What do old people like doing the most or what do you see them doing alot?
No not sleeping, not chasing young asbo kids down the street – then again I've seen the latter…
They actually like getting out of the house and going shopping…..not to the bull ring to buy some Prada but for groceries at the local market….well from my experience that’s been the case....whenever I used to go with my mom to the local market as a kid I would always see old people struggling to get their shopping home.
I did see some however who were OK in one sense, the disabled few, who had small motor cars, not sure what they call them…to go home in with their shopping.
So what if we got the older generation who walked home, to use a remote controlled trolley carrying their bags, don’t know how it would look, probably funny, there maybe issues with weak fingers, I guess you would have to make a user friendly remote control - which seems to be the whole idea of this module.
ps. i asked Maureen to smile for the camera but she wasnt havin any of it!
2 comments:
Great post Bob,
Here's an idea, instead of providing the elderly person with a remote control device, we could use motion sensor chips.
The trolley could react to the persons movements. A motion sensor chip could be attached to the users legs or feet.
Just an idea :-)
What an innovative idea, you're a creative genius Baber. I think it is great, carrier bags are not designed well for a persons hand... the carrier bag handles dig into my hands, I can not imagine the stress and pain old people are going through, something must be done, we must act before someone loses a hand or even an arm.
Some older citizens struggle to deal with their loss of independence, but are sometimes forced into it because of health issues. A remote control trolley would allow elder citizens to regain some of their independence without having to struggle walking home with heavy and user unfriendly carrier bags.
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