taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) (01/05/90)
[from "Technology Review", January 1990] Senior Computers ------------------ Seniors may gain a window on the world with Eldernet, a computer network being created by Drexel University professor of information studies Margaret Christensen. By connecting an elder's home with a hospital, the network could aid medical monitoring. A nurse could enter a medication schedule into a hospital terminal, and the home computer would tell the elder when to take the next dose. If no-one responded, the computer would send out an emergency signal. Eldernet could also run errands to grocery stores, libraries, and pharmacies. A person could scan lists of goods and order necessities without leaving home. And to help people with physical handicaps, Eldernet would have voice synthesizers and touch-sensitive screens. <<>>