In a pilot program set to launch during the second half of the year, Japan Post will provide 1,000 iPads to older citizens for free. Apple will supply the iPads, which already have an operating system packed with accessibility features, including settings for people with vision or hearing impairments. IBM will work with the Japan Post to develop iPad software that will improve a service the company already has in which postal service workers stop in on the elderly, and to train Japan Post employees to work with the technology.
The company plans to expand the pilot into a business that will reach four-five million Japanese customers by 2020. “I am approaching 80 years of age,” Nishimuro tells us, gesturing toward his cane as he explains the serious crisis that Japan faces in managing its rapidly aging population. The rest of the story...
Resource: http://www.wired.com/2015/05/apple-side-ibm-grasps-shiny-new-future/?mbid=social_twitter
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