A recent New York Times story highlighted a couple of Computer Science students at Georgia Tech who show us all some of the exciting possibilities of helping others through computing.
The project students started out small -- based on some blood suppy spreadsheets at the CDC in Atlanta. As they delved into the real issue and talked with real users in Africa, the project has blossomed into a web-enabled application using Ajax.
In January, 14 African nations will start using this program. It must be impressive -- the United Nations Worldwide Health Organization (WHO) is discussing making this a program for reporting on blood supplies worldwide.
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