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Submitted by rlewis on 7 November, 2008 - 11:04.
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You will be hearing  lot more on the application of the new Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in the future.

Words like e-learning, e-health and e-work, are increasingly being applied to we the ageing, as part of improvements in our future quality of life and staying independent longer, which such ICT technologies can assist.

Some examples are the reduction of social isolation provided by chat rooms, video home alert systems, webcams, on line courses, on line shopping, and more. There is promise too, that increasingly, secretarial and other work can be done from home, offering some people extra opportunity to earn, (and be involved).

One interesting development overseas, is a very large aged community, where everyone's TV sets can tell them what shows the others are watching, and who is on line in their local network and available for a chat.

To gain the most from these technologies, broadband should be free for the needy aged and disabled in our community.

 



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E this and E that - Koko 27/11/2008 3:48 pm
Koko as you may know I push - rlewis 28/11/2008 9:34 am

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