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10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/ibm__hackathon__troubleshooters | Inspiration
What it does
How we built it
Challenges we ran into
Lots of Challenges
Accomplishments that we're proud of
What we learned
What's next for MEDICO
Built With
css
deeplearning
django
html
image-processing
javascript
postgresql
python
rasa
tensorflow | a | a | ['Jayit Saha', 'Ishita Dasgupta'] | [] | ['css', 'deeplearning', 'django', 'html', 'image-processing', 'javascript', 'postgresql', 'python', 'rasa', 'tensorflow'] | 12 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/medichain-cy5w1k | Inspiration
Covid-19 pandemic
What it does
Mitigates Covid-19 spread
How I built it
Using Blockchain Technology
Challenges I ran into
Time
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Innovative solution
What I learned
Don't give up
What's next for NovidChain
Same App for Covid-19 vaccination
Built With
blockchain
bootstrap
ethereum
javascript
react
solidity
truffle
web3
Try it out
github.com
drive.google.com | NovidChain | Ensemble contre le COVID-19 | [] | [] | ['blockchain', 'bootstrap', 'ethereum', 'javascript', 'react', 'solidity', 'truffle', 'web3'] | 13 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/project-trash | User_Self_taken_Before
User_Self_taken_After
CCTV_Roadside_before
CCTV_Roadside_After
Public_transit_bus_Before
Public_transit_bus_After
Prototype_User_interface
Heat_map_generated
Inspiration
With the increasing population, the problem of waste generation and management is inevitable. With the rise of the fast life in big cities, the monitorization of waste saw its downfall due to a decrease in the number of municipality workers and irregularity of garbage collection trucks.
Due to this, an abundance of waste is getting piled up in remote areas that are out of the knowledge scope of the municipality. Since these waste disposals are not treated, they have to lead to the spread of numerous diseases, sanitation, and environmental problems.
What it does
Image Source = [ citizens capture the garbage images/images captured from a camera mounted public transport/ CCTV surveillance camera ], the images are stored in a firebase database along with the locational coordinates. The Resnet101 CNN model accesses the images and computes garbage volume, volume, type, and based on its location, a heat map is built using google map APIs for reference of Municipalities.
How we built it
When images are stored in the online storage and its locational coordinates in the real-time database, the images are downloaded and passed on to ResNet 101 CNN architecture, which classifies the garbage present in the image and calculates the volume of the garbage present using a bounding box technique. the calculated information is updated back in the database. The collective garbage information (volume, type, and location) is then visualized on a google heat map with points proportional to the volume of garbage detected.
Challenges we ran into
The major challenge that we faced was the visualization of the information. The information must be minimalistic yet completely informative. A perfect depiction of the information was a major challenge. The challenge was overcome using Heat Maps, to display the information in the application in its minimalistic format.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud, that we overcame the challenges we faced during the development of the product.
What we learned
We learned a lot, in every aspect of the development. Be it building and implementing ResNet 101 CNN for garbage classification using Python or maintaining an online real-time database and visualizing the information, each phase was a learning aspect. We are glad, we took part in this challenge.
What's next for Project Trash
The next phase of development for us would be the integration of Drones and implementing automated machinery for cleaning and collection purposes thus improving the sanitation standards.
Built With
api
cnn
firebase
google-maps
html5
javascript
python
Try it out
github.com | Project Trash | A smart and realistic solution for improving the waste management systems for smart cities. | ['Prakhar Bhartiya', 'Nikhil Khaneja', 'sanjana kl'] | [] | ['api', 'cnn', 'firebase', 'google-maps', 'html5', 'javascript', 'python'] | 14 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/wisetreemap | WiseTreeMap can be used in a single municipality or cover a larger geographic area including many communities or organizations.
Our Solution contain:
Internet web site
Android mobile application
IOS mobile Application (soon)
custom service extensions
WiseTreeMap allows individuals, governments, neighborhood organizations and other groups to collaborate on mapping and exploration of the urban forest and agricultural fields.
Using the mobile app, community members can view maps of trees created as part of the WiseTreeMap subscription system, then search for trees or add information to them.
By working together, we can create a map of the urban forest and explore the many environmental and economic benefits provided by trees in our communities.
Red Palm Weevil
WiseTreeMap platform can be used to identify and locate palms infected with red weevil.
-> follow-up of cases and planning actions
-> interaction and sharing on social networks for awareness
-> Filter species on tree characteristics and localization
-> Editing added trees (photo ..)
-> Ecological profit calculation for each tree
Automatically calculate ecosystem services (greenhouse gases, water, energy, air quality) based on species and tree diameter
What's next for WiseTreeMap
Scope of remote sensing, IA and IOT
Growth estimation (need in water, nutrition ..)
Production estimate
Detection of irrigated or non irrigated areas
Detection and mapping of varieties
Detection of diseases
Mapping plots, points of interest (appliances, wells ..)
Security & detection of offenses (theft and cutting of trees ...)
Built With
gis
iot
mobile
remote
sensing
web
Try it out
www.hekma-consulting.com
www.hekma-consulting.com
vps564387.ovh.net | WiseTreeMap | WiseTreeMap is a collaborative platform for plant inventory, tree location (invasive, threatened, infected..) ecosystem services calculation, urban forestry analysis and community participation. | ['Ilyes JRAD'] | [] | ['gis', 'iot', 'mobile', 'remote', 'sensing', 'web'] | 15 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/corona-sos-kz5suo | Inspiration
The Shahed software platform is an incident management and situational awareness tool often used by service providers, for monitoring and evaluation, and to triage response. It enables organizations around the world to collect, manage, visualize, and respond to information from their stakeholders.
http://www.hekma-consulting.com/en_US/page/shahed
What it does
Locate cases of diseases and people quarantined (exact position), places that have visited, containment centers ... in order to form a network of clusters and reduce contamination by making the necessary predictions and monitoring their condition health and their needs
Inform the Internet user of the state of contamination in his vicinity to avoid visiting the places of contamination
Locate collection campaigns and rescue centers
Locate health services and suppliers of protective equipment during the crisis period
Monitoring and management of emergency alerts (web + sms) and requests from citizens (local Tunisians and expatriates) according to date, proximity position.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
A crisis mapping tool and/or an early warning system that allows people around the world to tell their story during a disaster or emergency situation.
Anyone can contribute reports, photos and video via email, SMS, tweets, or an online form. Reports are posted in “near real-time”
Applications : ADVOCACY & HUMAN RIGHTS, CRISIS RESPONSE, ELECTION MONITORING, ENVIRONMENT...
Languages : Arabic, Francais, English
Built With
angular.js
api
mysql
php
rest
web
Try it out
www.corona-sos.live
initiative.tn
www.hekma-consulting.com | corona-sos | a collaborative web platform (crowd-sourcing) for the management and mapping of disease cases, health services, infractions and monitoring alerts / emergency calls | ['Ilyes JRAD'] | [] | ['angular.js', 'api', 'mysql', 'php', 'rest', 'web'] | 16 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/drowsiness-detector-ps6k15 | Drowsiness Detector
This system is a real time system which captures image continuously and measures the state of the eye according to the specified algorithm and gives warning if required. For DOD the per closure value of eye is considered. So when the closure of eye exceeds a certain amount then the driver is identified to be sleepy for system we are using python IDE in which we are working on open CV library and D library
Built With
python
Try it out
github.com | Drowsiness-Detector | This project is aimed towards developing a prototype of drowsiness detection system. | ['Amisha .', 'Devesh Jagtap', 'DEVESH JAGTAP', 'AKASH PATIL', 'Pranav Chaudhari'] | [] | ['python'] | 17 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/soil-health-monitoring-system | na
Built With
arduino | done | nothing | [] | ['Best Hardware Hack presented by Digi-Key', 'Top 15 Projects Featured on Blog!'] | ['arduino'] | 18 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/medical-intelligence-applied | Software architecture (dashboard)
Health check bot
Search bot
Email search results
Dashboard login
Dashboard home
Dashboard user profile
emotion prediction
BMI prediction
Login
Signup
Data visualisation dashboard
Voice chat
Text chat
Overview
Here are some quick links to some of the resources we developed while creating our project:
💡 • Website
📐 • Wireframe
📱 • Figma Prototype
📕 • Documentation
Inspiration
As our population ages, we will begin to have a lot of multimorbidities. The aging population will have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, and other chronic ailments along with neuropsychological conditions. Seniors suffering from chronic diseases require regular health check-ups every 3-4 months for proper management of medications, vital signs, and lab values. These conditions impact the quality of life and ability for seniors to perform in everyday activities, thus increasing the need for caregivers to assist with daily routines on top of managing complex conditions. Furthermore, evidence suggests that caregivers enter their roles with little support and therefore carry high rates of mental and emotional health problems as a result.
Now with the onset of COVID-19, the elderly’s ability to access usual medical care and mental support have drastically decreased, and the communication with caregivers is impaired. Seniors are advised to stay at home and may feel isolated from their family and friends, leading to struggles with mental health on top of existing feelings of hopelessness and possible grief from the loss of loved ones. Caregivers too may experience increased stress due to barriers in remote healthcare support.
These problems all point to the need for a solution in developing communication channels between the seniors and caregivers for health management while making remote support and health care accessible. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions using smartphones have proven effective for monitoring mood and health symptoms, while also providing a platform for communication and support for mental health concerns. However, these applications are not always accessible to the elderly population. Finger sensitivity and mobility can be an obstacle for the elderly as it impairs their ability to interact with apps. Features such as larger font size, high contrast, and text to speech functionality are often neglected due to the lieu of modern design trends intended to appeal to younger audiences.
Therefore, we designed our app, miia (Medical Intelligently Applied) to be accessible and usable by most seniors. Miia is an application that will help track and manage both physical and mental health conditions for the elderly population. For instance, we implemented a Chatbot function to ask seniors about mood and emotions, while also providing a means to input health measurements such as vital signs. The chatbot can be made to speak aloud, while the senior can utilize their voice which is then converted to text. Furthermore, our app has an additional function to track the mobility and activity functions of our users through drawing data from the built-in accelerometer, gyroscope, and other smartphone sensors. This will help us predict the activity and encourage exercise, and potentially prevent frailty and traumatic falls with seniors.
How to use miia
Miia can be used through signing in with gmail or by creating a new account. Once you've logged into miia you're greeted by the main dashboard that provides an overview of your profile along with several different tabs. Here users can chat with miia, sync wearables, and receive diagnostic reports from health checkups. The current functionality of the application is limited to conducting conversations with the chatbot while also completing facial recognition scans that detect mood and BMI.
Nonetheless, our current Figma prototype serves as a better representation of the app's final functionality and design. In contrast to the web application, the prototype is developed for mobile devices to better serve the elderly through prioritizing convenience and mobility. The prototype itself is fully interactive as users have the ability to click, scroll, and drag through both caregiver and patient interfaces.
What it does
The system leverages AI technology to analyze data collected from facial recognition, speech recognition, wearable devices, and/ or IoT on a daily basis, and alert the caregivers if there are any identified risks. The platform also provides a way to facilitate communication between caregivers and care recipients, while aiding with health management to alleviate caregiver stress.
Main features
Health data collection
Daily health monitoring
We ensure the health data collection process is easy to follow by having the whole health check-up process guided by our AI chatbot miia, which include the following:
AI chatbot - collect health data unavailable in facial and speech recognition/ wearable devices.
Facial recognition - facial image taken for analysis of emotions, and BMI
Elderly focus design
We have conducted phone interviews and user tests with seniors to ensure the app is simple and easy to use.
Voice control - elderly users can choose to interact with chatbot by voice or text
AI Chatbot to stimulate human-like interactions
Enlarged text and other accessibility features
Data visualization for caregivers
The caregivers' interface is specially designed by our designer and incorporated feedback from two medical professionals in our team. We ensure the app is useful and meets the needs of caregivers.
Data analytics dashboard - show key metric of elderly over one month
Detailed health reports of elderly - details of each health parameter
Medicare provider search
If medical follow-up is required, caregivers and/ or seniors can ask our search bot for the Medicare providers in their living area to schedule an appointment.
How we built it
Software
• Frontend development using vue for the caregiver dashboard and Android studio for Android app.
• AWS amplify - develop and deploy Android app
• Amazon lex - developing chatbots for daily health check-in and Medicare provider search
• Lambda - collect values from Amazon lex
• Amazon Athena - providers search and create graph visualization
• Amazon Cognito - authentication and access
• Amazon DynamoDB - Database
• Amazon EC2 - deploy machine learning models
• Hosting and CICD setups using Netlify and Heroku and GitHub.
• Google Colab notebooks to execute heavy GPU workloads and ML Algorithms.
• Invision for developing WireFrames
• Figma for creating the prototype
• Slack for Internal Communications & Google Drive for Documents, Images, etc.
Machine learning
We collected datasets from various sources such as Kaggle, JAFFE and IMFDB and trained the machine learning model for a couple of tasks: the identification of emotions from facial expressions, identification of BMI from face images, identification of emotions from speech, and detection of falls from phone sensors. Determination of cardiovascular disease risk is also achieved by reviewing cohort studies and results in medical journals. After training the model, we deployed a demo of the emotion prediction model, BMI prediction model, and cardiovascular disease risk using Heroku service.
Challenges we ran into
There is not much documentation for AWS, and we had a hard time debugging the chatbots, Cognito and EC2. It is also challenging for us to collaborate in AWS.
It is difficult to find quality labeled data for training machine learning models, which in turn affects the accuracy rate. Given that this is a remote hackathon, we were also unable to test connections with wearables. While there is the flexibility to use the app without external sensors, we plan to integrate with multiple wearable devices and platforms in the future.
What's next for miia!
New features
Health data collection
Speech recognition - speech recorded and analyzed for emotions and mood
Phone sensors - monitor activity to encourage exercise and detect falls
Wearable devices/ sensors - measurements including but not limited to blood pressure/ heart-rate/ sleeping pattern/ activity
Activity monitoring
Users can opt-in to allow monitoring of activity in the background. Exercise has been shown to help alleviate symptoms of depression. Since low activity may be one potential symptom of depression, a notification can be sent to senior users to help guide them through simple exercises (yoga, walking). These exercises can also help decrease fall risk.
In-app communication
To facilitate communication between caregivers and senior users, the app supports messages, calls, and video calls.
Seniors can also ask our chatbot miia to initiate a call with their caregivers.
Voice control - elderly users can choose to call or message their caregivers with the help of chatbot
Elderly users can highlight a region or ask the chatbot to send a particular section to their caregivers for clarification
Reminder system for seniors
Visual and sound alerts can be snoozed until the elderly login and complete the health monitoring daily
Alert system
Alert system for identified issues - caregivers can set threshold values according to elderly's condition; red warning symbols and notification pop up when value above/ below normal
Join us!
We are planning to bring the project to the next stage. Shoot us a message if you're interested!
Built With
amazon-athena
amazon-cognito
amazon-dynamodb
amazon-ec2
amazon-lex
amazon-marketplace-web-service
amazon-ses
amazon-web-services
amplify
android
figma
lambda
vue
Try it out
github.com
github.com
master.d3s7eipwj38e3u.amplifyapp.com
www.figma.com
drive.google.com
miiaml.tk | medical intelligence applied | Two-way health management platform for seniors and caregivers | ['Karim Khattaby', 'Deepesh Grover', 'Chloe Chen', 'kevin patel', 'Billy Zeng', 'Rohail Khan', 'Akhilesh Iyer', 'Ava Chan', 'marcos a oliva', 'Li Agnes', 'Alice Tang', 'Megan Thong'] | ['Best in Data and Machine Learning'] | ['amazon-athena', 'amazon-cognito', 'amazon-dynamodb', 'amazon-ec2', 'amazon-lex', 'amazon-marketplace-web-service', 'amazon-ses', 'amazon-web-services', 'amplify', 'android', 'figma', 'lambda', 'vue'] | 19 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/a-complete-covid-safety-system-for-gyms-1pl9wj | Inspiration
Keeping in track the price changes of items and trying to find the best price of items can be very difficult .
This project helps keep track of price of the item you wish to purchase and sends an email after the price drops below certain level set by the user
Built With
imutils
keras
numpy
opencv
python
tensorfow
yolo | Price Tracker | Tracks the price of items from commercial shopping apps | ['Yash Burad', 'Kushal Burad'] | [] | ['imutils', 'keras', 'numpy', 'opencv', 'python', 'tensorfow', 'yolo'] | 20 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/myappo | Inspiration
What it does
How we built it
Challenges we ran into
Accomplishments that we're proud of
What we learned
What's next for tunisian
Built With
ajax
google-maps
javascript
jquery
node.js
socket.io | new app | coming soon | ['fredrick esedo'] | [] | ['ajax', 'google-maps', 'javascript', 'jquery', 'node.js', 'socket.io'] | 21 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/bot-beats-a-smart-decision-robot-for-digital-agri | mobile_app_onboaring
mobile_app_onboaring
mobile_app_onboaring
mobile_app_onboaring
mobile_app_login
mobile_app_login
Plant Disease Detection
Smart sensors values
plant_disease_detection app
plant_disease_detection app
plant_disease_detection app
plant_disease_detection app
plant_disease_detection app
plant_disease_detection app
plant_disease_detection app
plant_disease_detection app
plant_disease_detection app
desktop_app
desktop_app
Inspiration
We wanted to try something new in the field of agriculture. Being IoT enthusiasts, we wanted to integrate hardware as well as various software's to build an innovative robot to solve few problems faced by farmers specially in India.
What it does
BOT-BEATS is the AI powered smart decision system for digital agriculture , which monitors environmental changes using smart sensors . It is autonomously driven irrespective of type , size etc. Smart software decides the action to be taken without human intervention
How we built it
Step1: Gathered Parts required to make chassis for robot
Chassis Construction
Chassis Construction
Step2: Placed all hardware parts on chassis viz.
1. Raspberry pi 4 with camera
2. Arduino Uno
3. Connected and programmed soil moisture sensor and temperature sensor
4. Robotic arm
5. Ultrasonic sensor
6. Submersible mini water pump
7. Dc motors
8. dc motor drivers
Attaching Parts
Robotic Arm
Step3: Developed dashboard for displaying sensor data in graphical user interface using vanilla javascript
Sensor Dashboard
Step4 : Developed object follower system using tensorflow and opencv
Step5 : Developed plant disease and Weed detection system using tensorflow and Streamlit and configured it to work
on raspberry pi
Step6: Developed a fruit detection system and store for the products detected in the farm
Step7 : Developed a dashboard for farmer to monitor and control overall robot live activities in the farm
Step8 : Developed Mobile application for monitoring various factors viz.
1. To use core features of bot from anywhere in the world with proper permissions , core features viz.
a. Camera
b. Plant disease and weed detection systems - it enables farmer to detect any plant disease
observed in any plant in the world
c. Sensors Data
for eg. suppose we want to identify plant disease of my plant , but we don't have required software's , so we can
use their software for my task from any where in world
step9 : Tested Software's
Challenges we ran into
1 ) Developing machine learning model
2 ) Problems faced in React js development
3) Hardware issue
Accomplishments that we're proud of
1) Developing Software that works with hardware simultaneously
2) Hands on new Technology and frameworks
3) Completion of project within time
What we learned
1) Web development
2) Backend Development
3) Front-end Development
4) Making mobile apps
5) Making Desktop apps
6) Developing software's for resource constraint devices such as Raspberry pi
7) Connecting hardware to gather
8) Machine Learning
9) Teamwork
Built With
anaconda
ardiuno
arduino
camera
dc-motor
dc-motors
express.js
javascript
motor-driver
opencv
opencv2
python
raspberry-pi
raspberrypi
react
react-native
soil-moisture-sensor
streamlit
temperature-sensor
tensorflow
wooden-chassis | BOTBEATS | A SMART DECISION SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL AGRICULTURE | ['Siddhant Verma', 'Ameya Upalanchi', 'Yatharth Sameliya', 'RUSHIKESH CHANDAK'] | [] | ['anaconda', 'ardiuno', 'arduino', 'camera', 'dc-motor', 'dc-motors', 'express.js', 'javascript', 'motor-driver', 'opencv', 'opencv2', 'python', 'raspberry-pi', 'raspberrypi', 'react', 'react-native', 'soil-moisture-sensor', 'streamlit', 'temperature-sensor', 'tensorflow', 'wooden-chassis'] | 22 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/self-attendance-bot-for-google-meet-dvy6g5 | Inspiration
I have been missing my morning online lectures lately because of this irregular sleep cycle and procrastination. So I came up with this innovative idea of developing a google meet self-attendance bot
What it does
This python program autostarts automatically according to your scheduled time. And joins Google meeting automatically using your account credentials.Moreover I added a versatile feature to this project which would make this project totally self-acting in handling the Google Meetings webpage. I have developed a program which will answer as "Present" through the Microphone of the laptop whenever the teacher takes your name.
How I built it
I used web scrapping to build this project.
Selenium library access the elements on google meet's webpage and perform actions like clicking on an element sending data to website,etc.
I used task scheduler to run a batch file of my python program so as to automatically run the program at any time you want to schedule it to.
I accessed captions of Google meet and whenever teacher takes my name it is accessed from captions and an audio in my voice saying "present" is played to the microphone.
Challenges I ran into
It was very challenging to select the proper format for accessing elements on Google meet's webpage. As the classes are dynamic they tend to change after sometime and eventually throwing NoSuchElementException. So I used xpaths of elements for that. Handling the StaleElementReferenceException at the captions part as they disappear after a while was also challenging. Achieving accuracy in my name detection and playing audio in background after that was also a challenge in this project.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am really proud of the feature where it detects my name and marks me present in the meet.
What I learned
This project helped me learn a lot about web scraping and libraries like selenium pygane,etc.
What's next for Self attendance bot for google met
I have just created the alpha version for this project and it has reached a lot of people in social platform.I'll be soon launching the beta version which have more features like ending the meet when 10-15% of the total attendees of the meet have left the meeting,when name is called and attendance is not going on it will unmute mic and play static noice so as to look like there's some connection error on user side and simultaneously playing an alarm on the user's phone to make him/her aware of this so that he/she can answer on the meeting if required And more such features will be introduced.
Built With
pygame
python
selenium
Try it out
medium.com | Self attendance bot for google meet | This google meet automatic attendance bot joins a google meet link at a specific time in schedule and attends lecture on my behalf.Even marks me Present through microphone when Teacher takes my name | ['SARVESH WADI'] | [] | ['pygame', 'python', 'selenium'] | 23 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/automated-precision-agriculture | Poster
IoT application for controlling Irrigation in Fields
Hardware for Automatic Irrigation
IoT Code
CropDiseaseDetection Application Snippet
CropDiseaseDetection Application
Inspiration:
Recently Farmer Suicides and Protests are all over the news. They have been committing suicides under pressure because of debts and money pressure. The main reason behind these problems is that they are not getting proper crop yield, sometimes their whole crop is destroyed by pest diseases, and also because of using primitive techniques to irrigate the field which results in overuse of water. So as a result a lot of freshwaters also gets wasted. This has been our major objective behind the project. We will be providing a complete package to the farmers to increase their Crop Yield by at least 40% and to use almost 50 per cent less water and also detect the diseases. Growing crops is a beautiful activity which makes a farmer proud of himself, for he has created a new life. Despite its beauty though, crop production requires varying farm activities and constant maintenance in order to provide a high and healthy yield.
What it does
We are building an IOT application for mobiles where the user can control the irrigation automatically or manually just by the touch of finger. IoT will be used to connect the valves in the farm through the wireless controllers that will be implanted on the fields which further can be accessed through Wireless devices like Mobile. Soil Moisture, Humidity, Temperature and Acoustic sensors will be deployed in the field which will collect the data about the soil and will be uploaded to a cloud server like ThingsSpeak which the user can access and analyse about the quality of soil.
Further, Machine Learning analysis by three different algorithms will be done on the data collected which will predict the crop yield and give instructions to increase it.
Starting with the early crop stages, a farmer must closely monitor crops because of various crop insect pests and diseases. They tend to be the biggest threat to successful crop production. Depending on the crop type and growth stage, it's estimated that early pest detection can reduce yield loss by up to 20-40%. Therefore, farmers need to put all of their effort into constant crop monitoring. Therefore, through Deep Learning, image processing will be done on the leaves to identify pest diseases and alert the farmers before only so that they can take corrective measures.
APPLICATIONS:
1.) Saving Water with automated precision irrigation at the best possible time.
2.) Saving hundreds of man-hours and elimination the human factor.
3.) Machine Learning Analysis for Crop Yield Prediction and measures to improve it.
4.) Combining sensors data and cloud intelligence to save even more resources.
5.) Pest Disease Detection through Deep Learning.
Challenges we ran into
We faced problem in setting up the IoT module, also faced difficulty in finding the datasets of crop data for training the model like there were many null values in the dataset it took a lot of time to preprocess the data. It was difficult to find the best algorithm to achieve maximum accuracy, we tried three different algorithms and then came up with the conclusion that Deep Neural Networks was the bast model to achieve maximum accuracy so it took a lot of time.
What we learned
We learned how to deal with the complicated datasets present on the government websites as we invested a lot of time correcting it with encoding the data and other similar techniques, got to know how awesome it is to use IoT to control various things just by the click on a device.
Tech stack
IoT, CNN-Keras, Deep Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
Built With
android-studio
blynk
cnn
deeplearning
deepneuralnetworks
iot
keras
machine-learning
Try it out
github.com | Automated Precision Agriculture | A complete Crop Analytics System for Farmers, which will help them to increase their CROP YIELD and PROFIT(Financial Status) by a huge extent. | ['Rakshak Raina', 'Raghav Rathi', 'Rohit Rathi'] | [] | ['android-studio', 'blynk', 'cnn', 'deeplearning', 'deepneuralnetworks', 'iot', 'keras', 'machine-learning'] | 24 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/sustainacity-crn3g1 | My invention for the world is BOPLAR- boat, plane, car, all in one.
As we see fictional cartoons, I came with an idea that will transform the world.
There will be a car that can be turned into a boat and plane with a click of a button. It will take a lot of money to buy all these so I decided to create a machine in which we can get all 3.
I made the model in form of a gif as in the link. It was an idea. The main part of how it transforms is in my video.
Built With
gif
Try it out
giphy.com | boplar | a car, boat and a plane, all in 1 !! | ['Shashwat Garg'] | [] | ['gif'] | 25 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/tms-uanklb | TMS
Dynamic traffic signal based on traffic density
The problem
Traffic signals, almost everywhere, are what we call a static traffic signal. A predefined timings are set for each of the four sides of a cross-road, and that's how traffic is regulated. The signal timings don't take current traffic density into account. So whatever amount of traffic there is it will still show same timings. This wastes time for the side of road where traffic density is more.
The solution
I propose a system where the signal timings are generated dynamically based on the current traffic conditions(density) and alloted the timings based on that criteria only.
In short, roads with
higher traffic
density will get
more time
and high priority, while roads with
less traffic
densiity will get
less time
and less priority. Which will result in fair signal timings for everyone. This approach will help clear traffic faster and prevent traffic jams.
The system
Its a Server which will take co-ordinates(Latitude & longitude) of a cross-road. Use those co-ordinates to make a request to the Google Map's server for getting real time traffic data. These traffic density values are processed through an algorithm and dynamic timigs are generated. These timings are sent back to the signal which made the request.
The challenges
Q. First of all, where to get real-time traffic data which is trustworthy and accurate?
Ans:
Google Maps!
But there is a catch. Google
doesn't
give the traffic data. They provide no API for that.
Q. Then how to get it?
Ans:
I used a clever technique. As mentioned above Google doesn't give traffic data but they can answer this question, "How much time will it take to go from point A to point B with current traffic conditions?".
Imagine that there is a cross-road, and for each of the road there are (imaginary)gates on each side of road at a fixed distance of 200 meters, which will trap the traffic inside. Now our server requests Google's server how much time will it take to go from that imaginary gate to the cross-road. Google's API will respond with the time it takes to travel that 200 meter distance which ultimately takes current traffic conditions into account. These timings will be different for each side and will be based on traffic density of each side of the cross-road.
And voila you have your traffic density values.
Algorithm
Once our server gets the traffic density(or traffic timings) from Google, we pass it to our algorith which outputs traffic signal timings.
The algorithm takes three predefined values,
xMid - initial traffic timing (eg. 25 seconds)
xLow - minimum traffic timing (eg. 15 seconds)
xHigh - highest traffic timing (eg. 35 seconds)
Let's assume that the Google responds traffic timings for a cross-road as North-200, East-100, South-50, West-150 for each side of cross-road.
We find mean of these values.
Which in this case is 125
Subtract the traffic timings from the mean value. (Find deviation)
Divide by 10 (because its the factor used by google to convert timings.)
