Gerontechnology: Growing Old in a Technological Society * Edited by Gari Lesnoff-Caravaglia

Gerontechnology. A sustainable investment in the future.

On Growing Old

greater pleasure in that it enables me to renew an acquaintance with a City?and a University?with which I have had such pleasant associations. I want to use the ?Pportunity to discuss with you some of the problems of ageing, both subjective and ??jective, individual and social, but I must hasten to make it clear that my approach be descriptive rather than hortatory, and that it is no part of my...

Parents Growing Old

Growing Old with Myc

The Myc proto-oncogene has been intensively studied in tumorigenesis and development. A new paper in Cell reports the role of Myc as a determinant of mammalian longevity. Myc heterozygous mice exhibit extended lifespans resulting from alterations in multiple cellular processes distinct from those observed in other longevity models.

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This paper presents an ethnographic analysis of the nature and role of gestural action in the performance of a remote collaborative physical task. The analysis focuses on the use of a low-tech prototype gesturing system, which projects unmediated gestures to create a mixed reality ecology that promotes awareness in cooperative activity. CSCW researchers have drawn attention to the core problem ...