Project Updates with Steve Ewell, Mary Furlong, Amy Stapleton, Julia Le Brun Billant, V Nguyen and Debbie Howard
Our Project Updates episodes allow us to feature various players in our Rethinking Aging Club community.
Steve Ewell described the five winners for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation’s Accessibility contest. This is done annually providing free booths in Eureka Park at CES for winners.
Mary Furlong discussed the Washington, DC What’s Next Longevity Innovation Summit that was coming December 7-8, 2022. Mary also talked about her two podcasts.
Amy Stapleton shared updates on her Chatables free app. She was building narrative-driven interactive voice experiences and talking virtual characters to address loneliness and isolation among aging adults. Update: Amy closed this out in Dec. 2023. Opus Research is lucky to have her back.
Introduced by Benjamin Surmi, Julia Le Brun Billant explained Famileo, a tool encouraging intergenerational communication through personalized paper newsletters delivered to senior living communities. Originated in France and launching in the USA.
V Nguyen explained Hello Robot, a lightweight robot designed to support everyday activities, particularly for people with disabilities.
Debbie Howard reported on the Carter Group AgeTech Conference in Tokyo October 26, 2022. Keren Etkin and Professor Kenichi Mogi were keynotes.
Recorded on November 3, 2022, this episode is part of our Project Updates Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.
Steve Ewell, Executive Director, CTA Foundation; VP CTA, since 2024, building on CTA’s Accessibility and AgeTech Working Group; CTA hosts CES.
Mary Furlong, Longevity Innovation Expert, Mary Furlong & Associates
Amy Stapleton, Co-Founder and CEO, Chatables at time of show recording; currently Senior Analyst for Opus Research
Julia Le Brun Billant, Country Manager, Famileo
V Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L, OT Clinical Research Lead, Hello Robot
Debbie Howard, Chairman, CarterJMRN (Japan Market Resource Network)
Debbie Howard’s summary of this show.
Resources:
Watch for Amy Stapleton’s articles published on Opus Research like this one 3-24-25 on OpenAI speech models.
They also get picked up on MuckRack
Mary Furlong referred to Lauri Orlov’s public reports on AgeInPlaceTech
Mary Furlong’s Podcasts:
What’s Next Longevity Deal Talk
What’s Next Living Longer Better Smarter
Washington Post 2021 Hello Robot article: My Day with Henry
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