LAS VEGAS: With artificial intelligence to detect falls, virtual reality to combat isolation and “powered” clothing to assist the incapacitated, the tech world is stepping up its effort to “disrupt” aging.

 Sarah Thomas (right) of the California wearable tech startup Seismic talks to a group at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 9, 2019, about "powered clothing"; which uses electric muscles to help people with fatigue and disabilities, as customer Bob Copani of San Francisco models the garment. (Photo by Robert LEVER / AFP)

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