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ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News Daugman also echoed the findings of the recent BAG report, which said there could be about four million elderly people in the UK whose fingerprint skin is either too dry or fine to take useful prints from. [26 Sep 2008]
Citizens use YouTube to keep gov't in check
News Eurim warns that simply replacing face-to-face services with internet access risks isolating the services from the most vulnerable, citing examples of the elderly being cut off following bank and post office closures. [31 Jul 2008]
Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?
News However, take-up amongst the most disadvantaged groups in society - those on low incomes, the elderly and people with disabilities - is lower. It's several years since former Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to have... [07 Apr 2008]
Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News Technology aimed at improving care and the quality of life for the elderly will receive a boost with a major project looking at computational intelligence. The technique has already been used in a number of applications... [03 Jan 2008]
"Rife" ageism causing IT skills crisis?
News According to this reader, ageist recruitment attitudes are a result of "HR departments being staffed by 20-somethings to whom anyone over 40 is old and beyond 50 is possibly speaking from a coffin or a home for the... [21 Aug 2007]
Five questions to ask before moving to Vista
News Vista has relatively high requirements for running hardware and so a basic, rare or elderly piece of kit may not click with the OS. So if Vista is something you've got on your mind right now, here are five questions you... [19 Jul 2007]
EC launches tech plan for elderly
News The plan will not only help mobilise digital technologies to improve the social participation and daily lives of the elderly but will create opportunities for European industry, she said. The European Commission has... [15 Jun 2007]
Home care moves into the 21st century
News The elderly and sufferers of long-term illness could soon benefit from technology designed to help them live more independently. Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, announced the introduction of several devices that can... [23 May 2007]
Motion-sensing tech gives keyboards the wobbles
News Oliver said the tech has the potential to be used in a number of different ways, such as allowing elderly people or those with dexterity problems, to make use of modern IT. BT is trialling a motion-sensing technology for... [30 Apr 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 30.03.07
Round-Up Podcast Cyber companions for the elderly, videoconference weddings and the saints and sinners of office security are all up for discussion in this week's lively edition of the silicon.com Weekly Round-Up podcast. [30 Mar 2007]
Sunderland scoops £3.5m digital inclusion prize
News Modified mobiles with panic buttons and local tracking to help elderly and disabled people live more independently, were among the technologies tested. A project to help to reduce social exclusion through the use of... [14 Mar 2007]
Nokia and Cambridge Uni team up on nanotech
News Leslie added that Nokia and Cambridge may also go on to explore the application side of nanotechnology, including care of the elderly and energy efficiency. Nokia is teaming up with Cambridge University to research... [07 Mar 2007]
Nurses want tablets on repeat prescription
News Staff in the phlebotomy (blood drawing) and elderly care departments used a prototype MCA over four weeks and saw significant benefits. Jenny Quilliam, a staff nurse for elderly care at Salford said of... [21 Feb 2007]
NHS to put healthcare tech in homes
News The telehealth devices would probably be targeted at elderly and infirm people. The NHS is planning to institute so-called telehealth systems in homes around the country. Richard Granger, NHS director general of IT, said... [25 Jan 2007]
Patients get NHS e-record opt out
News The chairman of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Sigurd Reinton warned that the elderly and vulnerable should bear in mind that if paramedics have more information they will be able to offer the "best possible... [18 Dec 2006]
