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Skyaid / Skycar e-mail update added 10/07/00

Skyaid might offer a sequence of awards (Trophies, certificates, plaques, sometimes money.) to encourage VTOL development
People like to earmark donations to specific things like awards.

IRS nonprofit form (1023) was submitted for Skyaid Organization on Oct 7

Subscriptions seem like a promising way to market LifeWatch as well as Skyaid

Probably avoid marketing LifeWatch/Skyaid directly to persons whose life may be saved
Market instead to the loved ones - spouse, children, etc. are likely to fund a gift, also the employer

LifeWatch Radio Frequency Communications
   -spread spectrum = cell phone is nice for low detectability
      but is usually hard to use inside of buildings, and can not use in areas lacking a forest of cell-phone towers
-meteor burst communications is great for 200 or so miles,
    and can almost always provide a burst of communications within 60 seconds     

This material in italic was added after the e-mail was sent
The meteor-burst base station transmits constantly (actually about once per second).
    When the LifeWatch wants to transmit it tries to receive the base station.
    As soon as the watch can receive it (99% of the time within 60 seconds) the watch immediately sends the request for help.
    The meteor-burst base transmitter would immediately transmit a confirmation signal.
    A meteor communication path is open for 1/4 to 1/2 seconds at a time, - for 0 to 1,000 miles at 40-50MHz
         which is sufficient for 1) base to watch, 2) watch to base, and then 3) reply of base to watch.
    In a subsequent communication (1 to 3 minutes later) the base station can confirm that
          "help is on the way": EMT, police, fire, Skycar, or what-ever.
    see commercial supplier  http://www.meteorcomm.com/default.htm
    5 page technical paper is at http://ece.clemson.edu/baum/meteor.htm
   National Security use of Meteor burst  {dead link July 2001} http://shenandoah2000.rica.net/metorbcom.html

Skyaid video (60 seconds) has been OKed by Moller
-we now have a 3D CAD image of their Skycar to composite onto a video

Stroke - being cool is cool - confirmed by another article in the Stroke Journal
http://www.skyaid.org/Skyaid%20Org/Medical/Stroke_mortality_less_with_lower_temp.htm
- but probably have to wait 10 years for FDA to approve cooling to reduce stroke mortality

Investigated possibility of creating insurance to pay 9-1-1 to transport stoke/heart attack victim
to a often distance critical care center. It looks promising, by may not be possible in some states

Need some way to connect Skyaid Watch request for help with the correct 9-1-1 dispatch center
The SCC911.COM company will be providing this exact service (US only probably)

Skyaid Watch manufacturer status
- Seiko seems to have bowed out
- Casio has yet to respond to a request this week
- Timex seems to be reluctant to consider anything which they did not invent, but I am trying anyway

Possible alternate to GPS for location in some areas of US
 E911 will eventually (2002-2005) provide location service which should be accurate enough
Still a problem getting communication inside of buildings or in rural areas

Loc8.net seems to be providing a tagging system which will use E911
I called them on Friday - More details to follow

See also recent updates http://www.skyaid.org/links_to_some_recent_changes.htm

 - - - - - - - - -  Some of which are the following - - - -

Oct 4 2000 Critique of Skyaid added 10/05/00 - EXCELLENT

Lifetime Cost of Stroke in the United States Lifetime cost of ischemic stroke = $91,000 added 10/05/00

Influence of Admission Body Temperature on stroke mortality added 10/05/00

NASA has an Icing Wind tunnel Nice for future testing of M-400.
Winds up to 430 MPH in a test section which is 6' high, 9' wide and 20' long
Temperature is controlled from -20 to +40 degrees F
Water droplets can range from 10 to 300 microns added 10/02/00

Skypadtech.com has an extensive review of new VTOL vehicles/concepts.
It includes the M-400, Xantus, Solotrek, KA007, Cityhawk, Solotrek, etc.
(Discovered this site while making at the web usage report below.) added 10/01/00

CPR & AED discussions Some of the best e-mail during July and Aug 2000 added 10/01/00

How to recover from stroke which affects 10.7 million people annually   added 09/30/00

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