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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of COMMUNICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 20-716
Full Name: Hidetoshi Wakamatsu
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: 1-5-45 Yushima Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519
Country: JAPAN
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E-mail address: wakamatsu.bse@tmd.ac.jp
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Title of the Paper: The role of simple and common technology in welfare by using the Internet
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Hidetoshi Wakamatsu
Email addresses of all the authors: wakamatsu.bse@tmd.ac.jp
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: We discuss simple and common technology as a possible role of engineers in dealing with the various problems of the elderly and also the weak amid the changing society due to lengthening life-spans and declining birthrates. We first describe the conditions surrounding such people that they must face up to and interact with in their life-span. From several major social perspectives, what sort of welfare we wish to realize for the need of closely cooperative relationships with our belonging community. Under the evaluation of historical contribution of welfare technology taking into account of their limits and vulnerability, our approach is hereby discussed from a different policy with mainly securing the cultural backgrounds of individual persons in need, in which relating systems with multiple functions based on high-tech do not necessarily for their widespread use. Thus, we mention the importance of wide-area networks, featuring public benefits, easy replacement of!
old ones and convenience, in which our technology is marked by safety, reliability and flexibility. The Internet can be effectively used on policies of management including configuration for the cooperation because of its overall convenience with favorable economics and easy-to-handle equipment. We thereby present opinions from technical viewpoints that have been derived from our struggle with comprehensive engineering issues related to developing and practical utilization of basic functions for the beneficiaries. Although our argument and views cover some, not all, pertinent aspects, we will try to illustrate and advocate the roles and possibilities that we, the engineers, can play from the viewpoint of desirable progress in technology for welfare. Finally, we will mention the build-up of appropriate conceptual means for future welfare based on our simple and common technology.
Keywords: Communication systems, Role of engineers, Simple and common technology, The Internet, Welfare systems
EXTENSION of the file: .doc
Special (Invited) Session: Wellbeing based on simple common technology under the Internet
Organizer of the Session: 662-105
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