Tech plus service enables care at home.
Washington DC, August 21-25, 2024
CES 2017 – an overwhelming 'tech-o-rama' that defies categorization. So do not expect insight here about why, where, or what was intriguing to journalists and geeks, including the Wall Street Journal. There will be no discussion of how Vegas may be different in a year where the show, which attracted 175,000, ended on a Sunday. [Rant on] And the Silver Summit at CES is long gone, first replaced by Lifelong Tech in 2015 and then fully absorbed into the Digital Health Summit last year and this year. And there will be no discussion here about why, oh why, do all of the demonstration videos of nearly everything have to limit the viewer imagination to the young people being shown? [Rant off] Okay, there is no existing aggregator source for tech that could be useful to older adults -- spanning multiple categories -- nor to caregivers who care for them, either professional or family. Note that some media articles grouped items: a) tech related to hearing loss, b) tech to assist people with disabilities, and c) an Accessibility Marketplace. In addition to those offerings, here are five that so far caught my eye -- drawn from various sources: