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Cuddle, wash, move: According to a survey, four out of ten Germans imagine being cared for by a robot at times. Japan is a pioneer in their use in retirement homes. The seniors like it.
Robots nurture seniors

Training lesson with Pepper

Society is aging, especially in Japan. By 2035, one third of the Japanese population is estimated to be 65 or older. To better care for the elderly, robots are already being used in retirement homes.

Sport after robot model

In this senior citizen facility in Tokyo, the human-like robot "Pepper" conducts a training session. With an electronic voice, he politely gives the participants instructions: "Right, left, well done!" Pepper is already used in about 500 Japanese nursing homes. He can not only lead sports groups, but also conduct simple conversations, tell jokes and recognize moods.

Playing with Aibo

Robots at the Shin-tomi retirement home also replace pets with which the elderly can interact. Here is a woman playing with the robot dog "Aibo". The caregivers use 20 different models in this elderly care facility to employ the residents.

Cuddle with Paro

This robotic seal does not just have a fluffy fur - "Paro" also makes sounds and moves when someone strokes it. The development took ten years. There are now 5000 robotic seals worldwide - 3000 of them in Japan. But "Paro" costs: 3800 dollars in Japan, in Europe 5000 euros are to be paid per piece.

From Japan to Germany

Even in Germany, Paro has been cuddly companion in geriatric care for more than ten years. The robotic seal is used in occupational therapy and is intended to stimulate dementia patients emotionally. Paro not only reacts to touch, but also to language and light. She then moves her head, blinks her eyes, or howls like a real seal.

Upgrades for your own home

Digitization in nursing also produces technologies other than robots. This baseboard can recognize the fall of a human. According to a survey by the digital association Bitkom, 76 percent of the German respondents believe that they can live independently for a longer time with the help of digitization. Almost two thirds would rather be monitored digitally at home than to go to a nursing home.

Stronger thanks robotic suit

Robots should also help the carers and assist them in carrying the residents - as the "muscle suit" does. It strengthens the nurse's power and makes it easier to raise seniors. This prevents back pain in the staff and patients can feel safer.

Running with robot help

Machines also help seniors to walk again - they provide balance and indicate where to put down their feet. Despite the many advantages, the Japanese government is confident that the robots can not replace humans, but with strength, mobility and surveillance support the caregivers and thus give them more time for other tasks.

Dehumanized care?

In Germany, there are also concerns: About half of those surveyed by Bitkom expressed the fear that nursing could be less people-oriented because of digitization and old people could be isolated. Whether or not an innovation will be successful also depends on people's acceptance. In Japan, broken robot dogs are now buried.

March 27, 2018
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Saxony is located in eastern Germany and occupies a middle place among the federal states with four million inhabitants and an area of ​​18,400 square kilometers. Saxony is not mediocre.
Muskauer Park

Muskauer Park

Saxony's only UNESCO World Heritage Site is the park landscape near Bad Muskau. From 1815 Hermann Fürst von Pückler put on this masterpiece of garden architecture. It extends on the German and the Polish side of the border river Neisse. The Muskauer Park offers extensive meadows, numerous lakes, rivers and bridges as well as the center of the park the New Castle Muskau.

Dresden

Even without a World Heritage title, art and culture make Saxony's provincial capital Dresden a tourist magnet. The Frauenkirche (left) was destroyed at the end of the Second World War and remained a warning ruin for decades. It was not until the fall of the Wall that reconstruction began, using as much original material as possible. Since reopening in 2005, Dresden has lost its landmark.

Elbwiesen

The well-known silhouette with the baroque old town can be seen well from the opposite riverbank. The undeveloped Elbwiesen on large sections, which extend in Dresden over 30 kilometers along the river, especially in summer for walks or a picnic. For culture lovers there are movie nights and concerts in the open air.

Saxon Switzerland

If one follows the Elbe Valley upstream, it is only a few kilometers to the Saxon Switzerland, as the Elbe Sandstone Mountains are also called. The hallmarks of the National Park region are bizarre rock formations that are up to 730 meters high. If you want to climb or hike, this is the place for you.

The cheaper Berlin

Leipzig recently celebrated its millennial existence. However, the city is not old-fashioned. Especially with young people, it is celebrated as the better (and even cheaper) Berlin. In the abandoned cotton mill in the west of Leipzig, for example, many artists have moved into their studios. Also in the numerous pubs and galleries reflects the living and creative of the city.

Leipzig

Founded as a trading and trade fair city, Leipzig's name is closely linked to Johann Sebastian Bach. Although the world-famous composer and organist was not born there, the city is considered his main site. This is remembered by the Bach Archive, the Bach Museum and the annual Bach Festival. In the Thomaskirche, where he ran the St. Thomas Choir from 1723 to 1750, there is also his grave.

Erzgebirge

Hiking in summer, skiing in winter and in two countries. In the Ore Mountains runs the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. On the German side, on the Fichtelberg, lies Oberwiesenthal - with 914 meters the highest town in Germany. A cable car takes visitors up to Fichtelberg.

Meissen porcelain

The city of Meissen is known internationally for its porcelain. In 1708, for the first time in Europe, the noble material was produced here. The symbol of the porcelain manufactory are two crossed swords. Meissen porcelain is today one of the internationally most famous German products.

Görlitz

The easternmost city of Germany was almost spared devastation during the Second World War. That is why Görlitz shines today with 4000 historic buildings from different eras. This also attracts the international film scene: Görlitz was the location for several Hollywood films, such as "Grand Budapest Hotel". Many call the city lovingly Görliwood.

