Open AccessPerspective—Maintaining the Quality of Life in Depopulating Communities: Expanding Smart Sensing via a Novel Power Supply
Author(s) -
C. W. Van Neste,
Thomas Thundat,
Ajit Khosla,
Sarah L. Szanton,
Larry A. Nagahara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the electrochemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1945-7111
pISSN - 0013-4651
DOI - 10.1149/1945-7111/ab729d
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , scalability , population , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , power (physics) , business , economic growth , computer science , environmental economics , economics , medicine , environmental health , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , nursing , epistemology , database
A growing aging population along with a declining birthrate is a societal challenge facing many industrial countries. This challenge is magnified in particular regional areas (e.g., remote, small communities and declining urban centers) where young people in search of better economic opportunities migrate to more modern urban centers. Advanced digital technology has the potential to partially address such challenges in a cost effective and scalable manner in helping older adults enhance their physical and mental needs by incorporating many of the advances of smart sensors into their daily lives.