Finally add those values to the 'xMid' which is in this case is set to '25'.
| Side | Density | Density - Mean | Divide by 10 | Add to xMid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | 200 | 200 - 125 = 75 | 7.5 | 32.5 |
| East | 100 | 100 - 125 = 100 | 10 | 35 |
| South | 50 |50 - 125 = -75 | -7.5 | 17.5 |
| West | 150 | 150 - 125 = 25 | 2.5 | 27.5 |
The values in the last column are the traffic signal timings generated based on actual traffic density!
Note: The xLow & xHigh are taken to ensure that if the timings exceeds certain limit these will be used. For ex. for a certain side the timings alloted are less than xLow, xLow timing will be used instead. This is done to ensure that every side gets atleast some time to clear the traffic.
Simulation
This is a browser based simulation, however any Arduino board capable to perform HTTP requests requests will do the job.
Youtube Video of simulation:
https://youtu.be/hzfEzsIWf8o
Following GIF shows the browser simulation.
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19259373/95336426-4c38ad00-08ce-11eb-88c2-45edf64ba113.gif
Built With
css
html
javascript
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github.com | TMS | Node JS server for generating dynamic signal timings based on Google Map's Traffic data | ['Makarand Bhale'] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'javascript'] | 26 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/the-virtual-medic-fwbdr1 | LOGO
Disease Prediction Example
Disease Prediction Example
Disease Prediction Example
Barcode Scanner backend
Medicine Reminder
Medicine Reminder Setup
Inspiration
While access to healthcare and hospitals remain very delicate in these times, we are developing a full AI based model that can be easily used and deployed to automate the process of patient hospitalization.
What it does
As the initial part of the project we have developed the health application serves several purposes. To begin with, the app has a Disease Predictor, which takes symptoms as the user input and predicts the disease based on the
same. The application also implements a Barcode Scanner that scans the barcodes on different
medicines via the camera and displays the details about the same like usage, effectiveness
and side effects. The app also lets the user input their daily medication including the number of doses and their
timings. On adding, the app would send the user a notification at every dosage time.
How do we aim to automate hospital interface with the same ?
Through the disease prediction model, i further aim to deploy a consultation mechanism that based upon the user symptoms connects us with the related doctor who specializes in the same field, for e.g orthopaedics, psychiatrists, general surgeons etc. Deployed in a hospital, the same can be used to assist patients with database management as well consultation management.
How I built it
The app is completely based on python with android being used as the front end framework.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
The accuracy of the model and its ability to predict upto 41 diseases based upon the 132 different symptoms provides evidence of the advancements that can be made in this field.
What I learned
Being a machine learning enthusiast, i had never used android for deploying a front end to my application, hence android is the very main thing that i acquired from the project
What's next for The Virtual Medic
I plan to work on the UI of the application as well as plan to integrate a virtual video conferencing tool that can connect the user to nearest doctor for health consultation.
Built With
android
flask
keras
machine-learning
python
Try it out
github.com | The Virtual Medic | ML Based Disease Prediction and Hospital Automation | ['harsh pandey', 'Neel Kukreti', 'Tanvi Thakur'] | [] | ['android', 'flask', 'keras', 'machine-learning', 'python'] | 27 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/pre-lute | Main page
Languages used for Main Page
Reach Out Screen (To allow users to collaborate to reduce pollution)
Forecasts Screen (Make decisions based on air quality, allergen presence and overall pollution in the air)
Petitions Screen (Take action against pollution)
form for the algorithm
results page
Safety Precaution Page first page
Safety Precaution Page first page
Inspiration
Around 40% of the lakes in America are too polluted for aquatic life, swimming or fishing.Although children make up 10% of the world’s population, over 40% of the global burden of disease falls on them. Environmental factors contribute to more than 3 million children under age five dying every year. Pollution kills over 1 million seabirds and 100 million mammals annually. Recycling and composting alone have avoided 85 million tons of waste to be dumped in 2010. Currently in the world there are over 500 million cars, by 2030 the number will rise to 1 billion, therefore doubling pollution levels. High traffic roads possess more concentrated levels of air pollution therefore people living close to these areas have an increased risk of heart disease, cancer, asthma and bronchitis. Inhaling Air pollution takes away at least 1-2 years of a typical human life. 25% deaths in India and 65% of the deaths in Asia are resultant of air pollution. Over 80 billion aluminium cans are used every year around the world. If you throw away aluminium cans, they can stay in that can form for up to 500 years or more. People aren’t recycling as much as they should, as a result the rainforests are be cut down by approximately 100 acres per minute
On top of this, I being near the Great Lakes and Neeral being in the Bay area, we have both seen not only tremendous amounts of air pollution, but marine pollution as well as pollution in the great freshwater lakes around us. As a result, this inspired us to create this project.
What it does
For the react native app, it connects with the Website Neeral made in order to create a comprehensive solution to this problem.
There are five main sections in the react native app:
The first section is an area where users can collaborate by creating posts in order to reach out to others to meet up and organize events in order to reduce pollution. One example of this could be a passionate environmentalist who is organizing a beach trash pick up and wishes to bring along more people. With the help of this feature, more people would be able to learn about this and participate.
The second section is a petitions section where users have the ability to support local groups or sign a petition in order to enforce change. These petitions include placing pressure on large corporations to reduce carbon emissions and so forth. This allows users to take action effectively.
The third section is the forecasts tab where the users are able to retrieve data regarding various data points in pollution. This includes the ability for the user to obtain heat maps regarding the amount of air quality, pollution and pollen in the air and retrieve recommended procedures for not only the general public but for special case scenarios using apis.
The fourth section is a tips and procedures tab for users to be able to respond to certain situations. They are able to consult this guide and find the situation that matches them in order to find the appropriate action to take. This helps the end user stay calm during situations as such happening in California with dangerously high levels of carbon.
The fifth section is an area where users are able to use Machine Learning in order to figure out whether where they are is in a place of trouble. In many instances, not many know exactly where they are especially when travelling or going somewhere unknown. With the help of Machine Learning, the user is able to place certain information regarding their surroundings and the Algorithm is able to decide whether they are in trouble. The algorithm has 90% accuracy and is quite efficient.
How I built it
For the react native part of the application, I will break it down section by section.
For the first section, I simply used Firebase as a backend which allowed a simple, easy and fast way of retrieving and pushing data to the cloud storage. This allowed me to spend time on other features, and due to my ever growing experience with firebase, this did not take too much time. I simply added a form which pushed data to firebase and when you go to the home page it refreshes and see that the cloud was updated in real time
For the second section, I used native base in order to create my UI and found an assortment of petitions which I then linked and added images from their website in order to create the petitions tab. I then used expo-web-browser, to deep link the website in opening safari to open the link within the app.
For the third section, I used breezometer.com’s pollution api, air quality api, pollen api and heat map apis in order to create an assortment of data points, health recommendations and visual graphics to represent pollution in several ways. The apis also provided me information such as the most common pollutant and protocols for different age groups and people with certain conditions should follow. With this extensive api, there were many endpoints I wanted to add in, but not all were added due to lack of time.
For the fourth section, it is very much similar to the second section as it is an assortment of links, proofread and verified to be truthful sources, in order for the end user to have a procedure to go to for extreme emergencies. As we see horrible things happen, such as the wildfires in California, air quality becomes a serious concern for many and as a result these procedures help the user stay calm and knowledgeable.
For the fifth section, Neeral please write this one since you are the one who created it.
Challenges I ran into
API query bugs was a big issue in formatting back the query and how to map the data back into the UI. It took some time and made us run until the end but we were still able to complete our project and goals.
What's next for PRE-LUTE
We hope to use this in areas where there is commonly much suffering due to the extravagantly large amount of pollution, such as in Delhi where seeing is practically hard due to the amount of pollution. We hope to create a finished product and release it to the app and play stores respectively.
Built With
apis
breezometer
expo.io
firebase
firestore
native-base
react-native
react-navigation
Try it out
github.com | PRE-LUTE | Helping predict, prevent and educate users about Pollution | ['Om Joshi', 'Neeral Bhalgat'] | ['4th place - Credits'] | ['apis', 'breezometer', 'expo.io', 'firebase', 'firestore', 'native-base', 'react-native', 'react-navigation'] | 28 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/zoom-id-fy9qw3 | GIF
Inspiration
I live in a deserted village where there is no availability of banks for exchange of commodities, currency, sending and receiving of monies from an individual to another.
What it does
Zoom ID is a platform that access easy flow of exchange of traded currency from one country to another with high security patch.
How I built it
Zoom ID is a centralized platform created by Google tools, microsoft and other security script.
Challenges I ran into
It cost me $7,000 to design this app and had so many challenges in the course of this project.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Today I am a proud project owner of Zoom ID
What I learned
Certified skills technologically
What's next for ZOOM ID
To emphasize on ZOOM ID, improve on it and develope to full standard globally.
Built With
core-animation
hardware
qualcomm
web2pdf | ZOOM ID | Everything about the world is changing technologically, computerised, economically and digital. I have been able to design an App that can relate between people in exchange of currency and demands. | ['Jessica Simmons', 'Barrack Prosper Oghenefejiro', 'Harry Jordan', 'Bop Daddy', 'Barrack Prosper Oghenefejiro', 'Torry Ormond', 'Prosper Fegiro'] | [] | ['core-animation', 'hardware', 'qualcomm', 'web2pdf'] | 29 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/donateaplate-ydf6s7 | Home Page
Account Signup
Add Donation
Adding a Category
Adding Custom Items
Inspiration
Every year, an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted globally, amounting to 2.6 trillion dollars annually, which is more than enough to feed all 815 million hungry people in the world ten times over. Although inefficient consumer habits are contributors, the majority of food waste comes from the supply chain majorly constituting distributors, retailers and restaurants. As 12th Grade High School Students from Bangalore, India, we envisioned our app DonateAPlate which allows local restaurants, supermarkets as well as individual donors to donate, daily or weekly, the excess unused food by setting up highly customizable donations through the app.
What it does
DonateAPlate allows local restaurants, supermarkets as well as individual donors to donate, daily or weekly, the excess unused food by setting up highly customizable donations through the app. In addition, NGOs and other charity organizations can view and sort nearby donations for pickup, by requesting donations from the donors. The entire system allows feasible communication between the 2 entities directly through the app, and also allocates points for each successful donation, calculated based upon, distance, food weight, etc, and users can view monthly leaderboards to see how their social work stacks up against other users.
How we built it
The app was developed on Android Studio deployed on the Gradle Framework with 20,000+ Lines of code, in Java, Kotlin & XML. Various APIs such as the Google Maps & Places APIs were integrated into the app. The Backend data storage was built on Firebase and implemented FireStore, Firebase Realtime Database, Firebase User Authentication & Firebase ML.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Initially we were unsure whether we would be a able to complete the app & fully implement it in time for the submission. But at the end, everything turned out well, and we have a stunning video accompanying our completed product.
What's next for DonateAPlate
Since our app is theoretically scalable to all across the world, with virtually no constraints, we hope to implement this product around the world, starting with our Native Country India, following which we could expand it globally and hopefully bring about a major change in terms of reducing food wastage & solving the food insecurity problems amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Built With
android
android-studio
firebase
google-maps
java
kotlin
machine-learning
uikit | DonateAPlate | Are you Ready to take a Bite out of Hunger? | ['Chandrachud Gowda', 'Rohit Kanagal'] | [] | ['android', 'android-studio', 'firebase', 'google-maps', 'java', 'kotlin', 'machine-learning', 'uikit'] | 30 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/smart_hospital-t1ui2a | Covid Effect
network
home_view
Scan_report
Email_to_Patient
Game_on_free_time
Game_view
Dataset:
For the data analytics of COVID-19 pandemics, we used data collected by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering updated on 4/30/2020.
For the chest X-ray detection models, we used combined 2 sources of dataset:
1) The first source is the RSNA Pneumonia Detection Challenge dataset available on Kaggle contains several
deidentified CXRs with 2 class labels of pneumonia and normal.
2)The COVID-19 image data collection repository on GitHub is a growing collection of deidentified CXRs from
COVID-19 cases internationally. The data is collected by Joseph Paul Cohen and his fellow collaborators at the
University of Montreal
Eventually, our dataset consists of 5433 training data points, 624 validation data points and 16 test data points.
Inspiration
What will be working situation for medical staff in hospitals during and after the COVID-19 pandemic?How can we automate the process of COVID-19 diagnosis so precious time can be saved for both medical doctors and the patients? How can our solution for hospital later be scaled and implemented to be a essential tool for automating the daily operation at hospital even after the COVID-19 pandemics is over?
To answer these core questions, we did some background research to identify the main challenges in order to
develop the best solutions around those:
problems occur in the healthcare system during the pandemics are:
Long wait time for chest X-ray result during COVID-19 and after:
Fig : Current chest X-ray diagnosis vs. smart_hospital
Patients can first be screened for flu-like symptoms using nasal swap to confirm their COVID-19 status. After 14 days of quarantine for confirmed cases, the hospital draws the patient’s blood and takes the patient’s chest X-ray. Chest X-ray is a golden standard for physicians and radiologists to check for the infection caused by the virus. An x-ray imaging will allow your doctor to see your lungs, heart and blood vessels to help determine if you have pneumonia. When interpreting the x-ray, the radiologist will look for white spots in the lungs (called infiltrates) that identify an infection. This exam, together with other vital signs such as temperature, or flu-like symptoms, will also help doctors determine whether a patient is infected with COVID-19 or other pneumonia-related diseases. The standard procedure of pneumonia diagnosis involves a radiologist reviewing chest x-ray images and send the result report to a patient’s primary care physician (PCP), who then will discuss the results with the patient.
What it does
Using the power of pretrained machine learning models from open source, Smart_Hospital is created as a full-scaled AI tool for radiology clinics and hospitals. It can automate the process of security log-in, PPE safety check for medical staff and assist radiologists determine sign of COVID-19 on chest X-ray images with high accuracy indicates pneumonia. This tool of cutting edge technology can be used to reduce the workload for clinicians, and speed up patients’ wait time for pneumonia lab results in this critical time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
fig:Scan x-ray image
Smart_hospital Chest X-ray:
In the last step, the medical staff take patients’ chest X-ray images using the specialized machine and then upload the taken images to the database of web-app for testing for sign of COVID-19 infection or bacterial pneumonia. It is due to the fact that an AI system can review, highlight the pneumonia sign and classify each X-ray image all in less than 10 seconds (comparing the radiologist’s 20 minutes that we mentioned earlier), and it can do that same task effortlessly for 24 hours without taking a break. This time cut is especially critical in the time amid the pandemic of COVID-19. With this spreading rate, it will be overwhelming for radiologists to review a massive number of chest X-ray images of potential COVID-19 infected patients. With the assistance of CovidScan.ai, it can automatically highlight the suspected signs of pneumonia for the radiologists and speed up the process of chest X-ray review. Therefore, more COVID-19 positive-tested patients will get their result back faster and receive appropriate care sooner to prevent the spread of the virus.
fig:Message to patient through mail
Game for Free time
under game option on menu
First view:
second view:
How we built it
Chest X-ray Classification: For this feature, we developed a Pytorch model. This project’s goal is to draw class activation heatmaps on suspected signs of pneumonia and then classify chest x-ray images as “Pneumonia” or “Normal”. For this project, we are going to use a dataset available at Kaggle consisting of 5433 training data points, 624 validation data points and 16 test data points. C. For the model, we load the pre-trained Resnet-152 available from Torchvision for transfer learning. ResNet-152 provides the state-of-art feature extraction since it is trained on a big dataset of ImageNet. ResNet-152, as the name sounds, consists of 152 convolutional layers. Due to its very deep network, the layers are arranged in a series of Residual blocks. These Residual blocks skip connections to help prevent the vanishing gradients which are a common problem with networks with deep architecture like ours. Resnet also supports Global Average Pooling Layer which is essential for our attention layer later on. For the attention layer to draw the heatmap, we use the global average pooling layer proposed in Zhou et al. Global average pooling layer explicitly enables the convolutional neural network (CNN) to have remarkable localization ability. We achieve 97% accuracy on the training dataset and 80% on the testing dataset.
Technical Requirements:
The packages required for this project are as follows:
Torch (torch.nn, torch.optim, torchvision, torchvision.transforms)
Django
Numpy
Matplotlib
Scipy
PIL
Tensorflow
jQuery
Challenges we ran into
This is the first time we all were working with such project and creating endpoints of the pre-trained Pytorch model. we had a little problem of focus with certain cameras so we had to experiment with several webcams that we had available to find one that didn't require to focus.Due to poor web-cam it probably lack of resolution.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We manage to finish the project in such a limited time of 2 weeks in our free time from school and work. We still keep striving to submit on time while learning and developing at the same time. We are really satisfied and proud of our final product for the hackathon
What we learned
Through this project, we learn to implement a complicated image-recognition deep learning models. We also learn the deploying the models in web-app. This project can’t be done without the efforts and collaboration from a team with such diverse backgrounds in technical skills.
What's next for Smart_Hospital
In the next 2 months, our plan is:
1) We will partner with research lab to collect more dataset and find hospitals to test our solution. One of our memeber has published his newly collected dataset on this open-source github:
https://github.com/nihalnihalani/COVID19-Detection-using-X-ray-images-/
2) Regarding our R&D, we plan on improving the performance of the platform, preferably by reading more scientific literature on state-of-art deep learning models implemented for radiology.
3) We also plan to add the bound box around the suspected area of infection on top of the heatmap to make the output image more interpretable for the radiologists. We are working to implament the multilabeling model of COVID-CXR on our dataset to improve our application. This model is published by The Artificial Intelligence Research and Innovation Lab at the City of London's Information Technology Services division and has accuracy 0.92, precision 0.5, recall 0.875, auc 0.96.
4) In many pieces of literature, they mentioned developing the NLP model on radiology report with other structured variables such as age, race, gender, temperature... and integrating it with the computer vision model of chest X-ray to give the expert radiologist’s level of diagnosis. (Irvin et al., 2019; Mauro et al., 2019) We may try to implement that as we move further with the project in the future.
5) With the improved results, we will publish these findings and methodologies in a user-interface journal so that it can be reviewed by expert computer scientists and radiologists in the field.
6) Eventually, we will expand our classes to include more pneumonia-related diseases such as atelectasis, cardiomegaly, effusion, infiltration, etc. so that this platform can be widely used by the radiologists for general diagnosis even after the COVID-19 pandemics is over. Our end goal is to make this tool a scalable that can be used in all the radiology clinic across the globe, even in the rural area with limited access to the internet like those in Southeast Asia or Africa.
References:
Irvin, Jeremy & Rajpurkar, Pranav & Ko, Michael & Yu, Yifan & Ciurea-Ilcus, Silviana & Chute, Chris & Marklund, Henrik & Haghgoo, Behzad & Ball, Robyn & Shpanskaya, Katie & Seekins, Jayne & Mong, David & Halabi, Safwan & Sandberg, Jesse & Jones, Ricky & Larson, David & Langlotz, Curtis & Patel, Bhavik & Lungren, Matthew & Ng, Andrew. (2019). CheXpert: A Large Chest Radiograph Dataset with Uncertainty Labels and Expert Comparison.
Kent, J. (2019, September 30). Artificial Intelligence System Analyzes Chest X-Rays in 10 Seconds. Retrieved from
https://healthitanalytics.com/news/artificial-intelligence-system-analyzes-chest-x-rays-in-10-seconds
Lambert, J. (2020, March 11). What WHO calling the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic means. Retrieved from
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-outbreak-who-pandemic
Built With
django
matplotlib
numpy
python
pytoch
Try it out
gitlab.com | Smart_Hospital | Smart_Hospital is developed to be a secured AI platform with the purpose to assist radiologists with fast and accurate pneumonia dectection. | ['pradip Pandit', 'Ajaya Pandit'] | [] | ['django', 'matplotlib', 'numpy', 'python', 'pytoch'] | 31 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/shiprocket | ShipRocket-A3e6a
Inspiration
AUTOMATION
Automation is the creation and application of technologies to produce and deliver goods and services with minimal human intervention. The implementation of automation technologies, techniques and processes improve the efficiency, reliability, and/or speed of many tasks that were previously performed by humans.
In many manufacturing plants today, robotic assembly lines are progressively carrying out functions that humans used to do. The term ‘manufacturing’ refers to converting raw materials and components into finished goods, usually on a large scale in a factory.
Automation encompasses many key elements, systems, and job functions in virtually all industries. It is especially prevalent in manufacturing, transportation, facility operations, and utilities. Additionally, national defense systems are becoming increasingly automated.
Automation today exists in all functions within industry including integration, installation, procurement, maintenance, and even marketing and sales.
According to PC Magazine, automation by definition is:
“Replacing manual operations with electronics and computer-controlled devices. For example, ‘office automation’ replaced manual typewriters, filing cabinets and paper appointment books with computer applications.”
“Tape and disk libraries have been called ‘automation systems’ because robotic arms pick cartridges out of a stacker and move them to the drives.”
Artificial intelligence is gradually creeping into every aspect of our daily lives. Not only is it becoming more common in the workplace, but also in the home and even outdoors. Will it lead to a better quality of life and standard of living for humans, or a living hell?
Automation and the office environment
Over the past forty years, information technology has completely changed the office environment. Such functions as communication, documenting, correspondence, and filing have become fully automated. Offices today even feel and look completely different from what used to exist in the 1950s.
Apart from the huge difference in decibel levels, our offices today have much less furniture. Offices used to have loud typewriters, filing cabinets, and other furniture.
If we could travel in a time machine to the 1950s, the piles of paper would amaze us.
Automation in Car Plants
In the top image, I can see one human (yellow circle) and six cars. In the bottom picture, however, I can count six people working on just one car. Automation has dramatically changed manufacturing in car plants across the world. (Images: Today – autoalliance.org. 1920 – tchaunationalhistoryday.weebly.com)
The average office desk used to be full of materials and equipment. Examples included folders full of paper documents, calculators, phone books, staplers, diaries, and post-it-notes. There were also Filofaxes, sticky tape, pens, and even paper maps and atlases.
While some traditional office workers still keep a number of these items in their desks, technology, and automation have eliminated the need for most of them.
How many of us today use a map made of paper to find directions compared to thirty years ago? When you wanted to find somebody’s phone number, you had to look it up in a book. You could also telephone a service and talk to a human being. Today, however, we go online or talk to a robot programmed with voice-recognition software.
Automation and flexible working
Technology has shifted most office workers from a fixed 9-to-5 routine to flexible working. Thanks to the Internet, the Cloud, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, we can now work from anywhere. Not only can we work wherever we like, but also whenever we want to.
This flexibility means that people are now better able to manage their work-versus-life balance. However, we now have a new problem; we cannot switch off from work completely anymore.
Bank branches used to have lots of staff and customers in them. Today, fewer and fewer of us do our banking physically inside a branch. We do most of our banking either online or by talking to robots on the phone.
Even if we go into a branch, most of the now are full of machines and technology inside. These state-of-the-art machines allow us to complete our banking tasks. In fact, most of us could easily manage without ever having to meet a human banker face-to-face.
Automation - self driving cars
Professor Henrik Christensen, from the University of California San Diego’s Contextual Robotics Institute, believes that babies born today will never drive. Self-driving cars will be everywhere. He also predicts that a wave of companion robots will serve as health care, home companions, assistant robots, robotic pool cleaners, and many others. Some which are reviewed on Roger Corbinetti’s site.
Automation in the manufacturing environment
Manufacturing has undergone enormous changes over the past few decades. Employment in manufacturing in the advanced economies has declined considerably.
In 1996, fourteen percent of the US workforce worked in manufacturing, compared to just 8% today. That dramatic decline was in just two decades! Who knows what the percentage will be in two decades’ time!
Not all of those jobs have disappeared because of automation. Some jobs have shifted abroad to countries with cheaper labor costs. However, a sizable proportion of that loss has been due to automation.
ShipRocket-A3e6a, a product of Delta based C&P BAKING AND CATERING SERVICE LTD , is African first automated shipping software that aims to reduce e-commerce shipping to its bare bones. ... You can print bulk shipping labels and ship your products to in and around the world using a single Platform.
What inspired me of setting out this Project was as a result of my mom's health, this is my story? I lived in a typical village where there were no means of transportation, availability of water, lack of electricity. Habitat from my environment were all living in struggles that was 26yrs ago way back in 1994. My mom got ill and it became so severe that we had to sort for medication then the only pharmacy shop was located in a far away distance and no means of transport there. My relation happens to live in the city and he was the only one that could deliver the prescribed drugs to us but no means of transportation to our village. We had no choice than to make use of local made herbs to cure the ailment. It wasn't easy but with prayers my mom recovered.
An idea of creating a platform that can enable people print bulk shipping labels and ship your products to in and around the world using a single platform.
What it does
How do you ship using Shiprocket?
The Shiprocket platform is hassle free and simple to use!
Choose your shipment. Import all your orders with automated channel sync and select the shipment.
Select courier partner. Based on your requirement select a courier partner.
Pack and ship. Pack your orders, print labels and hand it over to the courier partner.
Track.
The most accurate way to find out when your order will arrive is to track your package.
...
Track your order with a tracking number
Open your Google Store order history.
Find the order you want to track.
Click Order details.
Click Track it.
Shipping Bill or Freight Bill is the invoice raised by Shiprocket for all the shipped orders from your account. This invoice is raised every 2nd and 4th week of the month. It contains all the details of your shipments such as shipping date, courier partner etc.
To accept return on your products:
Go to "Returns" from the left menu and click on "All Return Orders"
To see your return requests, click on the "Return Requested" button
Now, click on "Accept" to proceed with the return request
To initiate your return order, go to "All Return Order" tab
Next, select your preferred courier partner to arrange pickup for your order
Finally, generate pickup for your order
To cancel return on your products:
If you do not want to accept the return on your products, simply click on the "cancel" button to reject the return request.
Next, share a reason for the cancellation. The same reason will be shared with your buyer.
Finally, click on "Yes, Cancel Request" to submit your reason.
USING THE SHIPROCKET PANEL
Login to the ShipRocket panel.
Goto Settings – Channels.
Click on “Add New Channel” Button.
Click on WooCommerce -> Integrate.
Enter the store URL.
Click on 'Connect to Woocommerce'.
The Green Icon indicates that the channel has been successfully configured. Congratulations!
Editing an Order
Once an order is created or fetched from any channel into Shiprocket Account , you can click on the Order ID and get into the Orders Detailed Page. You can edit the following parameters in an Order:
Customer Shipping Address.
Shipment Details (Dimension and Weight)
The tracking ID is a string like UA-000000-2. It must be included in your tracking code to tell Analytics which account and property to send data to
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1 Shiprocket for COD orders
1.1 Location-based COD
1.2 Verification of COD order
2 Shiprocket For Processing COD/Prepaid Orders
2.1 Choosing a Shipping Company
2.2 Generating AWB number
2.3 Scheduling Pick up
2.4 Getting Shipping Manifest
2.5 Order Status
3 Shiprocket Salient Features
Shiprocket for COD orders
Location-based COD
At the time of placing a COD order when the customer puts her delivery pin code, Shiprocket runs a check through its serviceable pin-codes to check whether the same is available via any courier company or not. It accordingly hides or reveals the COD as a payment option. In case, the selected pin code is not serviceable for COD orders by any of the impanelled courier companies, only pre-paid payment options are allowed to be selected by the client.
Verification of COD order
When a customer places a COD order, a verification code is generated and sent as an SMS to the mobile number provided by the customer for verification. This functionality helps in segregating the unwanted or fake COD orders the store receives. Don’t worry, even if the COD verification fails due to any reason the order does not get cancelled or lost – it comes to your order panel with a pending verification status.
Shiprocket For Processing COD/Prepaid Orders
Choosing a Shipping Company
This is where the real magic starts. When you get the order in your order panel you simply need to click on the order, mark it shipped. The system automatically spits out the weight of the shipment. If volumetric weight is applicable, provide the volumetric weight and accordingly Shiprocket suggests the cheapest courier company providing COD or non-COD shipping services to that location. If one wishes, they can also manually overwrite in the shiprocket system and select other option courier company or also manually enter the carriers name and the Air Way Bill number if any.
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Generating AWB number
Once a courier company is selected, Shiprocket automatically generates the AWB number and shows it on the screen. At the same time, the AWB number gets allocated to the respective order, gets populated as the barcode on the Shipping label and the invoice. The merchant can then take a print bulk or one at a time- stick the shipping label on the box and insert the invoice inside the box.
SCHEDULING PICK UP
Ensuring same day pick-up by courier companies, we have built a unique functionality of automatic pick up generation in Shiprocket.
It takes just a click of a button for carriers such as Fedex, Bluedart, Aramex and 13+ other courier partners to get information about the order, location of pick up, value of the order, weight and size of the shipment. As soon as they receive these details, a notification prompt for pick-up reaches the carrier.
