‘Care-bots’ for the elderly are dangerous warns AI professor

nadineSINGAPORE: Computer companions for elderly people are ‘emotionally dangerous’ and will never be good enough to take the place of real human contact, an artificial intelligence expert has warned.

In December the University of Singapore introduced ‘Nadine’ the world’s most lifelike robot whose creators say Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeDALLAS: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

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New roadmap can help guide researchers to speed up biomarker-based research

roadmapLOS ANGELES: Biomarkers could revolutionise the early detection of and therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. However, experts attending the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Copenhagen criticised that the big breakthroughs are slow in coming because of a lack of priorities in research. A Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The three hundred and fifty-second entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Officials are deciding whether to try and buy land it once sold to a developer seeking to build a hotel, and now might be used to construct an Read More »

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