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The potential impact of new technologies
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR POLICY ON AGEING
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 74
- Place of publication:
- London
A rapid review considering the potential impact of technological developments for older people. Key findings include: health and social networking technologies with the greatest near-future impact for older people will be those developed to use generic, freely available platforms including the internet and smartphones and tablets running Windows 8.1, Android or iOS.; the near-future technological development with the greatest impact on telemedicine, telehealth, telecare and smarthome technology for older people will be the development of the 'internet of things', machine to machine (M2M) networks and associated standards for interoperability, that will provide improved resilience and communication between sensors and systems; in general, the technological developments with the greatest impact will be those that are 'needs and outcomes' rather than 'technology' led; far-future technologies, that are currently under development, with the greatest potential impact for older people, include wearable exoskeletons and driverless cars, while the use of care robots is currently showing less promise. (Edited publisher abstract)