Getting Shipping Manifest
Manifest is the last and most important step of shipping your orders. When the pick up executive from the courier company visits your warehouse to pick up the order, you can generate a copy of the shipping manifest which contains details including the order numbers, AWB numbers, product details etc. The manifest then needs to be signed by the executive. This is your physical proof of shipment which is then handed over to the courier company.
Order Status
Post the hand-over to the courier company, the order statuses automatically change from “Ready to Ship” to “Shipped” to finally “Delivered” in your Shiprocket panel. At every status update a system generated SMS and Email is sent to the customer – keeping ordering experience WOW and giving that professional sense to the customer.
Shiprocket Salient Features
Start shipping the day you go live
No minimum slab on the number of shipments
Invoice and Shipping formats as per the courier company and government agencies’ standard
Integrated with over 8 domestic courier companies, several local and ecommerce specific logistics partners are soon to get empanelled
Also, manage your eBay and Amazon orders
Certified logistics serve by Amazon India
Integrated with FedEx, Aramex and DHL international to support your international orders
Largest network, serving over 26000+ pre-paid and COD pincodes.
Ship your COD orders too, we will collect your COD and reimburse the same to you
International Ready: IP based pricing, fixed or dynamic currency conversions.
Transactional SMS and email integrated
One panel to view all order statuses by the customer.
Bulk Order Export
All the shipping history is saved on your panel for future reference
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Order Cancellation After Courier/label assigning:
After an order is labelled i.e a courier is assigned to the order, and you wish to cancel the order, then the same can be done from order internal page. By clicking the cancel button on the top right of the screen.
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Despite these advances, there are certain skills to which humans will be better suited than machines for some time to come and the question is how to achieve the best combination of human and robot skills. The advantages of robotics include heavy-duty jobs with precision and repeatability, whereas the advantages of humans include creativity, decision-making, flexibility, and adaptability. This need to combine optimal skills has resulted in collaborative robots and humans sharing a common workspace more closely and led to the development of new approaches and standards to guarantee the safety of the "man-robot merger". Some European countries are including robotics in their national programmes and trying to promote a safe and flexible co-operation between robots and operators to achieve better productivity. For example, the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) organises annual workshops on the topic "human-robot collaboration".
We are approaching a time when machines will be able to outperform humans at almost any task. I believe that society needs to confront this question before it is upon us: If machines are capable of doing almost any work humans can do, what will humans do?”
Our schools must restructure their curricula so that pupils get better training in math, engineering, technology, and science. There is a growing need for workers with *STEM skills as software developers, systems analysts, biomedical engineers, and some other fields.
Bill Gates automation quote
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, investor, author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen, which became the largest PC software company in the world. Since 1995, he has been rated by Forbes as the richest person in the world on many occasions.
Robotics is an interdisciplinary research area at the interface of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design intelligent machines that can help and assist humans in their day-to-day lives and keep everyone safe. Robotics draws on the achievement of information engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and others.
Challenges we ran into
It costed lots of funds and time spent in the course of this lucrative project.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
ShipRocket is my leading work piece as at 6yrs of technological and scientific researched.
Shiprocket will offers 26000+ serviceable pin codes in African and spread across over 220 countries abroad. Now access every corner of the world to deliver your orders hassle free!
What we learned
We learnt so much in the process and much more innovative ideas are pumping out of the mind. You must take risk to succeed!
What's next for ShipRocket
Well, having achieved this it will be of great privilege to showcase my work to the world and see positive ways it can create employment opportunities for the society.
Built With
c++
erlang
google-app-engine
google-apps-script
google-gears
html5
javascript
microsoft-band
powerpoint
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github.com | ShipRocket-A3e6a & Robocop Messenger | You can print bulk shipping labels and ship your products to in and around the world using a single platform. | ['Jessica Simmons', 'Torry Ormond', 'Prosper Fegiro', 'Craig Jeff', 'Barrack Prosper Oghenefejiro'] | [] | ['c++', 'erlang', 'google-app-engine', 'google-apps-script', 'google-gears', 'html5', 'javascript', 'microsoft-band', 'powerpoint'] | 32 |
10,120 | https://devpost.com/software/patient-health-history-record-system-uxkage | Hello All!
I work at Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil, state of Rio de Janeiro. We have developed a project for the public health area that aims to serve the poorest population. The project deals with the management of historical patient data. The idea is to develop a Data Lake (a repository of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data) that stores patient data. The advantage of Data Lake is that it is possible to associate with structured data (an existing database), unstructured data such as exam images, etc. In addition, it is possible to apply machine learning techniques to this data. It is a data integration environment without all the cost of multidimensional databases such as Data Warehouses and Data Marts. From that Data Lake, the plan is to develop a system that is able to manage / query the data. In short, an updated, reliable, secure and managed database with data and information by patients and their doctors. The use of Data Lake technology means that this project can be used anywhere in the world in the same way. Finally, we can use public health in disease control in a coordinated way worldwide and directly help those who need it most in times of pandemic, in addition to being able to project future disease outbreaks through artificial intelligence and mathematical projection models. we seek agreements with government universities interested in exchange. My linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-alexandro-acha-gomes-415b00198/
Best Regards
Alexandro Acha
Built With
blockchain
datalake
flutter
mysql
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github.com | Patient Health History Record System | We have developed a project for the public health area that aims to serve the poorest population and use public health in disease control in addition to being able to project future disease. | ['Jose Alexandro Acha Gomes'] | [] | ['blockchain', 'datalake', 'flutter', 'mysql'] | 33 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/openaba | Inspiration
OpenABA was developed to support a close friend who found herself poorly equipped for the work of delivering care during the COVID pandemic.
Preliminaries
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the leading discipline among therapies for childhood autism. As the most data- and research-driven form of therapy for autism, its popularity has grown steadily and is widely used by both care-provider agencies and special educations programs in schools. Tooling in this space has been limited and at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, best practices shared in professional forums often pointed to Zoom screenshares of Microsoft Paint windows, which suffered from latency and responsiveness issues between the therapist and client.
ABA sessions typically consist of a variety of activities designed to develop verbal and reasoning skills, and are guided via a trained therapist. Trained providers are usually either a registered behavior technician (RBT), or a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA), the latter of which requires a relevant master's degree or more. The provider(s) plans activities (also called "targets"), evaluates client responses, and delivers intermittent rewards (called "reinforcers").
Controls on tooling in this increasingly specialized field vary by payer and state: though some states and insurance companies have relaxed requirements on diligence on HIPAA compliance, many states still have strict HIPAA-alignment on tools enabling services via telelealth, requiring a business associate agreement (BAA) between providers seeking reimbursement and said provider's software vendors.
What it does
OpenABA allows therapists to deliver services to their clients remotely. In particular, we provide tools to providers for realtime interaction in specially designed activities, activity design and creation, gamification customization (according to the learning plan designed for the child), low-latency, private videochat, and report generation.
How I built it
OpenABA is built with Next.js and a GraphQL API gateway in the backend. Supporting services include a WebRTC messaging service, STUN and TURN servers, and a media integration with Google Drive.
Challenges I ran into
Our biggest challenge was and has been in meeting HIPAA compliance and providing guarantees thereof in a BAA. As described above, this BAA prevents many users from adopting it for clients whose services are paid for by state health insurance.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We're proudest of the work we do for our users, one of which described OpenABA as "the best software I have used in my career". ABA professionals from the Philippines and Ireland have sought access (for whom we specially expanded our SMS authentication reach). As of the writing of this README, what started with three posts on a beta supporting 40-some users from the Telehealth in ABA Facebook forum has grown to nearly 200 users 100% organically, and special educators and private therapists both have reached out for assistance in adoption into their HIPAA-compliant workflows.
What I learned
Content-wise, our learnings were largely in the variety of activities ABA professionals use with their clients as we fine-tuned our product to simplify and specialize with delivering ABA services. Technically, our gained experience in improving WebRTC videochat capabilities via STUN- and TURN- servers.
What's next for OpenABA
We are building HIPAA-controls and expanding organizational support so that OpenABA can serve users who require HIPAA-aligned business associate agreements covering PHI.
Built With
express.js
graphql
next.js
node.js
react
Try it out
openaba.com | OpenABA | Simple, effective teletherapy tools for childhood autism practitioners | ['Krystal Guzman', 'Harley Lang', 'Leiming Cai', 'Yuan Wang', 'Alex Luo'] | ['Demo Day Presenter'] | ['express.js', 'graphql', 'next.js', 'node.js', 'react'] | 0 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/carecards-the-easiest-way-to-know-how-you-feel | What you feel matters
Inspiration
My sister had dyslexia when we were young, which also came in between when she wanted to seek psychological help for additional problems that she was going through. We went to the clinic, where my sister was asked to fill in the questionnaire. A child who couldn't even read or write properly was put in a spot to do something so stressful. This incidence has carved me inside out and I decided at a very young age that this needs to be changed. I studied Psychology and Neuroscience and sought for the solution. Until one day when I met my co-founder who has a deep interest in video-games. With our combined interest, we came up with a model where we tried to transform the self-reported psychological test with an easy, intuitive, and accessible solution of gamification.
What it does
We transform the traditional way of self-reported psychological testing by providing easy, intuitive, accessible, and engaging gamification solutions. This gamification environment will encourage people to be more willing to answer honestly and accurately compared to the clinic or a lab setting. By combining gamification and UX design, we provide an integrated experience that accommodates the needs of everyone. We also provide additional follow up resources to create mental health awareness and literacy.
How we built it
The game consists of a deck of cards where each card has a personalized graphical translation of the test question for a sensitive resonation with the user’s current state of mind. The user needs to select each card and drag that to the game board, which represents the set of possible options of answers. The game is over when all the cards are played. Then the user gets the results of the test based on selected options in an easy and sympathetic language for better understanding. We also provide follow up services such as finding the nearest therapist or more information on the related psychological condition, and next steps.
Accessibility is the key to our product, and we have achieved it by providing transparent information on the psychological tests in different languages with the user-friendly tutorial and results of the test. The card game is designed for the most common screen sizes, removing any barriers that electronic devices can introduce. We customized our card game and services using laws of 5E of usability for different age groups, languages, and other diverse aspects of the primary user or the proxy.
Challenges we ran into
Breaking through the glass ceiling is always difficult for creative minds. Digital acceptance of healthcare was the biggest barrier we were facing, however, the current pandemic proved the importance of shattering digital barriers and helped us uplift.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The Idea was awarded in the best in the “best innovation” category at a hackathon by WIG2 Institute
The innovation which is for everyone
Our first working prototype
Recruiting and retaining great talent with no money
Testing and Validation of the solution
What we learned
Mental Health always comes at a cost of collateral damage, thus if it is not detected in an early stage then it has a long-lasting impact, not only on the affected person but on his family, social environment and society.
There is a massive need to revolutionize the mental health space and how we talk about it. We need to make mental wellbeing accessible for everyone with easy, intuitive, and accessible solutions if we are thriving for a better future.
This is what motivates us to pursue our mission of creating an innovation which is accessible and engaging self-assessed mental health care solution.
What's next for CareCards - The Easiest Way To Know How You Feel
Our next milestones are:
Test validation in different scenarios (e.g. schools and educational institutions, at home, in clinic, research institutes..)
Clinical evaluation of the test and reliability measurement.
Connecting the test experience with follow up resources - for example partnerships with experts and service which support mental wellbeing.
Implementation of the most relevant tests for society.
Creating a comprehensive, intuitive and easy experience for the user from the beginning to the end.
Finding partners which are interested in supporting mental health for their customers, employees or individuals to implement our solution.
Built With
ember.js
ruby-on-rails
Try it out
care-cards.io | CareCards | The Easiest Way To Know How You Feel | ['Alberto Hernández Cerezo', 'Dr. Krutika Gohil', 'Johanna Klinger'] | ['Demo Day Presenter'] | ['ember.js', 'ruby-on-rails'] | 1 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/big-mini | The homepage of the Big & Mini website
The login page of the Big & Mini website
Viewing individual meetings on the Big & Mini mobile app
Screenshots of the Big & Mini app's homepage, chat, and group page.
Inspiration
In early April, the world changed. The COVID-19 crisis completely transformed the ways we spent time with others and learned. We felt helpless sitting at home, not being able to go out and physically volunteer, donate, or do anything to help remedy the situation. But, we were optimistic. Having volunteered at nursing homes when we were younger, we had developed a deeply rooted fondness for the stories and bits of wisdom seniors were ever-willing to share. Also, we knew that if we were feeling lonely and isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was likely much worse for them. Meanwhile, we craved their advice and wisdom, hoping for a mentor amidst the uncertainty. From these two observations, we created Big & Mini, a platform connecting young adults and seniors to create new connections and learning opportunities for both parties. Not only did this help us find a way to make a difference during an unprecedented time, but it also gave others who may have had the same restlessness and urge to help a way to do good from their own home at any time. Although our idea was born of the COVID-19 crisis, its potential for good extends long beyond the constraints of the pandemic.
What it does
Big & Mini is a platform that creates meaningful, authentic connections that link generations together virtually to share stories and combat loneliness. Through dynamic group activities and one-on-one matches between seniors (Bigs) and young adults (Minis), we create a community working together to spread wisdom, end social isolation, and make the world a little better.
Imagine sitting at home, unable to leave the house even for groceries, with virtually nobody to talk to or help with daily tasks. For many seniors, this situation is a reality, with the percent who feel socially isolated topping 40% (over 12.5 million in the US). COVID-19 has had devastating effects on their ability to stay connected and find resources while wreaking havoc on their ability to communicate with others.
On the flip side, the lives of over 30 million younger adults have been turned upside down. Instead of continuing to thrive within their jobs or school environments, they’re trying to find new employment, transition to new learning environments, and succeed without the guidance of traditional mentors. With no one to turn to for advice, having someone to help them get through this difficult time is invaluable.
Big & Mini seeks to provide this missing connection, regardless of background or geographical location. By pairing seniors with young adults through video and phone calls, Big & Mini combats the loneliness exacerbated by COVID-19 while providing mentorship and resources to both parties. We match seniors with young adults based on mutual interests and similar goals and provide a virtual resource packet to both parties, ensuring that there is already a connection and pre-built avenues for advice-giving and receiving.
Existing services helping with this problem are incredibly localized and only help a small fraction of isolated individuals. Big & Mini is a platform that is accessible everywhere and simple to use, ensuring that everyone is able to get connection and mentorship during this trying time. Additionally, our inclusion of group events foster a sense of community and connection on a larger scale, showing our users that we value their input and helping them find many different people to connect to. The matches we create end up becoming an integral relationship for both the Bigs and Minis, making our platform the first of its kind to create true, lasting connections that span borders between generations. In a nutshell, we build community while boosting the mental well-being of vulnerable senior and youth populations.
Currently, the Big & Mini platform is established (bigandmini.org) and has already benefited over 500 individuals. However, in order to grow our platform further, we need mentorship and funding. With the support of more mentors, we hope to gain advice on how to maximize our social impact and better reach the more vulnerable populations of nursing home residents and at-risk youth. Additionally, we hope that we’ll be able to hear different ideas about how we can achieve sustainability and make this platform a forever resource for anyone wanting connection or advice. Finally, we’ll be able to offset our software costs that have thus far been supported mainly by our own money and continue to form partnerships with organizations that can help us spread our mission.
How we built it
Our journey began with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and a Google Form. Way back in April, we created a simple website with a google form sign up, hoping that we would be able to help a handful of people and bring a bit about a bit more togetherness. However, within a few days, we saw a barrage of sign-ups and knew we had created something meaningful. As sign-ups continued rolling in, we realized we needed a more robust system that allowed us to grow and make as many matches as possible. Thus, we reevaluated. After talking to our current users and listening to their reasons for joining, we incorporated interest-based matching, individualized dashboards for every Big and Mini, and a weekly newsletter with updates from our team and positive messages and activities. We replaced the google form system with an official signup and login system with Amazon Cognito and hooked up DynamoDB for the backend. Finally, we switched our website over to React to create faster loading times and a cleaner, overall easier to use the website.
As a group of college students, we also realized that in order to help as many people as possible, we needed to reach out to mentors within our community to advise us on how we could maximize the platform’s safety and value. We started small and within our own community, contacting advisors who worked with older adults in our college itself. From there, we branched out to several aging organizations, having their directors try out our service and forming solidified partnerships that helped us find Bigs and Minis who would benefit from our service. Over time, as our users began sharing us on their own platforms and talking about their Bigs and Minis, people began reaching out to us, asking to incorporate our platform into their organizations or sign their friends up. Eventually, we recruited some of our most passionate Bigs and Minis to join our team and brought on a few experts to help us in our journey.
As we grew, we decided we wanted to enhance the community that our platform provided to provide connections beyond just the singular Big & Mini pair. Thus, we implemented group activities and socials. Through this aspect of the platform, we were able to host weekly get-togethers in which Bigs and Minis interacted and conversed in larger settings. From activities like Scattergories to speed friending, these activities provided an easy way to experience the group social connection that quarantine had rendered difficult to find. Additionally, this gave care homes an easy way to get their seniors engaged, as all residents needed to participate was a phone and a smile.
Another way we decided to increase connection was through a chat feature that allowed Bigs and Minis to communicate whenever they wanted safely. To make the chat, we utilized Twilio’s programmable chat feature and created channels for each Big & Mini pair. This chat feature immediately became a heavily used feature, with Bigs and Minis sharing everything from daily occurrences to recipes and book recommendations.
Over the course of this hackathon, we worked on developing an app that would make our platform even more accessible. When conducting user interviews, we realized that many of our users were joining from tablets and smartphones, making the website somewhat difficult inconvenient to use. Thus, in order to increase our platform’s audience and ease of use, we worked on developing an app that offered the same features as our website in a simplified format better suited to older audiences. In order to build the app, we use React Native.
Challenges we ran into
The biggest difficulty we’ve faced is our lack of connections with people in the aging industry. As engineering majors in college, finding mentors with experience working with seniors has been a bit difficult. Thus far, we’ve been using the power of our mission and story to reach out to people that we think our platform would provide value to and inspire others to join. We’ve worked hard to develop every connection we have, spending hours making countless cold emails and calls, talking to users, and applying for grants. Additionally, the mentors that this Hackathon was able to connect us with were incredibly helpful and allowed us to clearly see our next steps. However, as students who are constantly learning and growing from this process, having others on board to help guide us and help our platform have an even larger social impact remains incredibly important.
Another challenge we’ve faced is balancing our ratio of Bigs to Minis. As college students, most of the people we see and interact with regularly are college students. Our normal communication channels, such as social media, have a younger audience. Thus, getting information about Big & Mini to Bigs has been somewhat difficult and our ratio of Bigs to Minis has always leaned more towards the Mini side. We’ve tried to counter this by reaching out to several aging organizations and focusing on using print media to help spread our message. However, finding a steady stream of Bigs remains one of our challenges. To counter this, we are in the process of developing a platform within Big & Mini that is specifically designed for senior living communities (e.g. master dashboard for supervisor to track resident matches and comments from Minis to share with the resident’s family, simplified sign-up process, tailored and fully-planned group activities for all residents, etc.). We are also constantly working with aging organizations to formulate partnerships and further grow our platform. We hope that through these measures, we can even the ratio and make Big & Mini as helpful as possible.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
First and foremost, our greatest accomplishment has been the positive impact we’ve been able to see among our users. We still remember the first email we got from one of our Bigs stating how much she loved meeting her Mini and how it was the most fun she had had all year. Since then, we’ve received countless other emails and phone calls telling us about the stories they’ve shared with their matches and thanking us for the platform. Just yesterday, we received a video from a Big and Mini talking about how the relationship they had formed was akin to a granddaughter-grandmother pair. These moments, these thoughts, and these words are what make Big & Mini so worth it.
In terms of more tangible accomplishments, we have over 500 users currently on our platform and a churn rate of under 10%. Over 95% of our matched users strongly agree that Big & Mini has made a large positive impact on how happy and connected they feel on a regular basis and 100% believe that their match is someone they will form a lasting friendship with.
We’ve also seen significant media coverage, with a segment in the TODAY Show coming up this week and features in The Houston Chronicle, Parade Magazine, SoulPancake, and over 20 other news outlets. Finally, we’re the youngest team (in both company age and our age) to be accepted into the Blackstone Launchpad and Techstars Startup Fellowship and have raised over $5,000 in grassroots donations.
Our final accomplishment that we’re incredibly proud of is our drive and passion for creating social good within a difficult time. Surprising even ourselves, we’ve worked countless days and nights to make Big & Mini a success and learned the basics of running a successful social impact venture along the way. We’ve never lost our relentless passion to make the world a better place and brought joy to several people’s lives, something that will forever remain our biggest accomplishment.
What we learned
The entire process of creating and bringing Big & Mini to life has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Whether it be developing a business model, forming partnerships, or creating a matching algorithm, we’ve truly learned so much.
From an entrepreneurial standpoint, this project has taught us how to scale a platform, measure key metrics, and optimize the value we provide to both parties. Starting out, we had little experience bringing a successful company to life and knew that we needed to find mentors to guide us as we grew our platform and developed a business model. So, we cold emailed several people within our college who worked with older adults on a regular basis and were willing to provide us with mentorship and resources. After making these connections, we were able to use warm introductions to get in contact with aging organizations that had regular contact with the groups we were targeting. Through this initial outreach period, we learned the value that mentors and connections brought to an organization trying to grow and were able to create a more concrete plan for how we wanted to make BIg & Mini a sustainable venture. Additionally, we learned basic and senior specific UI/UX to make our website as clean and easy to use as possible and what metrics we needed to measure in order to make sure our impact was positive. We also learned how to create meaningful partnerships, develop a concrete business model that allowed for sustainability, and maintain our existing user base.
When it comes to the technical side of things, we’ve learned how to use various facets of Amazon Web Services, including DynamoDB to store information about our users, Cognito for user authentication, and Node.js Lambda functions to access all these resources securely. Aside from AWS, we learned Next.js from building our website and React Native from building our mobile app. While these technologies describe the fundamental backend and frontend frameworks of the site, we also expanded on the frame using multiple Twilio services, including Programmable Chat and Sendgrid. In addition to web programming, this project developed our skills in algorithms, as we had to come up with an algorithm to match people based on availability and interests, using a weighted graph.
What's next for Big & Mini
Our next focus is to bring Big & Mini to senior living communities, environments that are especially vulnerable currently due to the heightened risk COVID presents and lower levels of outside connection many residents experience. Thus far, our Bigs have mainly been from independent living situations as our platform is better adapted for those who have the technology. We want to create a modified signup flow that would make it easier for organizations to sign up and track the progress of many residents. With this system, groups could track their participant’s engagement in Big & Mini activities and overall satisfaction while efficiently signing up hundreds of users.
In addition to adapting our current platform for senior living communities and other organizations, we plan to expand our platform to make it more accessible; while the mobile app will certainly allow us to reach a larger community of Bigs and Minis, other features, like integrated video calling, real-time translation, or a version of the app with a simplified visual interface, could help us reach people with all levels of technology experience.
Finally, looking into how we can increase the pool of potential users is important. We’ve come across matches where either a Big or Mini has really poor internet connection which prevents them from video calling. Also, tech training and lack of technology is a potential problem for Big & Mini to consider in the future, whether by working with other organizations or funding our own solutions.
Looking into the future, we expect to have thousands of users by the end of the summer, tens of thousands by 2021, and even more in the years to come. We believe that having someone to talk to makes all the difference. As such, we will do everything we can to advance our mission and help as many people as possible.
Media Coverage
SoulPancake
,
Houston Chronicle
,
Parade Magazine
,
Austin Chronicle
,
Techstars
,
FOX News
,
Spectrum News
Built With
amazon-cognito
amazon-dynamodb
amazon-lambda
amazon-web-services
bootstrap
css
github
html
javascript
nextjs
node.js
react
react-native
serverless
twilio
vercel
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bigandmini.org | Big & Mini | Big & Mini connects older and younger people for virtual conversations. | ['Allen Zhou', 'Anthony Zhou', 'Aditi Merchant'] | ['Demo Day Presenter'] | ['amazon-cognito', 'amazon-dynamodb', 'amazon-lambda', 'amazon-web-services', 'bootstrap', 'css', 'github', 'html', 'javascript', 'nextjs', 'node.js', 'react', 'react-native', 'serverless', 'twilio', 'vercel'] | 2 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/shocktalk | Culture as Treatment and Prevention
ShockTalk Crisis Response Dashboard
ShockTalk Connector Verification
ShockTalk Video Session with Provider
ShockTalk Chat
ORIGIN.
The Shakori people still recognize the Carolinas by their original Siouan name, Chicora. As co-founder Austin Serio became more active within the Chicoran Shakori Nation of South Carolina, he embarked on a collaborative historic, linguistic, and cultural revival research project. Dissatisfied with the slapdash collaboration patchwork of social media, google apps, messaging apps, and video chat apps Austin knew there had to be a better way. Having designed and coded many apps and websites since the age of 12, Austin's brain began to whirl away at dismantling barriers to research, collaboration, and social connection.
COLLISION.
Two weeks after graduating from NYU Gallatin in the Spring of 2019, Austin raced off to work on Wall Street. Standing on the escalator, he watched as financiers scuttled out of Bowling Green Station. It didn't seem likely they knew they were on the land of an ancient Lenape village in Mannahatta. Exiting Bowling Green Station, Austin bumped into River Tarpley of the Tuscarora Nation. River also identifies as Sissipahaw and Tslagi.
From Austin's interaction with River, it is now known some Sissipahaw remained on the Haw and Neuse Rivers alongside the Tuscarora before their migration. Had there been a social media platform which was built to connect peoples, nations, and land, such an interaction would have happened long ago.
SPARK.
ShockTalk was born on Indigenous Peoples Day 2019, after co-founders Austin Serio and Sutton King realized they had both encountered similar challenges as Urban Natives connecting with their respective Indigenous Nations. Coming from a Global Public Health background, co-founder Sutton was concerned about connecting natives with local community resources indigenous health, work, community, and other local non-profit organizations. Together, we both agreed that there was a much more effective way to go about sowing together a place-based network of peoples, nations, and organizations.
It was unquestionable that we needed to use digital tools more effective to foster place-based connections
DISRUPTION.
Conversations like the ones between Austin, River, and Sutton harken back to an older tradition shared across Indian Country, the tradition of oral storytelling. Like many other nations who have faced the challenges of Settler Colonialism and land theft, the Shakori Nation and all of its respective bands have been pronounced as "extinct", a convenient conclusion by groups whose power appears threatened by an Indigenous presence. It is within the interest of the powerful to maintain the current social structures, which are intentionally designed to prohibit the conversations that can strengthen, heal, and grow Indigenous Nations.
True disruption isn't forcibly changing the lives of workers. True disruption is the upending of oppression.
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austinserio426901.invisionapp.com | ShockTalk | Culture as Prevention and Treatment | ['Austin Serio'] | ['Honorable Mentions'] | [] | 3 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/calm-on-2-0 | Home Screens
Flynn Screens
Aurora Screens
Inspiration
During COVID-19, we noticed an increase in online gaming with youth & young adults as well as an increase of negative mental health effects. Angela’s inspiration for the app stemmed from looking for a way to promote children’s mental health awareness through gaming. As a team, we wanted to communicate mental health strategies and mindful thinking in a way that was fun and easy to digest for the young audience.
What it does
The app aims to create a fun and interactive experience that can help youths (6-11) learn more about their feelings and mental health through different ACT/CBT techniques. It also includes an integrative AI chatbot function that allows users to freely express their thoughts. We feel that the production of this app would prove valuable for the youth during these times as it addresses the mental distress that children, who may not necessarily have an outlet, are feeling. We’re striving to do this through interactively educating the children on healthy coping techniques as well as maintaining a daily schedule to attain a sense of stability in these challenging times.
How we built it
Design:
The prototype was assembled in Figma. Designs were backed by user research, competitive analysis, and interviews with mental health experts, behavioral psychologists, and therapists.
Development:
Our developers' team used React Native as the primary framework for building this app. We split the app into different features and assigned each developer a feature to work on, these features were login/signup, user authentication, character selection, chat, and storytime. In the end, we combined all the features through Github repo. For backend, we are using MongoDB to store user login/signup data.
Challenges we ran into
Design:
Recruiting users and conducting user interviews in the time of Coronavirus was a unique challenge we've struggled with in the past. Figuring out how to find participants in our specified age range took a lot of recruiting and networking.
Development:
One of the challenges that the developers' team faced was the unfamiliarity with React Native. Although all of us had experience with React, it took time to understand React Native and how to fully utilize it.
Illustration:
Although we have a bigger team for our second hackathon, that came with its own challenges as well. One of the challenges is managing people from various time zones, which can be tough to coordinate a meeting that all can be available.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Design:
Going out of our way and connecting with all types of mentors and subject matter experts was integral to our design process. They were able to provide us with tips, techniques, and leads that were enormously beneficial and insightful when we needed to validate the effectiveness of our designs.
