[IAEP] [Olpc-open] Healthcare - Potential Opportunity

[Edward Mokurai Cherlin]

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On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn
<alanjas at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure why, but I not like much Etoys (with all my respect to my
> namesake Alan Kay :-)
>
> I prefer a pure-python activity. For example, a first activity could be: "I
> know the Eye" and use a
> similar image to this: (search: eye anatomy)
>
> External: (muscleds, etc)
>
> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-x4oGiQWiUA/TMP2dRqClBI/AAAAAAAAAGY/PuehgCY8WJM/s1600/eye+anatomy+2.jpg
>
> And internal:
>
> http://www.floridaeyeclinic.com/images/aao-G04-large.jpg
>
> The first problem is obtain a good image (CC creative commons or similiar
> free license).
>
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:31:15 -0500
> From: sthomas1 at gosargon.com
> To: andrycaa at gmail.com
> CC: olpc-open at lists.laptop.org; alanjas at hotmail.com;
> sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-open] Healthcare - Potential Opportunity
>
> Alan,
>
> If you have the materials (images, test, knowledge, etc.) I would be happy
> to work with you to create some materials in Etoys that could help educate
> folks about the eye and more importantly detect vision problems and provide
> suggestions and resources on how to deal with them.  If you send me some
> materials I can put something together in Etoys fairly quickly.  It would be
> available to all OLPC XO's and because its Etoys, it can also run on
> Windows, Mac and Linux (with no code changes).  If it works for both of us,
> we could put together some quick prototypes to help build a "more robust
> case".
>
> Stephen
>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From: andrycaa at gmail.com
>> To: olpc-open at lists.laptop.org
>> Subject: [Olpc-open] Healthcare - Potential Opportunity
>>
>> Hello, I'm new to this venue but am looking to contribute and/or determine
>> if I might have some material that would benefit the community.  I work
>> for
>> a healthcare company that specializes in vision and was wondering if there
>> was any need for material on healthy vision or perhaps an interactive eye
>> model to teach children about the different parts of the eye.  It could be
>> anything in this realm really - the sky is the limit.
>>
>> My company is constantly looking for ways to give back and if there was
>> some
>> interest in this I'd look to build a more robust case and inquire more
>> deeply into whether the company would be willing to put some resources
>> behind this.
>>
>> Is there anyone on this distribution list that would be able to point me
>> in
>> the right direction?
>
>
> I would suggest taking a look at the accumulated notes and links on these
> pages.
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Vision_screening
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Visual_Acuity
>
> cjl
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Edward Mokurai (默雷/निशब्दगर्ज/نشبدگرج) Cherlin
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The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
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