About Usbong
"Usbong" in Filipino is both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it can mean "a bud, a sprout, a shoot". As a verb, it means "to sprout, to grow, to develop". In Bisaya, it means "to burgeon, to grow, to expand, and to flourish."For us (and hopefully for you too), "Usbong" also means an open-source platform that allows people to create their own web-mobile data collection tool to help them solve problems in their own contexts and ultimately make them and the people they care about HAPPIER.
Applications
Usbong can be applied to several contexts, which means that if used appropriately, can facilitate in creating an impact in the lives of people. The idea is that as long as the target context uses some form of:- flowchart
- clinical pathway
- step-by-step guide cookbook recipe, or even
- a branching storybook (ala choose-your-own-adventure)
Uses
Some of the applications that are using Usbong include:- Education
- Environment
- Healthcare
- pediatric care (using the Intergrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI))
- telerehab (as a digital survey form to gather patient history of stroke in the family or signs of stroke prior to the experiment)
- multilingual medical triage (using telephone triage protocols)
- positive psychology (as a survey/evaluation tool to measure happiness)
Data captured from the mobile device running Usbong are stored in the SD Card as .CSV, .JPG, and .3GP.
Data can also be sent to a web server running on traditional servers or low-cost and low power-consuming devices like the plug computer.
Alternatively, data can be sent to Gmail, G+, Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Dropbox, among many others.
