre-holiday tasks I got caught up in the bustle of shopping and completing my to-do list. I was in an old school hardware store watching customers buy plastic American flags, charcoal briquettes, portable grills, and soft drinks—the usual stuff. I began to notice a trend with the folks around me that I didn’t

  Design is intelligence made visible. - Alina Wheeler   Each year I attend the ASA conference on Aging and reoccurring themes begin to emerge and persist throughout the week; this session remained true to form. One mantra I picked up early; “Design is for all.” Design on the Brain Each of us has a brain equipped with a tightly bundled grouping of nerve cells about the size of an apple wedge located from the top of the spinal cord into the middle of the brain. This part of our brain contains about 70% of its estimated 200 billion nerve

    Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. -Tommy Lasorda   With the cry: “Play Ball.” The Major League Baseball season involving both the American and National Leagues began across the nation; and from coast-to-coast fueled the dreams of young and old alike.   Longest Round-tripper on Record “Round-tripper” is slang for home run. The longest in history is credited to Charlie “Chief” Zimmer. If you strictly measure from home plate to where the ball finally stops, then the famed catcher of Cy Young is hands down the record holder. During a game in

  “We're really trying to think about how are baby boomers as seniors going to be different and what types of technologies and services might they use to manage their own personal health and wellness in ways we can't yet imagine.” -Eric Dishman This post is a transcript from Intel’s Eric Dishman, an innovator in the field of aging-in-place technologies and part of the solution: Last week I had the honor of speaking to the City Club of Portland, an organization founded in 1916 to highlight the diverse opinions, issues, and talents of local leaders and