Illustration:
We were able to make the app much livelier, especially for our young users to keep them interested and engaged. One of our characters had a variety of facial expressions this time, and there were more movements and animations onto the props of the app.
Proud of the hard work everyone put forth for the creation of this app in such a short period of time!
What we learned
Development:
We learned that team collaboration and communication is what makes this journey enjoyable and successful!
Design:
Going out of our way and connecting with all types of mentors and subject matter experts was integral to our design process. They were able to provide us with tips, techniques, and leads that were enormously beneficial and insightful when we needed to validate the effectiveness of our designs.
Illustration:
Having more people onto the team provided more insights we didn’t know about, especially for our art division. Some of our illustrators gave suggestions we would not have thought of on our own, especially those with more expertise in the field.
What's next for Calm On! 2.0
Going forward, more user testing will be conducted on our designs and prototype in order to iterate and improve upon what we have so far. We would like to do a deeper exploration into the gamification of the app in order to encourage players to come back and check in often with the incentive of in-game rewards and customization. With more support, we will continue adding more character animations, mindfulness techniques, storylines, and other content in order to keep the app informative and exciting as time goes on. We will also look into the ways artificial intelligence could enhance the personalities and dialogue options of our characters. Though this app was designed with the intention that the children could use it by themselves or with a parent, we hope to potentially partner with therapists in the future in order to provide more personalized therapy experiences for their younger clients.
Built With
express.js
mongodb
react-native
Try it out
www.youtube.com | Calm On! 2.0 | A fun, interactive game for kids (ages 6-11) to learn about emotional intelligence and mental health. | ['Peter Hsiao', 'Akif Saifi', 'Farrah Wong', 'Srujana Munamala', 'Jack Zhen', 'Andrew James Lopez', 'Akanksha Bhatia', 'Moksh Nirvaan', 'Brianni Williams', 'Luis Trujillo', 'Gabriel Marquez', 'Clifford Yan', 'Jacqueline Louie', 'Linh Ngo', 'Tiffany C'] | ['Honorable Mentions'] | ['express.js', 'mongodb', 'react-native'] | 4 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/afya-bora | After spending more than 3 hours and 20 minutes to get my healthcare support - I left the hospital with more than 55 patients waiting to consult a doctor, get body diagnosis and prescribed medication or emergency response. Unfortunately, this situation is affecting pregnant mothers, children and old people because they are the most vulnerable group that has been hit most by the effects of COVID-19 and beyond.
When patients congest in hospitals or pharmacy, it is more likely to ferocious accelerate the spread emerging pandemic diseases such as COVID-19 and Hepatitis C because the patients are siting close to each other (no social distancing) while others are coughing and touching the chairs and doors to the toilets.
This particular problem will spread COVID-19 to over 15 million patients in Tanzania and 210 million patients in Africa who visit healthcare service providers every year. And as a result, more than 890,000 patients especially women, mothers and child die each year because of late treatment and attending as well as lack of reliable and affordable digital financial services.
The healthcare system in Tanzania and Africa as a whole is still slacking behind to catch up with the advancement of technology and innovation in healthcare.
And this is where Afya Bora comes into play, Afya Bora is distributing a proven intervention in the medical scheduling and healthcare marketplace that allows patients to find, compare and schedule with the nearest medical practitioners (doctors, community health workers, nurses, pharmacy and hospitals) in order to get an easy and effective healthcare services at an affordable cost. Afya Bora inspires and empowers both patients and healthcare practitioners through healthcare data to ensure that everyone on earth has access to equal and quality healthcare that people with feature phones are also able to use our services. This simplified USSD software application assist doctors, pharmacy and hospitals to directly connect with patients to give them healthcare services as well as to be able to manage their patients bookings and data effectively for a sustainable future.
Our team is dedicated and passionate to turn this global challenge into a potential solution that will narrow the widening gap between patients and healthcare practitioners that stands at 1:5,000 per year in Tanzania. Our team has shared values and strength to deliver equal and quality healthcare services to marginalized groups in Tanzania and other emerging markets. Our challenge is still resolving access to healthcare services, without business development skills, technical support, mentorship and financial support - they business solution will lowly take pace compared to when supported by partners and stakeholders. .
Built With
android
firebase
ui
ux
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med.kichupa.com | Afya Bora_Health Chat | Data-driven electronic medical scheduling/consultation and healthcare marketplace that allows patients to connect with the nearest healthcare practitioners during and post COVID-19 crisis. | ['Reginald Victor Runyoro', 'Tisha Singh', 'Goodluck Tesha', 'SHUBHAM KESHRI', 'Carolina Casas Forga'] | ['Honorable Mentions'] | ['android', 'firebase', 'ui', 'ux'] | 5 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/halcyondays | Main page - default
Click on "My Settings" to edit your wake-up, relaxation (rest), and sleep times
Time bar (pink = completed tasks, orange = incomplete tasks, yellow = buffer time, light blue = rest, dark blue = sleep)
Main page - All functions open (My Notes, My Countdowns, My Stats, My Tasks)
The "My Stats" box will help you keep track of your daily progress
Little messages will be visible on the screen throughout your day :)
Inspiration
As students who organize their tasks by how
long
they take rather than
when
to do them, we decided to create an alternative scheduling app that focuses on allotting chunks of time to tasks. It also encourages the user not to overwork by setting specified relaxation and sleep times.
What it does
The center bar has a marker that moves forward in time throughout the day. The user can change what time they'd like their day to start, as well as what time they'd stop working (relaxation) and the time they'd sleep.
When the user adds tasks in the right-most menu (My Tasks), they show up in the center time bar, with widths that correspond to how long each task takes. Checking off tasks marks them as complete in the tasks menu and in the time bar. By navigating to different days, the user can add/edit/delete tasks for any day.
In the "My Stats" section, the user can view how much work they've accomplished, how much they still need to finish, and how long they have to rest and sleep.
In the left-most menu (My Notes), the user can create different notes.
In the "My Countdowns" section, the user can add deadlines or special events.
How I built it
Adobe XD to create the design.
Firestore database to store user data.
React.js to build the user interface and link to the database.
Challenges I ran into
Animations and connecting boards in Adobe XD.
Translating a design into CSS.
Firebase authentication/email verification.
Changing the widths in the center time bar to reflect the user's task, work, relaxation, and sleep times.
Allowing the user to change their day so that it doesn't start at 12 am, but rather when the user wakes up.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Learning Adobe XD from scratch.
Designing and developing a detailed prototype of the app.
Implementing a customizable time bar for tasks, work, relaxation, and sleep.
Allowing the user to navigate to different days and add tasks to these days; this allows users to view archived past days and plan ahead for future days.
What I learned
Adobe XD to create an intuitive UI.
Better understanding of Firebase authentication and React.js.
The importance of user feedback in app design and development.
What's next for HalcyonDays
The following are features we initially aimed to achieve and have since added in our most recently updated app:
Visually displaying tasks in the center bar, with task widths proportional to how long they take to complete.
Adding note-taking functionality.
Improving UI with colours, graphics, and animations for a more calming experience.
Archiving each day so that the user can access that data again.
Adding reminders to relax, sleep, etc. throughout the day.
Built With
adobe-xd
firestore
javascript
react.js
Try it out
halcyondays-app.herokuapp.com
github.com | HalcyonDays | A time visualizer and task organizer inspired by Parkinson's Law that aims to reduce stress, encourage rest, and boost productivity. | ['Talia Wang', 'Sophie Tong'] | ['Honorable Mentions'] | ['adobe-xd', 'firestore', 'javascript', 'react.js'] | 6 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/diy-cuirass-negative-pressure-ventilator | Components of the working prototype currently engaged in vacuum pressure tests
Inspiration
During the 1st wave COVID-19, my partner and I went into self-imposed isolation. It seemed probable that we would not receive proper care if either of us became infected so I discovered and updated a cuirass negative pressure ventilator, the
Cuirass Ventilator
.
Problem
Lack of local resources, patient age, co-morbidities or distance prevent a high number of respiratory patients from receiving any treatment at all. Fewer staff, overwhelmed with the variety of pulmonary diseases, are often unable to provide adequate respiratory care when patients reach a hospital setting, especially with the ongoing worldwide pandemic. Those hospitals admitting COVID-19 patients to undergo positive pressure ventilator therapy have had marginal success, and often the patients must relearn how to breathe after their initial therapy. Expensive PPVs expose patients to the dangers of intubation and sedation, require the constant attention of skilled staff with an extensive cleaning protocol.
What it does
Based on the proven efficacy of the iron lung, the
Cuirass Ventilator
is an inexpensive, simple solution to respiratory failure that does not require hospitalization but allows for medical support via remote monitoring. An inexpensive, simple solution the ventilator supports patient breathing anywhere. Telemedicine can add clinical support. Remote monitoring tech can enhance multiple communication protocols between the patient, ventilator and caregiver. The
NEG VEN
does not require intubation and sedation of a Positive Pressure Ventilator (PPV), nor does it need an extensive cleaning protocol. As patients never lose their ability to breathe by themselves, the
Cuirass Ventilator
minimizes disabling social isolation. The ventilator provides a treatment for patients with COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, pulmonary disease, and asthma, as well as COVID-19.
How I built it
The DIY goal of the
Cuirass Ventilator
enables a worldwide community of handy individuals to access their nearby resources of commonly accessible parts to build their own workable ventilator. For example, the initial prototype was built with components from grocery, hardware and automobile supply stores.
Development Stages:
DIY
Inexpensive, appropriate for worldwide patients with few resources, the
Cuirass Ventilator
supports open source, open hardware development and provides instructions in a pdf document. Someone -- even the patient -- pushes the button on and off. Easily replicated, locally made.
WITH A MICRO-CONTROLLER
The
Cuirass Ventilator
‘s cell phone interface provides plain language interaction, and its software can be updated.
The IP-addressable
Cuirass Ventilator
micro-controller with mobile device interface automatically monitors the patient and the controls of the vacuum motor.
Data from the
NEG VEN
patient interactions and disease outcomes can be provided to WHO and other health agencies.
Implementation of standardization and FDA approval of design and construction allows for further worldwide distribution. Business opportunity for major manufacturer / distributor with global resources & reach.
Affiliations
Community Volunteer Support
The
Cuirass Ventilator
is a project in development with world community volunteer support provided by the 1 Million Ventilator Project put forth by
Air to All
via
Help With Covid
.
Challenges
Access to qualified individuals to measure the efficacy of the cuirass ventilator approach was not available at the start of this project. Working in self-imposed isolation added challenges that were overcome by Internet communication channels.
Accomplishments
I built the first prototype with the help of my network of friends and colleagues that made my progress possible. Thank you
What I learned
With passion and perseverance I prevail.
What's next for
Cuirass Ventilator
Finishing a USPTO Provisional Patent application to preserve the Intellectual Property.
Iterations in design, the creation of supporting pages on
Breathe Global
with PDF downloads giving building directions and operation instructions.
More iterations in design and added integration of enhanced patient and caregiver controls that include microcontrollers with IoT communication to clinics have just begun.
Follow up on conversations with health providers, investors and medical university partner/sponsors.
Built With
diy
easy-instruction
easy-project
open-hardware
open-software
scaleable
seniors
therapy | Cuirass Negative Pressure Ventilator | For those triaged out of COVID-19 treatment due to co-morbidities or lack of access worldwide, the inexpensive ventilator provides an effective therapy to the patient at home. | ['Steve Bull', 'kalin m'] | [] | ['diy', 'easy-instruction', 'easy-project', 'open-hardware', 'open-software', 'scaleable', 'seniors', 'therapy'] | 7 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/campushub-mo7p3e | Login Page
Features
Course Thread Example
Course Reviews
Messages
Insights
Clubs Portal
Inspiration
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that many universities are remote/online in the fall semester and potentially the full academic year, we wanted to create a platform called CampusHub for students to talk with each other, connect with like-minded peers and form online student groups. This helps ensure that students feel a sense of belonging and can share in campus culture through online group chats and chat threads for academic classes, majors and similar interests in activities or hobbies such as television shows, books or musical instruments. In addition, we know that many students still wish to be involved in clubs or activities, so clubs and student organizations can post their recruiting or application information directly on the app because in-person tabling and flyering for clubs obviously won’t be effective this year because very few students will be on campus. We hope to tackle the issue of loneliness that many students currently feel as a result of being forced to leave campus and return home. Through CampusHub, we can make friends and connect online and have video calls, hangouts or study sessions directly through the app.
What it does
CampusHub is a mobile app that functions as a centralized platform for university students. When students sign up, they indicate their university and sign up with their .edu email as a means of security verification. The app allows students to join course threads, ask for and answer questions about academic schedules and classes, find clubs and events upon inputting user interests, and form and join study groups with students from their university. Often, different courses have different course threads on multiple platforms like Piazza and Slack. This is extremely inefficient and students often miss out on important messages on these groups since they are spread out over multiple platforms. Not all classes use these messaging apps; many students rely on in-person study groups. A centralized, online platform will provide an efficient alternative to in-person communication for the online semester/academic year. Along with this, student organizations can upload profiles of themselves to the app and add tags that will make it easier to find them. They can also upload events hosted by them. Students on our app will create a profile containing their major, contact information, work experience, academic interests, hobbies, and classes they’re currently in. Our app will create tags using specific keywords in order to best match the user interests. In addition, CampusHub will enable students to form groups and meet other like-minded students. For example, it can sometimes be very difficult to form an effective study-group or find someone to collaborate on a project with at a large university. CampusHub will solve this problem by implementing a group-formation feature, which will automatically pair students with similar objectives (e.g. forming a study group for a specific class) with each other. The app allows students to interact with and form lasting bonds with other students that they might otherwise have never met.
How I built it
The app was wireframed in Marvel and then prototyped in Figma. The actual app is being created using JavaScript, specifically React Native. The backend is being developed in Python. We are using Sci-kit learn to develop the recommendation system. In order to match students with the best opportunities, we’re using TF-IDF. This algorithm is being used to perform feature extraction on both the various opportunities listed in our database and user profiles. We then use these features to generate a match score and the opportunities or other users with the highest match score are displayed to the user.
Challenges I ran into
Being new to React Native, we had to learn everything fairly quickly in a short amount of time. Inevitably, we’ve run into many bugs while coding the app, many of which do not have an obvious fix. Unfortunately, we were unable to get the React Native app to work. The app crashes within seconds of loading and for this reason, we were not able to test it out. We’re currently reviewing the entire codebase in an attempt to figure out what may be causing this.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We’re glad that we were able to test out the prototype on an actual mobile phone. We also have found it extremely valuable to communicate with students at various universities. These students are our target users and we have conducted interviews with hundreds of students to determine what students dislike and enjoy about current messaging apps and what kind of an app or platform they would utilize given that the semester will be online. While the app is still under development, we plan to continue to acquire feedback from students so that our app fits their needs as much as possible.
We are proud that we are creating an app that students use and need in the time of COVID-19, and we hope this app will make up for some of the many connections that have been lost due to the abrupt transition from college dorms to our hometown and in-person to online classes. We believe CampusHub will allow students to connect with each other online and forge friendships with like-minded peers which is very important given the fact that in-person interactions are very limited for the foreseeable future.
What's next for CampusHub
We hope to implement an event finder feature where students can find online or virtual events such as speakers and networking events to join. We would use artificial intelligence to categorize events and make it efficient for students to find events they would be interested in based on past participation history and a keyword search.
Try it out
www.figma.com | CampusHub | Students at large public universities are lonely and looking for their niche and their community. We compile thousands of clubs on one app and offer chat threads based on common interests. | ['Alex Levine'] | [] | [] | 8 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/coacher | Inspiration
My inspiration for this web application stems from my volunteer internship at Stand Beside Them, which is a nonprofit dedicated to providing free coaching services for veterans. These coaching services are remotely held via phone or Skype and involves a volunteer coach who provides guidance and expertise to a veteran, their coachee, on various areas such as career development, small business development, life & relationships, etc.
I noticed that the nonprofit was keeping track of its coaching sessions with Google Spreadsheets, which was inefficient as the organization would have to manually create a spreadsheet for each coaching agreement as well as reach out to each coach to remind them to fill out the spreadsheet once a session took place. After searching for an existing software that would solve this problem, I discovered that the current available technology for nonprofits is only focused towards individual volunteership for specific events and none that focuses specifically on keeping track of volunteer coaching engagements. It was thanks to this realization that Coacher was born!
What it does
Coacher is a web application that is designed to keep track of coaching sessions between a coach and coachee. There are two kinds of users that can use this app: the admin (aka the nonprofit) and the volunteer coach.
The admin user has the following abilities:
view all coaches
view all coachees
add a coachee
view all coaching sessions
create a coaching session
The coach user has the following abilities:
view coaching sessions specific to the coach
update information about a specific coaching session
How I built it
Coacher was built using Node.js as the runtime environment and Express.js as the back-end framework. MongoDB and Mongoose were used for the database and Handlebars.js was used to create reusable webpage templates for the application.
Challenges I ran into
One of the main challenges I faced was implementing a secure user registration/login feature into the web application, as I did not have previous experience in doing so. I discovered that having just a user fill out their username and password is not secure enough since if the user's password is stored as plain text, it is available for anyone to read. The solution I came to for this problem was bcrypt, which is a password-hashing function and is used on a password after salting it. Other minor challenges involve small css/html/jquery questions that were easily solved after a quick StackOverflow search :)
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Firstly being able to create a web application on my own! This hackathon was the perfect opportunity to take what I learned in class and apply it outside, and also forced me to actually stick to working on developing the web application with its deadline. I am also proud of being able to solve any problems I came across with coding thus far on my own without giving up, but that doesn't mean I won't be posting on online forums or utilizing spaces to ask for help if needed in the future!
What I learned
I learned how to prioritize what to code in order to come up with a MVP. In the beginning of the development process, I was focused on the appearance of the web application and not on its actual functions, which cost me some time and prevented me from being able to deploy the application before the hackathon's deadline. In the future I hope to prevent this and deal with making sure the application actually does what it needs to do before focusing on other details.
What's next for Coacher
In two words: so much! Besides actually deploying the app, there's a lot of things that can be done to improve Coacher such as:
implementing a calendar user interface to keep track of sessions
send reminder emails to coaches when a session is about to occur
give the admin user the ability to add or remove additional fields to any form
add additional details about a coach such as a headshot, their coaching specialties, etc.
ability to export database info as a file, to Google Spreadsheet, etc.
...and more!
Built With
bootstrap
css
express.js
handlebars.js
html
javascript
jquery
mongodb
mongoose
node.js
Try it out
github.com | Coacher | A web application focused on keeping track of appointments for nonprofits providing coaching services. | ['Jo Han'] | [] | ['bootstrap', 'css', 'express.js', 'handlebars.js', 'html', 'javascript', 'jquery', 'mongodb', 'mongoose', 'node.js'] | 9 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/test-project-lw74u1 | Inspiration
It's surprisingly hard to integrate into the local community for pretty much anything. (Professional communities, hobbies, volunteering, etc.). COVID made this need more acute because it destroyed all the ways to do this in person. We wanted to build the simplest possible way for people to connect digitally to their local community, whatever that community is.
What it does
It's a semi-public chat client with Slack-like rooms, except each room is associated with a physical location. Users subscribe to topics ("volunteering"; "news") or digital communities ("Indie Hackers"; "/r/COVID19") and are automatically bucketed into the physically closest channels for each subscribed topic. This means discovery is insanely easy; subscribing to any topic adds you to the relevant nearby rooms.
How I built it
GeoDjango + Django REST framework on the server. Postgres with PostGIS in the database. The frontend is a React Native app which is mostly just an API client and a couple of views for navigating from room to room, plus a flow for creating views.
Challenges I ran into
There were some tricky product details to work out:
Should users lose access to a room if it's no longer their closest room? (Answer: no; when a user gets access to a room, they acquire a lease which stays valid as long as they've been active in the room recently.)
How should anonymity be handled? (usernames, not names; privacy is important since user locations are sensitive. Rooms have moderators to avoid the toxicity that can arise from anonymity. In the future, might offer a double opt-in de-anonymize feature to users who want to connect in meatspace).
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
The room leasing model is slick and the UI is pretty clean, if simple/not fully-featured.
What I learned
First React Native project! Have learned a lot about RN and mobile development in general.
What's next
Moderation features
Onboarding
Lots of polish
Built With
django
javascript
python
react-native | 116 Club | Location-based chat channels for any subject or online community. Easily discovery and engage with local communities for your interests. | ['zach wener-fligner', 'Eric Simmons'] | [] | ['django', 'javascript', 'python', 'react-native'] | 10 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/boxitas | Inspiration
COVID-19 has shown us that current methods for delivering health services are not working in today’s environment, and there is a critical need to change the existing infrastructure to continue to fight every disease that causes suffering throughout the world. We are at an historical moment where we are being forced to create effective ways to connect, treat, and inform.
In the current environment, the actual system to deliver healthcare doesn’t support the needs for the number of patients, not only during a crisis, but also during “normal times.” In the US alone, 115 million people live in areas where shortages of mental health Professionals are a significant problem. Improving access to mental health service providers initially motivated us to build Boxitas. The current COVID-19 pandemic has put a glaring spotlight on the lack of resources we have in our home communities, as well as globally. We must find a solution by using technology tools to their full advantage and focus on innovative ways to build online accessibility to reach patients.
What it does
At Boxitas, we want to bring as many hands as possible to fight every disease. Our platform allows Healthcare Specialists to interact with their audience from any location. We do this by facilitating:
Live streaming
for health and wellness
Scheduling
1-1 private sessions
Immediate help
using the first available specialist
A Health Specialist streams a message to a group of people in real time. The users can interact with the Specialist and other viewers via chat during the live session. When they desire more help and support, they can book free or affordable 1-1 sessions with the Specialist. If the current Specialist is fully booked, they can select a queue for the “First Available Specialist.”
Our healthcare streaming channels will be best utilized by:
COVID-19
- Doctors, nurses, virologists, health strategists and others.
Mental Health
- Counselors, Coaches, Social Workers, Nurses and Professors from Special Schools.
Open Source
- Technical people creating 3d printed ventilators, valves, and any other solutions that can be used to fight diseases.
Seniors
- Tutorials and guidance for seniors about how to use technology and access resources.
How we built it
We used React.js, NextJs, Hooks and Styled Components for the front end. The platform is deployed over AWS with Amplify, Media Package and Media Live. We also work with Red5pro to create the 1-1 sessions. The team uses Flowmapp for the User Flow, the designer uses Zeplin, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Challenges we ran into
Streaming is a very expensive service to develop since it requires infrastructure that charges per Gigabyte (GB) delivered. The most common way to monetize a platform is with advertising and we didn’t want to mix advertising with our health care platform. Mastering AWS and creating a sustainable business model required lot of time and different prototypes of the platform.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We created an idea similar to having an emergency doctor on call when you get to a hospital or urgent care. If you like your Specialist, then you can continue consultations with that Specialist by request by making an appointment. In our model, some sessions can be for free and some can be paid in a our price range, ensuring that the platform is affordable for everyone.
The actual telehealth industry has an old business model and old ways to communicate their services, that is the main reason why the online services didn't penetrate the market beyond small percentages, even though they are being heavily invested. We are proud of how affordable our business model is for everyone and how it can scale to every country.
What we learned
It takes collaboration from everyone to make a difference. We see the increased efforts needed in our current situation as we face COVID-19. This same level of commitment is necessary for facing other diseases like mental health in the US or malaria in Africa. We need a new global healthcare system with modern tools and new ways to communicate.
Fifty percent of healthcare services will be accessed virtually by 2030, but the biggest challenge remains on how to make them affordable and widely available to an ever increasing population. Facilitating a tip system is a model that will disrupt healthcare completely and will change the relationship between patients and healthcare professionals.
The world’s population is getting older and technologies are changing our daily lives faster than ever. Access to healthcare and technology will rely mainly on the ways we create to take care of older populations.
What's next for Boxitas
We are seeking capital investments to allow the team to work full time on Boxitas technology and infrastructure, to enable us to finish our live streaming platform, set up the 1-1 sessions, and the First Available Specialist queues.
Rather than selling advertising space to monetize the platform, we will be using the income from the Specialist sessions. For that reason, a percentage of the funds we receive will be used to onboard qualified medical specialists to get the process started. Additionally, funds will be used for marketing, advertising directed at specialists for hire and patients in need, as well as Human Resource services.
We are also trying to reach Amazon to ask for help in the form of discounts, credit, and support.
Most important, we want to bring every person fighting COVID-19 and other diseases to work together as one community. With the profit that we make in Boxitas we will dedicate an important part to give free sessions to the people that we identify with more needs. Health Care should be affordable for every person and free for the people that have the greatest needs.
Built With
amazon-web-services
amplify
cloudfront
hls
hooks
lambda
medialive
mediapackage
mpeg-dash
next.js
node.js
react.js
red5pro
rtmp
ruby
ruby-on-rails
styledcomponents
vpc
webrtc
Try it out
www.boxitas.com | Boxitas | Connect, ask and support to Health Specialists. Be part of their live stream, schedule a 1-1 session, and if they are fully booked, get a first available Specialist. Together we can fight any disease. | ['Carlos Garcia', 'jose de lasa'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'amplify', 'cloudfront', 'hls', 'hooks', 'lambda', 'medialive', 'mediapackage', 'mpeg-dash', 'next.js', 'node.js', 'react.js', 'red5pro', 'rtmp', 'ruby', 'ruby-on-rails', 'styledcomponents', 'vpc', 'webrtc'] | 11 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/higia | Executive Summary
Mental health and emotional well-being are issues that are not well treated in our society because there are still taboos and the importance and care they deserve is not given. There is a lack of information and the current information someone can access is not communicated well.
Mental health is really important given that it is one of the components for integral development. However, mental health access in many countries around the world is limited and / or is expensive. As an example and according to the “Observatorio de Recursos Humanos del Ministerio de Salud Peruano” there are only 27,641 psychologists for a population of nearly 33 million.
Higia is a platform that offers online psychological consultations and connects a person with the ideal therapist / psychology according to their profile and using an internal test, generating that the experience of going to the psychologist is a moment that generates confidence. Moreover, Higia provides reliable psychotherapeutic content in a very understandable way, because it is believed that if someone does not understand and internalize the importance of mental health care, one will not be able to go to a specialist or seek the necessary help.
Higia was started 4 months ago with the purpose of generating a change in society as well as in our culture. Higia managed to gather 8 therapists as part of his team, provides access to +500 persons in Lima, provinces and abroad. The situation of fear and uncertainty produced by the Covid-19 has increased the number of people with anxiety, stress, depression as well as other mental disorders, which has put Higia at the service of all.
Inspiration
COVID-19 has added to the existing problems of mental health and emotional well-being- issues which are not well treated in our society because there are still taboos and the importance and care they deserve is not given. A rise in mental and social symptoms of loneliness caused by isolation, social distancing, and economic hardship has been witnessed during the global pandemic, and hence there is a need of platforms that are promising and are capable of addressing these underlying issues.
The Problem
Health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being (WHO, 2018)1. These 3 components are vital for the integral development of people.2 However, globally, mental health is not attributed the same importance as physical health; on the contrary, despite progress at the scientific level, in many countries it still remains indifferent.
According to the WHO, 25% of people suffer from a mental disorder, with 450 million people diagnosed worldwide (WHO, 2004). The problem increases at the Latin American level; where PAHO (PanAmerican Health Organization) statistics revealed that mental and neurological disorders represent 22% of the total burden of disease (Kohn & Rodríguez, 2009); There are deep gaps in the due access to treatment among those diagnosed, reaching up to 73.5% in adults with severe or moderate disorders and 82.2% in children and adolescents (Kohn & Rodríguez, 2009).
It is important to emphasize the serious consequences of a deteriorated mental health status ignored by public policies and society, unfortunately reaching suicide in many cases, demonstrated by PAHO studies, being 90% of suicide cases. derived from people with a mental disorder that can be diagnosed (Bedoya & Montaño, 2016).
According to the Government of Peru, this situation has been negatively impacted by the current crisis, the crisis is affecting the health of many people, especially those who suffer from anxiety or some depressive condition.
On the other hand, there are several factors that make finding a mental health professional difficult. In addition to the existing prejudice, there is no information on where to find a trusted one, additionally, the costs of the sessions are usually high. This causes something important not to be accessible to everyone. In addition, there is the time involved in taking physical sessions, many of the offices are not close, and traffic must be endured and be attended to late in a period of crisis. For both psychologists and patients, saving time generates well-being in their day to day.
