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Team Members Full Names:
Answer:
Bruno França dos Reis
Eduardo Sonnino
Roberto Sonnino
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Mentor:
Answer:
Bruno David Sonnino
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Title of Project:
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HealthTag
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Project Overview:
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HealthTag is a health care support system for remote areas that allows for easy identification of patients and access to their medical records. In addition to that, it stores statistical data to help research on the spread of diseases and effectiveness of health policies.
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Technology/Software Used:
Answer:
- HealthVault
- Azure SQL Data Services
- Microsoft Tag
- WPF 3.5 SP1
- WCF 3.5 SP1
- SQL Server 2008
- .NET Compact Framework 3.5
- Web Services
- Multi-touch
- TUIO Protocol
- Bluetooth
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Inspiration: What inspired your team to enter the Microsoft Imagine Cup and why did you choose the Software Design competition?
Answer:
In our team, two members had already experienced the Imagine Cup World Finals and, excited by the idea of the finals in Egypt, we decided to build a team. We chose the Software Design competition because it's always been the greatest challenge in the Imagine Cup and we love the idea of competing in such a high level with many great projects. We also like this category because it's close to real world software innovation and business.
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Team History: How did your team meet?
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Eduardo and Roberto, as brothers, have been working together in Imagine Cup projects since 2005. After Roberto went to France in a student exchange program he met Bruno, a student in the same program who shared his interests, and they quickly became friends and started working together. The team mentor is also Roberto and Eduardo's father.
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Team Experience: What experience did your team have with Software Design before competing in the Imagine Cup?
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Eduardo and Roberto had already competed four times in the Imagine Cup, two of them in the Software Design competition. They won the 2008 Brazilian finals and placed 4th in the world finals in Paris. Bruno, a newcomer in the competiton, had broad experience in programming and algorithms and was a perfect match to the team for this year's competition.
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Highlights: What has been the best part of the Imagine Cup competition to date?
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The Brazilian finals experience was very intense, and the possibility of traveling to Egypt is really exciting. Besides, working with real doctors and researchers who were thrilled by our solution motivates us to improve it and apply it in large scale in the world.
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Inspiration: How did your team come up with your submission? Include which Millennium Development Goal inspired your solution.
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After almost 3 months of brainstorming, we were impacted by the shocking situation of health in remote areas of the world. Inspired by the possibility to improve this situation, we came up with a solution that adapts itself to the available infrastructure and adresses 4 of the 8 MDGs (Children Health, Maternal Health, Combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases, Global Partnership).
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Challenges: What personal or technological challenges did your team face while developing your submission?
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Our main challenge was the fact that the team members were separated by almost 10000 km and time zones five hours apart, besides having to travel across the Atlantic to present in the Brazilian finals. Technically, we were challenged by the need to respect medical ethics and develop an interface that adapts to medical use in remote areas.
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Future Plans: What does your team plan on doing after the Worldwide Finals in Cairo, Egypt? Do you plan to use your project to launch a new business?
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We've been receiving so much good feedback from potential users of our project that we feel inspired to continue it and apply it broadly in the real world after the Imagine Cup. We hope this project will allow us create a new business and change the world for the better.
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Links to more information (i.e. website, blog):
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Bruno's blog: http://brunoreis.com/blog
Roberto's blog: http://virtualdreams.com.br/blog