Roundtrip Medical Transportation is an Internet based service intended to make ordering non emergency patient transport more convenient by using a network of public and private providers.
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Ride N Care is a ride service designed to provide transportation for elders who would benefit from having a companion to see them safely throughout their trip.
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Loop is an Internet connected monitor and iOS app intended to be a communication device that allows the user to share video, photos, and video chat.
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The 3G VisionOne GPS Tracker/Monitor is a GPS device intended, with a smartphone app, to serve as a personal safety alarm as well as a location tracker, among other cellular based functionalities.
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The Britzgo Hearing Amplifier is intended to offer an affordable alternative to costly hearing aids.
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Explorer Jean Marie reports her approval of an affordable hearing amplifier which helps her greatly when watching films in theatres or television at home.
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Explorer Wilma finds it too difficult to find and latch seat belts in the back seat of a car.
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Explorer AnnieScott describes the functions of her Movado Connect, a smartwatch in the form of a fashionable timepiece.
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Explorer Lynn introduces the group to her search for the best way to securely store passwords and the like - either online or offline - or both.
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Explorer Marty is aware of the discussion about current medical uses for marijuana, but knows little of how she herself might benefit to control pain and discomfort from old injuries.
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Explorer Marty shares her innovative idea for keeping her analog address book up to date. She explains that as people change addresses, or an entire alphabetical page may become filled with changes, she keeps some pages of labels in the back of the book to stick over an old address and enter the...
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Explorer Shirley reports that a device she purchased to open plastic packaging not only is unhelpful to her, but arrived wrapped in plastic packaging material that she herself was unable to open without assistance.
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Explorer Shirley asks why manufacturers package their products in vessels that are not designed to be friendly to older hands.
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Explorer AnnieScott describes a suspicious phone call with someone who had personal information about certain of her prior business transactions.
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San Francisco Longevity Explorer Eileen asks the meaning of the term 'wireless', and whether it is the same thing as Wi-Fi.
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