Proposed Solution
Based on the above, we seek to overcome all these barriers, working together with a multidisciplinary team to reduce the gap in mental health care, between the burden of mental disorders and the adequate resources to face them. Through technology as a means and opportunity to provide mental health accessibility to all people from the comfort of their homes, even more in these times of uncertainty.
Higia is a platform accessible over web that offers online psychological consultations and connects a person with an ideal therapist by matching their profile and using an internal test providing a seamless experience to the user by making timely, private sessions available to the them with an ease-of-access.
Higia, is oriented to this problem, with a sustainable business model and using a virtual platform that offers online psychological consultations and connects those who need help with an ideal therapist according to their profile and based on a test, which considers the psychotherapeutic school and the personality of the patient. This also allows for a better experience and reduces the high levels of uncertainty for the patient. Additionally, Higia together with a team of psychologists provides mental health assistance to those in need and are considered a vulnerable population as well as educates with reliable psychoeducational content accessible to all from its networks.
Mental health today is a clear obligation not only for the World Health Organization, but also for governments, development cooperation agencies, foundations, research institutions and the business community. Therefore, Higia will continue to establish strategic alliances to connect people, professionals and institutions to respond in the best way to the Sustainable Development Goals such as: Health and Well-being, reduction of inequalities and decent work and economic growth.
Up to date, Higia has managed to assemble a team of 8 psychologists with more than 7 years of experience each. Thanks to their support, more than 500 people have been served since the #HablaConHigia Campaign began. In order to leverage the impact, Higia has managed to establish links with various organizations, such as: KUNAN, the largest network in social entrepreneurship in Peru; PROA, Peruvian volunteer platform and Hult Prize at PUCP, the Hult Prize On Campus program at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; as well as 2 student organizations founded by students from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos to work together to raise awareness of mental health in the country.
How we built it
Higia is built with Twilio, providing a best-in-class video conferencing experience for the psychological consultations. The mobile app is built on Xamarin which delivers cross-platform compatibility for Android and iOS and accessing the web that is built with WordPress. It also leverages the power of Azure cloud services, ASP.NET Core backend and Spotify API to bring 'Happy-Hits' playlist experience to the users.
We used Figma to design the frontend of our website for mobile screens. We began by conducting user research through interviews and surveys, and then developing wireframes and low to high fidelity prototypes for our final product.
Added Social Value:
According to the 2020 Global Digital Overview study by the Hootsuite agency, internet penetration in the region is 76%, while for Peru, penetration is 73% (Hootsuite, 2020). Higia takes advantage of this, bringing mental health professionals closer to the most vulnerable populations far from the capital: currently, and due to various “structural” factors (lack of study centers, logistics, among others), most professionals in Mental health is concentrated in the main urban centers. As an example, according to the Observatory of Human Resources of the Peruvian Ministry of Health, there are 27 641 registered psychologists, however, Lima concentrates the majority since it concentrates the majority of the country's university educational offer. Thus, Higia will not only reduce the employability gap in mental health professionals; If not, it will avoid mobilization, transport time and make psychologists accessible to remote areas where it would not be possible, being a basic and urgent need for them.
Given the situation, Higia launched the #HablaConHigia Campaign, through which psychotherapeutic help is offered to those who seek to be heard in these difficult times. Currently as part of our business model, and together with volunteer psychologists, we are providing mental health support to those who need and can not afford for a private consultation.
Finally, Higia educates and raises awareness in mental health, working together with professionals and sharing the content via social networks, this allows us to normalize speaking of these topics openly and without taboos.
The Team
Nadia Anees (UX Designer): Congnitive Science student at University of Californa, David (USA). 1 Year of experience on design (UX).
Daniela Domínguez (Brand developer & Visual Communicator): Bachelor of Arts and Design from Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (Lima, Peru). 2 years and a half of experience on branding, and 1 year and a half on social media content.
Shivam Beniwal (Developer): Bachelor of Technology from Delhi Technological University (New Delhi, India) with a demonstrated background in leading initiatives with social impact and volunteering for Non-Profits and Non-Governmental Organizations, helping them deliver community-driven solutions and technology for social good.
Renato Martinez (Finance & Strategy): Bachelor of Finance from Universidad del Pacifico (Lima, Peru), 2 years of experience in investment banking (M&A), financial strategy and venture capital.
Daniela and Renato met each other at school 7 years ago, both reconnect in December 2020 to work on the mental health industry and launched Higia. They met Nadia and Shivam in the Covid Global Hackaton 2.0 Social & Mental Health
Challenges we ran into
We ran into few challenging tasks like creating internal tests to provide a therapist recommendations, and simplifying an appointment system to allow creating and viewing bookings.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're proud to bring our users acessibility to private, online video conferencing experience that doesn't discriminate with any underpriviliged sections of the society and introduce the 'Happy Hits' playlist with the help of Spotify that serve the purpose of providing a therapeutic and calming experience.
Also we are proud to meet people around the world with the same ideas and purposes to make a change and to be team with persons from different backgrounds and for different continents.
What we learned
In this journey so far, we learnt that how technology can help alleviate symptoms related to mental health- which is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and how we can provide people access to a platform that doesn't discriminate and makes psychological consultations a stress free process.
Communication is crucial, we have different time zones so planning was really important too. Also to ask for help and guidance to people with more knowledge of the matter.. Finally to think and work with a client/user centered way.
What's next for HIGIA
Our team looks forward to be recognized as an ally in the fight on mental health issues by scaling the platform, serve more users increase an overall reach. Also, we want to have more access to dissemination spaces in order to generate awareness in people and continuing education about mental health topics.
We will continue working hard on making more accesible and affordable mental health solutions to people in need.
Built With
adobe
asp.net
azure
c#
figma
spotify
sqlite
twilio
wordpress
xamarin
Try it out
github.com
drive.google.com | HIGIA | Higia is an online psychological therapy platform addressing the issues concerned with mental health and well-being, delivering a seamless experience and respecting user privacy. | ['Renato Martínez', 'Shivam Beniwal', 'Nadia Anees', 'Daniela Domínguez'] | [] | ['adobe', 'asp.net', 'azure', 'c#', 'figma', 'spotify', 'sqlite', 'twilio', 'wordpress', 'xamarin'] | 12 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/papr-light-sjie7l | dsafcsadf | PAPR light | PAPR light | ['Mohamed Hany'] | ['Amazon Gift Card', 'Wolfram|One Personal Edition + 1 year subscribtion to Wolfram|Alpha Pro'] | [] | 13 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/frontline-strong-havwd0 | Inspiration
Frontline Strong started as a part of my Social Entrepreneurship course at New York University. In March, after the NYU community was sent home to go remote due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, my professor Michael Pollack had scraped the rest of the course and pivoted to task us with the challenge of combating COVID-19 in some way. He gave us freedom to explore creative solutions in the form of an online platform.
As the nephew of a healthcare worker who gets up everyday and puts herself at risk of COVID-19, I knew I wanted to build a platform that supported healthcare workers across the country on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19.
At first, I wasn't sure how I could help, but after reading up on positive well-being, happiness, engagement, and meaning, I soon realized that even a few words of encouragement could go a long way. After reading numerous studies and articles chronicling heightened levels of depression and anxiety felt by healthcare workers, I came up with Frontline Strong.
What it does
Frontline Strong sources messages of positivity from people at home and converts them to physical cards to be sent to hospitals and healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 on the frontlines!
How I built it
I had initially started on Wix, but my developer friend Will had come on board and helped build the current version on Webflow.
Challenges I ran into
After garnering over 200 initial messages I had initially been handwriting and sending the letters in the mail myself, but soon realized this was both expensive and time consuming. As a result I reached out to Scribeless, a handwritten notes company to help out and ever since we've been tackling this initiative together!
As a business (non-technical) student, I had no idea how to create a website or even put this idea together! However, with a whole lot of determination and my friend Will's help, I was able to help build the current platform on Webflow!
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Frontline Strong has already received $100 from company donations and partnered with a handwritten notes company Scribeless to bolster production as well as received $250 from Venture Philanthropist and NYU Stern Social Entrepreneurship Professor Michael Pollack in funding.
I've also met so many incredible people and am having conversations with developers, designers, businesspeople, and mentors as a part of this hackathon about pushing this initiative forward!
What I learned
I've learned, and am continuing to learn, so much from this project. I've seen how willing people are to spread messages of positivity and contribute to a good cause, but are more likely to do so if you make it easy for them. Convenience and costs are two factors that drive consumer behavior, and being able to play on those two factors has contributed to the success of the platform. Also, being able to adapt and iterate based on data from users is a massive key to being able to keep improving the platform for the future.
What's next for Frontline Strong
After polishing the online platform, I plan to push out Frontline Strong by expanding to more schools and universities, online groups, businesses and more that are willing to contribute and push this initiative forward by sending it out to their respective networks and donating.
I also want to reach out to the media and attempt to promote this project in an effort to garner a wider audience and more sources positivity to be sent to healthcare workers. I also hope to garner more donations to fund all the letters going out and keep pushing positivity!
Built With
scribeless
webflow
zapier
Try it out
frontlinestrong.webflow.io | Frontline Strong | Spreading positivity to healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, one letter at a time! | ['Hunter T'] | [] | ['scribeless', 'webflow', 'zapier'] | 14 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/mayday-ngz0d4 | MAYDAY
This is MAYDAY, a web application that allows for the hosts of online hackathons to communicate and help the attendees.
Inspiration
The inspiration for this project came from the current COVID-19 epidemic. Because most hackathons were moved online, many hackathon-related workshops and events lost their sense of interactivity. To combat this problem, this chat application provides a live hackathon support service that allows the workshop hosts to better communicate with and help their audience
What I've Learned
While creating this project, I've learned many vital skills necessary for web development. This includes streamlining the deployment process and ensuring that the application performs well after deployment
How it was made
The technology used for this project consisted of Node JS, ExpressJS, Socket.io, HTML, and CSS. I began with the backend, and created a NodeJS server to handle HTTP and Websocket connections and requests. After setting up the backend, I moved to the frontend, where I implemented the client-side Websocket mechanics and the UI
Challenges
During the creation process, I faced some challenges. The largest of these hurdles was the architecture of the backend. I needed to find an efficient way to handle and sort new users while keeping the integrity of the Socket implementation as bug-free as possible
The site:
https://maydayweb.herokuapp.com/
Built With
css
html
javascript
node.js
socket.io
Try it out
github.com
maydayweb.herokuapp.com | MAYDAY | Accessible, simplified live hackathon support. | [] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'javascript', 'node.js', 'socket.io'] | 15 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/allied-voices | This is a design mockup (created in Figma) of our project.
Inspiration
Beginning in March of 2020, there was a surge of
race-related incidents and crimes against Asians
because of COVID-19. Moreover, in June of 2020, following the deaths of black people from police brutality, the
Black Lives Matter movement
went global. While most of our newsfeeds were filled with tragic deaths and unsettling violence, we also saw some inspiring stories that gave us glimmers of hope.
What it does
Allied Voices seeks to not only raise awareness of race-related incidents, but also to give users hope with stories of good deeds, and to equip users with the knowledge and resources for how to respond to a race-related incident if they ever encounter one.
How we built it
We designed the platform with Figma, and then developed it in HTML, CSS, Python, and JavaScript, with the help of the Leaflet JavaScript library for interactive maps and OpenStreetMap for the actual map data. To curate the news articles and stories, we used Python to process the articles and to make calls to Fakebox, an API that analyzes news articles to assess whether they’re “real” or “fake” news. And finally, we used GoDaddy to host our website.
We ran three user tests, and we found that first, individuals will enter their own zip code, because they're curious about the happenings in their surrounding area. Second, they'll also enter the zip code of their family members that they care about. Thus, we intend on focusing on the capability to enable users to check the happenings of their own surroundings.
What's next for Allied Voices
Continue building out capabilities (July 2020):
Build out search and filter capabilities. Build out backend capability to automatically source and filter through news articles. In this respect, we'd love to get connected with machine learning or data science experts.
Form partnerships (July 2020):
We've already begun conversing with potential partners such as #IAMNOTAVIRUS and A3PCON to see if they would be willing to share their data (i.e. A3PCON has a
wealth of data regarding race-related discrimination
) and partner with us. We plan to expand our network, so we'd like to get connected with other organizations that collect data or support social movements.
Evaluate market performance (August 2020):
We will conduct quantitative and qualitative user tests to gauge how people are using the website, and how we can make it as useful as possible for them.
Make the data visualization tool available to partners and community leaders (September 2020):
Focus on their use cases and build out additional features
Raise awareness for product (September 2020):
Market to users, community hosts, and partner organizations
Built With
css
fakebox
godaddy
html5
javascript
leaflet.js
openstreetmap
python
Try it out
www.alliedvoices.org | Allied Voices | We help users navigate their racial landscape through geographic data, individual stories, and supportive resources. | ['David Cha', 'Jason Yang', 'a zhang', 'Audrey Foronda', 'Kathy Wang'] | [] | ['css', 'fakebox', 'godaddy', 'html5', 'javascript', 'leaflet.js', 'openstreetmap', 'python'] | 16 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/scarvi-scare-the-virus | See
https://devpost.com/software/acid-acoustic-covid-19-infection-deactivator
Built With
ai | ScarVi - Scare the Virus | See https://devpost.com/software/acid-acoustic-covid-19-infection-deactivator | ['Lalit Patel'] | [] | ['ai'] | 17 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/vox-of-life | Sign Up
Time to Talk Notification
Text Confirmation
Voxers on call
Wireframe
People are by nature social creatures. These past few months of having to isolate and distance yourself from others has been extremely difficult, both physically and mentally. In today’s world, communication and social contact are a huge part of daily life, larger than they have ever been before. This situation happened so quickly, and it may continue indefinitely. We believe that one can abide by the ‘new normal’ and still maintain social contact by using Vox of Life.
In Latin, the word ‘vox’ means ‘voice’. Vox of Life strives to be the ‘voice’ that can be used to initiate, maintain and communicate with others in a safe, controlled environment by the use of the Vox of Life app. The Vox of Life is an opportunity to socialize with others with the same interests, hobbies in you choose, or with someone else who may just need to talk and hear another human voice.
What are you interested in accomplishing? What might be reasonable to accomplish?
Encourage spontaneous meaningful interactions between all walks of life
Reduce impact of social isolation
Make conversing with new people comfortable
Encouraging extroversion in a time where we’re all distanced
Is this something you want to do within the timeframe of the hackathon only, or are you interested in working on this after the 12th?
The effects of COVID-19 are far reaching, and mitigating the effects of social isolation is our goal. We believe we can do this by connecting new people on 1:1 phone calls to meet new walks of life. Even after the curve is flattened and social interaction becomes safer, we will be transitioning our efforts to continue reducing the impact of social isolation, and creating ways for improved communication between individuals and groups.
What is your bandwidth to contribute?
We, the members of this team, are extremely passionate about our mission and are currently balancing this initiative with full time professions. We are capable of supporting this initiative but are seeking support to ensure our mission continues to have a greater impact.
Who is on your team? Please describe your background and why you’re the right person/team to work on your idea.
Magus
Software Engineer
Design thinker
Social enterprise enthusiast
Right person: I like to make things, and also love to make things better.I aspire to work and make products that can create lasting social impacts globally
Shiv
Client facing
Biomedical engineer
Health focused
Right person: I desire to make an impact that can positively affect people and improve the way people see the world and others
Sam
Marketing Specialist
Client facing
Right person: I have a desire to network with others and get to know other people and Vox of Life is heavily geared toward networking
Patrick
Full stack developer
Highly competent in multiple technologies
Right person: I am not a fungus, I am a fun guy and I like building fun tech
Inspiration
Vox of Life was inspired after noticing heavy the toll self-isolation was putting on the mental health of friends and closed ones. Social distancing and self-isolation don't have to mean loneliness and silence. VOL's on the mission to encourage people to have meaningful social interactions, while still practicing safe social distancing. We enable this by pairing different walks of life to each other through just a voice call and simply by the time they both are available.
Built
To rapidly execute on this mission, the proof of concept initially was "pretotyped" with a combination of traditional software engineering frameworks (NodeJS/Nest) and even no-code tools (Zapier, Airtable, Wix). We used NestJS to build our matching algorithm and backend server, and used the no code tools to build our frontend. The first prototype was complete in the first half of a weekend, and the private beta started the very next day. A lot was learned from our testers and the project went through multiple iterations over the course of the trial very quickly.
Challenges
Initially, VOL calls only worked over the web on desktops. Multiple testers provided feedback to make it also accessible over their mobile devices. In less than a week's time, the testers were able to dial-in to their calls.
Future
Nursing Homes
Build relations with nursing homes, to allow the isolated elders to have one on one calls with volunteers
Slack
Integration for Slack, where users can have spontaneous one on one interactions with in their existing communities
Built With
airtable
html
javascript
nestjs
sendgrid
twilio
typeform
wix
zapier
Try it out
voxoflife.com
instagram.com
github.com | Vox of Life | VOL encourages people to have meaningful social interactions, while still practicing safe social distancing. We enable this by pairing different walks of life to each other through just voice. | ['Magus Pereira', 'Patrick Luy'] | [] | ['airtable', 'html', 'javascript', 'nestjs', 'sendgrid', 'twilio', 'typeform', 'wix', 'zapier'] | 18 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/safe-flix | Inspiration
The app was developed from a group of IBMers that wanted to help in these times of need and psychological impact of Corona Virus. The disease COVID-19 introduced stressors to mental health, including loneliness stemming from social isolation, fear of contracting the disease, economic strain, and uncertainty about the future. According to Public Health Survey run in the United States Adults are three times more likely to report that they’re in severe psychological distress.
What it does
The platform designed with an interface referenced to streaming services such as Netflix and AmazonPrime, unites resources as applications, channels, videos and websites, among other types of content. The focus is to merge in one place the help each user needs to “disconnect” from the current stressful scenario.
When accessing SafeFlix through the Web or an application for Mobile and Smart TV, each user will be able to create their profile and then receive suggestions for personalized content according to their interests. The content will be available for different categories of interests, such as food, diet & recipes, physical activities, meditation & other mental health-related and also entertainment and leisure ones, such as games, books and movies.
This customization of content will be possible through IBM Watson Studio and Watson Machine Learning.
To guarantee the security of the users, the “Cloud Foundry at IBM Cloud” will be used, which allows SafeFlix’s applications and services to be deployed and ran in an abstracted and secure environment, while all the information and data used by SafeFlix, including user data, will be stored on the IBM Cloudant.
What languages, APIs, hardware, hosts, libraries, UI Kits or frameworks are you using?
Node.js, Vue.js, IBM Cloud Foundry, IBM Watson Discovery, IBM Cloudant, IBM Watson Studio,
How I built it
Our team has implemented a front-end application in VueJs that was deployed in IBM Cloud using Cloud Foundry technology and designed an overview architecture in the platform scope too.
Challenges I ran into
During the brainstorm phase, our biggest challenge was to find the right persona since many people have been impacted by COVID-19 and all of them have different realities.
Understanding the possibilities and technologies for developing a recommendation model for our users, and how the recommended data to be consumed could be fetched was also another challenge.
Check out our research on:
https://app.mural.co/t/esmediateam9263/m/esmediateam9263/1586350595146/512437efe659c4ffdffabeec8bf9bdc43a40c651
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Accomplishments that I’m proud of
We are proud of creating a group from the same company with different skills. The majority of the group is not from a technical graduation, but we decided to created the app anyway because we wanted to help those who are distressed by this situation. We had the opportunity of finding two members from another area of the company that were able to join the team and help us.
What I learned
We learned how to work as a team using Design Thinking methodology to understand our persona and find the better solution for our users.
What’s next for Safe Flix
• Option to include feedback in the content presented in the app (example: like, stars - tag content to see later and keep history - etc)Option to use the app in other gadgets: TV, Tablets, web, cell phones
• Option to select different designs (bigger letters and icons to the older users, customize colors)
• Create user’s avatar (to become more personal)
• Option to blind people: application read content (voice command in the application - use of Watson APIs)
• Option to deaf people: application converts voice to text (example: closed captions - use of Watson APIs)
• Option to users to recommend an app, website or content to be added in the application
• Content creators have an option to ask for participation in the app (submit their content or add their apps)Option to share content from the app to social medias (Facebook, Whatsapp, email, etc)
• Option of automatic update or reminder to update from the app when needed (version update)
• Option to use Virtual Reality (to do exercise, prepare a recipe, etc)
• Option to shop items from it (example - on a recipe there’s a different accessory that the chef uses and I want to buy, the app allows me)
• App suggest content to you based on the history of searches
• Option to suggest content to your network directly from the app
Built With
ibm-cloud-foundry
ibm-cloudant
ibm-watson
ibm-watson-discovery
ibm-watson-studio
node.js
vue.js
Try it out
github.ibm.com | SAFEFLIX | Unique platform that blends everyday resources to promote users' wellness. | ['Gabriela Fritzen Laroci', 'Gislaine Ribeiro', 'Adriana Guidolin', 'Ana Paula Vedovato Maestrello', 'Andrea Garcia', 'Julia Franchi', 'Sarah Lunaro', 'Raphael Silva Viadanna', 'Lucas Lopes'] | [] | ['ibm-cloud-foundry', 'ibm-cloudant', 'ibm-watson', 'ibm-watson-discovery', 'ibm-watson-studio', 'node.js', 'vue.js'] | 19 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/cv19memorial | Screenshot of collective version of site
Screenshot of individual testimony
Screenshot of individual testimony
Screenshot of individual testimony
Inspiration
The inability to grasp the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to the pandemic is prompting the creation of a growing number of online sites and media efforts which list, name, and catalogue loss. Most of these efforts index social media posts and obituaries from the bereaved without their consent, dangerously mimicking the algorithmic processes that tech giants deploy to commodify and control our online presence. As people increasingly memorialize digitally from the confines of their homes, their stories are funneled through systems of surveillance capitalism; data mining of memories posted online can be considered a form of surveillance.
cv19memorial.org is uniquely interested in a critical response, transcending passively observational and voyeuristic efforts and becoming an online public sphere: a digital and transnational space to share experiences of loss during Covid-19. In a time marked by physical distance, we’re exploring ways of expressing pain through personal testimony, acknowledging widespread loss and trauma, especially for those living under conditions of violence or injustice made deeper by the virus.
Memorials assist our capacity to build a better future through understanding how unresolved past injustices resurface as the challenges of our present. This pandemic reveals how a person’s ethnic background, wealth, and access to information determines risk of death, impoverishment, and violence. Additionally, social distancing measures have displaced our lived, social experiences to online proxies, increasing our vulnerability to digital surveillance and commodification of our identities—even as we mourn on social media. To ensure a robust comprehension of the scale of pandemic violence, cv19memorial.org creates a safe space where people may contribute their testimony on loss without fear of unethical marketization, building an archive for our digital futures.
What it does
cv19memorial.org uses artistic and technological methods to invite participation in collectively processing the immense loss of this moment. Furthermore, it proposes a path toward justice by archiving and making available stories of loss to groups litigating, legislating, and defending human rights. In this way, the memorial bridges expressions of grief with transformative action and bridges the digital with lived, social experience.
How we built it
We have several committees, development, platform, internal management, and communications. We have worked together since the beginning of April, bringing on new people to our team along the way.
Challenges we ran into
We're a volunteer-run team with various commitments, jobs, and exhaustion brought on by the pandemic itself. We've had moments of urgency and moments of pause. The engineering side of our team has had to bear the brunt of the work and we faced challenges getting the amount of help we've needed.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The site is currently in Phase I, we have dreams of what it will become though deeply appreciate where it is at so far. We have built a small following on social media and have continued to build a plan that will increase visibility and engagement. The site is functional and we've already heard from those who've shared their testimonies that it has been meaningful to have space to mourn.
What we learned
We’ve never lived in a time so saturated by memory: with each click on the internet, we produce incredible quantities of memory—and yet we have so little understanding of its importance. Most people think memory is just about remembering the past, but what good is it to remember anything if we don’t use our lived experience to inform choices that build a more just future? That’s what memory has always been about: the present and the future. Memory has ethical, political and aesthetic power, which can be used by the people to face health, economic, and ecological crises, or by corporations and governments wishing to exploit, surveil, and commodify. This is what our project, cv19memorial.org, is about: access to a safe space to provide testimony on the present, collectively witnessing loss, and creating a community to transform mourning into action for a just future.
What's next for cv19memorial
cv19memorial.org is live, though it is still in development and its full impacts are yet to come. We are currently expanding the aesthetic devices for the interior memorial experience and the global space that facilitate a sense of collective witnessing, including modes of user engagement with the testimonies. Central to this vision is an ability to participate directly with the memorial and leave notes or mementos for future visitors. We are also developing a database that will make the memorial searchable and allow for custom groupings of testimonies that hold common geopolitical, economic, demographic, or social conditions. In parallel, we are learning best practices for Data Security and Privacy Protection to ensure that no one can mine the information on the site without consent. Partnerships with individuals and organizations are beginning to mobilize the archive in other forums beyond digital space. Finally, we are connecting a community of contributors to launch diverse media campaigns on collective mourning and healing.
Built With
css
html
javascript
three.js
Try it out
cv19memorial.org | cv19memorial | cv19memorial is a digital and transnational space to share experiences of loss during COVID-19. | ['cv19 memorial', 'Phoebe Bachman', 'Tim Nottage', 'Zoe Bachman', 'william Qian'] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'javascript', 'three.js'] | 20 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/15_simply_happy | SIMPLY HAPPY. Happiness made easy ...
... understand about happiness
... check your happiness level
... make the test
... build your happiness
... track your growth
SIMPLY HAPPY - The Digital Happiness Guide
MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
SIMPLY HAPPY is a web app that will keep you happy and connected:
As a digital coach it helps you build your psychological well-being and social connection.
You will learn about science-based and simple ways to boost your happiness.
It will help you to measure and keep track of your happiness and well-being
It will keep you practicing a small, yet powerful set of science-based exercises proven to build happiness and alleviate depressive episodes
THE USP
The simplicity of the design and the Digital Happiness Guide, Happy, are the unique features of SIMPLY HAPPY.
Based on an ongoing personal dialog with the user the tool strives for maximum emotional commitment to keep the user doing the seemingly boring tasks of expressive writing.
THE PROBLEM
The COVID-19 crisis has put the fundamental problem of remote work into sharf relief: solitude and isolation which promote sickness and decrease psychological well-being. The is loss of social connection and closeness is harmful and in some cases detrimental to the psychological well-being of the people working solo.
Fortunately, the principle works both ways and even adverse circumstances few and easy to use exercises can ease the negative load and build a positive mind-set. However, consequence, repetition and a positive routine are key to reap these benefits. You have to keep doing them to stay happy.
THE SOLUTION
The solution to this problem is SIMPLY HAPPY. A digital coach that educates you about happiness, tests the level of your over-all happiness and keeps you doing a small and powerful set of exercises to maintain your cool and build your happiness in times of crises and beyond in private life and the work-place.
SIMPLY HAPPY is an web app prototype and is supposed to be an SaaS service with app access in the future.
To run on Android and iOS, SIMPLY HAPPY will be available in English, first. German and French are to follow.
SIMPLY HAPPY provides
explanatory texts to learn about happiness and its benefits
a test section for each of the different tracks to assess individual happiness and one’s impact as a leader or team member to the happiness of team member or team mates.
A training section with three easy exercises
to build and maintain happiness,
cope with adverse emotions such as sadness, fear, anger or disgust, and
to envision a positive future and build hope
To be added are
three different tracks for individuals, leaders and team members
A gamified environment nudging users to do the exercises and tests, recording the happiness level
And finally export functions to share positive events with your personal and professional social connections
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED DURING THE WEEKEND
Based on the work in a previous hackathon Antonio Casino and I created a a functioning prototype of the basic functionality and an adapted update on the pitch video.
THE IMPACT
Once finished SIMPLY HAPPY can be used by everybody and especially leaders to boost happiness in individual, in teams and organizations.
Higher levels of happiness and psychological well-being are proven to boost the immune system as well.
THE NECESSITIES IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE PROJECT
To get SIMPLY HAPPY to the market we require funding to go from the prototype stage to a first working product.
The team is to be extended
The workflow needs to be completed
The explanatory text and test questions need to be updated and completed
A design complying with the design standards of both Android and iOS is necessary
The database design needs to be completed
The marketing efforts need to be designed and rolled out
The platform for the SaaS needs to be designed an build
A plan to scaling the solution to support a reasonable percentage to the Eu-ropean population
THE VALUE OF YOUR SOLUTION(S)
SIMPLY HAPPY will be an easy and powerful solution to boost personal, public and corporate happiness.
Raised levels von individual happiness have been proven to raise the level of psychological, physical and social health in individuals and key performance indicators such as productivity, engagement or employer attractively in companies and enterprises.
Thus, SIMPLE HAPPY will make a lasting contribution to recovering from the COVID-19 crisis individually and economically and make a lasting contribution to personal life and a people friendly work-place.
