Aging and Health Tech Watch

Ask and you shall receive – approximately.   How many health apps are available for the iPhone? Says Google – there are 60,000 health apps (eliminating the medical category) in the App Store. Grok says 76,451, ChatGPT says 82,000. And ChatGPT, as a good spy, went a step further, though not asked – claiming that there is no official count of apps for aging in...

Each month brings new offerings into the marketplace.  Or getting ready to enter the marketplace by launching  a pilot or other announcement. As is often the case, new offerings include AI enabled tools for connection and or fall prevention. This month brings an unusual addition – a guide to Humanoid Robots from RobixOne. And further, patenting Balance as a...

Lots of blah-blah about AI and risk these days. The backlash has begun. Maybe it’s a good thing – or maybe it’s too late. Perhaps the AI agents have jumped out of the bag, beyond the firewall and are running amok. Perhaps we ha...

A simple WiFi phone for kids.  Three guys and an idea to make a simple phone for kids has blossomed into a national business –

A 2018 blog post sets a stage for comparison with today.  Perusing this 8-year-old screed, one might think that a comparison with 2026 tech for older adults would show vast improvement – both in the tech-en...