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Topic- Technology
Stats: Quarter of a billion VR users by 2022
Virtual reality (VR) technology is poised to gain widespread adoption over the next five years, with 256 million users worldwide and revenues of more than $60 billion, according to the latest data from ABI Research.
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Digitally connected, with a little help
Over the past five years, the use of smartphones by people 65 years and older in the US has nearly quadrupled so that about 42% of an estimated 46 million people own smartphones.
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Stereotypes of dementia flourish in social media
Using a new software developed to analyze comments on social media, researchers found that among private users of Twitter accounts, 51% of 31,150 tweets made thoughtless or demeaning statements about people with dementias and Alzheimer's disease.
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Add a robot to improve balance training
Among the definitions for "robot" is "a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks" (Merriam-Webster online dictionary).
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Acceptance of activity trackers depends on purpose
Questionnaires, diaries and interviews were collected among 16 people ages 65-75 years old on their use of an online website to track their diet and exercise (myfitnesspal.com)
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Acceptance of technologies to reduce falls depends on ease of use
The iStoppFalls project http://www.istoppfalls.eu/cms/front_content.php?idart=3&lang=1
incorporates a variety of technologies, including motion detectors, exercise games, access to educational material and social media.
