• DocumentCode
    924409
  • Title

    Smart Phones to the Rescue: The Virtual Blood Bank Project

  • Author

    Singh, Ramesh ; Bhargava, Preeti ; Kain, Samta

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inf. Centre, New Delhi
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    86
  • Lastpage
    89
  • Abstract
    The VBB project in India´s National Capital Region of Delhi uses smart phones to build a pervasive network that gives people instantaneous information about available blood donors in their vicinity. The Virtual Blood Bank project lets subscribers access the service any time with no need for sophisticated hardware.
  • Keywords
    blood; information networks; medical information systems; mobile radio; ubiquitous computing; Virtual Blood Bank project; blood donors; instantaneous information; pervasive network; smart phones; Blood; Java; Libraries; Logic; Mobile handsets; Network servers; Smart phones; Transaction databases; User interfaces; Virtual machining; GPRS; Pervasive environments; Smart phones;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2007.87
  • Filename
    4343903
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=924409