Status
* Bob: I would like us each to list the most important feature
of Phoenix that they are interested in and identify the top three
issues.
* Larry: Starting to work in taking the 105 data files and making
a regression test base. Bob asked what it does? It determines
if you've introduced bugs. Timeframe is undetermined because on
Tom's on vacation, Haven't fixed it.
* Chris: Looked at Netbeans. First exposure to JUnit, a unit test
framework for Java applications, it's open source, there are comparable
frameworks for other languages, a C-Unit, and other languages,
too. What is JUnit? Larry says that JUnit is a tool used for test-driven
development. I used VUnit for Visual Basic. Chris says it is going
slowly because of work-balance.
* Dwayne: Doing some teaching and trying to get Linux going. I
teach math in the public schools.
Discussion of Bob's Question: What are your interests, what
do you want?
* Chris' interests: Architecture; what problems have been presented
to us, a problem of the mathematics. What would motivate me would
be delivering a platform that would address a class of problems.
We will have many different types of analyses. I'm looking at
a medical diagnostic tool. I'm interested in architecture, organization,
and the community aspects. My most recent reflections on this
project are: If you look at the work that Larry is doing in light
of Franz' aspirations, Franz has asked is more of.
* Larry: I want to work on embedded software. I'm happy enough
to work on any of this that is valuable. I'm happy to work on
the sphygmochron because unit gives me a way to run ahead of the
group to see what is needed. This is a chance to do this discovery,
find out the problems.
* Bob: My first goal for this program is to get a low cost blood
pressure monitor out for Franz. My first idea is to use very small
inexpensive ultrasound transducers to measure the diameter of
an artery. "What of the things that got in the way of that
idea was the piezo material that we are calling piezo electric.
I don't know that it is really piezo electric. It was brought
up to a point and didn't go any further. We never applied it to
something that could be get used continuously.
For example, I had an attack this morning (stroke), and found
that I couldn't use a scientific calculator. The next thing is:
when we are asked to apply the output of the current blood pressure
monitor, I don't know what is coming out of the current blood
pressure monitor in terms of signals. When I've asked, I didn't
get clear answers. I was told that we are going to make graphs
with it. About out two years ago, Franz and Germaine told us about
the effect of the sun on blood pressure. Why isn't everyone's
blood pressure affected this way? So, perhaps is affects people
differently. Let's say that it isn't uniform. I see something
else that is from the sun. So, perhaps location is significant.
Dr. Tanaka is including temperature of the patient. So, perhaps
it is the ambient temperature. I'm limited in getting out a piece
of hardware. I'm disappointed that we have a method of doing the
measurement and haven't done it. I'm bothered by not knowing what
we are getting out of the instrument. Will it be consistent with
what we have now?
* Dwayne: Getting the measurement cheap enough and enough measurements
to do the analysis. I'm interested in making analyses.
* El: Franz asked us "Would you build an ambulatory blood
pressure monitor?" and my community said yes. I was asked
to lead this group and I said yes. I'm interested in keeping that
commitment. I'm interested in maintaining the focus that leads
to that goal, and I am happy when I see progress towards it. I'm
interested in the open source process and how it can be successful.
I am interested in the community building that enables success.
I'm interested in satisfying our customer, the Halberg Chronobiology
Center, in the context of this product. I want the product to
be of good quality. I would like to see the cost of preventative
healthcare significantly reduced, and for-profit service and solutions
businesses grow upon this "free" universal platform,
as both implicit and explicit measures of value-created. I want
us to be successful as a team and community.
What is the Monitor?
* Dewayne: The monitor isn't the sphygmochron.
* Chris: The monitor is what is visible. An implanted monitor
isn't visible.
* El: We've been asking, "Where does the sphymochron program
fit in the development of the monitor?" Is it a simple application
to show that we have an interface to an application that could
be replaced with a more complex application, or it is a requirements
development activity to show what blood pressure measurements
the monitor must deliver. However, if it is more extensive than
that, perhaps it should be spun off as a separate project like
Gerry Werth's Clinical Information System.
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