How Empathy Leads to Innovation
Emma Yang, a teenager from New York City, designed an app that would help people living with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. Alzheimer’s is a neurological disease that affects a person’s memory and decreases one’s ability to carry out daily functions.
Emma’s grandmother lives in Hong Kong and has Alzheimer’s, which afflicts 44 million people worldwide. Emma is creating an app called Timeless, which uses facial recognition technology to help Alzheimer’s patients recognize people. The app also provides them with updates from family and friends so they feel included and loved.
Directions: Watch this video to learn more about why Emma created the app and how it would help people with Alzheimer’s. After watching, complete the chart below.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
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| Space | Pause/Play video playback |
| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video. |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key. |
| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
Complete the Chart
As you write your responses, think about the role empathy plays in the story.
