I visited Louisville, KY last week for a short trip to meet some of the many innovators there who are focused on aging. Aging and long term care is one of the key elements of their economic growth strategy, together with logistics (they’re one of the biggest UPS hubs), bioscience and tech. I’d not been [...]
Updated (5/15): new registration process. Updated (5/9): additional speaker, new start time. We’re pleased to announce our next event on the Aging2.0 NYC roster – the Aging2.0 NYC Meetup, together with our inaugural Summer Cocktail Party, to be held on Wednesday May 30th, at The Hallmark. Cocktails kick off at 6pm, meetup will run from [...]
Image: Tom Kamber from OATS making senior-tech come alive 35 people from a diverse range of backgrounds joined the inaugural Aging2.0 meetup at Hubitat last night, and from the energy in the room, I’d say it won’t be the last. This note provides an overview of the speakers and the people who were there, and [...]
Clockwise from top left: the Community Watch concept, US CTO Todd No-Caffeine-Needed Park, Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine #2, members of our team practicing the pitch, list of 20 concepts presented at final presentation, Eric Dishman, a packed house for an early start Saturday morning. Report – Palo Alto Medical Foundation weekend hackathon The healthcare industry, as we know, [...]
I was lucky enough to go to my third TedMed event recently. Following the previous two at the delightful Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, this was the first that Jay Walker had created in keeping with his vision to make it the Davos of healthcare, and I have to say, it’s on its way. [...]
We’re excited to announce a great meetup for the Aging2.0 community next Thurs 26th April in New York; all readers of this blog who are in the area are most welcome to attend. Please RSVP at the Meetup page so we can get a sense of numbers, and feel free to invite others who you [...]
Ok, frankly there aren’t many similarities between writing a book (or a chapter of one, as I did) and having a baby, but from what I can tell, both are hard work and not very rewarding at first, but apparently you look back and say it was worth it. I spent quite a bit of [...]
There’s nothing I like better than a good play on words, and I kick myself for not having come up with the senior- and tech-sounding ‘linkAges‘ (though I’d have probably capitalized the first L). This is a new initiative by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF): aiming to be a highly functional, coordinated and scalable ecosystem to sustain [...]
Spring is here, and Aging2.0 – myself and co-author Emily – just spent a busy but enjoyable week in Washington, DC, (although climate change finished off the cherry blossoms before we got there). We went for Mary Furlong‘s consistently good value What’s Next? Boomer Summit, which was held just before the ASA Annual Conference. A lot [...]
Source: Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions Spotted in Springwise, what seems like a fairly extreme solution; this new concept electrocutes patients every few minutes to stop them having pressure ulcers. Humorous imagery aside, pressure ulcers and bed sores are a huge issue for long term care, so this alternative approach with its cute name - which [...]
