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Did you miss one? Aging and Health Tech blog posts from April 2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The April blogs: It’s time for solutions – not products – for aging in place. Product life cycles in newer tech categories are shrinking , with consumers willing to replace devices that still work with newer models, hence the apparent ‘Ready, Fire, Aim’ tech cycle.

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Did you miss one? March blogs lament deteriorating user experience

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are the blog posts from March: A decade later: good ideas, never realized. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch Why not design for all, customize on need? This 2014 Challenging Innovators report has withstood the test of a decade.

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The Future of Sensors and Older Adults -- and other October blogs

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Or make that next year, since this year is winding down: here are the blog posts: Wa s this a ‘breakthrough’ on hearing aid pricing? category tags: AgeTech , hearables/hearing technology , IoT and home monitoring. Now take a look at the new report The Future of Sensors and Older Adults. Feedback is welcome.

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Five worrisome aging and health blog posts from August 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are the five blog posts from August: Taking stock of the tech market for older adults – what’s happened? Read more. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , smartphones, cellphones , social isolation Maybe you are legitimately afraid of not being found by emergency services (see below).

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Did you miss one? Aging and Health Blog Posts from May 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And from the other May blog posts: Wondering if there's any news about AI? category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , Mobile PERS Just from yesterday, May 3, 2023 – that list goes on and on. MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest.

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Aging and Health Technology blog posts from January 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It took the combination of 73 million boomers, a pandemic emergency, and the sheer size of the aging population to transform a 2009 market niche into this 2021 market category worthy of investment-- less about products specifically designed for older adults as it is about the marketing of many existing offerings as useful to them. Learn more.

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Considering Equity and Consumer Impacts of GLP-1 Drugs – A UBS Economist Weighs In

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Since the introduction of GLP-1 drugs on the market, their use has split into two categories: for obesity and “recreationally,” according to the Chief Economist with UBS (formerly known as Union Bank of Switzerland). Paul Donovan, said economist, discusses The economics of getting thin in his regularly published comment blog.