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The JavaMan Project is a fancy name for a simple idea;
To produce a computer model of human physiology that can be accessed and manipulated over the Internet.
The advantages include operating system independence and international
collaboration.
To make this easier, the sections of the model are being compiled as individual
Java "beans".
The physiological processes run as independent threads.
The model is initially being developed to determine the effect of different
recovery manoeuvres following apnoea.
The programs are quite demanding of memory and processor. Calculations are performed 100 times per second with screen refresh each second. The development machine is running at 750 mHz and has 128 Meg RAM. This power is needed to drive IBM's Java programming environment "Visual Age".
The actual program should run on 200 Mhz machines or better with 64 Meg RAM. If you have problems with the simulation please Email me.
The old program became top heavy and a bit cumbersome with a lot of buttons.
The next phase of development will be to validate the various section of the model and make the user interface a little more friendly. In particular the tissue stores of gasses need more work. Any suggestions gratefully received!
Having said all this you can jump to the model here.
Click here to see the models of the vascular system
Click here to see the respiratory models
The latest innovation is to allow the state of the model to be saved.
This produces some interesting problems with Applet security.
You can see how this progresses here.
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