[Olpc-open] 2PM EDT Friday: BRIEF Contributors Program Mtg (#olpc-meeting)
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Fri Apr 24 13:18:51 EDT 2009
In less than 1hr!
Join us reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects today 2PM
EDT, Boston Time:
http://forum.laptop.org/chat
Then type at bottom:
/join #olpc-meeting
AGENDA:
* New Libraries!
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries
* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring?!
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects
http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27
* Fast Review of the 6 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals:
1. OLPC Tanzania HIV/AIDS Initiative [MIT, USA]
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38094
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Tanzania
Requests 30 XO's for 6wks
Project Objectives:
Practical HIV diagnostics are urgently needed in resource-limited
settings like Tanzania. While HIV infection can be diagnosed using
simple, rapid, lateral flow immunoassays, HIV disease staging and
treatment monitoring require accurate counting of a particular white
blood cell subset, the CD4(+) T lymphocyte. To address the limitations
of current expensive, technically demanding and/or time-consuming
approaches, we have developed a simple CD4 counting microfluidic device.
This device uses cell affinity chromatography operated under
differential shear flow to specifically isolate CD4(+) T lymphocytes
with high efficiency directly from 10 microliters of unprocessed,
unlabeled whole blood. CD4 counts determined in our device matched
measurements by conventional flow cytometry among HIV-positive subjects
over a wide range of absolute CD4 counts (R(2) = 0.93) during clinical
trials at Massachusetts General Hospital. CD4 counts will be obtained
under an optical microscope connected to OLPC in a rapid, simple and
label-free fashion.
2. Preventing Diabetes Among Economically Disadvantaged New Mom's with
Prediabetes [Saint Louis Univ, MO, USA]
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38460
Requests 250 XO's for 18-24mos
Project Objectives:
The primary objective of this application is to investigate the effects of
an ehealth program targeted at new moms' at-risk of developing diabetes
mellitus (DM). The intervention will adapt key aspects of the seminal
Diabetes Prevention Project (DPP) lifestyle protocol, including 1) clearly
defined weight loss and physical activity goals; 2) lifestyle coaches; 3)
Intensive ongoing curriculum (initial 16 session core curriculum to be
completed within the first 24 weeks after randomization); 4)
individualization through a "toolbox" of adherence strategies; 5) Materials
and strategies that address the needs of a diverse population of low-income
new mothers; and 6) an extensive local and national network of training,
feedback, and clinical support for the participants into a lifestyle
intervention via email (i.e., ALIVE! Program). The ALIVE program has been
shown to significantly improve self efficacy regarding change in diet as
well as significant forward movement regarding readiness for change. The
intervention draws from the theory of stages of motivational readiness for
change for physical activity behavior and will take into account the
specific social, cultural, economic, and physical environmental challenges
faced by women of diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. The first
objective is to create the online protocol for at-risk new moms, to be
accomplished by incorporating a transdisciplinary research team, bridging
across the fields of education, psychology, medicine, nursing, and maternal
and child health, linking biological and non-biological (i.e., social)
determinants. The second objective, and overarching aim of this proposal is
to test the effect of an ehealth program on encouraging women to achieve a
weight loss goal of 7% of their initial body weight and 150 minutes of
moderate physical activity (similar in intensity to brisk walking). The
third objective of this proposal is to consider links between diabetes risk
and social determinants of health, by exploring the modifying effects of
demographic characteristics (i.e., race/ethnicity, age, education,
urban/rural, and poverty status) on a number of variables including patient
knowledge of diabetes risk, stage-of-change, stress, empowerment, and
medical mistrust, to identify important differences between the two groups.
This application is innovative in being the first, to our knowledge, to test
an ehealth intervention designed to prevent DM among at-risk, low-income new
moms. The intervention protocols will be designed for easy translation into
clinical practice, to foster generalization should they be found to be
effective.
3. OpenOffice.org -- EducOO.org [Tabasco, Mexico]
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38476
http://education.openoffice.org
http://www.educoo.org
Requests 1 XO for 8 months
Project Objectives:
Project consist in developing a custom version of OpenOffice.org
targeted for Kids that can run on the XO. Targeted builds will need to
be tested on XO to optimize the performance for the XO architecture.
4. Intelligent Predictor Application for XO (Malaysia and Indonesia)
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38554
Requests 2 XO's for 14 months
Project Objectives:
- XO as the medium for the application
- To test and show the capability of XO in running AI(Artificial
Intelligence) program.
- To stimulate the learning process for children who use XO.
- Help children to think logically
- To assist any users of the application helping them to make a
decision based on the model of knowledge they entered into the application
5. Rural Design Collective 2009 Summer Mentoring Program [sev locations!]
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38641
Requests 5 XO's for 6 months
Project Objectives:
The Rural Design Collective is a remote mentoring program with a
local focus designed to help motivated, creative people begin an
independent career on the Internet. The mentoring program is
structured on a three month time-frame where mentorees are matched to
projects that suit their creative skills. The mentorees
learn-as-they-earn, working on real projects that help their
community or establish their credibility as a professional. They
complete the three months with a real project and professional client
relationships.
The 2009 RDC Mentoring Program centers around the public domain and
books. As part of this, the RDC will be outfitting six (6) XO laptops
that were recently donated by the RDC and distributed to area schools
and libraries with a collection of books from the Internet Archive
Childrens Library (IACL). The mentorees will partner with a
representative from the participating organizations to outfit the XO
to their specifications and train them on the device. We will share
what we learn by publishing our work on the web and installing the
same bundles on laptops donated by the OLPC through the Contributors
Program.
6. San Francisco State University Lending Library [USA]
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38783
Requests 10 XO's for 6 months
Project Objectives:
San Francisco State University would like to help OLPC by starting a
lending library at the main campus. The purpose would be to help increase
awareness of OLPC's goals by letting students borrow the XO computers.
The project would allow students the opportunity to use their diverse
backgrounds and experience to develop hardware and software for the XO.
Students from many of the departments, such as Engineering, Computer
Science, History and Art could be inspired to contribute to OLPC's goals
once they are familiar with the project. Open source software would be
used to track lending of the laptops, as well the inspiring ideas
students may have.
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