At the McMaster Digital Transformation Research Centre, professor Milena Head and others are exploring ways to close the digital gap and make technology more accessible for older adults.
Technologies are now ubiquitous in everyday modern life, but ageism means that older adults are excluded from the design of the technologies that they use.
Mechanical engineering graduate Swaleh Owais and business partner Yang Cheng's invention, Polyformer, recycles plastic bottles into precious 3D printer filament.