SeniorSMART™

Focused on preserving older adult independence through interdisciplinary research, the SeniorSMART™ Center of Economic Excellence (CoEE) is focused on three key areas: SmartHOME™, SmartWHEELS™ and SmartBRAIN™. The timing couldn’t be better for this Center. Baby Boomers are becoming “senior boomers” and will wield unprecedented wealth and have different expectations about their homes, health care, and other aspects of life than previous generations. The economic potential for products and services created by SeniorSMART is tremendous.

In 2008, the University of South Carolina (USC), Palmetto Health, and Lutheran Homes of South Carolina signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Fraunhofer Institute for Software Engineering and the University of Kaiserlautern to conduct research that may result in technology that supports independent living for senior citizens. The Fraunhofer Institute is a prestigious global translational research organization based in Germany that is best known for creating the technology used in MP3 players. An additional MOU was signed with Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community. SeniorSMART research offers a wealth of opportunities to potential partners and investors interested in emerging technology designed to preserve older adult independence.

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