Hi,
I have'nt quite given up on the Artuino idea, just yet, still debating in my mind ,? As for the age, group, . Am well past my 'sell - by' date , and have depleted ' marbles' left ! At 97 !!
My Dad, N1UF, lived to 101. I am 78. Perhaps exposure to RF is actually beneficial. (We keep seeing things that are 'bad for us' and later 'good for us'.) I am involved in a continuing personal LONGitudinal study of Red Wine.
Nice thing about Arduino is that you can do a LOT on your table top, with almost no tools. And you can set up RF communications to your smartphone to a bluetooth module on 2.4 Ghz..
Jack Purdum is a great Ham and teacher; I worked with him on "Beginning C for Arduino" LINK as the Technical Editor for that book...
I'd be happy to send you a kit if you'll so some short review and photo of "Arduino For Older Folks". Email me and Peng will send you one from HongKong...