Technology For Low Vision

My friend has very low vision, legally blind. She uses a magnifying glass now to look at her tiny phone, it is less than stellar for her for sure. wondering what kind of phones offer good technology , like a bit larger keypad and bigger screen with options to have bigger font. I know there's a blackberry one, but the data plan is pretty pricey.
Any help would be great thanks. Serious answers please.

My siblings & I felt that our parents should carry a cell phone (They were evacuated during a huge fire, & we didn't know whether they'd gotten out!) So, I did some searching, as Dad's eyes aren't what they used to be! This first one is what I recommended:

JITTERBUG ONETOUCH PHONE - Abledata: Products
http://www .abledata.com/abledata. cfm?pageid=19327&top =170505&productid=170504&trail= 0&discontinued=0

JITTERBUG DIAL PHONE - Abledata: Products
http://www .abledata.com/abledata. cfm?pageid=19327&top= 170505&productid= 170503&trail= 0&discontinued=0

Jitterbug OneTouch Cell Phone
http://www .independentliving.com/ prodinfo.asp?number=JB1

Jitterbug Cellphone Calling Plans: Easy-to-use for Seniors.
Emergency cell phone. Simple cell phone.
http://www .firststreetonline.com/ product.jsp?id=50814

Does anyone have the new Jitterbug phone? - Yahoo! Answers
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index; _ylt=AlyhTqEcYmKfnixXLHmqx7KB.Bd.;_ylv=3 ?qid=20071128154206AAlRfpI

They only will use it for dire emergencies, but, they do go out & about still by themselves---So, it's good for them to carry whenever they do! I don't think he's really used it, but the one live link (above) seems to be to a happy customer's Best Answer!

Answering Machines:
CAN-DO(tm) blind and low vision products for your active independent life, 1-800-537-2118
http://www .independentliving.com/ products.asp?dept= 205&deptname= Answering+Machines

Big button phones, Braille phones, large number phones
and other phones for the visually impaired
http://www .annmorris.com/ telephones.htm

Large Number, Big Button Phones
http://www .independentliving.com/ products.asp?dept= 198&deptname=Large+Number

NOTE: Repair the broken links by simply copy-pasting them (one at a time) into the URL box. Then, delete each space within it.

2008-11-14 22:57:50 by JH ♥ ASL * 愛万多

"Curb Cuts" is a TV show about assistive technology (AT) produced by the Central Coast Assistive Technology Center. Episode #5 deals ...

"The Economist article lauds American scientist George Washington Carver for developing hundreds of industrial products from peanuts...then comes disinformation: "In the 1930s, Henry Ford started using parts made from agricultural materials, and even built an ‘all-soy car’". Sorry, not "all-soy"—Ford made a car in 1941 of mostly resin-stiffened hemp fiber, with hemp plastic windows, and powered by hemp ethanol. Soy resins were used, but it has always been known as Ford’s Hemp Car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxlj6fgQ- ZU

Ford loved American farms, which by the mid-twenties were in an economic crisis that would worsen into the great depression. Ford knew that creating new markets for farm products was essential, and with his political and financial backing, the Farm Chemurgy movement started taking off. Ford also knew that with widespread cultivation, hemp could be an economic powerhouse—and that ethanol from hemp, or any other fermentable vegetable matter, was the fuel of the future, something widely agreed upon at the time in the automotive industry.

A favorite quote of Ford’s: "There’s enough alcohol in one year’s yield of an acre of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate the fields for one hundred years." His first Model-T was designed to run on hemp alcohol.

Rudolf Diesel designed the diesel engine to be powered by vegetable oils, such as from hemp seed; at the 1900 world’s fair he ran his new engine on peanut oil.

To the stupendous misfortune of virtually everything but Big Oil, the chemurgy movement was stifled by Big Oil. A new National Energy Program was the subject of many bills in Congress, focused on utilizing part of Americas vast agricultural capacity for production of alcohol fuels. Big Oil responded with withering lobby power, including slogans such as the government’s proposed energy program "robbing taxpayers to make farmers rich". Then, as now, whatever Big Oil wants, Big Oil gets. Ford’s vision of cheap, clean and renewable biofuels spooked early oil barons into keeping oil prices in the range between $1 and $4 per barrel—prices so low that no other energy sources could compete. But once they were sure the competition had been killed off, the price of oil began to soar. They were not only able to eliminate competition from alcohol fuels...but were instrumental in diddling government into effectively banning hemp cultivation—an incredible robbing of the people to protect entrenched corporate profits that still endures.


http://www.opednews.com/articles/See-No- Hemp-Hear-No-Hemp-by-Rand-Clifford-08080 8-668.html
http://www.opednews.com/articles/See-No- Hemp-Hear-No-Hemp-by-Rand-Clifford-08080 8-668.html
fangtaiyang - that does seem to be the slant of the article, but it isn't mine, although I think it should be a state, not federal issue.

