Tech plus service enables care at home.
Washington DC, August 21-25, 2024
Last year, CES in Pajamas, this year CES from the kitchen. Everyone who is anyone in the tech world wants to be at CES…well, almost everyone. Remember a 2012 health tech article called CES in Pajamas? Check out TelecareAware's analysis of write-ups in The CES of Health or MDDI's note about Aging in Place. And this year, the Forbes article, I, Robot Journalist: Beaming into CES 2014 was a great use of the Beam (from Suitable Technologies) telepresence device, "a motorized stand that looks like an iPad glued to a Segway." The Forbes writer 'wanders' around the International CES show and sort-of elbows her robotic way around to view various booths. The CEO of Suitable Technologies wants to see 10,000 Beams at CES 2015. Let’s try to imagine that scene -- I bet CES introduces a Beam registration limit to minimize violence on the show floor. (Seriously, you read it here first.)
Maybe useful – or may be gone soon. But in the possibly wishful thinking category, here are 10 technology intros (murky names and descriptions not withstanding) that caught my eye. Though in a few cases you will not be able to tell from the marketing materials, but re-purposing is the name of the game in technology – and several here could be useful for caregivers, health care providers, physical therapists, and older adults. This is not an exhaustive list -- but it seems intriguing. I have a dream for next year -- call me crazy -- to show at CES in whatever zone, tech companies must have a readable website whose product content matches the displayed show technology, contact information and maybe even proposed price:
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Facial Recognition
I was just thinking the other day how great it would be for dementia people to have a facial/object recognition app that would tell you peoples' names and relationships to you and such. I thought you might have something on your CES list (since CES "products" are many times just "ideas"/prototypes.)
Did a search and came up with http://www.nametag.ws/ - the NameTag app, which is facial recognition. Now, we just need Google Glasses and a smart phone for every older adult.
P.S. It would also be good for business people who meet myraids of people.
the "who am I looking at" app
I recommend keeping an eye out for www.firstpersonvision.com if you want a Google GLASS + NameTag app solution. They have technology showcased to do "essentially" the same thing you are talking about, and they were at CES two years ago.
As they say....
If you can't say something nice...don't say it at all.
A journalist knows better.