Sorbs

Recognized as a national minority in Germany, the Sorbs are a Slavic people living in Lower Lusatia in Brandenburg and Upper Lusatia in Saxony. The Sorbs are known among other things for their costumes. Mostly, these are only worn on special holidays. Or as here at the annual "International Folklore Festival Lausitz".

March 21, 2018
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A peaceful coexistence with the neighbor is not always easy, especially in Germany. Whether cowbells or garden gnomes: Neighborhood disputes sometimes take absurd dimensions.
Cowbells

Cowbells dispute

Depression and insomnia: For years, a couple in a place near Munich complains about the noise of cows with bells grazing in front of the house. And went to court against the farmer's wife.

Zoff around the dwarf

German garden owners love the colorful journeymen. Some of these porcelain or plastic figures carry a wheelbarrow or hold a lantern. Others are lying on the grass. How many and which of the cute characters the neighbor has to endure, German courts argue over and over again.

Among men

In Bavaria, a man positioned an inflatable sex doll on his terrace so that she looked over to the neighbor. He called outraged the police. After the officers left, the man did not remove the doll - he just turned it toward his own property.

The chainlink fence

The TV show "Judge Barbara Salesch" in 1999 was about a real arbitration case: A woman in Saxony complained about the Knallerbsenstrauch the neighbor (see photo), which damage their chain link fence. TV entertainer Stefan Raab then made a song from the absurd story that became a hit.

With fire against rats

No question: There are different ideas of cleanliness, but must therefore reach for the match right now? In 2017 it became too colorful for the neighbor of a bakery in the eastern German city of Bautzen. The elderly woman spotted rats in the yard. On the other hand, she wanted to do something and set fire to the bakery. Even though it was about more cleanliness, the woman had to go to jail for arson.

border crossing

As banal as the reasons appear, some neighborhood disputes end fatally. In southern Germany, a man shot his neighbor in 2013 after the two row house owners had argued over the property boundary. Every year, the German media report on people killing their neighbors. Sometimes it is about as little things as garden gnomes, cowbells or sex dolls.

February 27, 2018
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Think about a question first: Have you ever spent a lot of time doing something, but the results are not proportional to the time spent?
Today, I shares two short stories with you:

Story 1.

In a company, a supervisor is complaining to the boss: "Why do you spend 2 to 3 times more time than others when you assign a subordinate to do something?"
The boss said to the supervisor: "What do you say when you hand over the matter, say to me once?"
The supervisor said: "I told him to do the details in detail, and then asked him to implement it."
So the boss said: "The next time you hand over the office, you will be sure to give him a deadline to give it a try . The time given can be very tight and does not matter. "
Sure enough, after the deadline, the execution efficiency of the subordinates is 2 to 3 times higher, and even a very tight time is put forward, and the subordinates can find a way to complete it quickly.
The key to their problem is that if there is no time limit, there will always be plenty of time for the progress , so slowly drag, arrange other things forward, or spend time on other chores.
Talk about another story

Story 2.

A few days ago, I talked to a friend who started my own business how to improve my work efficiency.
She summed up her management method over the years:
"I limit myself to working only 3 hours a day."
This sentence is very easy at first glance. It seems that it does not require much work. In fact, the things that should be done have not decreased.
But by giving yourself time constraints, you will force yourself to distinguish the importance of things, analyze the value of each job , focus on important things and priorities, and do things that are not good at outsourcing and can be done through the time of buying others, and finally let higher efficiency.
From the above two examples, you can learn 2 things:
1. "Restriction" will bring "efficiency"
Most people don't like rules or restrictions, and hope that it's best not to be freely controlled by anyone.
But contrary to many people’s perceptions, "restrictions" can actually bring tremendous strength and value.
Whether it's a time limit or a resource limitation, because there are limits, we will be creative and think about ways to improve.
There used to be a Ted speech about how people work when they are procrastinating. The key solution is to add time constraints and force the brain to return to rational operation through restrictions.
I have a focus on finishing a book, read: Learn how delays occur.
2. "No limit" is usually equal to "stop thinking"
When time or resources are not limited, we will never be creative when solving problems, or even waste natural resources at your fingertips.
If a meeting is scheduled within 30 minutes, all participants will focus on the agenda and focus. If there is no limit on the meeting time, the subject will often be diverged and the discussion will have no goals.
If you plan the monthly living expenses, you will think about how to use it more efficiently in terms of expenditure. If you don't plan, you will probably have shopping impulses if you feel that the bank has the money to pay for it.
Many high-level managers, when arranging their own time, will cut the work into meetings for one hour or even half an hour, so that he must force himself to think about how to achieve each goal in a limited time.
I have to add it here,
Many people think that waste is a bad thing, but it is not necessarilyIf it is a waste of cheap resources, but can be exchanged for other precious resources, it is a good thing.
For example, waste cheap power, switch to computer computing power or bright lighting, or waste cheap oil, and switch to fast traffic mobility. Even if it is a waste of time, it is not a bad thing if it is something that is valuable to your life.
On the other hand, if it is simply unrestricted waste, for example, what can be done in 2 hours can be completed in 5 hours, it is just inefficient.
In short, the restriction does not mean that you limit the number of sheets of toilet paper used each time you go to the toilet, nor do you want to turn off the lights to save energy, but to give resources to your goals.
"Restrictions generate power and freedom leads to death." - Da Vinci
"A person who cannot restrain himself cannot be called a free person." - Pythagoras
Finally, I will help you quickly summarize:
1. If you feel that you are not efficient, try to add some restrictions to yourself.
2. Once there is no limit, people will stop thinking
3. Waste is not necessarily a bad thing, the key is whether there is more benefit behind waste.
If you feel that this story is helpful to you, share it with more friends.

January 09, 2018
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