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Not just older adults – everyone lost the tech user interface war

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It’s quaint to read the complaint about the Apple Watch interface, which is quite annoying and 100% dependent on a smartphone app. But it may turn out to be Apple’s most popular product ( 30 million sold in 2019 ) and enjoys great popularity in 2020. Consider the whining from this site in 2012 about smartphones and again in 2013.

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Five tech and aging blog posts from October 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

That can be due to a variety of barriers, including fear that they are not using them properly (UCSD study) , lack of internet access (which would limit awareness), low technology literacy ( TechCrunch ), including lack of familiarity with terminology, and physical challenges ( research from MPDI ). Read more. . .

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With Wristband, Google Entering Consumer Health on Its Own Terms

Chilmark Research

Google’s device, which it hopes to test later this summer, will track pulse, heart rate, skin temperature, and even environmental factors such as exterior noise levels. There’s also Calico Labs and its mission to study age-related diseases. It will be very interesting to see what happens with Google’s wristband.