OUR TEAM
SIMPLY HAPPY was kicked off as the brainchild of Michael Stief, founder of POSITIVE HR . MANAGEMENT, casting his expertise as a life and business coach and expert on positive psychology into a piece of software.
During the first HR Hackathon the team consisted of:
Martina Pumpat
,
Tania Ocana
and
Thomas Steinert
who consulted on matters of positive psychology and the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological well-being in quarantine.
Marcus Stöckel
and
Simon Carraro
provided insights on programming and took the first steps for Android an iOS.
Francesca Sanfilippo
gave helpful tips on design.
Currently, Michael is working with
Antonio Casino
on the project with moral support from
Eva Zils
.
Built With
android
javascript
wordpress
Try it out
simplyhappy.io | 14_SIMPLY HAPPY - THE DIGITAL HAPPINESS COACH | Building happiness and well-being of teams, leaders and individuals to promote a people-friendly work-place. | ['antonio casino', 'Michael Stief', 'Eva Zils'] | [] | ['android', 'javascript', 'wordpress'] | 21 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/virtual-world-1k0jip | Home and Details Screen Image
Inspiration
During this pandemic life has not been the same as it used to be earlier. Everyone might have been tired of the lockdown and definitely looking forward to experiencing the scenery and ambience of all their favourite places. However we wanted to be a responsible citizen and follow the social distancing norms, but how could we rejoice in nature? Well we have a solution for it.
What it does
With this app Virtual World one can experience the ambience virtually and get all the info on their smartphone without having to travel physically. Get to know the place better and prior. This is a great experience everyone definitely wanted to explore. All the missing birds sounds, nature mode can be experienced through this app. Are you ready to explore the virtual world, then do check out this app! Virtual World.
How I built it
The technology Virtual World app is build using Flutter. We tried to keep the app simple. We used audio player to create the background and flutter_swiper to show off the scrolling effect of images.
Challenges I ran into
There were quite a few challenges I faced while designing the UX of this app. And majorly the app is data driven, collecting all the datas for rendering was quite challenging. However it was fun participating in this hack.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am happy to have inspired to find a way to create an ambience and virtuality of places we missed travelling these days. With this app anyone who misses the fun of being around with friends or their favourite destinations they could experience the same with the virtual mode.
What I learned
Definitely it was a great experience developing the working app from scratch. I was able to explore few of the libraries flutter do provide and made a crisp app with great UI.
What's next for Virtual World
We definitely don't stop here and have thought of creating bunch of features like adding live tour videos, panorama photo viewer, interact lively with your friends and plant the destination. definitely we have a lot of things in store.
Built With
flutter
Try it out
github.com | Virtual World | Virtual World is a new way of experiencing the tour of places virtually. | ['Pavan Kumar'] | [] | ['flutter'] | 22 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/pong-flappy-b53ud6 | This is a picture of Pong!
This is a picture of the Creators page which shows our names and bios!
This is a picture of Flappy!
Inspiration
We were very puzzled at what to create for this hackathon. So we decided to think of some problems that we have right now. We said at the same time that the quarantine had made us so "bored" that we were about to go insane. From there, we were thinking of ways to interest other people and how to captivate others. That's when we thought of Pong!+Flappy!
What it does
The website we created features two games plus a quick bio of us. Pong is one of the games featured on the website and it has many cool features. If you didn't know already, Pong is a table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. However, we added cool extra features to the game. Pong's extra features: 1. There is the option to play music in the background while the user is playing and keep in mind, you can skip around the music track AND adjust the volume. 2. There is an option of enabling confetti which is an animation that plays across the whole screen when a user wins. That way, it makes the winner feel much happier and wants to play again to get the same satisfaction :) 3. If the game is too easy for some people, we added an extra "fast mode" so users get some challenge! In "fast mode", the ball is much faster but the speed that the user can move the block is still the same. 4. Thinking of games, I knew that Fortnite and all those first-person shooter games had the option to change keybinds (controls to move). So we thought, why not let the users have the option what buttons to press, to move the user block. At the bottom of the screen, lays the 4 different keybinds for Person 1 and Person 2 to change when they want their block to move up and down. 5. Another feature we added was a "reset keybinds" where if a user tries to set a keybind as "∆" and it was an accident, they can reset keybinds and see what the recommended keybinds are. 6. There is a "game objective" button because we wanted it so that users can play up to an objective and not play forever or else no one will be the "winner". (Also, the confetti play when someone hits the objective that the user chooses). Instead of giving options on what the objective is, we asked the user to put in an objective number whenever they click the button "game objective". If the user puts something else besides a number, it says invalid response. 7. Also, the button "reset game" resets the score, ball, and game objective. 8. We also wanted to add a pause/resume button to let the user have extra control when they are trying to change their keybinds, game objective, music, or any other setting. 9. We also added options of different objects that the user could use instead of the standard ball. If you didn't already know, Flappy Bird is a game where the objective is to make the bird go through pipes without touching them. The more pipes the user goes through, the higher the score. Flappy's extra features: 1. There is a normal and fast mode to challenge users and make the game more interesting. 2. We blocked users from cheating by flying really high by making the user die if they try and go super high. 3. We have a glow behind the game screen. 4. We also added audio which is adjustable just like Pong! 5. We have a cool face animation next to the title "Flappy Bird". 5. For any electronic device beside a computer, touching/tapping is how you move the bird but for keyboard, we made it so that any key that is pressed can make the bird move. 6. We added options for the user to pick instead of just having a bird.
How I built it
We used repl.it to build everything that you can see on the website.
Challenges I ran into
One challenge we had was making the UI. There are a lot of features and we didn't want to make everything super cluttered. At the same time, we had to make it so that the user has options and can adjust their game according to their liking.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Definitely the custom keybinds. It was pretty hard capturing keycodes and then updating the text to reflect the changes that were made. Also, creating two games in two days completely with the added features was pretty tough.
What I learned
We both got much closer to each other and now are very close friends. Also, we both learned that we can make simple games turn into much more fun and complex game. We learned how to host audio, not on repl.it, learned more about HTML5 canvas, and how to have the mindset of always being creative and adding new features to the game. Lastly, we learned that hackathons like Hack the Cloud are an amazing opportunity to bond and collaborate with people who have the same interests as you!
What's next for Pong!+Flappy!
Pong!:
If we had extra time, we would have created a solo mode where it would be the user vs a robot! Maybe even a multiplayer setting where you could play with people from all over the world! Also, the ability to drop and drag any music the user wants, and the ability to drop and drag whatever object they wanted instead of selecting a limited amount of options!
Flappy!:
If we had extra time, we would add coins between the green poles so whenever the bird goes through they collect coins and we could create a shop where there would be different options of skins that could be bought by coins! Also, just like Pong, the ability to drop and drag any music the user wants and the ability to drop and drag whatever object they wanted instead of selecting a limited amount of options! Maybe even.... having multiple people playing with you?
Built With
css
html
html5
javascript
Try it out
pong.jasonantwiappah.repl.co | Pong!+Flappy! | Two web games completely made from scratch with an extra added twists of our own! We hope you enjoy! | ['Jason Antwi-Appah', 'Winston Iskandar'] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'html5', 'javascript'] | 23 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/enjoytech-wellness-watch | Do you believe that everyone, regardless of their economic status should have access to innovative health technologies?
If you believe that we need more solutions to bridge the health gap caused by Inequitable access to healthcare, then our watch is for you.
Recent events have once again highlighted the fact that underserved groups are at the greatest risk of negative health outcomes because the lack basic medical resources.
Our wellness watch will be your personal health guardian. It will continuously monitor the body’s vital signs; body temperature, blood oxygen, blood pressure, and heart rate. You will be alerted to irregularities, which could be early indicators of viruses or other health changes. The wellness device also includes many fitness and communication features to support your daily activities.
The wellness watch will empower you to stay abreast of, and take timely action for your health.
Good health is a human right.
Built With
android-studio
ios
wearables | EnjoyTech Wellness Watch | The watch continuously monitors body temperature, blood oxygen concentration, heart rate and blood pressure. Users are notified to any irregularities so they can take quick action for their health | ['EnjoyTech USA'] | [] | ['android-studio', 'ios', 'wearables'] | 24 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/funnybunny-e7u98y | FunnyBunny
Funny
Wise
Inspiration
We wanted to see if we could implement and create a bot that was actually funny and make the user laugh! Plus, with the pandemic, we wanted to create a unique way for people to disconnect and relax and smile without needing to leave the house.
What it does
We present you with a funny chatbot who has been trained on speech from the fan favorites of television: The Office, Gordon Ramsay, and Friends. Yes, the bot can definitely tell you a joke, but just like all the true comics, its humor flows out effortlessly during a conversation. And don’t forget to ask about the weather! Don’t say I didn’t tell you it’s funny AND helpful!
Personality: funny with a side of sass
Hobbies: keeping you company and helping you out
Cute
A fun conversation with FunnyBunny
How we built it
We used:
Gordon Ramsay
Chandler Bing
The Office cast
Chuck Norris
Dad jokes
React Native
DialogFlow
Amazon Alexa
Google Cloud
Adobe Illustrator
SpaCy for POS tagging and linking, word association and NLTK for sentiment.
To determine conversation flow, we utilized Google Cloud’s DialogFlow and designed a conversation flow, creating custom intents and entities. With each user input, the app pings the DialogFlow API to get the correct response. Additionally, we created an Amazon Alexa skill that has the same functionalities as our app, so the user can have the same great experience using Amazon Alexa.
The backend was deployed on Google cloud platform as serverless cloud functions. These functions had a python 3.7 runtime with 128 MB ram. The segregated nature of the endpoints meant that some user config data was stored in a mongodb instance which was looked up upon invocation.
Challenges we ran into
Initially, we created the Alexa skill and saw that Google offered an easy import tool which sounds too good to be true, and it was - that tool no longer works. So, we spent a lot of time reading and understanding many of the Google Cloud Products in order to successfully manually transfer the dialog model. Interestingly enough, you can code in python for AWS Lambda but not for Google’s Cloud Functions, so we needed to find a workaround for the lack of Python compatibility of Google Cloud Functions.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're really proud that our product is actually working! Jokes aside, we learned about integrating different parts together from the application to the cloud and the NLP engine.
What we learned
We learnt how to use stuff that makes it work.FunnyBunny has a good sense of humor!
What's next for FunnyBunny
We wanna move it move it
Built With
react-native
Try it out
github.com | FunnyBunny | Bunny with a sense of humor! | ['Ebtesam Haque', 'Muntaser Syed', 'Sarah Zhou'] | [] | ['react-native'] | 25 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/treehouse | In Class Virtual Expedition (Coral Reefs)
Virtual Expedition Scene (Mount Everest -- Base Camp)
Virtual Expedition Scene (Mount Everest -- Khumbu Ice River)
Virtual Expedition Lesson Plan (Mount Everest)
Virtual Expedition Lesson Plan (Mount Everest)
Inspiration
Hi! I'm Dave.
Back in 2019 I took a 360-degree camera and started filming hiking trails.
They quickly attracted
millions of views
online
and other hikers asked me how they could do the same.
So I showed them
.
Then local community groups, larger commercial organisations and
even some celebrities
wanted to use the photos for their own environmental causes.
And so Trek View became a thing
.
To date, Trek View has been focused on sustainable tourism, allowing people to explore destinations (e.g.
hiking trails
) to encourage them to visit in-person. Generally local tourism boards fund us to capture imagery and turn it into software (e.g. web / VR apps) that they use to support their marketing campaigns.
With well
over a million images captured
it has been clear for some time now that that they could be turned into
“virtual adventures”
allowing children to immerse themselves and explore the location whilst simultaneously learning about it.
As schools around the world are closing due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, teachers are scrambling to find ways to continue their curriculum's remotely.
Parents are struggling to juggle childcare and work commitments.
Students are enjoying more time on Fortnite, but also missing vital parts of their education.
And so now is the perfect time for Treehouse to become a thing
.
What it does
Treehouse uses our (Trek View's) existing 360-degree imagery of prominent geographical features (e.g.
volcanos, coral reefs, rivers, mountains
…) and turns it into virtual tours for students aged 7-11.
Imagine being able to virtually climb Mount Everest
whilst having the key features you’re seeing being explained interactively.
Do you know what a “Wind Horse” is?
That’s Treehouse
.
We (a team of 10 volunteers) have created a series of lesson plans around these educational virtual reality adventures, that allow
any teacher
to guide their class and help them learn through the immersive content.
Each lesson plan helps teacher’s guide students as they prepare for their adventure, guides them through points of interest during the tour, and gives them exercises for students to complete both during and after their expedition.
Our aim is to give students
high quality and fun content
that maps to their studies, but to also provide content that can be
taught remotely to any student
with a PC or mobile device.
To prove this concept, we’ve
scheduled a series of free, live remote adventures (lessons)
to cover the content we’ve created during the hackathon.
You can enrol your child(ren) here
.
How we built it
Our aim for the hackathon was to have a teachable product by the end of the weekend.
This involved getting teachers in a local school together to
define key parts of the education curriculum
for 7-11 year olds in the UK and defining the key concepts that need to be covered.
From there, we selected existing
Trek View imagery
that could be used to cover these requirements.
With the requirements defined and imagery mapped to them, we
created lesson plans around the content
. Lessons are divided into three parts (before, during, and after expedition) with learning objectives, vocabulary and extension ideas included that allow teachers to customise the lesson to suit the level of their class.
The lesson plans are also designed so that
parents/carers homeschooling children can use the lesson plans
to teach the content.
To get the expedition imagery online quickly and to
make it interactive
, we used an existing piece of software from Google, Tour Creator, as a quick technical solution.
Tour Creator was useful for our requirements because it requires minimum technical knowledge (great for teachers) and can be published quickly to be viewed on both PC and mobile devices (many classrooms rely on PCs).
Two other major advantages of using Tour Creator was the ability for each image to be
annotated with points of interest (allowing for self paced study)
and that it already had web and mobile apps students could use.
In line with our mission to
keep everything open
,
we created this write up of how anyone can build their own tours using Tour Creator
. Our hope is students, parents and teachers will be inspired to research different parts of our world and create their own tours.
Finally, we
virtually tested the lessons (over Zoom)
with students and parents of a UK primary school to make final tweaks to the content and
then freely published the lesson plans online
.
Challenges we ran into
Teachers are stretched
. It’s hard to introduce new content, simply because they are so busy. It became clear teachers would not have had as much time to work with us under normal schooling conditions.
School
equipment can be very temperamental and very restricted
(e.g. we had to wait 2 hours for the 1 IT person to unblock Zoom).
Managing a class of 9 year olds is not easy.
Managing a
virtual
class of 9 year olds is even harder
.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
300 sign ups
to join virtually guided live adventures (classes next week).
Join us
!
Everything we've built is
open-source
. 31 teachers (from 12 countries) have already volunteered to help develop enhanced / translated / new content.
Steal our content here
!
But most importantly we are
inspiring students to protect the environment
. One student wrote to us asking “how can I become a marine biologist?”.
What we learned
Students and teachers
love interactive content
…
...but school hardware / networks
can be temperamental
.
School budgets vary wildly
. I heard a story from teachers who talked of previous schools they worked at providing iPads to every student. In the school they were currently at, many students had to share PC’s during lessons.
Teachers are sympathetic to new content, but due to
time pressures
are only really interested in adopting new teaching methods that cover curriculum content. Anything in addition to this will be quickly overlooked.
To get a solution like this widely adopted, we need to
work with people at government level
to get software and tools built into the curriculum.
What's next for Treehouse
To make this last as an educational tool, it is essential that the
content matches curriculums
. For example, our "Exploring the River Thames and Amazon river" lesson is part of the 7-11 curriculum in the UK, so would fit easily in existing UK lesson plans.
Develop new
tours and lesson plans for additional topics, regions and age groups (and improve existing content).
Translate existing content into
additional
languages, and run more virtual live lessons for different timezones.
Extend the concept beyond children
. It became clear during the Hackathon from parents and teachers who provided feedback, "it would be cool to have a someone guide me on a virtual tour of INSERT AMAZING PLACE HERE".
Google Tour Creator was great for speed, but lacks some key features for remote guiding. With more time we will
build our own open-source software to requirements
(or bake it into our existing open-source software,
like Explorer
)
Try it out
www.tes.com
www.trekview.org
www.trekview.org
treehouse.trekview.org
www.instagram.com
www.facebook.com | Treehouse | Virtual adventures for children | [] | [] | [] | 26 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/hey-you | Idea Overview
Simplified System Diagram
Simplified Chatbot Flow (Registration Phase)
Simplified Chatbot Flow (Normal Use Phase)
The Problem + The Insight
There's been a huge spike in
social media usage since the pandemic.
But loneliness is more pervasive than ever,
making an existing loneliness crisis even worse.
We're more
connected
than ever before, but that doesn't mean we're really
connecting
.
Close connections don't just make life better —
they have a serious impact on how long you'll live
. But we get so fixated on the technology (messaging apps, video platforms, voice-only social networks) that we forget they're just tools — not the solution.
The research is clear:
the solution isn't more, better, newer technology.
The solution is finding a way to consistently spend quality time with the people we care about.
Our Solution
Our idea is to create a simple, SMS-based reminder that helps you really connect with someone you care about. Not by tagging, texting, or impersonal group video chats — but by spending time together in real ways, one-on-one.
Hey You is about quality face-to-FaceTime
Pick one person. We remind you to talk once a month — even when quarantine ends.
Do it if you can, don’t sweat it if you can’t.
But to keep you on track, every time you skip a call you’ll donate to combat COVID-related isolation.
Deepen your friendship, do some good. It’s a win/win proposition that can have a huge impact at scale.
One call, once a month can have an outsized benefit on your health.
And with a sizable user base, those $1 donations can make a real difference for our charitable partner — at no cost to them.
Potential partners working to combat loneliness during COVID:
The UnLonely Project
The Campaign to End Loneliness
Cost of Loneliness Project
Reengage
Who It Serves
Hey You is for everyone — and that drove a lot of our design decisions. We wanted this to be simple and accessible, no matter how tech-savvy you are.
That's why it's SMS-based; we didn't want you to have to download or setup an app. It's also why we took advantage of Apple's little-known
Facetime:// link
, so people can get to chatting with a single click using native software. Similarly, that's why we use
PayPal.Me for donations
, since 89% of the US market has an account.
If you can text, you can use Hey You.
Meet The Team
David & Johan
—
Friends and coworkers at a small ad agency with an idea and the good fortune to find people as talented as Jennifer + Ben. They're excited to use what they've learned doing creative work for brands like Facebook, Google, Delta, Dos Equis, and Nike to launch Hey You into the world.
Jennifer
—
The first volunteer to join Hey You and the point-person running database development + liaising with our freelancer. She's an incoming freshman at Columbia who has already done a stint interning for Microsoft.
Krishna
—
The unsung freelancer and Twilio vet who has been cranking to flesh out our chatbot's skeleton, allowing the team to stick to our ambitious timeline.
Ben
—
The final piece of our puzzle: a frontend specialist with valuable fullstack experience. The fact he also knows Twiilio and is a hackathon veteran makes him a triple threat — and exactly what we needed to button everything up.
Post-Hackathon Vision + Challenges
Our team is committed to continuing the project and aiming to ship a production-ready version in August.
Fortunately the core team works together at a small creative agency and has access to design resources as we refine the user experience.
Our biggest challenge is a lack of technical resources — currently we're relying on two part-time volunteers, and an Upwork freelancer (who is building out the Twilio chatbot). To overcome that, we either need to find a volunteer with PHP (and ideally Twilio) experience, or find a way to pay the Upwork freelancer through the end of the project.
Next Steps
Frontend:
80% complete
Refine animations
Adding a PR section
Building modals for the FAQ
General debugging
Database:
70% complete
Creating the logic to trigger reminders
Linking to chatbot via API
General debugging
Chatbot:
60% complete
Revisions to copy
Adding in GIFs to make the experience more engaging
Making the data-entry options more robust (i.e. recognizing different phone # formats, etc.)
Adding 'share contact' ability
Automatically generating .ICS calendar invites
Branding:
50% complete
Developing logo
Choosing brand colors + fonts
Marketing + PR Strategy:
20% complete
Outreach to relevant charitable partners
Developing press resources
Creating target list + pitching press outlets
Built With
javascript
php
react
sql
twilio
Try it out
www.heyyou.me | Hey, You | Encourage quality face-to-FaceTime while fundraising for COVID-related loneliness relief | ['davidhbtlr Butler', 'Ben Tsao', 'jennifererwangg Wang'] | [] | ['javascript', 'php', 'react', 'sql', 'twilio'] | 27 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/covid-19-anxiety-screening | Inspiration
Most chatbots and screenings don't take into account the changing factors of each locale, but COVID-19 pandemic has been doing precisely that in many different places. This makes some places higher risk for not only infection, but also mental disorders.
What it does
We created a chatbot that shows screening questions based on user's locale and earlier responses (in the same session). This will give users context on their anxieties being validated, and if they're still interested in more support, they can continue with screening questions. We then match them with therapists that work with their issues and age group. Our data is from online listings and therapist websites.
How we built it
We used django, flask apis, and react.
Challenges we ran into
We had existing work, but wanted to adapt for COVID-19. We had to find public data.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Found several public data sets and APIs that can directionally tell us how the virus is doing in a locale.
What we learned
Hard hit communities and age groups don't necessarily use online sites. We may need to partner with health insurance or government to reach these groups through automated phone calls or other community means.
What's next for COVID-19 anxiety screening
Bring in more data and support more languages!
Built With
django
flask
material
python
react | COVID-19 anxiety screening | Find a therapist that gets you. | ['Karen Lin', 'Louis Gutierrez', 'Erica Silberstein'] | [] | ['django', 'flask', 'material', 'python', 'react'] | 28 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/kura-kura-i6qgz0 | Dashboard
Goal-setting
The Habitat
Summary of reflections done
Reflect with Music
Take a look at the good songs you've listened to
Inspiration
As a team, we all sat in limbo as we witnessed how COVID-19 ravaged communities all around the world. Just like domino bricks, city after city, country after country, they fell to the virus. And along with it, people’s lives, jobs and overall livelihood were upended and many communities did not have the requisite resources to handle the aftermath. It almost seemed like a nightmare that did not have an ending. Beyond the direct impacts of the virus, the more sinister and unspoken consequence of this pandemic is the resulting mental health fallout, especially pronounced in the ASEAN region. We watched the endless news charade, a constant litany of negative news, increased suicide, unemployment, and alcoholism rates. They were all connected to a core tenant of human well-being that has been stigmatized and ignored for far too long, mental health. Increasingly, young adults and the youths of our region have been facing mental and emotional stresses that become precursors for life-long mental disorders and we decided that we were no longer going to be passersby in this crucial time where human ingenuity needs to come together and spark solutions to impact the lives of generations ahead.
What it does
When the user enters the app, they enter a space called the ‘Habitat’. The ‘Habitat’ is the main courtyard where Kura, the tortoise lives. The user will need to keep their Kura healthy, strong, and alive and can venture to different locations on a map to earn special rewards. Along the journey, the user will have to complete various challenges, quizzes and reflections centered on mindfulness techniques obtained by amygdala hijack releases in order to keep their Kura alive.
Kura kura has revolutionized what it means to reflect and how that process looks like. When the user wants to reflect, he has three different novel reflection methods. Firstly, the user will be prompted to reflect on the goals that he has already set, This will be done via the traditional method of personalized guided reflecting questions to help the user better understand their goals and to improve their steps.
Secondly, we have pioneered a way of making the reflection process more fun and engaging through word association. Gamifying and taking the user through word bubbles to better understand their current sentiments.
Lastly, we have integrated a decades-old reflection method that has yet to be digitalized for the 21st century, music therapy. Utilizing Spotify's API , we will retrieve the user’s most listened-to songs and get the user to reflect on the songs they resonate the most with. Music has the ability to evoke a wide range of positive emotions and provides avenues for communication that can be helpful to those who find it difficult to express themselves in words. Emotions that are felt when the user interacts with music are special. With these data points, we can achieve more accurate sentiment analysis and better-curated questions for goal setting and action plans
How we built it
We used Figma to design the screens and to plan the look of the application. The base of the entire intelligent journal will then be built with flutter. For offline storage of data, we will be using SQLite database. For data required online, we will be using AWS MySql database. AWS Cognito will be used for authentication purposes. In order to make the intelligent journal an interesting one, we will be using Rive app to create and build animations with flutter. With regards to our music reflection method, we will be linking Spotify's API to flutter so as to receive the users most listened to music. Sentiment analysis will be used throughout the app. The training of the model will be done using python and National Language Tool Kit (NLTK).
Challenges we ran into
The topic of one’s mental health in ASEAN is not spoken commonly. Stigma from the community and individuals run rampant in our region. This prevents many from seeking out treatment and counseling in the early stages of mental illness, Even when young adults and youths are facing mental and emotional stresses, they find it hard to look for help, lest they become ostracized. As such, Mental Health & Illness is not a topic discussed in many communities. The resulting lack of demand for treatment has also caused government spending for mental illness treatment to dwindle significantly. In the years that come, a huge gap for mental health support and mental illness treatment will be left in the wake. It is important to consider how Team Moments and Kura-kura reaches out to those in need of support as well as in how we design the whole platform to fit this reality.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Knowing the challenges that we face in ASEAN as well as the insights we gained from our User Testing, we are extremely proud of how we as a team have managed to pull through together. We have gone through multiple rounds of ideation, and iterations sometimes frantically as we have found similar ideas or had an “Aha!” moment. We have actually gained some recognition via JunctionX with an idea that we iterated away from because we saw a better way and that took courage. We have also been working remotely for the whole duration of the development using Discord, and Confluence to make sure everyone was on the same page.
What we learned
Since the start of the pandemic, we have sat on this problem and bounced ideas off each other through countless sessions remotely. In the past 3 months, we have gone through the process of testing and iterating with a small group of testers. After internalizing the insights and lessons we gathered, our idea was twice pivoted before reaching its current form of Kura-kura. To distill the lessons from these 3 months, the 3 key ideas are:
Try to go for the lowest hanging fruit first
Download and try out the existing competitors on the market
Always keep the user and the user’s context in mind as the first priority.
What's next for Kura-kura
We plan on developing the application and sending it out for beta testing. Firstly, we aim to partner with existing mental health NGOs on the ground in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines to allow us to work closely with community health partners and connect with a larger user base. Secondly, we also will form partnerships with holistic employers looking to boost team morale, providing another pool of users that we can tap into. Mental health is of increasing importance to employers and we plan to have curated versions of our app for such stakeholders so that all communities can benefit. After this, we plan to link up with tertiary institutions and universities and provide Kura-kura as a companion on their learning journey. With these specially selected groups of users, we will be able to better refine our product for the market and allow all of ASEAN and beyond to achieve mental health ownership.
Built With
amazon-web-services
azure
figma
flutter
nltk
python
rive
spotify
sqlite
Try it out
github.com | Kura-kura | Just like our bodies, our mental and emotional health needs exercise to stay strong. With the massive gap in ASEAN, Kura-kura is an engaging and intelligent platform to keep you mentally healthy. | ['Arif Woozeer', 'Roydon Au', 'Veric Tan'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'azure', 'figma', 'flutter', 'nltk', 'python', 'rive', 'spotify', 'sqlite'] | 29 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/c-care | When our app worked, Satisfied
Inspiration
During this current COVID 19 pandemic, I see health worker is curing the patients, doctors are innovating new medicine, the police is controlling the crowd movement and even bus drivers are helping people to get back to home. As a future engineer, I felt like my contribution is none, so I felt motivated to do my part and try to bring a positive change and to make sure my product can also be used in a future pandemic.
problem our project solves
Offices and workplaces are opening up and as the lockdown loosen we have to get back to work, but there is a massive possibility that infection can spread in our workplace as, When a person is infected he can be asymptomatic for up to 21 days and still be contagious, so the only way to contain the spread is by wearing a mask and maintaining hand hygiene. WHO and CDC report said that if everyone wears a mask and maintains hygiene then the number of cases can be reduced three folds. But HOW we will do that? , How can we make ever one habituated to the following safety precaution so the normalization can take place. So we have come up with a solution called C-CARE 1st ever preventive habit maker that will bring a positive change.
What our project does
Our app is 1st of its kind safety awareness system, which works on google geofencing API, in which it creates a geofence around the user home location and whenever the user leaves home, he will get a notification in the C-CARE app ( ' WEAR MASK ' ) and as the users return home he will get another notification ( ' WASH HANDS '), ensuring full safety of the user and their family. It is also loaded with additional features such as i.) HOTSPOT WARNING SYSTEM in which if the user enters into a COVID hotspot region he will be alerted to maintain 'SOCIAL DISTANCING' And it also has a statics board where the user can see how many times the user has visited each of these geofences. With repeated Notification, we will make people habituated of wear masks, washing hands, and social distancing which will make each and every one of us a COVID warrior, we are not only protecting ourselves but also protecting others, only with C-CARE.