No, I did not know that, that is interesting. Do you know if there is any evidence that hemp alcohol is superior to other alcohol such as that made from corn?????

2008-08-09 07:14:51 by DAR

Price: $299.99

Digital 2.4ghz wireless transmission - 100% static-free and 100% privacy. Utilizes FHSS technology to ensure interference free connection.
Any noise (such as baby crying) will activate unit automatically.
IR night vision. Vivid playback in night and day.

LOS ANGELES — With authorities promising tighter borders, some farmers who rely on immigrant labor are eyeing an emerging generation of fruit-picking robots and high-tech tractors to do everything from pluck premium wine grapes to clean and core lettuce.

Such machines, now in various stages of development, could become essential for harvesting delicate fruits and vegetables that are still picked by hand.

"If we want to maintain our current agriculture here in California, that's where mechanization comes in," said Jack King, national affairs manager for the California Farm Bureau
"There's a lot of very nervous people out there in agriculture in terms of what's going to be available in the labor force," said Robert Wample, viticulture and enology program director at California State University, Fresno.

Mechanized picking wouldn't be new for some California crops such as canning tomatoes, low-grade wine grapes and nuts.

But the fresh produce that dominates the state's agricultural output — and that consumers expect to find unblemished in supermarkets — is too fragile to be picked by the machines now in use.

The new pickers rely on advances in computing power and hydraulics that can make robotic limbs and digits operate with near-human sensitivity. Modern imaging technology also enables the machines to recognize and sort fruits and vegetables of varying qualities.

"The technology is maturing just at the right time to allow us to do this kind of work economically," said Derek Morikawa, whose San Diego-based Vision Robotics has been working with the California Citrus Research Board and Washington State Apple Commission to develop a fruit picker.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,2959 65,00.html

All I know is I'd rather go for that than to keep listening to people claim certain jobs were "slave" labor. I remember when computers first came out.....they were afraid it would displace too many people and ended up it didn't. Computers were to erase the need for paper. LOL. Seems more jobs were created than what we lost. There are people still needed to fix the robots when they break down. They invented the cotton gin to replace slaves.....they are working.

What people don't get is there is always going to be rich and poor and what looks like perfect jobs and what looks like crap jobs. There is always going to be some jobs being paid more than others. Always going to be someone trying to make more money off the backs of someone else. Heck they can make movies without actors....create music without an instrument. We are all replaceable....but at what expense?

2007-09-06 12:16:09 by Untied States Of Latina

Price: $130.00

Vision/ Scope
E-Commerce is a panacea to expand a business beyond the boundaries. Huge revenue can be generated by providing services or products in international market. Many successful businessmen used E-Commerce strategies to expand business activities to get maximum share in international market. There are many examples of successful businesses in Pakistan like US Apparel, Guard Rice etc. who expanded their business gradually and now they are pioneers in their business. If one student becomes able to implement such type of activity, he will create many opportunities for other graduates. Because when one graduate gets a job, he becomes able to afford at most one family only and on the other hand, if one graduate starts business successfully, he becomes source of earning for many families. Students would be asked to give an idea of products or services in which they are agreed to get excel in future. Further, the students can be asked to analyze a current system (company or an organization) to identify its problems and providing them the e-business \ e-commerce solutions to participate the globalization
After the successful completion of the course, the students should be able to implement e-commerce strategy in both ways like:
1.Implementation of new business idea with comprehensive international market analysis with respect to culture, language, trust building, economic position, demand of any product or service (remember: 70% new ideas fail due to lack of market analysis)
2.Expansion of old or existing business by E-Commerce to get benefits of globalization and international market share to generate huge revenue from business.


Remember:

Competing the international market is not a child’s play; it requires a comprehensive market analysis, compliance with the international standards and any business man can get benefit from fulfilling any unmet need of the inhabitants of any country. This is possible via E-Commerce. Further, it should be taken into consideration what we can produce in Pakistan easily with low cost. We can enlist the products like leather, cotton, furniture, rice, wheat, soft ware, towels, socks, vegetables, fruit, shoes, books, paper, gifts, flowers, toys, jeans, dresses, shawls, man power etc. Also, we should keep in mind what we should import from abroad like machinery, vehicles, electronics etc.

Project Deliverables
There will be four deliverables of this project. Template of 1st deliverable is given below and other deliverables will be uploaded from time to time along with their comprehensive templates for your complete guidance.
1st Deliverable:

You are required to submit a proposal about the implementation of E-business/ E-Commerce solution in a new idea of any product / service

OR

About analyzing any existing system with respect to its transformation into E-commerce \ E-business solution

You are given a choice of choosing a new idea or an existing system. Therefore, two different templates of proposals are provided you for better understanding.

