This document discusses trends in healthcare, technology, and aging. It notes that as many as 10,000 baby boomers will turn 65 every day, potentially causing a shortage of 90,000 doctors to care for them. New technologies like wireless sensors, tablets, telehealth, and social media may help address this gap by enabling remote care and independent living. The future of healthcare is moving towards continuous monitoring using digital sensors, and leveraging technologies like IBM's Watson to help analyze vast amounts of medical information.

1. Wayne Caswell
Founder & Senior Editor
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Live Births per Year (Millions)
Baby Bust
(41 Million)
Baby Boom
(76 Million)
Echo Boom
(64 Million)
World Population more than doubled in 65 years.
Average Lifespan up 30 years over last century.
Futurists say, Living for 1,000 years is possible.
As 10,000 Boomers turn 65/day, 90,000 Doctor Shortfall.
Unpaid Family Caretakers pick up slack. ($480 Billion/yr)
Governments, Cities & Homes aren’t ready.

3. But Who are the “Real” Seniors?
What are their Housing Needs?
And What Technologies do they Use?
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National Housing Policy: Financing & Aging in Place
Cisneros & U.TX Book: “Independent for Life”
Lennar Homes’: Next-Gen Home
What about Skilled Nursing?
What if Single or Widowed
with No Kids
Senior Housing Observations

5. Zero-Step Entry for:
• Rolling Suitcases,
• Baby Strollers,
• Dollies … and
• Wheelchairs
Accessible entry
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UNIVERSAL, not “Senior” Design

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The FUTURE of
Health Care
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8. An iPad for All Ages
Easy Accessible Connected Wireless
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9. IBM Mainframe computer, circa 1972
(System/370 Model 158-3)
Apple smartphone, Christmas 2011
(iPhone 4S)
COST: ~$3.5 million ($19M in 2011 dollars) COST: FREE with 2 year contract
PERFORMANCE: 1 MIPS
(million instructions per second)
PERFORMANCE: 5,000 MIPS
(1 GHz dual-core, 2.5 MHz per core)
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Internet of Things
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10. SENSORS in Homes measure all sorts of things:
Remote Monitoring of Things
• Contact,
• Temperature,
• Light,
• Motion,
• Acceleration,
• Smell (CO2, off-gassing),
• Pressure (pulse, blood pressure),
• Moisture
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11. SENSORS in Cars, Clothing & on Bodies also measure:
Phone as Health Gateway
• Contact,
• Temperature,
• Light,
• Motion,
• Acceleration,
• Smell (CO2, off-gassing),
• Pressure (pulse, blood pressure),
• Moisture,
• Chemicals
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12. Minimally Invasive, Continuous Monitoring
Monitor Trends to Avoid Lows & Highs
Understand Context of Readings
Guardian Glucose Monitor
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13. Brain-Computer Interface
It’s now possible to Command a Robot or Fly a Helicopter
with your thoughts. And bulky sensors are no loner needed.

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15. WATSON
Now being applied to Health Care & Medical Research.
Watson can parse & analyze 300 M books in 3 seconds.
Medical Knowledge Doubles every 5 Years.
250x faster and 8x smaller.
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16. TeleHEALTH & TeleMEDICINE
At Home, at the Office,
on the Go, at a Kiosk
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Health
Talk
Telehealth
Digital
Sensors
Social
Media
Telepresence
Tablets
Rising
Costs
Wireless
Broadband
Aging
Boomers
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