Sunday, November 8, 2015

Hope robot costume and other gadgets can help older – ABC News

As in so many other countries, trying Japanese to find solutions on how to tackle the challenges associated with that population is becoming older.

In Japan one finds a combination of high life expectancy and what may be the world’s fastest and most exciting technological development. Under Me-Byo medical technology trade show in Yokohama earlier this week showed exhibitors forward the latest gadgets that will help prevent illness and injuries among the nation’s elderly, Reuters reported.

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Here they could attendance including demonstrations of a mobile app that will help doctors to diagnose patients over the telephone, a toilet that measures and analyzes the urine after each toilet visit and a robotic suit that will keep seniors on their feet and help them with heavier lifting.

See more of innovations in video in the upper case.

So it remains to see if any of these gadgets in the future will be adopted by the elderly in Japan and other parts of the world.

Also read : The solutions that help people with dementia to live at home

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