Elderly To Get Satellite Navigation To Find Their Way Around Supermarkets 80
Three government centers in the UK have been working on a way to use digital technology to help the elderly and the disabled. One of their ideas is a supermarket satellite navigation system to help elderly people who get confused by changing layouts in the aisles. Professor Paul Watson, of Newcastle University, said: "Many older people lack the confidence to maintain 'normal' walking habits. This is often due to worries about getting lost in unfamiliar, new or changing environments." A kitchen for Alzheimer's patients packed with hidden sensors and projectors is also in the works.
Oh sure (Score:5, Funny)
You mean slashdot? (Score:4, Funny)
Hang on a minute, you're saying constantly changing layout confuses people and drive people away??
Welcome to slashdot.
Re:Technological solution to a social problem (Score:2, Funny)
Wouldn't it be better for the supermarket to simply not rearrange their store all the damn time? Or alternatively, provide decent customer service by having employees give the elderly people directions?
... and stay off my lawn! spoken like a true geriatric.
Old people (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Technological solution to a social problem (Score:1, Funny)
For old people with memory loss, it is.
why are old people with memory loss leaving their homes to go grocery shopping alone? that seems pretty stupid/dangerous.
They keep forgetting to stay at home ;)
Re:How this isn't an onion article is beyond me. (Score:2, Funny)
Reminds me of the time I went into a huge branch of Boots the Chemist to get some nail clippers.. I couldn't find them so asked an assistant:-
Me:"Excuse me, Where are the nail clippers, Please?"
Assistant: "For toenails or fingernails?"
Me: "Um, Fingernails... Do you keep them in different places then??"
Assistant: (Looks at me as though I'm strange) "Of course not, they're both together"
Me: "So why did you ask... Never mind, Thanks"
I didn't tell her I planned to use them on both Toe and Finger nails!! Hah!! take that! Boots Shop Assistant!!
Re:You mean slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
It's okay for Slashdot to do it, because I'm not elderly and easily confused.
I am. Could you tell me where the Baked Beans are?