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Why, Grandmother, What a Cool Robot You Have
Desk Set To make ElliQ friendly for seniors, the designers thought more Toy Story and less Transformers.

Seniors and technology: If you’ve thought about these two things in conjunction, there’s a good chance it was because a grandparent asked you for help getting on “the Facebook.” Or where to view those presidential tweets they’re always talking about on the news. And what’s a tweet, anyway? But there’s a not-so-funny truth behind this comic trope. Half of adults over 65 who live independently report feeling excessively lonely, and more than a third say they see only one other person in a typical

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