Senior's+Challenges

media type="youtube" key="fRAdNUwWVDE?version=3" height="360" width="640" Here is the script of the skit in case you're having problems hearing the kids: 2012-2013 Season Challenge: Senior Solutions What is senior solutions really about? Ideas for Seniors Challenge

Your TOP 3 IDEAS. The winner: Improved pill dispenser.

 * Below are some of the challenges that we discovered while conducting interviews.**
 * Please think about these problems and edit this page with creative, (yet plausible), solutions.**


 * To help you think about these issues please look at these resources:**


 * [[image:http://firstlegoleague.org/sites/default/files/uploadedimages/pdficon_small.gif width="17" height="17"]] Glossary - Definitions for common words your team may find during this season
 * [[image:http://firstlegoleague.org/sites/default/files/uploadedimages/pdficon_small.gif width="17" height="17"]] Resources - Suggested websites and books your team might use to get started
 * Video on why it's important: see video

1) Movement - Seniors have difficulty moving, walking, and lifting heavy items. They also have lower stamina and need to rest more often. and have multiple programs that lift certain type of weight or object with a single press of a button. walking is also solved with this since your already in a wheelchair that you will be able to power. ||  ||   || so what I was thinking was awalker with handle that has not only a goo grip but also has sticky tape so that you won't be able to loose/drop your walker=flexible grips with sticky tapes. ||   ||   ||
 * Description ||  ||   ||
 * For lifting heavy items and walking you could add a bionic arm to one of those auto mobile wheel chairs
 * sometimes your hand might slip when you walk with a walker but its very costly to bye one of those auto mobile,
 * A certain type of walker that that not only helps you walk, but also helps you grab things that you think is a far distance. ||  ||   ||
 * Really light plastic portable chair you can strap onto back (rest often). ||  ||   ||
 * Cast that goes on arms and legs that strengthens them (walking, heavy items). ||  ||   ||
 * Inject cat DNA into them (difficulty moving) :). ||  ||   ||
 * I think we could have a small motor that could go under long pants aroung the knees to help people walk ||  ||   ||
 * Wheelchair with treads that has platforms for bags. ||  ||   ||
 * Shoes that help you ballance by adding weight to parts of shoe that has least ammount of weight ||  ||   ||
 * A grocery cart with a side that flips down into your car and a conveyer belt slides it into the trunk of the car. ||  ||   ||
 * The car has a trunk that you can take out something like a cart into your house. ||  ||   ||

2) Memory - Seniors have difficulty remembering things like recent events, where they left the car keys and if they took their medications. to-do things, and it reminds you whenever you check it or every 15 minutes.\\ For example: Car keys on kitchen counter Go buy milk Take medication\\ ||  ||   || pills you're supposed to take and shows on the medicine bottle how to take them. ||   ||   ||
 * Description ||  ||   ||
 * On their clothes have a todo list that you can change, or they can where a digital wristband where you enter your
 * To do list on cane/walker/wheelchair that beeps loudly when you need to do something ||  ||   ||
 * A medicine bottle that the doctor sets the date and time when its time it sets off a alarm and spits out how many

3) Hearing - Seniors have difficulty hearing. Sometimes, it is hard to hear in loud places or in groups.
 * Description ||  ||   ||
 * "Invisible" hearing aids, building special senior restaurants, clubs, etc. where everyone talks softly. ||  ||   ||
 * A hearing aid that can focus on 1-3 peoples voices? ||  ||   ||

4) Yard work - in our survey difficulty with yard work was a top concern. Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, but that exists already see here: [|robot lawn mower] :-(
 * Description ||  ||   ||
 * Robot that picks up leaves. First I wanted to do a robot lawn mower, just like the

So instead I want to do a robot like the lawn mower but it picks up leaves and shreds them and uses the shreds for energy or dumps the shreds in the compost in your yard. It could have a solar panel to recharge the battery.

i think that(above) is a good idea but is only put into good use for 1/4 of the year. maybe we could make robot that does certain thing every season with the flick of a switch. for example we in the spring time the robot can help in nurturing the garden and same in the summer. in the fall the robot can clean leaves as said above. in the winter it could be used to clean the driveway from snow. this will help all through the years an years to come without excerting the energy alot. ||  ||   ||