Hi all, Just an update: Pascals has an 'alpha' version of Hesperian WTND Chapter one up online here <http://pascal.scheffers.net/Outputs/chapter%201.html>. This is to be compared to the PDF version here<http://www.hesperian.org/assets/wtnd/WTND_Chapter_1_pdf.php> . Best wishes, Ian
On Jan 1, 2008 4:18 PM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > As Ian said i'm working in a EKG prototype with the assistance of a > professor and alumni of my uni, > The process has been stoped due to intersemestral vacations but we have a > working prototype, although we still need a lot of improvements. > > So i guess in two weeks or so we will continue with the development. > > I hope soon, i can upload the footprint of the prototype, and all the > related info. > > Cheers! > > On Jan 1, 2008 12:36 PM, Ian Daniher < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There has, in the past few months, been a surge of interest in health > > and telehealth applications for the XO. > > My own efforts have been focused on telehealth hardware and software > > intended for use in scenarios where medical facilities are available but man > > hours to manually screen individuals is not. This is a scenario faced in > > many large third-world cities in addition to refuge camps. > > Codyl and Dirakx have been assisting; Codyl handling the > > micro-controller part, Dirakx working with a Columbian team to develop an > > EKG. > > > > I have designed a Pulse Oximeter based heavily on a communications > > photodiode instrumentation amplifier. I have started prototyping over > > Christmas break. > > > > I am working with Dirakx and Dr. Dhurjaty to design and prototype an EKG > > unit providing valuable diagnostic information about Arrythmia. > > > > Both of these devices will also provide valuable pedagogical resources. > > > > > > I have designed a server-client infrastructure of the following form for > > the THPM activity(telehealth parameterized activity): > > A GTK+/PyGTK based gui feeds information into a program which creates an > > XML document via PXTL XML templating. > > This XML file is uploaded to a server running an httpd and ftpd using > > the ftplib python module, along with images in a .jpg format and waveforms > > in a .wav format. > > The program creates a folder on the server of the following form > > /www > > /username > > /time > > /health.xml > > /image_of_affected_bodypart1.jpg > > /image_of_affected_bodypart2.jpg > > /pulseox.wav > > /stethescope_and_audio.wav > > /ekg.wav > > /health.css > > > > From this structure, a doctor can access a webpage from the url format: > > http://server/username/time/health.xml > > The XML file will be rendered by a CSS file in the root web directory. > > > > > > The THM(TeleHealth Module) activity will use code similar to the measure > > code to record and then display waveforms inputted via a USB Analog to > > Digital Converter. > > > > > > In addition to all this, there has been a movement to convert the .pdf > > Hesperian foundation work *Where There is No Doctor* into [x]html. > > Pascals has been heading up this work. > > > > > > Anyone interested in contributing, feel free to contact me via any of > > the below means. > > Many thanks, > > > > -- > > Ian Daniher > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype : it.daniher > > irc.freenode.com: DyDisMe > > _______________________________________________ > > Peripherals mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/peripherals > > > > > > > -- > Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero > One Laptop Per Child > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ian Daniher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : it.daniher irc.freenode.com: DyDisMe
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