A friend of mine works in the healthcare industry, helping people quit smoking by providing strategies and incentives to those who are willing and able to do so.
Using a breath sensor that attaches to the iPhone, he can remotely monitor a person’s breathing and even determine whether the person is being honest about the amount of smoking he or she has done in the previous week.
One of his greatest challenges is with technology. Many of his clients are elderly, and they have great difficulty navigating the iPhone’s interface.
I find this astounding. My not-yet two-year-old son can take my iPhone, close the app that I am using, swipe to an app three screens away, open the folder with the app, open the app, and begin playing a game more complex than any game that I ever played on the Atari 2600 when I was a kid.
If a two-year-old can navigate the technology, why can’t an 80-year-old?
Sincerely. I don’t get it.
