The future is here
James Kellerman
In the future the well-being of the elderly will be monitored by their rice cookers, and lo and behold the future has arrived.
Another model from Zojirushi, called the "i-pot," will send a text message to your phone if it hasn't been used in a while, the better to keep track of the elderly's behavior. I know that when my parents die I want the first person to tell me to be the rice cooker.