MIT Assistive Technology: Universal Access

This video and the following text are from YouTube, where it was uploaded by assistivetechideas on Jul 31, 2011 MIT’s Assistive Technology Group is actively working towards implementing state-of-the-art solutions in order to make cutting-edge technology…

Aging as an Extreme Sport: Inventing Life Tomorrow

Dr. Joseph Coughlin, founder and director of MIT’s AgeLab, spoke last month at TEDx Boston about impressive advancements in longevity. 100 years ago, the average lifespan was 47, but according to Reuters, “half of babies born…

MIT’s AGNES, the ageing suit

As the world’s population gets older, how are we going to manage? Innovative approaches are being developed at the MIT AgeLab James Crabtree, comment editor at Financial Times Magazine, wrote an excellent article on the challenges…