Uncertainty as internet reaches remote Amazon
Covered in tattoos resembling jaguar spots, an Indigenous man connects to TikTok for the very first time from a previously off-the-grid village deep in the Amazon.
Jul 25, 2023
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Internet
News tagged with older people
Computer Sciences
Know your audience: Why data communication needs to pay attention to novice users
Computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently found that data-visualization experts have no agreed-upon understanding of who makes up one of their largest audiences—novice users. The work, which ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Robotics
Rise of the cute robots
The red eye that refuses to be extinguished, the metal body that cannot be crushed—for many of us the word "robot" conjures one image: the Terminator.
Jun 15, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Why the video game industry is making a big mistake by ignoring older adults
In April, AARP held its first Games Summit at its headquarters in Washington D.C., and for many people outside the video game industry, the event might seem like a head-scratcher. An organization focused on advocating for ...
May 12, 2023
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Internet
Facebook has 3 billion users. Many of them are old.
Facebook says it is not dead. Facebook also wants you to know that it is not just for "old people," as young people have been saying for years.
May 8, 2023
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Automotive
When is it time to stop driving? Will mandatory assessments of older drivers make our roads safer?
Australia is a nation of car owners with a rapidly aging population. Drivers aged over 70 have nearly doubled in number in the past 20 years. The trend is the same for hospitalizations and fatalities due to crashes involving ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Robotics
To help recover balance, robotic exoskeletons have to be faster than human reflexes
Wearable robotics promise to help older people retain their mobility and paraplegic patients regain theirs. They could help make humans stronger and faster. But, so far, they're not great at keeping people from falling.
Feb 15, 2023
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Business
Smart city campaign gets a D for failing to connect with residents
A questionnaire sent to South Australian households has found that more than half don't understand what a "smart city" means, despite Adelaide being one of the most wired cities in Australia with very fast internet speeds ...
Jan 11, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Mimicking human sleep as a way to prevent catastrophic forgetting in AI systems
A trio of researchers from the University of California, working with a colleague from the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, has found that it is possible to prevent catastrophic forgetting in ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Ageism in tech: Older adults should be included in the design of new technologies
Ageism refers to the stereotypes (how we think), prejudice (how we feel) and discrimination (how we act) we might hold towards others or ourselves based on age.
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Old age
Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle. Euphemisms and terms for old people include seniors (American usage), Senior Citizens (British and American usage), or the elderly. As occurs with almost any definable group of humanity, some people will hold a prejudice against others — in this case, against old people. This is one form of ageism.
Old people have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease, syndromes, and sickness than other adults. For the biology of ageing, see senescence. The medical study of the aging process is gerontology, and the study of diseases that afflict the elderly is geriatrics.
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