{"id":109713,"date":"2021-04-06T20:13:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=183018"},"modified":"2021-04-06T20:13:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:13:59","slug":"getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-virtual-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/04\/06\/getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-virtual-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting by with a little help from our (virtual) friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By 2030, two billion people are expected to rely on so-called \u201cassistive\u201d technology aids in their daily lives to eat, see, hear and even get dressed, according to UN patent experts at\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/tech_trends\/en\/assistive_technology\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617826094313000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJa4uaoICGbmhqyTNT93z_ZAnl_Q\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/tech_trends\/en\/assistive_technology\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">WIPO<\/a>, the World Intellectual Property Organization.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be possible to flag when anyone suffering from severe depression or other degenerative brain conditions might need help from a relative or carer, as Irene Kitsara from WIPO tells UN News\u2019s Daniel Johnson.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/04\/06\/getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-virtual-friends\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 2030, two billion people are expected to rely on so-called \u201cassistive\u201d technology aids in their daily lives to eat, see, hear and even get dressed, according to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,342,4,73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109714,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109713\/revisions\/109714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}