(MIT: Cambridge, MA)--A pop-up hearing aid exposition called HearWeAre... a travel agency that matches older and younger travelers for group adventures... an app that guides outgoing hospital patients through every step of the discharge process.

These are a few of the projects presented by students on the final day in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) class 11.547J/SCM.287J (Global Aging and the Built Environment). Taught by Joseph Coughlin, the director of the MIT AgeLab, and supported by his team of AgeLab researchers, the class guides students toward understanding the impact of increased longevity on systems and markets and invites them to imagine how they might design better products, services, and infrastructure for an aging society.

Joseph Coughlin, director of the MIT AgeLab, delivers a lecture at the AgeLab’s headquarters in MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics.

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