Jul

28

See You on Facebook

Posted by Pennie

July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Yes, I have a Facebook account but I don’t spend a lot of time using it. I did find an old (I use the term old loosely) friend on there last night, and we emailed back and forth to get updated on what the other one has been doing the last few years. We moved [...]

Jan

29

Bluetooth Finds the Empty Nest

Posted by Pennie

January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

My husband has finally gotten something he’s been wanting for awhile but I didn’t want to spend the money on, thinking that it was sort of frivolous and would probably not be used that much. But there was a sale and you can imagine the rest. So what’s new in our empty nest and dear [...]

Nov

25

Empty Nesters, What Are You Most Thankful For?

Posted by Pennie

November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hi, Empty Nesters! In honor of Thanksgiving coming up in a couple of days, I would like to put forth a question for you: What are you most thankful for? Of course, we’re all thankful for our family, friends, health, jobs, all the normal stuff. But besides that, what are you grateful that someone discovered, invented, [...]

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 kids [...]

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 [...]

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