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A good example of techmanity

<img vspace="10" hspace="10" border="0" align="right" src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/06/21/wii_clipon_screen2.jpg" style="width: 105px; height: 83px;" />I've been making the case for "Techmanity" - technology embraced by health care professionals as a human connector and humanizing force. If you'd like a concrete example, and need to put a bit of a smile on your face today, take a look at this piece from the UK on seniors embracing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agTCWzjbX5k&eurl=http://www.zefrank.com/zesblog/archives/2008/05/nantendo.html">Wii game technology</a>. <br /> 10 application/xml false aging Mike Magee technology Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 allysonw 75.73.96.59 false true false false true 179654 false false true false false false true 208857 Resource 179654 173239 183236 1215716299309 1215789455487 Controlled interesting discovery

technology should help elders' mental and cognitive acuities

Any technological device that elders can use to activate/stimulate brain functioning can be a powerful tool that may very well have the potential to decelerate mental and cognitive degeneration. Elders need to be kept active, not sedated and sedentary. Perhaps lifespan can be prolonged if the brain is provided with sufficient, interesting stimulation from technological game sources.  10 application/xml false Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; InfoPath.2) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 132.170.63.211 false true false false true 177904 blog blogsite/HealthCommentary/web