As I was walking through the streets of Japan one of the many things that caught my attention was how many people were older. It intruiged me to know that almost 30% of Japan's population is over 65. I thought this was intersting that here in the US we are starting to face this problem with higher percentages of population belong to the older generation.
Here is an article I found on how Japan is dealing with their older populaion:
http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/12/japan-proposes-robots-to-help-elderly-as-population-implodes/
I thought it was intersting that they are trying a new way of facing this problem of older population. Instead of raising taxes on the younger generation they trying to use the power of technology to solve the problem. Not economics but rather science! As Japan is known for their high level of scientists of making of robots I doubt they will have any problem creating a robot that could take care of the elderly at a cheaper expense.
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