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 ?