Technology can help 1the elderly to live more 2independently. This is the main 3goal of AgeLab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Researchers are developing computers that link elderly people with such 4conveniences as transport and meal services. For people who find it difficult to 5attend appointments with doctors, there are special televisions that make it possible to have a 6health check with a doctor without leaving home. There are even refrigerators that 7kindly make their own shopping lists, and a computer telephone service that calls twice a day and then tells family or friends if there is no answer. Clearly, researchers are 8determined to make life for elderly people as healthy and active as they can.