Well, that's all very interesting.

But, who pays for your patents?  It seems that you have three, patents
are very expensive critters.  One would hope that the costs of
aquiring patents is not reflected in your products' prices.  Perhaps
your mission would be better served by putting your technology into
Public Domain?  I don't mean to rag on your company or products
(though they sound quite promising), I just don't like patents.

Good luck on your mission.
-Chris O

On 4/26/05, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>  
> Hello Lynn, 
> My name is Joanie Taylor.  I would like to say first of all that your
> article is wonderful. While I layed in bed last night asking or telling God
> to please put me in touch with the right people to help me on my mission of
> aiding vision impaired I had no Idea your article would be in my email this
> morning.  I have worked in Ophthalmology since I was 17 years old.  Lasers,
> retinas surgery and vision correction as a technicial and surgical tech and
> scrub.  Now I am 38 yrs old and in 2002 it dawned on me that there were ways
> to aid in assistive technology that were not being addressed. I came up with
> the Idea for a magnifier for cell phones and hand held electronics for
> vision impaired.  Myself and my partner have created the Phone Monocle and
> we have secured the patents for any type of magnification to be built into
> and or added to cell phones, home phones, GPS's, PalmPilots, PDA's. My whole
> mission is to help the vision impaired and seniors with their vision loss
> and aid in their independence for a better and more asseccible life with the
> change in technology. The Phone Monocle magnifies the display 2-4 times for
> easier viewing. It fits on home phones, cell phones Ipods, MP3 players and
> Insulin pumps for Diabetics (Anamias Company orders many). We get orders for
> all sorts of products from all aspects of the vision sector. Our products
> are being sold around the world currently, we have a few distributors in
> different countries and alot of places on line like Independant living Aids
> as well as Senior shops and low vision centers.  We have won a few invention
> contests and have been aired on Discovery Channel and Tech TV. We are
> currently in Mobil PC mag. May 2005 issue. My dream is to work with a large
> company who has the same intention ( aiding vision impaied.)  Is there any
> way you can either forward this email to the people that you have mentioned
> in this article or send me the contact information.  
>   
>   
> Joanie Taylor CEO
> Magnific's Inc.
> 2631 Mayfield Ave.
> La Crescenta, CA 91214
> Bus. 818-248-2228
> Fax. 818-248-1449 
>  www.thephonemonocle.com
> [log in to unmask]


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