The survey, containing 18 main questions and four optional questions, may be completed anonymously but if you want in on the “valuable prize” – the “opportunity to win one of five $20 Amazon Gift Cards” – you have to provide an e-mail address at the end of the survey.

The researcher in me sees the bias already in the study’s design. So we will not be getting a representative sample of all folks in the “over 60″ group. It will be primarily the most adventurous and tech savvy of that group who will find the survey. So, if you want to improve the outcome, pass the information on to all your “mature” friends.

By the way, there might some interesting information coming from the survey in terms of accessibility and usability. We’ll see, stay tuned and remember to watch out for the dingos!

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Some of the more interested AT devices for Seniors noted in the article were: “Lean and Zoom, computer software that magnifies what’s on the screen when a user naturally leans in to see it. It works with the computer’s video camera to determine the user’s position; the closer a person leans, the more it zooms.”

The article describes how some of the technology originally designed for fighter jets and missiles can now be used in consumer devices to help people with stability and mobility issues.

Good read…anyone going to CES  Las Vegas and can give us reports?