We’re an aging nation. By 2050, for the first time ever, Americans over age 60 will outnumber those aged 10 to 24. Older adults increasingly prefer aging in place, so the need for technologies that support activities of daily living, mobility, and social connection is growing.  In Century Lives: The AgeTech Revolution, we travel to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where we and 150,000 of our closest friends scope out the technologies that claim they will improve our lives as we grow older. We ask: What do we want our final quarter of life to look like? And can the AgeTech industry actually improve the ways we live our longer lives?

In this episode, we examine new research indicating that loneliness is again on the rise. And people over 60 are spending more time online and with their own personal devices. But if technology pulled us apart – can it also put us back together? Today we meet a new generation of robot companions that are designed to fix loneliness.