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What Happens When A Grandpa Thinks Twitter Is Google

3:20AM May 19, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Apparently, someone has told his 81-year old father that you use Twitter to search things on Google. The result? A stream of old man searches ranging from “cold toes” to “diane sawyer swimsuit pictures.” Mean? Yes. Hilarious? Yesserer. More »

Gadgets

Outlet Eject Buttons: For The Sake Of Old People Everywhere

3:20PM January 29, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Does your old person have trouble unplugging power cords from their sockets? Fear not! This award winning student design can see to it that, with a simple eject button, your grandma’s osteoporotic fingers need not suffer unplugging her computer again. More »

Gadgets

Andy Rooney Hates Gadgets, Cars, Gadgets In Cars

11:44PM October 4, 2010 | Matt Cherette

Andy Rooney, proprietor of all things that aren’t fun and hater of all things that are, went on a 60 Minutes rant tonight about his dislike for gadgets, “green” cars and – naturally – green cars with gadgets in them. Video inside. More »

Gadgets

Buddy Radio Lets Your Grandma Broadcast Her Feelings To Twitter And Facebook

9:20AM May 27, 2010 | Casey Chan

How does Grandma stay connected to you? Buddy Radio hopes to help the elderly by giving them an old school gadget – a basic radio – that combines new school technology – social networks – so they can broadcast their mood and ask for help. More »

Cars

Old Person Hovercrafts Are The Wave Of The Future

8:40AM February 24, 2010 | Adam Frucci

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Here’s something we can all get behind: levitating chairs for the elderly that scoot around like bumper cars. There is no way this can go badly. More »

Computing

The Apple iPad Is For Old People

9:20AM January 29, 2010 | Ultimi Barbarorum

The guys at Ultimi Barbarorum came up with an idea – an idea we were tossing around after the event yesterday, and even talked about a little last night – and put it into words. The iPad is for old people. More »

Computing

Carol Brady Creates The Worst Ever Tech Support Job

9:20AM October 15, 2009 | Sean Fallon

If you thought your IT job was filled with annoying questions, try working for Florence Henderson’s new FloH Club. It’s a telephone-based tech support service for old people. More »