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Taiwan has officially entered a super-aged society, and a rising number of elderly citizens live independently. Geography, career demands and busy schedules often prevent family members from tracking daily changes in sleep, nutrition, mood or medication compliance, raising long-term health risks.
Read the original →The new Duke-led center, Duke AITC-AIGE, will help accelerate the safe and effective use of AI in aging and dementia care. It is funded by the National Institute on Aging. It is one of five national collaboratories focused on advancing trustworthy AI for older adults and people living with dementia.
Read the original →A separate 800V controller replaces five integrated circuits with one and cuts board area by more than 60%. A TI engineer presents at OCP on Oct. 15.
Read the original →Sharp is testing a care-focused AI trainer that uses AI and a large TV screen to support tasks related to functional training in nursing care. The trial is at the Flos Higashi-Koujiya special nursing home in Ota Ward, Tokyo, run by the Zenkokai social welfare corporation. It runs from October 5 to November 1.
Read the original →The US war against Iran is giving rise to a new kind of jingoist propaganda. Content mills are producing thousands of patriotic reels.
Read the original →Billionaire Alex Karp tells Gen Z to skip elite college degrees. One-fifth of Fortune 500 companies are recruiting more neurodivergent talent by 2027.
Read the original →IMF Managing Director Georgieva spoke on the 12th at the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok. She said AI could raise economic growth in aging advanced economies in Asia by 0.5 to 1.0 percentage points.
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