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
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;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2007.87
