Episode #1754: Pill Poppin Pod

This week Dick has three gadgets from Pepcom’s “Well NOW!” event, a media event all about gadgets for health & well-being!

Gifts for Grandpa can be hard to shop for. When he spends so much of his time giving to the grandkids and his big kids, it can be tricky figuring out what your Gramps will want for himself. But don’t worry — we’ve done all the research for you. From the creative to the functional, show your Pops how much you really love him with one of these gift ideas. We swear he’ll still be using them at the next family function.

I plan to name my robot Jeanne Calment, after the French super-ager who lived to be 122. Jeanne will like to read British mysteries, go to the theater and eat cheesecake while standing in front of a refrigerator (the calories are less that way.) In other words, she will be Mini-Me…my new bff robot who will hang out with me and help keep me safe as I age.

I just learned there is a bell-shaped curve on the age of adoption of stuffed animals. The young have always loved them and now people on the older end of the age spectrum are adopting them as well.

Many older adults continue to have cherished live pets–in a single-family home and in retirement communities. In fact, in recent years, most retirement communities, including assisted independent living, have dramatically loosened the restrictions on pets.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Robots are increasingly replicating more and more lifelike human behavior, but can they imitate animals? This is a different twist on robotic pets and scientists say they can serve as friends and therapy aids to the growing elderly population.