{"579301":{"#nid":"579301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"TechSAge Among Finalists for Atlanta Magazine\u2019s Groundbreaker Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIs Atlanta the place you hope to stay, to grow old? How can we shape our city to reflect where we want to live, not just now, but in the future?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese are the questions posed to this year\u2019s Atlanta Magazine Groundbreaker Award honorees. They also reflect the work one finalist, Research Engineering Rehabilitation Center on Technologies to Support Successful Aging with Disability (RERC TechSAge) at Georgia Tech, is doing to pave the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy 2030, one in every five Atlanta residents will be over the age of 60. TechSAge creates innovative technologies for this aging population, not just in Atlanta, but for the world at-large.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s more power [in tech solutions] when we\u2019re working together,\u201d says architect Jon Sanford. Nearly 30 researchers contribute work to the Center, focused on the challenges of designing environments to be universally accessible, regardless of age or ability. As champions of universal design, TechSAge is creating a user-friendly world for all ages and abilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/groundbreakers-2016\/techsage\/\u0022\u003ERead Atlanta Magazine\u2019s profile of TechSAge.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/groundbreakers-2016\/vote-for-the-2016-groundbreaker-of-the-year\/\u0022\u003EVote for Groundbreaker of the Year.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIs Atlanta the place you hope to stay, to grow old? How can we shape our city to reflect where we want to live, not just now, but in the future? Those are questions TechSAge is working to answer. TechSAge, which creates innovative technologies for the aging population, is being recognized for its work as one of several finalist for the Atlanta Magazine Groundbreaker Award.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"TechSAge, which is creating technologies for the aging population, is among finalists for Atlanta Magazine\u2019s Groundbreaker Award."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2016-09-19 15:40:30","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"580691":{"id":"580691","type":"image","title":"Align","body":null,"created":"1474481870","gmt_created":"2016-09-21 18:17:50","changed":"1475895391","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:31","alt":"Align","file":{"fid":"218391","name":"atlantaalign.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/atlantaalign.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/atlantaalign.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":44563,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/atlantaalign.jpg?itok=svIhv4Nf"}}},"media_ids":["580691"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELucy Bennett\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lucy.bennett@amac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}