AN ALTERNATIVE BIO- SPECIMEN BARCODE INITIATOR, READER AND
UPDATER APPLICATION
By
Toluwaleke Ademuyiwa
Supervisor : Prof. VenterCo-supervisor : Prof. Christoffels
OverviewBrief recapProgressChallengesToolsFuture planReferencesDemo
What the application does?
Bio-specimen are small samples of material, such as urine, blood and DNA, it may be from human, animals or plants.
The application will be used by researcher at various site.
Allow user on site to scan the barcode on a bio-specimen tube and send the details to the server.
Provides input data for the laboratory information management system for (SANBI) .
ProgressChanges to interface
Improvement on the scanning formatThe scanning procedure is more effective after
implementation of QR code
ChallengesThe accomplishment
of updating of the data to the server.
Challenges(Retrieving from database)
Retrieving information from database, using Android device.
ToolsEclipse Juno
Android SDK
Android Mobile Device
MySQL and PHP
Implementation
Faulty test-tube discardedFaulty test-tube discarded
Sample
collectedSam
ple collected Data sent to
databaseData sent to database
Reco
rd d
ata
Reco
rd d
ata
Scan barcode
Scan barcode
Project planTerm 4 project planProject Testing and
Evaluation Receive feedback from researchers, make necessary modification .Create test strategyResearch different more on how to
improve the application
Document FindingsImprove data retrieval from
databaseTest all changes made
to application
Finalize Project documentation
Create user manualFinal Presentation
REFERENCES[1]. Ravi Tamada.Androidhive. How to
connect Android with PHP, MySQL. http://www.androidhive.info/page 5
[2] Newboston, Bucky Roberts, Android Development. The New Boston Education. http://thenewboston.org/tutorials.php, 2010.
DemoIt will show how the user will scan the
barcode.
The user entering the necessary information.
It will also show how the information will be stored.
THANK YOU !
QUESTIONS ?