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Body Sensor Networks (BSN) appeared as an application of Wireless Sensor Network
(WSN) to medicine and biofeedback. Such networks feature smart sensors (biosensors)
that capture bio-physiological parameters from people and can offer an easy way
for data collection. A new BSN platform called Sensing Health with Intelligence
Modularity, Mobility and Experimental Reusability (SHIMMER) presents an excellent
opportunity to put the concept into practice, with suitable size and weight, while also
supporting wireless communication via Bluetooth and IEEE 802.15.4 standards.
BSNs also need suitable interfaces for data processing, presentation, and storage
for latter retrieval, as a result one can use Bluetooth technology to communicate with
several more powerful and Graphical User Interface (GUI)-enabled devices such as
mobile phones or regular computers. Taking into account that people currently use
mobile and smart phones, it offers a good opportunity to propose a suitable mobile
system for BSN SHIMMER-based networks.
This dissertation proposes a mobile system solution with different versions created
to the four major smart phone platforms: Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone, and
Android. Taking into account that, currently, iPhone does not support Java, and Java
cannot match a native solution in terms of performance in other platforms such as
Android or Symbian, a native approach with similar functionality must be followed.
Then, four mobile applications were created, evaluated and validated, and they are
ready for use.
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Wireless sensor networks Mobile e-health Windows mobile Symbian Mobile monitoring applications Biossensores - Aplicações médicas Informática - Medicina