Will driverless cars change retirement? Only if wary seniors embrace them
For a decade and a half, Alex Mihailidis has been studying the junction of technology and aging. After years of examining the benefits of smart-home systems and artificial intelligence, the biomedical engineer has begun researching a new phenomenon: self-driving cars.
Senior citizens, especially those with mobility challenges, are among the key demographics being floated to benefit from autonomous vehicles.
“There’s been a lot of work on the technical side, in terms of the systems itself and how the car will operate,” Dr. Mihailidis says. “But when it comes to the senior population, there really has been very little research to understand the impact of these cars on the seniors themselves – and particular, looking at some of the social aspects and considerations of driving those cars.”
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