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Rosemary, Please forward this to Bonnie if you can since I did not see the original message. ================================== Bonnie, On my home page (http://umbc.edu/~warr) I have an article about the Volunteers for Medical Engineering's Future Home. I is a house specifically designed for the elderly and handicapped. the current resident is a quadraplegic. The house not only has the standard amenities for someone confined to a wheel chair, but is also completely controled by a compouter using off the shelf hardware and software. (It was there that I first saw Dragon Dictate.) The computer will, among other things, open/close/lock all external door and windows, remind the occupant of things to do (such as take medicine), answer the phone, place a call, and run the Guardian, a program that will dial an emergency number if no activity is detected after a couple of hours during a time the occupant is supossed to be awake. Also, if you leave the house and are not back within two hours of your expected return time an emergency call is also made. Bruce 56/9 Sinemet CR & Mirapex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce G. Warr "Experience is what enables us to recognize Healthcare Informatics Lab a mistake the next time we make it." Information Systems Dept. University of Maryland Baltimore County http://umbc.edu/~warr/ (V) (410)455-3206 (F) (410)455-1073 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~