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Fellowship combines tech and social entrepreneurship
Tuesday, February 10th, 2004by Mohammed Abdoolcarim
The Stanford Daily
Imagine a “smart card” that can track information using a Web-enabled central database. This may seem like a gadget Safeway would use to track your grocery shopping. Or perhaps, a way American Express could learn about your buying habits to cater credit card plans for your shopping needs. But not if this smart card is part of the Digital Vision Fellowship, which allows working professionals to utilize technology in innovative ways.
In this case the smart card is being used to track the date of immunizations in a child’s life in India. Health assistants could then monitor the weekly coverage and identify drug inventory and gaps in treatment.
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