IBM Archives - Gustavo Sugahara

Age-Smart Cities

by gustsu
1. July 2016
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In this video (published in February 2013) IBM presents their view for an “Age-Smart City”: As usual, the perspective about ageing is pretty narrow. However, the video can be a good starting point for a discussion and brings some interesting examples.

A successful “Hack Aging” initiative could never depart from the typical problem solving perspective

by gustsu
11. July 2015

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.