Take a look at the Audiblox website http://www.audiblox.com/ .
They have a program that's about the same price as "hooked on phonics" using just plain old colored blocks. They use various exercises to teach sequencing, foreground/background recognition, left/right, counting, etc. These skills that are taught are all must be mastered before it is possible to read and/or do math. Most kids master them automatically, but some require special exercises like these to master the skills.
You are supposed to do it for 1 hour per day, in cases of a severe problem. It requires one-on-one human coaching, though some of it could probably be computer automated.
I'm currently using it with my mildly dyslexic son, but haven't been using it long enough (only a few days) to see any progress.
Some of their case studies are amazing, but as always, YMMV.
Parkervision http://www.parkervision.com/ has an access point with standard antennas that when used with it's cards has a 1 Mile open field range. Since a farm should be pretty open field, 1000 feet should not be a problem. They have a money back guarantee if not satisfied. They used 1 AP to cover an entire small airport in Florida, see http://www.parkervision.com/company/press_room/new s_by_id.php?id=126
You can run a gas furnace off of the heat generated from the pilot light using a thermopile and a millivolt controller gas valve. I have heated my house this way in the middle of winter over a 3 day ice storm blackout.
It must be a hot water system. Just open all of the zone valves and eventually the whole system will heat up to the furnace temperature via convection in the pipes. The furnace will cycle between its low and high temperature, even with no power except the thermopile.
This is a standard type of system in the US. Not sure about the UK.
See http://hearth.com/what/gas/howgasworks.html for info on millivolt gas systems.
A new wireless company has guaranteed (or your money back) reception if you use their wireless card and access point. One AP should cover the whole building if you put it in the middle somehwhere. Total cost is about $90/user plus $200 for the AP.
http://www.direct2data.com/
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Take a look at the Audiblox website http://www.audiblox.com/ . They have a program that's about the same price as "hooked on phonics" using just plain old colored blocks. They use various exercises to teach sequencing, foreground/background recognition, left/right, counting, etc. These skills that are taught are all must be mastered before it is possible to read and/or do math. Most kids master them automatically, but some require special exercises like these to master the skills. You are supposed to do it for 1 hour per day, in cases of a severe problem. It requires one-on-one human coaching, though some of it could probably be computer automated. I'm currently using it with my mildly dyslexic son, but haven't been using it long enough (only a few days) to see any progress. Some of their case studies are amazing, but as always, YMMV.
Parkervision http://www.parkervision.com/ has an access point with standard antennas that when used with it's cards has a 1 Mile open field range. Since a farm should be pretty open field, 1000 feet should not be a problem. They have a money back guarantee if not satisfied. They used 1 AP to cover an entire small airport in Florida, see http://www.parkervision.com/company/press_room/new s_by_id.php?id=126
Their only testimonial is from a Miami Attorney. Either his name was pulled out of a hat, in which case he might sue them, or he is a total moron. On http://www.batmax.com/testimonials.php his name is Joshua P. Bratter. He looks like a real guy ...
http://www.google.com/search?q=Joshua+P.+Bratter
You can run a gas furnace off of the heat generated from the pilot light using a thermopile and a millivolt controller gas valve. I have heated my house this way in the middle of winter over a 3 day ice storm blackout.
It must be a hot water system. Just open all of the zone valves and eventually the whole system will heat up to the furnace temperature via convection in the pipes. The furnace will cycle between its low and high temperature, even with no power except the thermopile.
This is a standard type of system in the US. Not sure about the UK.
See http://hearth.com/what/gas/howgasworks.html for info on millivolt gas systems.
A new wireless company has guaranteed (or your money back) reception if you use their wireless card and access point. One AP should cover the whole building if you put it in the middle somehwhere. Total cost is about $90/user plus $200 for the AP. http://www.direct2data.com/