Challenges we ran into
1,) we lack financial support as we have to make this app from scratch.
2.) the problem in collecting data regarding government-certified hotspot and also we have to do a lot of research regarding the spread pattern of COVID-19.
3.) Due to a lack of mentors, whenever the app stop working we had to figure out by ourself, how to correct the error.
4.) It took us too long to use it in real-time as during lockdown it was too hard to go outside in the quarantine but finally, after lockdown loosens a bit we tested it and it gave an excellent result.
5.) we didn't know much about geofencing before that so we have to learn it from scratch using youtube videos.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
WINNER at Global Hacks in the category of HEALTH AND MEDICINE.
WINNER at MacroHack As the best Android Application.
WINNER at MLH Hackcation in the category ( Our first Hackcation ).
TOP 5 in innovaTeen hacks.
TOP 10 in Restartindia.org and Hack the crisis Iceland.
What we learned
All team members of C-CARE were able to grow their area of competence by participating in the whole process of idea definition, market research, validation, prototyping, and presentation. Through different mentor sessions, we learned that problems could be approached by many means, but most importantly our mission should be clear.
What's next for C - CARE
COVID cases are increasing every day, and chances are low that we can create a vaccine immediately, apps like C-CARE will play a crucial role in lower the spread of infection till a proper vaccine is made.
Our app can also be used for seasonal diseases such as swine flu or bird flu or possible future pandemic such as Hantavirus, G4 Virus, bubonic flu, Monkeypox.
Built With
android-studio
geofence
google-maps
java
sqlite
Try it out
drive.google.com | C - CARE | C - CARE An app that makes every person a COVID warrior. | ['Anup Paikaray', 'Arnab Paikaray'] | ['Track Winner: Health and Medicine'] | ['android-studio', 'geofence', 'google-maps', 'java', 'sqlite'] | 30 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/isolation-together-hotel | Home Page
Welcome Page
Info Page
Room Page
Event Page
Communication Page
Inspiration
According to the data released by CDC, New York City has more confirmed coronavirus cases, at least 224K so far, than any other U.S. cites. And most of people in the NYC share their apartments with others. Once diagnosed with COVID-19, people will desperately need a place to isolate themselves. Prevent infection before it begins and avoid spreading it to others, self-isolation is necessary for COVID-19 patients. Moreover, coronavirus severely destroys their body systems meanwhile casts negative influences on their mental health. Keeping distance from all the people make COVID-19 patients feel stressful, anxious and depressed. Some of them even feel they are excluded from their families and the society. Providing COVID-19 patients with comfortable and affordable accommodations is extremely urgent. In the meantime, finding an efficient communication way for COVID-19 patients to get support and relieve depression is also important.
What it does
The Isolation Together Hotel helps COVID-19 patients to get better isolation experiences. Every Isolation Together Hotel resident will have a personal room with a private bathroom, do not need to share anything with others, and other basic living facilities, like a TV, a freezer and a coffee maker. Besides giving the COVID-19 patients a second home during their isolation time, the Isolation Together Hotel will also provide them online communication platforms to let them talk with other isolation residents easily. With the same illness and the same isolation environment, the Isolation Together Hotel residents are more likely to relate to each other and support each other deeply.
How I built it
During the COVID-19 Global Hackathon 2.0, I applied HTML, CSS and Javascript technology to build the Isolation Together Hotel website. HTML provides the basic structure of this hotel website, CSS is used to control presentation, formatting, and layout of the web, and JavaScript is used to control the behavior of different web elements. By using HTML, I add headings, format paragraphs, control line breaks, make lists, emphasize text, create special characters, insert images, create links and much more. Additionally, I use CSS to assign different properties to HTML tags, either specified to single tags, multiple tags, an entire document, or multiple documents. Lastly, with JavaScript, I modify website content and make it behave in different ways in response to a user's actions, like the booking room form and the contact us form.
Challenges I ran into
The first challenge that I encountered is deciding the web content. From the beginning, I cannot determine what pages the Isolation Together Hotel website needs to contain and what words, pictures and functionality need to be on each of those pages. The second challenge that I ran into is browser compatibility. I really had a hard time to make this hotel website compatible across a range of browser platforms. Later, I learned to plan out an effective browser testing schedule. To test my website for compatibility, I checked it on different browsers, and it works.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I really can build something to help people to get through the pandemic.
What I learned
I have gained a deeper understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript and learn how to create richer, more meaningful webpages with structural tags. I also learned how to add colors and other design elements to take this hotel webpages beyond just black text on a white background, how to use selectors, how the box model defines the spacing and sizing of page elements, and how to style text and manage basic layouts. Lastly, I learned how to manipulate forms and how to use JavaScript time and date functions to create features like clocks.
What's next for Isolation Together Hotel
Need to obtain some real data to analyze the hotel size, the guests amount, the costs and profits. Also need to build a marketing model.
Built With
css
html
javascript
Try it out
yaoyuisolationtogether.imfast.io | Isolation Together Hotel | This Hotel program not only can provide their residents comfortable accommodations but also online communication platforms to improve their mental health and support each other. | ['Yaoyu Li'] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'javascript'] | 31 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/melanomai-qx0kej | Home Page
Thanks Page
Note
The images needeed for diagnosis are dermascopy images which need to be taken by a dermatologist. Thus this isn't entirely remote, however by providing a more effective and accurate analysis this could cut down on the number of trips required to the dermatologist and can also be much more convenient and cheaper.
MelanomAI is still a much better alternative to current methods of diagnosis.
There are ways for people to do self dermascopy, but those ideas are still in development.
(This could be something we do in another hackathon or after this hackathon to suplement and support this idea)
Note 2
After the hackathon we worked on it a bit more and were able to host it. However due to the size of the ML models we were unable to deploy those. You can still enter an image, your email, and get a message demonstrating how the website would function.
Check it out:
https://melanomai.herokuapp.com/
Inspiration
Melanoma is a deadly skin cancer which affects all ages. It starts off as a cancerous growth but can spread to other parts of the body as well.
The worst part is that Melanoma has a 25 - 30 percent misdiagnosis rate meaning 1 in 4 people have been misdiagnosed with the cancer.
Considering how dangerous and scary cancer can be a 25% misdiagnosis rate is too high and 1 in 4 people should not have to suffer due to an accident that can be avoided.
More so with the current Covid Situation, remote diagnosis is as important as ever as a extra few trips to the hospital could mean the difference between life and death.
This leads us to the question, how can we accurately and remotely diagnose melanoma?
MelanomAI is the answer to this problem.
What it does
MelanomAI analyzes the image of suspected melanoma to detect whether or not it is melanoma. Once the analysis is complete the user gets and email confirming their results where they can then seek out the proper help based on the diagnosis.
With MelanomAI, a diagnosis is just 5 steps away, and the need to go to a dermatologist or run multiple tests is severely lowered. The AI is on par, and sometimes even more accurate than current healthcare professionals which means that users can trust the AI's results.
The best part is that it doesn't require a checkup, testing, or other measures. Its as simple as uploading an image.
How We built it
We used pytorch to build the AI model and train it.
We used bootstrap, django, css, and html to develop the website.
Challenges I ran into
One of our members lost half of their files during a crucial time and had to recode all of them. It was a traumatic experience and was a good learning opportunity on how to store files and use github. More so, integrating the AI into the website prove to be more challenging than expected, but after some troubleshooting we were able to make it work!
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We are proud of how we were able to create a working website and integrate the AI into it. In previous hackathons we were unable to integrate both the AI and Website, but this time we managed to do so which was a large milestone for us.
What We learned
By developing the website we learned how to use django and integrate AI into a website. We also learned more about AI and how to use pytorch to make AI models.
What's next for MelanomAI
We want to refine the algorithim to work more efficently and predict more accurately. As of now it seems to have some bugs, but given some time we are confident we can work them out and increase our accuracy to close to 100%.
After refinement, our next step would be to host our website on a powerful server that can handle deep learning models. We hope to accomplish this task in the oncoming weeks and are excited to make this a reality!
Built With
ai
bootstrap
css
deeplearning
django
html
pytorch
Try it out
github.com | MelanomAI | Quick and accurate melanoma diagnosis | ['Gaurish Lakhanpal', 'Anish Karthik'] | [] | ['ai', 'bootstrap', 'css', 'deeplearning', 'django', 'html', 'pytorch'] | 32 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/helpo | Inspiration
Increased risk of mental health illness due to quarantine is evident and social distancing creates loneliness which is linked to depression and anxiety. Which is why…
We believe it is possible to provide accessible self-care challenges and interventions in every household.
What it does
Helpo is a wellness platform merging creative content with mindfulness and challenge-based interventions to tackle mental health. We are making therapy more fun, inclusive and less clinical.
How I built it
React Framework, Typescript, Git and Firebase
Challenges I ran into
Building react framework with the backend data was difficult ad
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Our social challenges have helped people over lockdown to help them with their daily motivation, and we have raised awareness for different mental health causes and social impact.
What I learned
Connection through action, based on community, kindness and mutual support to propel one another to reach our goals and challenges.
What's next for Helpo
We are targeting a younger audience who may not resonate with traditional forms of mindfulness like meditation, and trying to make mindfulness more socially inclusive, and engaging for a wider audience through creative content and community engagement.
We’re committed to helping the people across the world through this pandemic by breaking down barriers of isolation and embracing connection through peer to peer support.
Built With
firebase
git
react
typescript
Try it out
www.helpo.uk | Helpo | Helpo is wellness platform offering wellbeing workout courses on different mindfulness programs | ['Stephen Ao'] | [] | ['firebase', 'git', 'react', 'typescript'] | 33 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/health-assistant-aivo-oslx18 | Google Assistant testing
Website for Aivo
Slack interface
Dialogflow dashboard
Working with Javascript
Dialogflow website integrated bot
Inspiration
During these difficult times we want to create a assistant which takes care of people in early stages thus lessening the burden on our Medical Staff.
What it does
Aivo helps us in telling all kinds of details about Covid-19 and also tells us some precautionary tips for several other diseases. It helps in scheduling appointments for doctors as well.(This feature is currently limited)
How we built it
We built it using the data sets from Github and then using them in Dialogdflow using Javascript and JSON. All of this is hosted and maintained through GCP(Google Cloud Platform).
Later we trained the bot with lot of Intents,Entites and responses to give accurate answers.
After confirming the bot is running, we started to work on Frontend part. We used HTML,CSS,JS and VantaJS to make a website and then integrated our Aivo to website.
Currently, Aivo works seamlessly in our site,slack. It is available for select users as it is under review for Google Assistant,messenger,twitter.
You can ask questions related to Covid like-
Is virus airborne?
animals with covid
What can I use to clean and disinfect corona virus?
Does liquor work to sanitize
can you catch covid again
rules of social distancing
who needs covid test
how often should I wash my hands
Can someone test positive for COVID after a negative test?
COVID-19 antibodies
How can I be a volunteer in this?
What should people at higher risk of serious illness with COVID-19 do?
What should I do if someone in my house gets sick with COVID-19?
How long is the incubation period for COVID-19?
Also some other questions like
I am having stomachache
I am throwing up
My nose is running off
Challenges we ran into
We really struggled with handling Datasets in Google Cloud. we ran back and checked the documentation and brushed up little JS skills and started to integrate with GCP and we finally did!
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are really proud about the integrations with different platforms like Messenger,Twitter,Website,Slack,GOOGLE ASSISTANT and Telegram. This makes users to interact seamlessly.
What we learned
We learned a lot about GCP. It's tools helped us greatly in making this project in short time.
What's next for Aivo-Health Bot
Next step is to make this more lively and integrate with lot of doctors and make it full stack usable app.
Video Link-
Video
Built With
dialogflow
google-cloud
html5
javascript
Try it out
mohinishteja.github.io
github.com
console.cloud.google.com
bot.dialogflow.com | Health Assistant-Aivo | Smart assistant for screening covid at primary level and assist for all other diseases. | ['Mohinish Teja'] | [] | ['dialogflow', 'google-cloud', 'html5', 'javascript'] | 34 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/save-our-soul-quo1pn | Join a room as a helper or a help seeker and share your specific issues
Live video chat system using WebRTC and Socket.IO coupled with a text chat. Tested on mobile and desktop both.
Realtime anonymous chat system
Reporting suggestive nudity and content moderation via API
Prompt system messages for user friendly feedback
Responsive real-time video and chat UI
Responsive landing page! Ready for the mobile experience.
Inspiration
Since the start of coronavirus, many people have been facing greater mental stress. This could be due to the untimely loss of a loved one to corona, being away from home, being unable to meet friends and family - the people that keep you positive or because of some other deep issues. There are issues that at times you are unable to share with your closest friends or family members. Therefore, we wanted to create an application that did not only allow us to connect to the people we regularly talk to but also to others whom we have never met. It helps create a safe space where people can talk to each other, discuss their problems, and look for advice. It's like a free therapy session!
What it does
Save our Soul
is an anonymous Video and Chat Web Application developed to help such people. It allows users to anonymously connect with other users, tell them their stories, easier their burden by sharing with them. The application allows users to chat with other users or share their stories via video call. It features advanced reporting and is primarily based on linking such helpers and help seekers together regarding life issues in these tough times of quarantine.
Themes
How do we connect people in unique ways to prevent loneliness
when isolation is their only option?
How do we help people engage with each other in safe ways
when social distancing is not an option?
The application tries to implement the following goals:
Anonymity
The application has been developed in such a way to protect the anonymity of the users. It does not show the IP addresses of the users, neither does the app keep a record of the messages being communicated between two users. Once the user clicks on next, the messages are removed from everywhere.
Ability to Help others
The application lets the users choose, the reason they are using the platform. It allows users to either seek help or help those in need. The application provides specific categories that the users can choose. While paring the users, the server tries to match someone who is there
to help
with someone who wants to
seek help
first. If no such users are available, the server tries to match people seeking help within the same category first, before moving on to people in other categories.
These categories are kept anonymous and the stranger can not know the reason why a user is there.
Nudity Detection
One key challenge that most anonymous video chats face is that the users tend to use the platform to conduct sexual activities anonymously. We strongly discourage such acts on our platform and have tried to keep this platform a safe space for users of all ages. Therefore, we implemented a nudity detection feature within our app that uses remote API to detect whether the stream contains nudity. The user has to report the stranger, and if the stream coming from a stranger contains nudity, the user is blocked.
Safe Space
To ensure the application is a safe space for such vulnerable users, the application has been designed with such a UI that calms the users. Bright colors, ads, animation, and any other feature that may irritate such users has been disabled. The application makes use of a grayscale model for its chat page, which helps calm the user. The landing page is dull and welcoming.
Reassurance
Whereas the members of the community will be trying to provide as much help to each other as they can, there are steps taken by the platform that ensures that the person visiting the page starts feeling better. Therefore, apart from the design and other features, we are sending out motivational messages to the users. These are displayed on the screen and keep changing every few minutes. These include messages like - 'This quarantine will end' and 'We are in this together' to try to provide a little reassurance to the person. These messages provide an additional feature, aiding to improving the mental health of the user.
How I built it
Using WebRTC for realtime video conferencing and Socket.IO to handle peer-to-peer intercommunication as well as with the NodeJS HTTP server with socket listeners which mediates the waiting lists and block lists and the priority algorithmic matching of participants based on their preference (to seek help or to help) and problem category. ReactJS with HTML and CSS was used for the front-end of the application, reactively generates random positive messages and fetches the chat in realtime as well as online users. Deployed on Heroku.
Challenges we ran into
Connecting the video between two clients was a tedious task. There were more than a few errors that resulted. These were sorted out.
Audio issues with streams and video elements
Intertwined socket pairing functions for WebRTC had to be traced over and over
Deployment complications including stream disconnection
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
The application turned out to better than the expectations. We randomly asked the opinions of our family members and the responses were all positive. The Interface was better than our initial thought and we were able to add further functionalities.
What we learned
The most important outcome was the ability to work in teams. The application had its challenges and without the efforts of the complete team, this application would not have been developed.
The use of RTC for video streams helped add an additional skill. This is an extremely important component that is used in many websites and applications and therefore, developing video streaming from scratch, increased our knowledge of such apps.
What's next for Save our Soul
The application is ready for deployment. The relevant licenses and agreements need to be achieved and the application will be ready to be deployed.
We can create a mobile application, that provides ease of access and better availability.
Better responsiveness
Reporting based on chat text using a trained model
Built With
css3
html5
jquery
node.js
react
socket.io
webrtc
Try it out
github.com
save-our-soul.herokuapp.com
www.saveoursoul.live | Save Our Soul | A platform where people seeking mental help can anonymously connect with others seeking help or willing to provide help. | ['Zoraiz Qureshi', 'Fahad Farid', 'Saad Ullah'] | [] | ['css3', 'html5', 'jquery', 'node.js', 'react', 'socket.io', 'webrtc'] | 35 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/chit-chat-bek25y | Create Room Screen
Our chat app with live texting feature
Traditional Chat app
Inspiration
Has it ever happened that you are texting with someone and you have to wait very long for their texts? Or that they type for like 15 min just to send a "Okay". If you also have anxiety issues like us, then you probably know the feel of waiting for someone's text is the worst feel in the world.
We wanted to design a solution that would allow us to view texts as they are being typed and that's exactly what we did!
What it does
Meet Tardis, a truly real-time texting app that let's you see the message even before it's sent. Now you no longer have to get anxious over what someone would say or how they would react because you can read their texts as they are typing them.
No more backspacing those emotions! A texting app so good that it would blur the lines between texting and calling.
How we built it
The App was designed in
Figma
, created in
React-Native
leveraging
Firebase
's Realtime Database.
Challenges we ran into
We had a lot of trouble updating the text in real-time as it was being typed. There were some hardware related issues due to android studio.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We completed all the goals we had set for ourselves. We completed the hack in time and now have a texting app we are proud of.
What we learned
This was the first time for all of us with React-native. We learned how to create a nice looking UI keeping User Experience in mind and connecting everything with Firebase.
What's next for Tardis
We plan to add more features like integrating Giphy for sending gifs and attaching images during conversations. Also, efforts are to make the idea into a fully-fledged product where using Web-RTC video calls can be made.
Built With
figma
firebase
react-native
Try it out
github.com | Tardis | Don't just Text, Talk! | ['Harshal sanghvi', 'blackcrabb Niyati', 'Jatin Dehmiwal'] | [] | ['figma', 'firebase', 'react-native'] | 36 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/covi_fight | Inspiration
The virus has affected humanity in various ways, be it our economy, our freedom of movement, and the loss of loved ones. Then how do we live on, comfortably, and safely with this virus around?
Even after the lockdown is over, there is a massive possibility that traces of the virus will remain, and it can spread again.
We wanted to bring people back their mobility and keep them safe at the same time. We wanted people to know about their status while they leave their houses.
What it does
CoviFight alerts me about the risks of catching the virus if I have come in
contact with an infected person
within the past three weeks. It also informs the healthcare system accurately about the spread of infection.
CoviFight also generates a
map with hotspots for what places have virus traces
, so that people can prevent travelling at these places and authorities can sterilize or lockdown these places efficiently rather than having a complete lockdown of a country.
How we built it
We develop a three-tier app:
• A user's app
• A provider's app
• An official's portal.
While utilizing
Bluetooth and GPS
of your phone, CoviFight makes sure that the confidentiality of every individual is secured and can not be compromised. Data is encrypted using a secret key, and no one can view it without your permission. It only traces the past data of positively tested patients. This way, CoviFight also meets the
GDPR compliance.
By using
Geo-fencing and Machine Learning
, we predict your chances of catching the infection so that you can take preventive measures.
A provider's app for aggregation points like shops, restaurants, and public transport synchronizes with the nearby user app. This interface is the key to the detection of infection points, be it
a stationary workplace or a moving vehicle
. If McDonald's installed CoviFight and had an infected customer in the past 15 days, all the customers after the positive tested patient would get alerted, and hence the restaurant can be sterilized.
Only the medical system may update a person's status over the official's portal, and the
authenticity
of the app is maintained hence preventing
false positives
or self-reporting, which might lead to falsification of records.
So, with the help of our app, people can move around while being alerted about their status, stay away from the virus, and be free from the worry of their privacy maintenance at the same time.
Take a look at our demo by clicking
here
Challenges we ran into
To maintain the authenticity of the predictions and analysis, we were initially in a fix as to how to update a person's status as positive or negative. Then we decided to come up with a three-tier system, and we developed a Doc App or official's portal, which is only accessed by the medical system so that the authenticity is maintained.
No one else can manipulate the data.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
• We have made sure that the
privacy
of every individual is maintained and can not be compromised. The encryption algorithms meet the standards of the leading social networking apps existing in the market.
• CoviFight not only alerts people about their own risks but provides heatmaps of the traces of the virus too. CoviFight also shows what
specific restaurant or public transport( like a bus or a train) may be infected
precisely.
• We do not need to compare data between people, thus making
computation very cheap and exponentially faster and efficient.
Our Journey So Far
•
Winners( Runner up) in the #EUvsVirus, a Pan-European Hackathon
Organised by the European Innovation Council to counter COVID-19 pandemic with more than 9k participants and 2000 teams. We stood second in the Real time Communication and Prevention challenge.
•
Top 6 finalists of The Global Hack, by Garage48, April 2020
The Global Hack is a hackathon designed to share and rapidly develop ideas for urgently needed solutions in the face of the COVID-19 crisis, and to build resilience post-pandemic, with over 12k participants from 100+ countries. The team developed a mobile application solution for the containment and tracking of this virus. We were in the top 6 teams in the Crisis Response Track.
•
We were also in the Top 23 Student Innovators in COVID-19 SAMADHAN MHRD( Ministry of Human Resource Development, India) Mega Online Challenge
What we learned
It has been an enjoyable experience to work with people who have not even met each other before and still successfully develop this amazing app. We learned a lot through the hackathon, from interacting with the mentors and getting their guidance, to develop the app.
What's next for CoviFight
We plan
to get this deployed
at its earliest so that people may get their
safe mobility
back. We plan to deploy this on the Play Store and make a version for iOS as soon as we can.
We are also in touch with the Indian Government and we might be able to save lives in India also.
The necessities to continue the project:
• Approval from government authorities to implement and track data.
• Participation from Hospitals/government bodies to update the status of a patient so that system can generate realtime alerts and mark hotspots.
• Cloud resources to scale up the project. Currently limited by the free tier of cloud infrastructure.
The value of our solution after the crisis:
• This application can be used for any contagious disease management.
• It can be used in disaster management to understand the right victims and relief reaches all rightful beneficiaries( such as in the case of floods and storms).
• It can be used by Providers such as McDonald's and Public transport systems to implement targeted location-based marketing complying with data collection practices.
What we have done till now.
• Implemented masked identities for users to comply with GDPR and privacy requirements.
• Identification of hotspots in realtime based on the patient status update.
• Fixed bugs in the flow and to make it work E2E.
• Produced a product demo.
New Technology introduces
• Blockchain to manage user identification data(making it immutable), adding the security of ECC digital signature
• Moving from NoSQL mogoDB to a hybrid of BlockChain and GraphDB for better analysis and prediction while keeping the user's id secrete on the Graph
• Use of Kubernetes for creating multiple threads for gaining concurrency
•Adding caching mechanism to mobile devices to handle any kind of network failure.
Built With
firebase
google-directions
har
java
machine-learning
maps
python
Try it out
github.com
sidhantha.medium.com | CoviFight | A source - contact tracing app, CoviFight is a 3-tier solution that uses geo-fencing and machine learning to trace and track the COVID-19 spread | ['Shikhar Mathur', 'Anshuman Saboo', 'MANIT BASER', 'vishwas puri', 'Sidhantha Poddar', 'Yash Bhagat', 'Neil araujo', 'Navdeep Chawla'] | ['2nd Place Overall Winners', 'The Wolfram Award'] | ['firebase', 'google-directions', 'har', 'java', 'machine-learning', 'maps', 'python'] | 37 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/bemyeye | app logo
Inspiration
Our eyes allow us to see the world. They help us carry out several tasks at ease, something we often overlook and take for granted. Visually impaired people struggle with tasks we consider to be very basic. For instance, shopping. The challenges they face are unimaginable . Globally the number of people of all ages visually impaired is estimated to be
285 million
, of whom
39 million
are blind. So this project is an initiative to help make their lives easier.
What it does
Mobile App
beMyEyes helps the visually impaired shop conveniently by :
Detecting and Identifying objects around
Narrating the type of object identified
Reading labels on products using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and narrating it to the user
Connecting with a human assistant nearby to help the visually impaired user with shopping
It's compatible for both Android and iOS.
Website
The website enables volunteers to help visually impaired shoppers in their area by acquiring their information on the sign up page so they can be notified via text when a volunteer opportunity arises in their area.
How we built it
Mobile App.
Twilio
- Used for messaging between users. helpers and system.
google cloud vision
- used for ML object recognition
clarifai
- Used for identifying food
gcp OCR
- used for text identification
React-Native
- Used For building a cross platform app.
Expo-Speech
- Used for narration of results and providing instructions to the user
Adobe Illustrator
- Used for designing the logo, assets and UI for the app
mongodb
- Used for storing users helpers and matches data
Website
Maps JavaScript API
- Used For Embedded Interactive Google Maps and Auto-fill feature for the address slot in the form
Geocoding API
- Used For Embedded Interactive Google Maps and Auto-Fill feature for the address slot in the form
Semantics UI Library
- Used To Create Button on Join Page
Places API
- Used For Embedded Interactive Google Maps and Auto-Fill Feature for the address slot in the form
Figma
- Used to create prototype of website
Languages
- HTML, CSS, and Javascript were utilized to build the website.
*api deployment and testing : Sashido app was created and used for testing various API endpoints used in the system
Challenges we ran into
First of All , Our teammates are from different time zones So, It was a challenge to maintain real-time communication.
For some of us React Native, and image recognition and image captioning and working with API was the first experience. Still We managed to do it unitedly.
Accomplishments that we are proud of
Overcoming the above challenges were the Biggest accomplishments.
What we learned
Through this project we had the opportunity to learn React Native , Object Detection, OCR, Image Captioning, Text Generation, and text to voice conversion.
What's next for BeMyEye
For the project’s future, We think of integrating it with every shopping mall and market for better reach. So, that product can easily help the person in need .Also we can integrate it with sensors and spectral anagram for obstacle detection . Which will in turn help the visually impaired walk with minimal risk.
Built With
adobe-illustrator
css
expo.io
figma
gcp
geocoding-api
html5
javascript
maps-javascript-api
places-api
python
react-native
sashido
semantic-ui
twilio
Try it out
github.com
drive.google.com | BeMyEye | An additional set of eyes for the visually impaired | ['Ashish Kumar Panigrahy', 'Ebtesam Haque', 'Mualla Argin', 'Muntaser Syed'] | [] | ['adobe-illustrator', 'css', 'expo.io', 'figma', 'gcp', 'geocoding-api', 'html5', 'javascript', 'maps-javascript-api', 'places-api', 'python', 'react-native', 'sashido', 'semantic-ui', 'twilio'] | 38 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/sharebear | ShareBear
Civic engagement
Advice, COVID19 updates, Weather
Inspiration
The primary inspiration for this bot is acknowledging that in these recent months, support for Black Lives Matter (BLM) has increased greatly while people around the world have taken time to protest against injustices. Diving into social issues and trying to understand all the political jargon, the political processes, and waiting for all the bureaucracy at work is no easy task at all. And so, we wanted to make it easier for people to be civically engaged in America.
What it does
Sharebear can tell you what bills and resolutions you should know about that are going through Congress. It saves you both the time and headache from looking through the 13,778 bills and resolutions currently before Congress. You can ask for the different topics and learn about a bill from a topic you’re passionate about. Additionally, you can also find out the weather forecast in any city, get a piece of advice, and what the most recent corona virus statistics are for any location.
How we built it
To determine conversation flow, we utilized Google Cloud’s DialogFlow and designed a conversation flow, creating custom intents and entities. With each user input, the app pings the DialogFlow API to get the correct response.
DialogFlow
React Native
Google Cloud
Adobe Illustrator
Web scrapers
Challenges we ran into
On the planning side, understanding the political jargon and reading up on how the US government is structured. There were lots of ideas on how we could carry out civic engagement, but parsing government websites can especially be a challenge.
On the technical side, we created the Alexa skill and saw that Google offered an easy import tool which sounds too good to be true, and it was - that tool no longer works. So, we spent a lot of time reading and understanding many of the Google Cloud Products in order to successfully manually transfer the dialog model. Interestingly enough, you can code in python for AWS Lambda but not for Google’s Cloud Functions, so we needed to find a workaround for the lack of Python compatibility of Google Cloud Functions.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Tech for social good!
