Been at the margins of new technologies when they are introduced. Today, as Broadband Internet brings expanded opportunities in health care, education, and civic participation, projects like this one here in San Francisco are critical to making sure that all communities have access to life changing technologies. [applause] highspeed Internet Connections make it possible for patients in rural areas to consult with medical specialists who are hundreds of miles away, for students to take online classes and universities across the country, and for governments to deliver services more efficiently and more easily to their constituents. For seniors, especially those whose families may live in different states or in different countries, broadband allows families to bond together in a way that telephone just never did. My own parents and all live in mexico city, and we are lucky because we both of broadband connections in our home. If a few weeks ago we got on skype. We set up the computer in o
Of us to be able to connect with our families and with our communities. For americans living with disabilities, many of whom are also aging americans, broadband and Commuters Computers can provide even more critical tools for health and wellness. They allow someone with a speech impairment to email her doctor, a person who is Mobility Limited to its in glasses classes online, and for someone else to work at home. 29 of people with disabilities would join the work force if telecommuting were actually a viable option for them. Before working at home, however, broadband is now a necessity for anyone searching for a job. Many job openings are only posted online. About 80 of fortune 500 companies only accept job applications online. And about 60 of working americans use the internet as an integral part of their jobs every single day. If you do not have broadband, you are increasingly cut off from these opportunities. And unfortunately, ntias own Research Shows that theyre still too Many Ame
Why is it is degrading . The simple answer is, you reach a peak and about the third decade in life, and then slowly, slowly noise ines begins to creep into the process of the brain. You can think of it as growing chatter in the brain. We know that because we can add noise in the brain in various ways, and in science we would not do this in a human, but we could do this in a rat. And over two or three or four weeksa four rat in the prime of life four weeks, the brain of the rat looks like the brain at the end of life. We see an interesting thing when we look at the detail. We open up the characteristics of the brain near the end of life if we carried this do it far enough extent so that the brain looks very much like the brain of a child, of a baby that has had literally no experience. If you think of these processes is being reversible, of course that is true. We come out of the noise, you can say, and we refine our processes and get more confident in processing information and more ac
Impairment to email her doctor, a person who is Mobility Limited to its in glasses classes online, and for someone else to work at home. 29 of people with disabilities would join the work force if telecommuting were actually a viable option for them. Before working at home, however, broadband is now a necessity for anyone searching for a job. Many job openings are only posted online. About 80 of fortune 500 companies only accept job applications online. And about 60 of working americans use the internet as an integral part of their jobs every single day. If you do not have broadband, you are increasingly cut off from these opportunities. And unfortunately, ntias own Research Shows that theyre still too Many Americans who are on the wrong side of this and Digital Divide. In collaboration with the u. S. Since then since his bureau, ntia conducts the most Extensive Survey work of broadband friends in the u. S. , most recently in october 2010, not very long ago. It showed that 60 of americ
Programs throughout the country. Several of these also focus on older americans, and virtually all are providing public workstations equipped for people with disabilities. [applause] collectively, the result of this work in San Francisco and in the city and cities and states across the country, will create templates for success that organizations around the rest of the country can replicate in order to help their communities move online. And getting communities online is the reason that we are so invested in this effort. It is critical to our future, because broadband drives economic growth, and broadband creates jobs. It provides the infrastructure that communities need to attract innovative businesses in a competitive, global landscape. Broadband also allows businesses of all sizes to reach markets around the world. People who are aging or disabled have unfortunately historically been at the margins of new technologies when they are introduced. Today, as Broadband Internet brings exp