Elizabeth, Oddly enough, I'll be heading down to Guyana with a Simputer and doing some volunteer IT work for a local hospital. Is it possible for me to contact Edwin directly?
Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote: >I have pasted below information, from another list to which I am subscribed, >which may be of interest to members on this list. > >Best regards, > >Elizabeth > >Dr. Elizabeth Carll >Focal Point to WSIS >International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; >Chair, Media/ICT Working Group >NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York; >Vice President >Communications Coordination Committee for the UN >Tel: 631-754-2424 >Fax: 631-754-5032 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ***Rural Tele- medical kit*** > >On Thursday 12 May 2005 19:47, Ponnapa PG wrote: > n-Logue and Nuerosynaptics yesterday launched the > rural tele-medical kit at a village in Sivaganga Dist > in TN . The District collector inaugrated the > function. > This kit priced at under Rs 15,000 is connected to the > rural internet kiosk and can transmit ECG, Pressure , > Temp , pulse and stethoscope data. > > We will be now taking it to over 100 villages in the first phase in >partnership with hospitals . > > Ponnapa > >Wonderful. I have been talking about the concept for years, but >you are the first I have seen doing it. Please send full >details. Can we connect your kit to a Simputer or Mobilis >running Linux? What are the hardware interfaces? What does the >software run on? > >What about electronic imaging for eye, ear, nose, throat, and >skin, and for the doctor and patient to see each other? Voice >over IP so the doctor can ask the patient questions directly? > >I have a contact at Stanford University who is also in a startup >to create non-invasive blood chemistry instruments, starting >with blood sugar measurements for diabetics. That means that >they take the measurement by shining light through the skin, and >don't need to draw even a drop of blood. Would you like to make >contact with them? >-- >Edward Cherlin, Simputer Evangelist >Encore Technologies (S) Pte. Ltd. >The Village Information Society >http://cherlin.blogspot.com > > > > > -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Jose, Costa Rica [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ telecentres mailing list [email protected] http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
