My grandfather on my mother's side used to live in a nursing home, and reading this story really makes me wish they had tried it out sooner, in all honesty. He had a very limited short and long term memory, and the doctors had no explanation for it other than "he's just getting old." A few years ago the nurse left the main door open and he walked out. We tried hiring a private investigator to find him, but nothing came up. So now, my only grandfather, is, to the government, missing and presumed dead.
As big brotherish as this idea may sound, maybe if the consent of both the resident and his family is given, this could stop something like this from happening again...
I personally read Wired to get a sort pop-technology perspective, but usually I keep up to date with Slashdot and Kuro5hin (maybe "up to date" isn't apt enough, but they still have some good things).
Other than that, I read music production magazines like Remix and BPM. The former being more tech oriented, the latter a broad overview that encompasses anime and theory.
And pertaining to the original post, yeah, magazines can be a bit exaggerated but you need to look at the medium itself. With newspapers and websites, you can add more news later to build the story up, but with a magazine, it's more or less a one shot deal. Of course they're going to ham it up as they need to sell more copies. It doesn't make it right, but just keep that in mind.
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My grandfather on my mother's side used to live in a nursing home, and reading this story really makes me wish they had tried it out sooner, in all honesty. He had a very limited short and long term memory, and the doctors had no explanation for it other than "he's just getting old." A few years ago the nurse left the main door open and he walked out. We tried hiring a private investigator to find him, but nothing came up. So now, my only grandfather, is, to the government, missing and presumed dead. As big brotherish as this idea may sound, maybe if the consent of both the resident and his family is given, this could stop something like this from happening again...
I personally read Wired to get a sort pop-technology perspective, but usually I keep up to date with Slashdot and Kuro5hin (maybe "up to date" isn't apt enough, but they still have some good things). Other than that, I read music production magazines like Remix and BPM. The former being more tech oriented, the latter a broad overview that encompasses anime and theory. And pertaining to the original post, yeah, magazines can be a bit exaggerated but you need to look at the medium itself. With newspapers and websites, you can add more news later to build the story up, but with a magazine, it's more or less a one shot deal. Of course they're going to ham it up as they need to sell more copies. It doesn't make it right, but just keep that in mind.