It's never too late: 81-year-old Japanese woman creates mobile app
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 9:01 am
Who said that technology and smartphones belong only to the younger generations ? Masako Makamiya is breaking this belief, as she is an 81-year-old woman who has created her own mobile application .
The Japanese woman explained that her initial idea was to create a fun app to get older people interested in smartphones . The platform is based on an iOS game based on the Japanese festival Hinamatsuri or Doll's Day, which is celebrated in early March. It involves putting dolls together and decorating them in a way that is appropriate for this holiday.
Masako Makamiya, who took about half a morocco phone data year to develop the platform , started using computers at the age of 60 when she was caring for her elderly mother and found it difficult to go out to socialize and do activities with her friends.
The woman remembers how it took her three months to install her first computer and be able to connect to it, since, as she says, these devices were not so easy to use back then.
To advance in the use of the Internet and computers, Masako Makamiya signed up for a course where they taught elderly people how to use the Internet.
"If you have creativity and a playful mind, you can create teaching materials. I have lots of ideas and I want to create new applications , but my programming skills are poor," explains the woman, who now also teaches classes on computers and the Internet to older people.
The Japanese woman explained that her initial idea was to create a fun app to get older people interested in smartphones . The platform is based on an iOS game based on the Japanese festival Hinamatsuri or Doll's Day, which is celebrated in early March. It involves putting dolls together and decorating them in a way that is appropriate for this holiday.
Masako Makamiya, who took about half a morocco phone data year to develop the platform , started using computers at the age of 60 when she was caring for her elderly mother and found it difficult to go out to socialize and do activities with her friends.
The woman remembers how it took her three months to install her first computer and be able to connect to it, since, as she says, these devices were not so easy to use back then.
To advance in the use of the Internet and computers, Masako Makamiya signed up for a course where they taught elderly people how to use the Internet.
"If you have creativity and a playful mind, you can create teaching materials. I have lots of ideas and I want to create new applications , but my programming skills are poor," explains the woman, who now also teaches classes on computers and the Internet to older people.