Nov

28

Top Ten Tips for Shopping On Line

Posted by maureen

November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment

If you shopped online on what has been become known as Cyber Monday then you had plenty of company. A record 72 million Americans were expected to search the Web for bargains and spend at least $700 million on line. With that in mind here are some tips to keep in mind while you shop […]

Oct

9

Technology for the Aging – Part 2

Posted by cameron

October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

Yesterday I talked about some technologies that are already on the market to help the elderly. Today I’m talking about some that are in the future, all driven by the boomers and an aging population. You probably have read about a recent show in Japan showing robots helping the elderly in many ways; from home […]

Oct

8

Technology for the Aging

Posted by cameron

October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It seems that a lot of people are working to cash in on an aging boomer population and help the elderly in the process. I have broken this post down into “Here Today” and “Here Tomorrow”, which will post tomorrow. Back to back posts on some of the ways technology is helping in the lives […]

Aug

9

5 Year Old Going Mobile

Posted by maureen

August 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

As a grandparent there is a big temptation to buy gifts for your grandkids that you , for one reason or another , would probably never would have brought for your own kids One that you should definitely get mom and dad’s blessing on is the latest in cell phones that are geared for […]

May

27

8 Reasons Why Older People Need Cell Phones

Posted by cameron

May 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

A few years ago my wife took a wrong turn in a blizzard and ended up stranded and not knowing exactly where she was. Of course, she wasn’t dressed for the bitterly cold weather and neither did she have a cell phone. She walked some distance across an open field and eventually found a home […]

May

16

Cell Phones For The Elderly

Posted by cameron

May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sometime ago I wrote about Windows For The Elderly. It was about features in the Widows operating system to assist those who are vision impaired or had a difficult time with the keyboard. You can read that post here. I decided to take a look at cell-phones from the same perspective. Following is what I […]

Apr

11

Stem Cells Taken From Adult Tissue

Posted by maureen

April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

There is a really exciting development on the stem cell front that could have a huge impact on stem cell treatments in the US as early as next year. Two companies are hoping to get their experimental stem cell products approved by the Food and Drug Administration and into the US market by 2008.They are […]

Mar

30

Solar Energy Financial Overview

Posted by cameron

March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It has been estimated that Venture Capital Investment in solar energy has tripled over the last 2 or 3 years. It seems the time is right for companies to invent solutions that will tap into the tidal wave of interest in alternative and renewable energy. Its about time since today’s solutions ride on technology that […]

Feb

27

Text Messaging- A way to stay in touch with your Grandchild

Posted by maureen

February 27, 2007 | 4 Comments

The newest way to stay in touch with grandchildren isn’t by calling or e-mailing; the modern way is to send a text message. I must admit that I like to text to our teenage grandchildren and thought I was doing pretty well getting a simple sentence to them in under two hours! What I didn’t […]

Feb

22

Windows Options for Older Users

Posted by cameron

February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Most people don’t have a need for special features and probably don’t even know they exist in Windows. The simplest of these is to change font size. OK, I’m 60 and my eyes are weaker than they used to be so I do use large font and Icon sizes to make reading easier. But many […]

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