Monitoring Insulin Using Wireless Sensors Networks

Abstract

Diabetes is a chronic disease that is very common in Sudan. Insulin is the only treatment for diabetes and has to be stored in suitable weather conditions. Due to the hot temperature in Sudan, storing insulin becomes challenging. With advancement in electronic technologies, these must be a strategy to remotely monitor insulin to ensure that is it not damaged . Wireless sensor network (WSN) refers to a group of spatially dispersed and dedicated sensors for monitoring and recording the physical conditions of the environment and organizing the collected data at a central location. WSNs measure environmental conditions such as temperature, sound, pollution levels, humidity, wind speed and direction, pressure, etc. In this project we developed a system that uses sensor to periodically read temperature and humidity to monitor stored insulin. The aim of project is to continuously monitor insulin to protect it from being exposed to temperature and humidity level outside the acceptable range. The system provides periodic weather reading that are collected from the sensor, which is storedin a database .this data is analyzed and displayed for valid and quick decision making to protect the product.