Jersey considers using new technology to allow elderly more independence

As a result of an aging population Jersey is considering implementing new technology to help elder people continue to live on their own. The Islands number of people over the age of 65 is expected to double by 2035 and as result the new hospital is worried about the number of accidents involving elderly people will also increase. The solution is to install high tech sensors in the homes of elders or other at risk people that will send alerts to relatives or carers if any accidents occur.

Cameron Brown

http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2016/04/06/technology-may-help-elderly-to-live-in-own-homes-longer/

Home sellers using smart technology to attract buyers

Selling houses these days in a competitive market, and to attract more potential buyers many sellers are upgrading their houses with smart technology, such as Smart locks, Smart lighting and better wifi. The fact is these days, it's not very expensive to do so and can only make people want to live in a place more, even in older houses, fully upgrading a house to the latest in home security is only a few hundred dollars. Many older generations (65+) have already adopted things like smart tempeture control in their houses faster then their younger more tech savvy counter parts.

Cameron Brown

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/07/savvy-home-sellers-turn-to-smart-technology.html

Education through Technology

 There is an increasing demand for ways to educate people using technology, not just in the US but in many developing nations as well. Technology being used for education can be found in programs like knewton, which is a software program that allows students to have a more individualized learning experience to Bollywood adding subtitles to their dramas to help with illiteracy rates in India. These new programs and devises are still fairly new to many people and not everyone is used to them just yet, many teachers, particularly those in countries with little access to these things outside of school, don't know what to do with all these new ways of teaching. What many places are doing now is investing more on how to implement these new programs and devises into schools, and less on getting them.

Cameron Brown

https://www.devex.com/news/how-to-get-education-technology-right-87935

Hp thinnest laptop in the world

HP reveals their new laptop The Spectre and it is the thinnest laptop in the world. It is four tenths of an inch thick and it weighs a little less than two and a half pounds and cost $1,170 and is suppose to contend with the new MacBook. HP is hoping to bring life to their slumping PC division. The Spectre runs an Intel Core i7 processor and has 8 GB of memory and has about 10 hours of battery life.

Technology Upgrades Get White House Out of the 20th Century

The White House is getting tired of how the phones they use are so old, the desktops they use shut down by themselves when they over heat, the printers they use can't print in color they can only print in black and white and they can't print double sided.  Even on the Air Force one has internet trouble when they are trying to send emails from up in the air to the ground. 

I think that the White House needs to upgrade everything so that they won't have to keep worry about them shutting down or breaking. I think that once they upgrade everything they won't have to worry about everything overheating and not working properly. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/04/us/politics/technology-upgrades-get-white-house-out-of-the-20th-century.html?_r=1