Note: Existing system means any company or an organization which is doing its business manually



Proposal Template for New Idea

1.Proposal containing idea and feasibility
a.Description of idea (in one paragraph)
i.What is your Idea?
ii.Idea is product based or service based
iii.Feasibility study w.r.t budget, time, technology availability
b.Importance of idea (in one paragraph)
i.Business value
ii. Revenue generation
iii. Market share
iv.Exposure
v.Growth in future perspectives
c.Target market / customers (in one paragraph)
i.User type
ii.Cultural issues w.r.t target customers
iii.Languages issues regarding target customers
iv.Legal issues w.r.t product or services
v.Political perspectives
vi.Trust building
vii.Answering the below Questionnaire by market analysis
These questions will enhance your understanding and knowledge of your target market and industry, and ultimately determine: Is there a need for my product or service?
•What defined market am I trying to reach?
•What specific companies are servicing this market?
oAre they successful?
oAre there other companies servicing this market with a similar product?
oAre they successful?
oWhat is their market share?
•Is the market saturated or wide open? If so, why?
•What is the size of the market?
oIs it a growing market?
oIs the industry stable, volatile, growing or trendy?
•How can I reach this market?
oHow do my competitors reach the market?
•What are the business models of my competitors?
•What do customers expect from this type of product or service?
•What core competencies must the product or service have?
•What are customers willing to pay for this type of product or service?
•What is my competitive advantage?

d. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
e. Payback Period
f. Rational /Summary

OR







Proposal Template for Existing System

1. Proposal about the solution of identified problem in existing system
d.Problem description found in the system and solution proposed
i.What was the problem?
ii.Severity of problem
iii.Impact on the current working system
iv.Solution proposed
v.Feasibility study w.r.t budget, time, technology availability
e.Importance of solution (in one paragraph)
i.Business value
ii. Revenue generation
iii. Market share
iv.Exposure
v.Growth in future perspectives
f.Target market / customers (in one paragraph)
i.User type
ii.Cultural issues w.r.t target customers
iii.Languages issues regarding target customers
iv.Legal issues w.r.t. product or services
v.Political perspectives
vi.Trust building
vii.Answering the below Questionnaire w.r.t market analysis
These questions will enhance your understanding and knowledge of your target market and industry, and ultimately determine: Is there a need for my product or service?
•What defined market am I trying to reach?
•What specific companies are servicing this market?
oAre they successful?
oAre there other companies servicing this market with a similar product?
oAre they successful?
oWhat is their market share?
•Is the market saturated or wide open? If so, why?
•What is the size of the market?
oIs it a growing market?
oIs the industry stable, volatile, growing or trendy?
•How can I reach this market?
oHow do my competitors reach the market?
•What are the business models of my competitors?
•What do customers expect from this type of product or service?
•What core competencies must the product or service have?
•What are customers willing to pay for this type of product or service?
•What is my competitive advantage?

d. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
e. Payback Period
f. Rational /Summary





NOTE:
Please you get practical experience of market in this regard and chose a product or service which has potential need into the current international market and then proceed in accordance with the instructions provided in the deliverable. Further, you can chose any already running system of an organization regarding purchasing, selling, trading etc. and analyze it and identify the problems and propose an E-commerce\ E-business solution.

Hi
What's ur point?
What r u trying to ask?

2007-11-09 19:31:52 by Mian 03456863684

What I mean is following.... I wonder what kind of systems the military uses to cool down equipment, soldiers, medicine, plasma, etc.... and what are the challanges they face.... at google I found some, but I'm interested in knowing their real needs of cooling (navy, army, air force, gendarmerie, police, etc...) and challenges they face today. Is passive cooling enought or do they need active cooling... I'm asking about the military use because they normally look ahead and have harder or bigger challenges (environmental conditions, etc....) and later it will be used by civils.

What cooling technologies are used today by the military ? For example, in the communication sector (radars, radio transmitters, etc... they use thermelectric tecnology), in the electronic cooling sector they use vapous compression, in the night vision equipments they use stirling cycle to achieve ultra low cryogenic temperatures.... etc.... I'm lookinkg for answer that cover lots of application fields :)

Many of the applications are the same as the ones that exist in corresponding civilian applications except maybe cooling of weapon systems.

MIL-HDBK-251 Reliability/Design Thermal Applications

This document details approaches to thermal design; methods for the determination of thermal requirements; selection of cooling methods; natural methods of cooling; thermal design for forced air, liquid-cooled, vaporization, and special (heat pipes) cooling systems. Topics covered are the standard hardware program thermal design, installation requirements, thermal evaluation, improving existing designs, and thermal characteristics of parts. Stress analysis methods are emphasized and specific step by step thermal design procedures are given.


cooling vest
http://www4.army.mil/news/article.php?st ory=8363

Electrical Power Cooling Technique
http://www.nrl.navy.mil/techtransfer/pdf s/E84.pdf

2006-09-05 11:02:28 by Grandonia