Small correction: the link for FoneAstra is: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/rohitc/foneastra.html
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa at cs.washington.edu> wrote: > We just received some exciting news about a UW Change and PATH > collaboration which has received Gates Foundation funding. > > According to PATH.org, "PATH will lead a new research project to > develop a low-cost, cell phone?based system for human milk banks to > monitor the safety of donated breast milk, supported by a $100,000 > grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?s Grand Challenges > Explorations initiative. > > The system combines the power of cell phone technology with the > simplicity of a low-tech flash-heating pasteurization process to > ensure that breast milk donated to feed vulnerable infants is free of > bacteria and viruses, including HIV, while retaining its nutritional > value. > > The 12-month grant was made to a multidisciplinary team that includes > PATH and two partner organizations?the Department of Computer Science > and Engineering at the University of Washington and the Human Milk > Banking Association of South Africa. > > The team will develop and field-test a networked temperature sensing > system using FoneAstra > (http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/rohitc/foneastra.htm), a cell > phone technology, to accurately monitor and validate temperatures > during flash-heating. It will provide real-time, audiovisual feedback > to users, allow automated supervisor monitoring, and archive results > for review and audit. > > Flash-heating is a simple, effective way to pasteurize breast milk > that is more affordable for human milk banks in low-resource settings > than standard commercial-grade pasteurization. The total cost for the > monitoring system will be less than US$100, compared to > commercial-grade pasteurizers, which cost up to $12,000". > > Read more at http://www.path.org/news/an111107-infant-nutrition.php > and congratulations to Rohit Chaudhri and the entire FoneAstra team! > > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change at change.washington.edu > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >
