Innovation in Ageing
December 15, 2005, Jude
December 15, 2005, Jude
A post on the Putting People First blog drew my attention to CAST - the Centre for Ageing Services Technologies (CAST). CAST is made up of 400 technology companies, ageing services organizations, research universities, and government representatives and is leading in the States on developing and deploying technologies that can improve the ageing experience.
We will be beginning investigations around ageing in the first part of 2006. It will be very much an exploratory period. We welcome any flags on current innovation and new service approaches in this area - do comment or email me if you have any tips.
And thanks to ex-RED intern Alex at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea for directions to the Putting People First post!
CATEGORY: AGEING
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Hi ,
MA design research for disability course will hold a short presentation on Thursday 2nd February at London Metropolitan University which may be of interest to you.
One of our postgraduate students, an occupational therapist investigated the difficulties older people experience in handling everyday control mechanisms and developed some innovative solutions.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4272516.stm
for more information about our course : http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/pg-prospectus-2005/courses/design-research-for-disability.cfm
or contact me directly.
Smadar Samson
Course Leader, MA Design Research for Disability
Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design
London Metropolitan University
41 Commercial Road
LONDON E1 1LA
Telephone: 020 7320 1849