Title Page -- Preface -- The Editors -- Contents -- Part I. Past, Present and Future -- Trends and Issues -- Gerontechnology -- Opening Address at the Conference on Gerontechnology -- Future Society and Technology -- Ageing in the Information Society: A European Perspective -- The Place of Elderly People in a Changing Social and Economic Environment: Perspectives from Social Science -- Twice as Many Years as our Ancestors: And the Concept of a Life Plan -- The Elderly as Consumers - an Argument on the Elderly - -- Maintaining Movement Ability in Old Age: Challenges for Gerontechnology -- Ergonomics and Ageing: The Role of Interactions -- Improving the Quality of Life for Older People by Design -- Design Slippage over the Life-Course -- Gerontechnology: Emerging Technologies and their Impact on Aging in Society -- Ethics and Gerontechnology: A Plea for Integration -- Part II. Case Studies -- Shade-Tree Psychophysics: Models, Mathematical and Concrete, for the Simulation of Ageing -- Primary Proprioceptive Reactions on Perturbations at Foot Level -- Age-Related Effects on Cognitive Processes: Application to Decision-Making under Uncertainty and Time Pressure -- Visual Capacities of the Elderly, Relevant to Man-Product Interaction, Assessed in the Delft Gerontechnology Project -- Modelling Age Differences in the Interaction with New Technology -- Proposals and Solutions for Autonomy of the Disabled and Elderly -- Multisensor System and Artificial Intelligence in Housing for the Elderly -- First Experiences with Using E-Mail and Internet by Elderly Living in Sheltered Housing -- Implementation of Assistive Technology in the Homes of Well Older People -- Technologies to Support Carers -- Technology to Help Family Carers: Innovative U.S. Dissemination Strategies