A joint research by SMU and India-based consultancy firm Tata Consultancy Services, dubbed SHINESeniors, was mentioned in a Straits Times article. It was launched in 2014 to study how healthcare of the future can be implemented, but gathered pace only recently. It aims to provide about 100 homes in Marine Parade and Bedok with activity-monitoring sensors by next month. One observer noted that policy- makers can also play a part to drive adoption of digital resources by old folk. For example, they could provide the children of elderly people with income tax relief if they install such smart healthcare solutions in their homes.
[The young are already getting exposure to technology from an early age, for instance, through a dancing robot in a Lab on Wheels visit, where pupils learn about robotics in a fun way on a retrofitted bus filled with computers and robotics. ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN]