Asok is an Indian intern in the famous comic strip Dilbert. He is brilliant and one of the most efficient workers at the office. Despite of his excellent performance, he is never hired as an employee and is often denied the use of company resources. In these two Dilbert strips from 2006 and 2010, Asoks… Read More »Young vs Old: A glimpse into the technology industry workforce relationships
“This year, we mark the 80th anniversary of Social Security. We mark the 50th anniversary of Medicare. We’ve grown so accustomed to these programs being a part of American life – these bedrock, foundation stones of our society – sometimes it’s easy to forget how revolutionary they were at the time. They were hard to get done. When FDR tried to pass Social Security, critics called it “socialism.” When President Kennedy and President Johnson – and the Dingells – worked to create Medicare, cynics raised the alarm about government takeover of health care. And now we’ve got signs saying, “Get your government hands off of my Medicare.” – Barack Obama
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IBM and HealthXL are supporting a health hackathon to explore options for tackling the challenges of an ageing population. It is an important initiative, but the recurrent focus on the problems of ageing could be a huge mistake and a wrong starting point.
Lecture for the HiOA International Summer School on Universal Design of ICT.
The main objective of this presentation is to discuss the political, ideological and ethical implications present on technology design focusing the case of population ageing.Read More »Re-thinking Technology for older persons
The European consortium AFE-INNOVNET recently launched an online repository to collect age-friendly environments initiatives in Europe.
Their main objective is to exchange knowledge, foster synergies and contribute to the scaling up of these initiatives.Read More »Looking for innovative solutions for age-friendly environments?