What’s it like to be Old?
03/25/2011
In this 7min Flash video, NBC’s Peter Alexander reports on understanding & preparing for old age.
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Highlights:
- 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day in the U.S. alone.
- In 20 years, 72 million people (20% of the population) will be 65 or over.
- MIT’s AgeLab is studying the problem with help from AGNES (Age Gain Now Empathy System), a special suit that gives wearers the experience of being 74 years old as they carry out daily activities.
- The goal of MIT’s research is to help companies reinvent products and services for an aging population. [But rather than design specifically for the elderly, we encourage Universal Design concepts that work for everyone.]
For more info on the MIT AgeLab and their AGNES suit, see this New York Times article.
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“Pregnancy suit, meet age suit” — See related article at http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/01/03/the-suit-that-makes-you-feel-75-years-old/
AGNES Suit Adds Fifty Years To Your Age (VIDEO) — Huffington Post article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/agnes-suit_n_1322729.html