Alas, the blocker with Measure (and Turtle Art with Sensors) is that we haven't come to consensus regarding a packaging strategy for the binary drivers we include for support of the sensor input; these differ by architecture, which wasn't a problem when we were building for just one architecture. Perhaps the packaging gurus can chime in. (See http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/155).
-walter On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Seth Woodworth <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tom Boonsiri <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:31 AM > Subject: Heart Rate Monitor Peripheral > To: [email protected] > > > Fellow developers, > > Is your Measure activity feeling neglected? If so, shame on you. =) > I'd like to encourage everyone to build on the great work of Arjun > Sarwal and help us extend the sensor interface with our peripheral -- > the heart rate monitor. > > Pictures of the device: > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/3419907541_f62b168dce_m.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3420715230_00e29b7787_m.jpg > > It's a relatively simple device that measures the blood flow in your > finger with an infrared sensor. Powered by USB, the device sends > measurements to the XO via the AC/DC sensor interface (audio jack). > Using a Measure variant with a heart beat detection method, we are > able to display the heart rate (as shown in the pic). > > If you're a developer interested in integrating biofeedback into your > application, please email me for more details on how you can get your > hands on a few of our peripherals. Otherwise, we are looking for > developers who can help us evolve the Measure activity to better suit > the lesson plan we have created for the device. The device is not of > clinical quality and solely for educational purposes. We are > definitely interested in feedback on our direction. > > In the short-term, it would be interesting to develop a gui where you > could structure a family tree (even extending it to branches for > relatives) and allow kids to record measurements for various family > members. This could potentially evolve into other health education > efforts with a wiki backbone to support health wellness. > > Please send me your feedback and your interest! > > Thanks, > Tom Boonsiri -- OLPC GoldenState > ([email protected]) > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
