Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors
HUMAN–SYSTEMS INTEGRATION REPORT BRIEF, 2011 by the National Research Council (www.nationalacademies.org/bohsi) National Academy of Sciences • National Academy of Engineering • Institute of Medicine •...
View ArticleMIT’s AGNES, the ageing suit
As the world’s population gets older, how are we going to manage? Innovative approaches are being developed at the MIT AgeLab James Crabtree, comment editor at Financial Times Magazine, wrote an...
View ArticleAging as an Extreme Sport: Inventing Life Tomorrow
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY: It seems people aren’t expiring fast enough to meet revenue projections. (Photo: Surfing by Mandrak) Dr. Joseph Coughlin, founder and director of MIT’s AgeLab, spoke last month...
View ArticleFUTURE WATCH: “Smart Skin” monitors Vital Signs
The following story of nano-scale technology caught my eye but may need an introduction. It’s about the ability to embed sensors and other electronic components into a flexible film that’s half the...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....