Technoloy and Gadgets

Senior-Friendly TV Remote Controls It seems like most television remote controls today come with about 600 tiny buttons and are confusing to operate. If you're in the market for one user-friendly remote that's easy to see, simple to program and use, and durable, you're in luck. Read more>>>

• Baby Boomers, Luddites? Not So Fast
  A recent report from Forrester Research indicates that while it might be tempting to categorize all aging Americans as techno-dinosaurs and Luddites, more than 60 percent of baby boomers are avid consumers of social media like blogs, forums, podcasts and online videos. Read more>>>
• Ten Web Destinations Baby Boomers Should Visit
• More and More Baby Boomers Embrace Technology
  Baby boomers are no longer the inferior demographic when it comes to using modern technology and the Web, studies reveal. Read more>>>
• You’ve Come a Long Way, Boomers, and You’re Online Now!
  The 77.2 million people now between ages 44 and 62—known for decades now as the “baby boomers”—know they are aging, but they do not expect to get old. They plan to retire, but not on the same schedule as their parents and grandparents before them. Most expect to work until age 70, and the latest economic downtrend has reinforced their thinking. Read more>>>
• New Tech Gadgets Target Older Folks
  Consumer electronics is usually all about catering to the young and hip. But this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas — the industry's big showcase — there was a spotlight on the market for seniors. Read more>>>
• Impact of the Aging Workforce on the Technology 
  Industry
  By the year 2010, a large percentage of the workforce will be retiring. This is causing what has been referred to as a "huge knowledge gap". As this generation approaches their retirement years, companies are starting to change the ways that they define work. This outflow of competent workers also opens up many new job opportunities, even during a time when the economy is not growing. Read more>>>
  
• As boomers age, products like hearing aids are getting a style and marketing makeover
  As the 78-million-member baby boom generation confronts the physical challenges of aging, the boomers, long accustomed to throwing their economic and cultural weight around, are doing so more than ever. Companies are racing to "boomerize" products and services, adding a flashier edge to stodgy devices like hearing aids or subtly tailoring their marketing pitch to a generation that never believed it would get old -- and still doesn't. Read more>>>
• Portable Computer Devices Can Aid Exercise Programs
  Specially programmed personal digital assistants (PDAs) can help encourage middle-aged and older Americans to increase their physical activity levels, a Stanford University study says. Read more>>>
• Gadgets help baby boomers navigate old age By Fred Bayles, USA TODAY CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Throughout their lives, baby boomers have dominated the marketplace. The generation of 78 million consumers born from 1946 to 1964 once made hula hoops a hit. As teens, boomers bought cheap stereos and compact cars. In middle age, they snapped up camcorders, computers and mutual funds. Read More>>>
• "Nana technology" tools help seniors be independent
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• Smart Gadgets For Seniors
  New high-tech devices that keep tabs on vital signs, level of activity, medications, and more can help the elderly maintain their independence. Imagine rolling out of bed in the morning and dragging your sleepy self to the bathroom sink. You glance in the mirror, wince, open the medicine cabinet, and reach for a bottle of pills. But instead of grabbing your Lipitor, you take out the Tylenol with codeine. Suddenly a computerized voice tells you that you're making a mistake. Read more>>>