Get Together – Tackling loneliness amongst older people

By nino in ResearchTarget groupon the May 2, 2010

Get-Together is a project from Participle that takes place in London. Get-Together is a service that provides telephone-based and in-person social network for lonely and socially isolated older people. … →

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1928: telepresence with grandma on Christmas

By nino in ResearchTarget groupon the March 19, 2010

We are currently reading the book from Matthias Horx: „Technolution – Wie unsere Zukunft sich entwickelt“. Among other things he writes about videocalling. Horx points out, that first … →

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Interface Design Guidelines for Older Adults

By nino in ResearchTarget groupon the March 17, 2010

To ensure that older people can use our device we need to understand the implication of age-related changes in functional abilities for the design and implementation of technology … →

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Pro Senectute Spots

By clavado in ResearchTarget groupon the March 12, 2010

These are two touching spots about the lack of communication with elderly, produced by Pro Senectute Switzerland.
Pro Senectute is a non profit organisation, founded in 1917 to service … →

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Digital Seniors

By nino in ResearchTarget groupon the March 5, 2010

Dass die Gesellschaft immer älter wird ist bekannt. Statistisch ist die Altersgruppe “65 und mehr Jahre”, gemäss dem Bundesamtes für Statistik der Schweiz, seit 1998 jährlich um 0.2% gewachsen (siehe Tabelle: … →

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