Tag: SENIORS

First, your grandma got an e-mail account. Then, she joined Facebook. And now, she may even be using the Web to find romance. For proof, look no further than SeniorPeopleMeet.com, an online dating forum devoted exclusively to helping the elderly hook up. The service, which describes itself as 'The Senior People Network,' reportedly attracts 1,000 new members every day, thanks in large part to ...

As communication has moved increasingly to the digital realm -- especially into the world of social networking -- some seniors have struggled to keep up with their families and these increasingly alien technologies. To help bridge the generational gap, tech-savvy teenagers are stepping in, and getting their elders online. There are, of course, some stumbling blocks. Teens who have grown up ...

As you grow older, style becomes less of a concern. Just ask Grandpa; it's all about function. The same holds true for a new exercise device called the Skaters Coach. This amalgamation of a tricycle and a walker was created by Tom Demme, who's a baby-boomer with two knee replacements. It might not look cool, but it'll certainly help to keep senior citizens healthy. According to CNET News, the ...

You may still not have acquired a taste for Celery, but chances are your grandparents have, or they will have if they have a fax machine. Confused? Celery is a way to allow those without computer smarts to e-mail and Twitter via paper, as 80-year-old Dorothy Miller demonstrates to WTEN News 10. Celery has been around for a while, but Twitter integration is new. To use it, the person simply ...

The highly publicized dangers of cell phones just continue to multiply. While stories about brain tumors, cancer, and oblivious, phone-happy drivers receive the majority of the publicity, various experts also attest that phone activities can lead to finger deformities, tendinitis, stunted language skills, and bad backs. The latest dangerous phenomenon may seem ridiculous, but according to Live ...

Troubling instances of teen sexting have been all over the news as of late, with randy kids and their sexy messages and photographs often leading to public derision, expulsion, and sometimes even arrest. Thankfully, the disturbing trend among the nation's youth seems to be nearing an end. The primary reason? Because it looks like old people are getting into it. We know (gag), and we're sorry, ...

If you still think a server is someone who brings you your tea when you're taking-in a nice Earlybird special, boy have we got the video from you. It's called 'Surfing for Seniors,' and it's one of the more demeaning videos we've seen on the Internet. When it came out in 1997, it was intended to teach older folks how to use computers, but we're not entirely sure the carnival game metaphor is ...

If watching the constant flood of younger and younger kids to Facebook is making you feel old, then check out our cure: Add Ivy Bean to your friends list. At 102, Mrs. Bean is the oldest person with an active Facebook account, beating the previous oldest person by five full years. Bean was born back in 1905 in Bradford, England, and made it through both World Wars, the invention of the computer, ...

From all the stories about wired AARP-ers, you might think of today's senior citizen as a Wiimote-swinging, brain-training, video-gaming technological hipster (with replaced hips). That's certainly the case for a growing number of seniors out there, but sadly, it's definitely not the majority, at least according to a recent survey in Germany showing that 58-percent of seniors in that country ...

Don't look now, but it appears that even the AARP digs the Nintendo Wii gaming console. Want proof? TG Daily reports that a Washington, D.C.-area retirement community recently held a Wii bowling tournament that culminated in a matchup between 79-year-old real bowling champion and an 84-year-old Wii-prodigy challenger. Nancy Davies beat Hal Winters 202 to 182 at the Riderwood Retirement ...

Nintendo has long tauted its 'Brain Age' series of games as not only fun, but also as being beneficial to your noggin. The say the games can even make you smarter. A new study verifies those claims, at least in seniors. According to the study, seniors were able to perform mentally as well as they did in their thirties after spending just 40 hours with brain training software. The study, created ...

We thought that the AARP catered to the elderly, not gorillas. But judging from this video on how to play video games, we were wrong. This is what you can learn from the AARP 'How to Play Video Games' Video: There are different "boxes" Then you have a controller "The controller actually controls..." Pushing the buttons on a controller while someone else holds it and you feign ...

Calling all technologically inclined high school seniors! Memory maker PNY launched its Seniors Helping Seniors college scholarship contest in which high school seniors (either individually or in teams of up to five) are invited to put together projects to help teach senior citizens about technology. Submissions are being accepted until December 31, and a $2,500 scholarship will be handed over to ...

Wired's online 'Sex Drive' column often covers the seedier side of the Internet and its denizens, but this latest entry deals with a subject a little closer to home: your grandparents and their unquenchable sex drives. Yes, it seems Grandma and Grandpa are online, too. But while you're reading up on the latest tech news, they're reading about the latest Viagra news and using social sites to ...