Vision Tech

Caregiving Benefits Employees Need at Every Stage, AARP on Vision, Hip Exercises News for the Ages 5-27-25

Caregiving Benefits Employees Need at Every Stage, AARP on Vision, Hip Exercises 5-27-25

By Linda Sherman / May 29, 2025

Debbie Howard highlighted an article emphasizing the importance of caregiving benefits, noting that 75% of employees are caregivers and flexible work options can reduce turnover by 25%. Ray Gordon’s article on vision changes due to presbyopia and aging mentioned that over 50% of people over 57 have vision impairment, and regular eye exams are crucial.…

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CES 2025 Vision Tech Highlights with .lumen, eSight and Lighthouse Guild

CES 2025 Vision Tech Highlights with .lumen, eSight and Lighthouse Guild

By Linda Sherman / January 24, 2025

Our first CES 2025 Highlights show featured three expert Vision Tech speakers. Cornel introduced .lumen, a self-driving headset for the visually impaired, which uses haptics and audio feedback, aiming for a cost of about $10,000. Cornel mentioned a helpful relationship with Nvidia. They were part of the Nvidia Inception program in 2021. “.lumen was included…

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CES Highlights Sleep Apnea Diagnosis, Macular Degeneration Visual Aid 2-22-24

CES 2024 Highlights Part 6 – Easy Sleep Apnea Diagnosis, Macular Degeneration Visual Aid, Stadium Sports Experience Accessibility Enhancement, Care Platform with Self-care Built In

By Debbie Howard / October 14, 2024

In this episode, join us as we feature innovations from this year’s 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES): a new alternative to ease the sleep apnea diagnostics journey, a VR solution for improving vision with macular degeneration, a stadium-style sports experience for the vision-impaired, and a care platform that helps both care receivers AND their caregivers.…

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CES Highlights Personalized Digital Storytelling, Haptic Visual Guidance 1-25-24

CES 2024 Highlights Part 2: Personalized Digital Storytelling, Haptic Visual Guidance, Music Therapy, Legacy Documentation

By Linda Sherman / October 10, 2024

This episode’s discussion features products that were exhibited at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show. These innovations support personalized communications through storytelling from a huge library of choices, provide a practical alternative for those with visual impairments, offer solace through music therapy to those with cognitive decline, and help older adults organize their treasured objects in…

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Eye Disease Simulator, Telehealth Tech CES Highlights 1-18-24

CES Highlights 2024 Part 1 Eye Disease Simulator, Telehealth Tech, Speech Support, Hearing Aids

By Debbie Howard / October 9, 2024

This episode highlights innovations from the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that support vision, hearing, and speech comprehension improvement for older adults, as well as overall simplified digital communications for avoidance of social isolation and telehealth. Recorded on January 18, 2024, this show included the following guests in the order they presented: Taylor Speegle, Co-Founder…

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CES Vision Tech with Rebokeh, Seleste, Matt Ater and Jim Harris

CES Vision Tech with ReBokeh, Seleste, Matt Ater and Jim Harris

By Linda Sherman / September 3, 2024

Recorded on February 23, 2023, this episode is part of our Vision Tech as well as our CES Highlights Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance. Jim Harris, a leading tech pundit for CES, started us with an overview of Vision Tech at CES 2023. He noted the significance of vision as a…

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