Japan pupils use iPhone defensive

When it comes to prevention of epidemics, using a mobile phone is not a fantasy, Japan SOFTBANK company plans on the new version of the iPhone pie control battlefield, so should the Tilbury — good steel used in the cutting edge.

Over the past few months, influenza a (H1N1) virus swept through the world.

In addition to prevention from medical point of view and the production of vaccines, the hardest hit by the Japan Asia, also began to search for scientific and technological means to help deal with these types of epidemics, but the Government chose the first Guinea pig — even just fresh iPhone3Gs, keeping pace with the amazing speed.

Recently, Japan's largest mobile phone operator Softbank Corp. and Softbank Japan Castle College signed a cooperation agreement, plan for primary Ministry iPhone3Gs Edition mobile phone 1000, use its GPS capabilities help Japan Government monitoring the spread of epidemic diseases, so that the Government take measures to combat diseases of large epidemics.

There is a Government funded, laboratory personnel can simulate the process of controlling epidemics, object selected most vulnerable pupils, tool selection of the most fashionable iPhone3Gs, believe that this arrangement you can find the best path to prevention. Laboratory personnel will be holding the iPhone's pupils are assumed to be infectious disease patients, through the phone's GPS functionality to track their route, then these routes and imaginary to no ill students compare the route, you can use Visual path analysis, which was not observed among the "students" have been those "sick" students walk locations have the infection risk of epidemics. In short, the Government can be attributed to the patient travel path, any dangerous regional health students enter the danger zone, he would have been an isolated conditions. By then, the suspected cases of child parents will receive a text message on your phone to remind parents with children, to the hospital for further examination, so that you can effectively control of infectious diseases.

The prevention and treatment model that leverages iPhone3Gsd of GPS positioning function, is essential to curbing the epidemic.

In accordance with the operator SOFTBANK's statistics, if patients daily transmission to other 3 people, three people each and are then transmitted 3 personal, 10 days later, the total number of transmission will reach 6 000! but if every patient every day just contagious for two people, then 10 days later, the total number of only 1500 people. This contrast, fully explain timely on suspected cases are isolated. However, the experiment of many details still need further improvement of laboratory personnel. Major problems include GPS device in some locations, such as a block of indoor, positioning accuracy is not reliable enough to accurately position the patient indoors and who made contact. However, the researchers said that these challenges will be attacked they will let the control model is more refined.

Speaking of this experiment was actually Japan government money, carrier SOFTBANK out machine, schools out students, three follow-up results of cooperation.

The previous three have similar cooperation. May 15th, Softbank Corp. announced for Japan Castle College University Department of Social Informatics faculty and students 550 per person with an iPhone. Aim of the school can machine built-in GPS functionality to check students ' attendance, this one-to-one tracking and positioning methods, will crack down on hooky students. Schools use regional broadcast SMS way before the iPhone in the hands of the present notification, and then sent from students in my reply, this avoids the imposter ' attacks and effectively combat the hooky phenomenon.

Thus, the iPhone's GPS capabilities have become Softbank Corp. and Castle College's killer application.

However, when it comes to SOFTBANK's generosity, the secrets behind also has another. In fact, apart from the Government subsidy, the iPhone in Japan encounter difficulty adjusting is SOFTBANK helpless scandalize. In February to may, SOFTBANK even launched a project entitled "iPhoneforEverybody" promotions: as long as the user with SOFTBANK signed two-year service contract, the user can get a capacity of up to 3 g version of iPhone 8GB. At the same time, SOFTBANK will also cost data from monthly 5985 Yen dropped to 4410 Yen maximum. So she shed a big sale, lose money, SOFTBANK is bleeding a lot. You know, last July, SOFTBANK iPhone introduced for the first time, Japan is on sale but 238.21 8GB version. However, always demanding Japan consumer prices high, camera capabilities weak iPhone has been rather indifferent attitude, thus causing the SOFTBANK was continually in the market.

This time, iPhone condescended to fly in an ordinary classroom, SOFTBANK is the hope that through prevention against truancy, and epidemics, Japan consumers began to understand the benefits of all iPhone and use the new version of iPhone3Gs, sparking a wave of new sales.

However, the experimentThe disadvantages are also obvious, if large scale promotion, may allow the Government and operators have a large user's private information, who will be willing to be monitored is peeping, so experiment is not optimistic about the prospects of, at most a very period of expediency.