Overview Quick Review | "Explosive" Smart Screen for Grandma, Please Wait for the Elderly in the Digital Age
2024-08-22
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Overview News Commentator Niu KexinI bought a smart screen for my grandma, but found that my illiterate grandma couldn't use it at all. What should I do? The young man made a smart screen for my grandma by himself. Recently, Deng Weihong, who graduated from Zhuhai Institute of Technology, made a combination of a keypad and a smart phone for his grandma.After this "high-tech" device is turned on, the page will automatically enter the App that has been set up long ago. Common functions such as time and date, weather forecast, making calls, playing videos, etc. are displayed on the screen without the need for multiple jumps. Grandma can use these functions directly by simply pressing the corresponding physical buttons. The button for adjusting the volume has also been changed to the simplest old-fashioned knob design. In addition, he also specially arranged a "one-button blood pressure measurement" function.The results of the transformation not only made the grandmother repeatedly exclaim "there is such a good thing", but netizens also couldn't sit still and shouted: Request mass production, and buy one for their own elderly."Intelligentization" and "digitalization" are not unfamiliar to young people, but the elderly seem at a loss. With the increasing degree of digitalization, hospital appointments, supermarket QR code payment, train station ticket purchases, etc., are all inseparable from digital devices. These operations that seem "simple" to young people have become insurmountable obstacles for the elderly. "I don't know how to use it, I can't use it, I don't dare to use it." The intelligent era restricts the food, clothing, housing and transportation of most elderly people, not to mention entertainment.Prior to this, many companies began to pay attention to and invest in the research and development of products suitable for the elderly. For example, some companies aimed at the inconvenience of reading for the elderly due to their blurred vision and launched elderly mobile phones with large fonts, loud volume, and one-button operation. However, in the era of intelligence, the problems faced by the elderly in contacting electronic devices are more complicated and cannot be solved simply by enlarging the font.The intelligent society is an unstoppable trend of the times. We need to provide a transition zone and buffer time for the elderly who are "a step behind". This inspires related companies to take care of the actual needs of the elderly in more details as much as possible when developing intelligent devices. At the same time, we should also be patient and empathetic to the elderly who actively embrace the digital wave. It is also crucial to adopt targeted and differentiated solutions and "teach students in accordance with their aptitude".We still have a long way to go to ensure that the elderly who are walking slowly will not fall behind in this era. We believe that with the joint efforts of the whole society, every elderly person can find his or her place in the smart era and enjoy the convenience brought by technology.