What we learned
Aside from all the different APIs, choosing and understanding which platforms or services to use to implement your program is also paramount. Found some great civic APIs. Learned a lot about US government structure and the federal government vs the state legislature and their differences. Most government websites still really suck though.
What's next for ShareBear
Next, it’d be cool to get a person’s state and federal representatives based off of their location. That way, they would know who to contact to share their views.
Built With
dialogflow
google-cloud
python
react-native
Try it out
github.com | ShareBear | A bear that helps you be an informed and politically active citizen. | ['Muntaser Syed', 'Ebtesam Haque', 'Sarah Zhou'] | [] | ['dialogflow', 'google-cloud', 'python', 'react-native'] | 39 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/findmyhope | Logo
Map/Main Screen
Selecting an organization from the map
GIF
Live Demo GIF
Inspiration
Our mutual close friend and their family were recently diagnosed with COVID-19. During the period of their illness, they found themself feeling lonelier than ever. Losing sight of life's purpose and hope as one of their family members had to go to the hospital, one of us reached out our hand in any way we could. Just by talking to a friend; it lifted their spirit and gave them the courage to stay resilient through tough times. After this event, we realize not only that COVID-19 has a drastic effect on physical health but also mental health. Along with the challenges of lockdown procedures, there are many people like our friend who are trapped in their homes with barely anyone to personally communicate with. This inspired us to develop a solution to help others, like our friend, who are feeling down or mentally affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What it does
#FindMyHope is a flexible tool with an intuitive and simple interface that streamlines the ability to find others in your local area who may be struggling in similar situations or want to help those who are struggling. Find people who share your struggles, search for locations in need of volunteers or supplies, and inform yourself of the latest policies deployed by your local government officials.
How we built it
We imagined an app that functions similarly to maps applications that you might be familiar with and decided to start there. We developed aspects of the app using Swift and worked on using React Native to create a multi-platform (iOS, Android, PC/Mac) application to maximize our reach.
*Some features were planned but not implemented.
Challenges we ran into
Time and resource constraints were some of the main challenges we ran into while developing #FindMyHope. Although we felt pretty confident with our direction with the app design and overall solution, we wanted to gain feedback from a professional who's main expertise dealt with either mental health, app development, or both. Not to mention, each team member was also working full-time during the COVID-19 pandemic and had to make sure everyone was on the same page.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were proud of the great amount of progress we've made as a team of 2 in such a short amount of time. We were satisfied with the general direction and overall design.
What we learned
Although we learned some new ways to design and develop #FindMyHope, we also learned a lot about how impactful communication/social apps are to our mental health. We really took this into consideration with our final design.
What's next for #FindMyHope
We want to keep designing and implementing useful features into #FindMyHope as well as gain more feedback from test users and professionals. We will also look forward to reaching out and collaborating with medical and volunteering institutions to further build trust with our app.
Built With
java
react-native
swift
Try it out
tinyurl.com | #FindMyHope | You're not in this alone 🤝 Find others in your area who are going through the same struggles as you. Connect, volunteer, stay informed, and stay safe. | ['Jimmy Tran', 'Bakr Marouf'] | [] | ['java', 'react-native', 'swift'] | 40 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/zoop | Zoop – Your new digital commute.
Create carpools with friends, family & colleagues.
Take part in your favourite activities.
Track streaks, participate in global challenges, & get rewards.
Stay connected, be happy, & do what you love.
Groups we're serving
Mental health and social connection
Inspiration
We were surprised when we heard our friends complain about missing their morning commute despite the fact that they were often cramped up in a stranger's armpit while standing in the London Underground. They valued this time to draw a boundary between their lives at work and at home, and Work From Home had blurred this line.
Most of the working population made this uncomfortable, time-consuming, non-negotiable journey twice a day. After COVID-related lockdowns were imposed around the world, user behaviours changed radically; people lost this 'transitional buffer' and research shows that the intermingling of work and home responsibilities increases the chances of burnout, decreases performance and job satisfaction, and in some cases, instigates mental health issues. This is particularly an issue for working parents who are juggling childcare, household responsibilities, and work simultaneously.
These insights from friends and family are supported by data we found from papers written by Harvard Business Review and Cambridge University. There are also a number of articles about the significance of a daily commute by the BBC and other news outlets.
What it does
Zoop is an online platform that helps you draw a distinct boundary between your work and home lives, allowing you to get into the right frame of mind for the responsibilities that each environment requires. Users can invite friends, family, and colleagues to take part in live workouts, meditation sessions, book club, mommy-and-me yoga, or even to sit and have a chat for a short while.
The sessions are primarily user-led, with content provided by Zoop to facilitate these sessions which are only available for a few hours before and after a user's daily working hours, similar to their daily commute. The aim is to promote social connection, create accountability, improve mental health, and boost performance and job satisfaction.
How we built it
The platform was built on JavaScript framework. We create ical invites and send them to the teams you form in Zoop, using SendGrid and MessageBird. We use Google's Firebase to host our database.
Why we're the right team to work on this idea
Joash and Abhi have been working together for several months launching projects both in India and the UK. Joash has a background in Software Development and Product Management, with experience leading teams and delivering projects that have generated millions of pounds in revenue for TUI, the largest travel and leisure company in the world. Abhi has a background in Product Design Engineering and experience in delivering human-centered design projects for both physical and digital products.
Our most impressive accomplishment was going from idea to launch with active users for a telemedicine platform for India in less than 2 months. We got 25 patients and 15 doctors to sign up for our service TeleDoc, all while operating remotely from the UK. We complement each other's skills well and have been through highs and lows together, often working 7 days a week while burning the midnight oil. We have access to communities in the UK within fitness, personal training, and other activities that could help us generate content.
Key unique insight that most people haven't thought of
People, including us, absolutely hate commuting, without realising its significance as a transitional buffer. With companies around the globe moving to remote working arrangements, and over 50% of employees opting to work from home for around 3 days in a week, the market is close to its conception and is growing rapidly. Employers and individuals have not considered the long-term impact of this decision, especially on people's mental health. This also has detrimental effects on job satisfaction and performance. Helping create a distinct boundary between work and home life is the key to achieving balance, preventing burnout, and boosting productivity, all while leveraging the power of community and relationships.
Challenges we ran into
User behaviours have changed drastically, and many people who once had a morning routine now wake up 10 minutes before their first meeting, chomping down a bowl of cereal while browsing through emails. Since people don't have to wake up early to commute, they now go to bed later, and this creates a vicious cycle. The biggest challenge would be to create an experience so irresistible, that users wouldn't mind jumping out of bed each morning, and logging in to Zoop twice a day to engage with friends, family, and colleagues. This is an incredibly interesting and fun challenge to try to solve!
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We joined the hackathon pretty late. We had an idea on Wednesday, did some research, and built a hi-fi mockup and a prototype, all within 4 to 5 days. We'd love to commercialise this idea and put it out for people around the world to use.
What we learned
Speaking to mental health professionals such as Dr Josh Morgan, we learned that maintaining a healthy work-life balance is more of an issue for people who are unfamiliar with the principle of remote work. The uncertainty of layoffs and furloughs looming over people's heads creates an added dimension of stress. With a lot of health insurance programs being tied to work, this also negatively impacts people's mental health.
We have been speaking with prospective users to understand what would get them out of bed in the morning and have been exploring the methodology of Motivational Interviewing to understand people's values.
What's next for Zoop
1) Call a bunch of users to find their pain points and spot our early adopters.
2) Private beta with early adopters who will invite their friends, family, and colleagues for Zoop to be useful (network effect).
3) Iterate using feedback during private beta and work out which activities are the most popular.
4) Create a mailing list with new users and launch again.
5) Add more activities and generate a lot of content.
6) Rinse and repeat.
Are you planning to continue working on this after July 12th?
Yes.
Help from mentors
Assistance with commercialisation of the platform, business models, and finding product-market fit.
Access to their network to spread the word about Zoop in multiple markets.
Collaboration to create engaging content that users will want to get out of bed for every morning.
Provide strategic advice and guidance about upcoming trends.
Provide insights and direction to design marketing plans and make technological decisions.
Mentors we think could help with the above based on their interests and experience: Lonnie Rae, Shira Lazar, Anima Sarah LaVoy, Justin Kan, Dr Josh Morgan, Ricky Robinett. We'd love to be connected to others that find the product interesting.
Built With
adobe
css
firebase
html
javascript
material
messagebird
sendgrid
twilio
vue
vuetify
xd
Try it out
zoop.gq
commute-7ad96.web.app | Zoop | A new digital commute that helps you transition between home and work life by connecting with family, friends and colleagues during your traditional commuting hours. | ['Abhi Ghavalkar', 'Joash Johnson'] | [] | ['adobe', 'css', 'firebase', 'html', 'javascript', 'material', 'messagebird', 'sendgrid', 'twilio', 'vue', 'vuetify', 'xd'] | 41 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/quarelief | Loading Screen
Homepage
Anonymous Chat
Pornographic Related Videos
Mental Health Related Videos
Mental Health Related Articles
Inspiration
Quarantine, self-isolation and social distancing, due to COVID'19, have taken a negative toll on the mental and physical health of people around the globe. Everyone has been trying to overcome the stress, by either watching motivational and inspiring videos on YouTube or by reading meaningful articles on the internet.
Although there are hundreds of videos and articles on the internet regarding Mental Health, Pornography, Yoga etc, but people often tend to find it extremely difficult to find the right video or the right article for themselves.
In addition, many people are facing serious mental health issues and are too shy to share their condition with others. They tend to be afraid that people will make fun of their condition or not understand them. Many people just want to talk to mere strangers and discuss their lie stories and Covid'19 affected life.
What it does
Keeping in mind all the above mentioned things, we though of providing a platform for everyone around to globe to get their hands on the most popular and most relevant resources on serious topics like Mental Health, Pornography, Yoga etc. QuaRelief (Quarantine Relief) brings together quality YouTube videos, articles for the people so that they don't have to go through the hassle of surfing the internet to identify a good article, on spend hours on YouTube to find a video specifically related to
Overcoming Pornography
.
In addition to this, QuaRelief also provides a completely
Anonymous Chat System
for each of the category available. People can talk to complete strangers and can open up about their feelings, without having the fear of being judged or being mocked.
How I built it
QuaRelief was built using
Flutter
and
Firebase
.
Challenges I ran into
We found it hard to gather the best of the resources available on the internet. We spent hours to not only find relevant, but also authentic resources for the app.
We also found it difficult to make an android app using Flutter, because we were working with it for the first time.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We are proud that we were able to make a good working demo of the app, given that we were using Flutter for the first time. We are also extremely proud of our research work that led to us extracting some high quality content for the app.
What I learned
We learnt Flutter from scratch and Research Skills.
What's next for QuaRelief
We will be working on making the UI more interactive. We will also be working towards adding new features to the app e.g. pictures & video upload in the chat, ability to up or down vote a video or an article, and we will also be working towards making this app available on IOS too.
APK Releases
https://github.com/farrukhras/QuaRelief/releases/tag/v1.0
Built With
firebase
flutter
Try it out
github.com | QuaRelief | Provide a platform where people can anonymously chat with other people on some sensitive topics like Mental Health, Pornography etc and also be able to find resources for such topics in one place. | ['Farrukh Rasool', 'Ramez Salman', 'Hamza Farooq'] | [] | ['firebase', 'flutter'] | 42 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/acid-acoustic-covid-19-infection-deactivator | Inspiration
Social distancing necessary to reduce the spread of Codid-19 is not maintained everywhere.
We need an effective method of reducing the spread of Covid-19 virus in public places.
What it does
We offer here a conceptual design of a Covid-19 deactivator based on artificial intelligence and acoustic shower.
How I built it
It is well known that insects create and are greatly affected by sounds.
We believe that Covid-19 can be affected by sounds just as most insects are affected by sounds.
We propose to do some research on effects of inaudible acoustic waves and solitons on Covid-19 virus.
We will determine the types of inaudible acoustic waves and solitons that can kill or deactivate Covid-19 viruses.
We will then make Acoustic Covid-19 Infection Deactivator consisting of two kits.
ACID's artificial intelligence kit will identify Covid-19 infected person within a group of people.
ACID's acoustic shower kit will spread acoustic waves or solitons that can kill or deactivate Covid-19 viruses.
Acoustic Covid-19 Infection Deactivators may be installed in locations where many people gather or travel.
We believe that ACID will greatly reduce the spread of Covid-19.
Challenges I ran into
Datasets needed for designing the systems are not yet available.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We believe that ACID will greatly reduce the spread of Covid-19.
What I learned
Similar devices already exist for insects.
What's next for ACID - Acoustic Covid-19 Infection Deactivator
We will conduct experiments and build a prototype system as proposed here.
Built With
ai
energy
sound
Try it out
github.com | ACID - Acoustic Covid-19 Infection Deactivator | AI and sound based method of deactivating Covid-19 viruses in public places | ['Lalit Patel'] | [] | ['ai', 'energy', 'sound'] | 43 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/miia-nmdlyb | App Screens for Miia
Overview
Here are some quick links to some of the resources we developed while creating our project:
💡 • Userflow
📐 • Wireframe
📱 • Prototype
📢 • Pitchdeck
📕 • Documentation
Inspiration
As our population ages we will begin to have a lot of multimorbidities. The aging population will have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, and other chronic ailments along with neuropsychological conditions. Seniors suffering from chronic diseases require regular health check-ups every 3-4 months for proper management of medications, vital signs, and lab values. These conditions impact the quality of life and ability for seniors to perform in everyday activities, thus increasing the need for caregivers to assist with daily routines on top of managing complex conditions. Furthermore, evidence suggests that caregivers enter their roles with little support and therefore carry high rates of mental and emotional health problems as a result.
Now with the onset of COVID-19, the elderly’s ability to access usual medical care and mental support has drastically decreased, and the communication with caregivers is impaired. Seniors are advised to stay at home and may feel isolated from their family and friends, leading to struggles with mental health on top of existing feelings of hopelessness and possible grief from the loss of loved ones. Caregivers too may experience increased stress due to barriers in remote healthcare support.
These problems all point to the need for a solution in developing communication channels between elderly and caregivers for health management, while making remote support and health care accessible. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions using smartphones have proven effective for monitoring mood and health symptoms, while also providing a platform for communication and support for mental health concerns. However, these applications are not always accessible for the elderly population. Finger sensitivity and mobility can be an obstacle for the elderly as it impairs their ability to interact with apps. Features such as larger font size, high contrast, and text to speech functionality are often neglected due to the lieu of modern design trends intended to appeal to younger audiences.
Therefore, we designed our app, miia (Medical Intelligently Applied) to be accessible and usable by most seniors. Miia is an application that will help track and manage both physical and mental health conditions for the elderly population. For instance, we implemented a Chatbot function to ask seniors about mood and emotions, while also providing a means to input health measurements such as vital signs. The chatbot can be made to speak aloud, while the senior can utilize their voice which is then converted to text. Furthermore, our app has an additional function to track mobility and activity functions of our users through drawing data from the built-in accelerometer, gyroscope, and other smartphone sensors. This will help us predict activity and encourage exercise, and potentially prevent frailty and traumatic falls with seniors.
How to use miia
Miia can be used through entering
https://miia.me/
and signing in with gmail or by creating a new account. Once you've logged into miia you're greeted by the main dashboard that provides an overview of your profile along with several different tabs. Here users can chat with miia, sync wearables, and receive diagnostic reports from health checkups. Current functionality of the application is limited to conducting conversations with the chatbot while also completing facial recognition scans that detect mood and BMI.
Nonetheless, our current figma prototype serves as a better representation of the app's final functionality and design. In contrast to the web application the prototype is developed for mobile devices to better serve the elderly through prioritizing convenience and mobility. The prototype itself is fully interactive as users have the ability to click, scroll and drag through both caregiver and patient interfaces.
What it does
The system leverages AI technology to analyze data collected from facial recognition, speech recognition, wearable devices and/or IoT on a daily basis, and alert the caregivers if there is any identified risks. The platform also provides a way to facilitate communication between caregivers and care recipients, while aiding with health management to alleviate caregiver stress.
Main features
Health data collection
Daily health monitoring
We ensure the health data collection process is easy to follow by having the whole health check up process guided by our AI chatbot miia, which include the following:
AI chatbot - collect health data unavailable in facial and speech recognition/ wearable devices. Ask questions related to mental health and stressors.
Facial recognition - facial image taken for analysis of emotions, cardiovascular diseases risks, BMI and etc.
Speech recognition - speech recorded and analyzed for emotions and mood
Phone sensors - monitor activity to encourage exercise and detect falls
Wearable devices/ sensors - measurements including but not limited to blood pressure/ heart rate/ sleeping pattern/ activity
Activity monitoring
Users can opt-in to allow monitoring of activity in the background. Exercise has been shown to help alleviate symptoms of depression. Since low activity may be one potential symptom of depression, a notification can be sent to senior users to help guide them through simple exercises (yoga, walking). These exercises can also help decrease fall risk.
Elderly focus design
We have conducted phone interviews and user tests with seniors to ensure the app is simple and easy to use.
Voice control - elderly users can choose to interact with chatbot by voice or text
AI Chatbot to stimulate human-like interactions
Enlarged text and other accessibility features
Reminder system - visual and sound alerts can be snoozed until the elderly login and complete the health monitoring daily
Data visualization for caregivers
The caregivers interface is specially designed by our designer, and incorporated feedback from two medical professionals in our team. We ensure the app is useful and meets the needs of caregivers.
Data analytics dashboard - show key metric of elderly over one month
Detailed health reports of elderly - details of each health parameter
Alert system for identified issues - caregivers can set threshold values according to elderly's condition; red warning symbols and notification pop up when value above/ below normal
In-app communication
To facilitate communication between caregivers and senior users, the app supports messages, call and video call. Seniors can also ask our chatbot miia to initiate a call with their caregivers.
Voice control - elderly users can choose to call or message their caregivers with the help of chatbot
Elderly users can highlight a region or ask chatbot to send a particular section to their caregivers for clarification
How we built it
Software
• Frontend Dev using Angular, FireBase Authentication.
• Node Libraries Likes charts.js PWAs, BootStrap, Material Design, etc.
• Hosting and CICD setups using Netlify and Heroku and GitHub.
• Domain and SSL certificate from Namecheap and Let's Encrypt.
• SQL DB connected to the app with Restful API.
• Google Colab notebooks to execute heavy GPU workloads and ML Algorithms.
• Invision for developing WireFrames
• Figma for creating prototype
• Slack for Internal Communications & Google Drive for Documents, Images, etc.
Machine learning
We collected datasets from varies sources such as Kaggle, JAFFE and IMFDB and trained the machine learning model for a couple of tasks: the identification of emotions from facial expressions, identification of BMI from face images, identification of emotions from speech, and detection of falls from phone sensors. Determination of cardiovascular disease risk is also achieved by reviewing cohort studies and results in medical journals. After training the model, we deployed a demo of the emotion prediction model, BMI prediction model, and cardiovascular disease risk using Heroku service.
Challenges we ran into
It is difficult to find quality labelled data for training machine learning models, which in turn affects the accuracy rate. Given that this is a remote hackathon, we were also unable to test connection with wearables. While there is flexibility to use the app without external sensors, we plan to integrate with multiple wearable devices and platforms in the future.
What's next for miia!
We are planning to bring the project to the next stage. Shoot us a message if you're interested!
Built With
angular.js
cicd
figma
firebase
github
invision
ml
netlify
python
Try it out
www.figma.com
miia.me
github.com
github.com
emotionpredict.herokuapp.com | miia | Digital health solution for the elderly and caregivers | ['Rohail Khan', 'Ava Chan', 'Billy Zeng', 'Alice Tang'] | ['1st Place ($700)'] | ['angular.js', 'cicd', 'figma', 'firebase', 'github', 'invision', 'ml', 'netlify', 'python'] | 44 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/book-drop | Opening screen
Login page
Home page
Search bar
Book Information page
Message page
Chat function
Message widgets
Schedule widget
Profile page
Map page
Inspiration
The rise of COVID-19 cases around the globe has isolated people in their homes. Ensuing social distancing, however, has contributed to a different pandemic: loneliness. According to a Jama Network Journal, adults are three times more likely to report that they're in severe psychological distress during this time. So, how do we connect people to prevent loneliness when isolation is their only option?
What it does
In response, we’ve developed a local book trading app, Book Drop, that facilitates contactless in-person and online social interaction by helping users give out books they no longer want in exchange for books they do want to read. Our only requirement is that users include handwritten notes or drawings of book-related or encouraging content during each exchange.
First, we’ll recruit volunteers interested in starting and decorating a box. In return, they’ll receive service hours and 12 of Book Drop “credits.”
To elaborate on our credit system: New users will start off with 1 “credit” that’s used to request books. Correspondingly, users who drop off the request book with a handwritten/hand-drawn note will receive 1 credit. The note can also be featured on our home page based on their content, appearance, and sincerity. Users with featured notes will receive 1 credit.
When users receive a book request from someone, they can choose what time and which box to drop off the book using the built-in calendar widget in our message function. After users drop off their book, they’ll confirm it through the calendar to notify the requesting user, who will be then required to confirm they have received the correct book and a handwritten note when picking up. Afterwards, Book Drop will reward the dropping user with one credit, and deduct one from the requesting user. Lastly, based on their trading experience, both users will rate each other, which will be publicly visible on both user’s profiles.
How we built it
We built the interface through Figma with some elements designed in Photoshop and Canva. We attempted to implement by coding on Swift.
Challenges we ran into
Idea wise, we brainstormed back and forth to make the idea more comprehensive and feasible. We also struggled to code the app on Swift, since we did not have any prior experience.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud that we came up with a highly practical design that connects people better than just virtually but stil remains contactless as to protect people’s safety during COVID-19 pandemic.
What we learned
We learned how to brainstorm feasible ideas and how to turn words and descriptions into interfaces and designs on Figma. We also learned about the fundamentals about Xcode on Swift.
What's next for Book Drop
The next step for Book Drop will certainly be implementing the design through programming on Swift. We will also need to do more research on cloud computing, machine learning, and data analysis.
Built With
figma
swift
Try it out
www.figma.com | Book Drop | Sharing books nonstop | [] | [] | ['figma', 'swift'] | 45 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/autistart | Most of the kids apps about covid, do not focus on kids who cannot hear or see
I want to develop an interactive story that can have the option of being able to see it with sign language and with voice for young children. And certain activities that help them quarantine
Built With
java | Get off covid -interactive story for deaf and blind children | An interactive story application to explain covid for deaf and blind children about how to protect yourself, what is covid and quarantine games | ['Carolina O'] | [] | ['java'] | 46 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/autistart-c0t3j8 | interactive letters giving certain health recommendations to autistic children (washing hands, distance, wearing a mask) to help them in covid time, recommendations to parents from psychologists on how to help children in their quarantine
Built With
java | Autistart - Interactive app for autistic children | Autistart -Interactive story through cards for autistic children | ['Carolina O'] | [] | ['java'] | 47 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/nirvana-yi8lve | Achieve Tranquility
Inspiration
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it a number of psychological challenges, from social isolation to grief, to economic hardships. As such, the pandemic has given rise to a global mental health crisis. While mental health has been a concern for many, it has been a largely taboo subject to be addressed by the individual rather than the community.
In addition, vulnerable groups like communities of color, seniors, people living in isolation, young people and homeless people require the most immediate attention in this global pandemic.
Now more than ever, it is important to remove the stigma associated with mental health.
Creative solutions using technology could help to tackle mental and social symptoms of loneliness caused by social distancing, self isolation and economic hardships.
What it does
We built a platform of mental wellness services that allows individuals to address and work through these mental health concerns through:
Individualized therapy - 1:1 Therapy with qualified counsellors
Mindfulness and meditation
Group therapy
Yoga
Curated content on mental wellness
Customized Wellness Programs
We aim to bring together communities facing death & grief, seniors, children, young people facing an uncertain future, and all those impacted by this ongoing pandemic.
Nirvana aims to offer a range of solutions and services in recognition of the fact that everyone has unique experiences and needs, and the journey to mental wellness can take many paths. For some the experience may be more individual and private, for others the support of a community could be considered more effective.
User Archetypes
As a starting point, we aim to focus on 3 user archetypes:
The Wellness Seeker: Individuals seeking therapy, group counselling, mindfulness training, yoga and other offerings.
The Providers: offering psychotherapy/counselling services
The Instructor: leading mindfulness practices such as meditation and yoga
How we built it
Once the user Login / Register as a Participant, they get Options as:
Talk to a therapist (Setup an Appointment)
Practice Yoga (Instructions, Recorded Videos and Live Sessions)
Motivational Videos (Recorded Videos)
Meditation Room (Recorded and Live)
Join a Support Group (View chat rooms & Live video sessions)
Customize & Join a Wellness Program
Challenges we ran into
Setting up MongoDB and connecting it with the Python APIs
Configuring pion and rocket.chat for the self-hosted Video Streaming and Chat Solution
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Having a self hosted video streaming and chat solution to enhance user privacy and security.
What we learned
Working on Mongo and Python was a new experience.
Designing UI/UX with simplicity considering users of various age groups
What's next for Nirvana
Launch MVP - Launch our MVP to the regions in India and HK including support for local caregivers and language
Pilot - Looking for Pilot opportunities with established communities & organizations for offering facilitator based programs
Caregivers Network - Create a global network of care givers, instructors and facilitators registered on the Nirvana Wellness platform
Corporate Membership - Add support for corporate membership for employees to deal with Stress and improve up on their work-life balance
Expansion - Expand our service regions to Europe and Americas including support for language and local caregivers network
Built With
caddy
docker
firebase
flask
golang
heroku
ipfs
mongodb
pion
react
Try it out
github.com
stream.lznet.co
chat.lznet.co | Nirvana | Discover Inner Peace | ['Rashmi Agarwal', 'Kavyashree Krishnappa', 'Leena Chatlani', 'Shachindra Kumar', 'Silky Singh', 'Shashi Gb'] | [] | ['caddy', 'docker', 'firebase', 'flask', 'golang', 'heroku', 'ipfs', 'mongodb', 'pion', 'react'] | 48 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/covidready-8j93id | Inspiration
The pandemic has many people worried and wondering when this will end. Some people would like to know if they are sick with the virus; others might need food because they are not able to work; and others might just have too much time on their hands and might not know what to do.
What it does
It's a simple website with link to covid-19 testing sites, food distributions centers in Miami-Dade, and many means of entertainment like books, manga, anime, games, YouTube channels.
How I built it
I used the Flask framework, and html and CSS, and used MongoDB as the database.
Challenges I ran into
It took me a while to be able to put the footer together.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am proud of the website I created, I believe it is a very good source for people right now.
What I learned
I learned new things about covid-19 and about the technologies that I used to build the website.
What's next for CovidReady
Get it live on a domain.
Built With
css
flask
html
mongodb
Try it out
github.com | CovidReady | An easy to navigate website where you can find all the resources you need to survive the pandemic ;) | ['Danay Fernandez'] | [] | ['css', 'flask', 'html', 'mongodb'] | 49 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/adopt-me-grandfather-a-messenger-service-for-the-elderly | Most older people have been forced to be locked up to take care of their health from COVID 19, many of them live their experience alone with no one, some receive their food by delivery but cannot have close contact for fear that someone may infect them. , one of them is my grandmother that I have not seen in 6 months, that a word of support would help her to carry her confinement more bearable, my idea is to create a system "adoption of grandchildren" in which volunteers could be adopted by grandparents who they know about technology and that they can listen to them and share their life, a similar adoption tinder, in which their photo would be presented to the older person, this proposal is not only seen for now, but for times after covid would help many people older to feel better and bear their loneliness.
In the same application I would like to make an automated message system, many older people do not know how to use a cell phone, so the messages would be sent to their cell phones, with messages of support from their adoptive grandchildren.
The proposal was created by me but I am asking some friends to help me by getting older people in the first test and volunteers to help us in the messages, the messages we are starting to do manually, maybe some older adults would like to have international grandchildren .
Adopt me grandfather, a messenger service for the elderly
for contact me:
MY EMAIL IS
CAROLINAOLIPROYECTS@GMAIL.COM
Built With
css
html
javascript
javascript-json
sass | Adopt me grandfather! , a messenger service for the elderly | An option to combat loneliness in the elderly in view of a pre and post time of the covid | ['Carolina O'] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'javascript', 'javascript-json', 'sass'] | 50 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/co-help-a-web-portal-for-covid19 | Introduction
During this pandemic, almost every country is in the lockdown phase and every person in that country is in their home so it is very difficult for them to get the daily essentials and other things.
Co-Help is a web portal where every essential service is offered so that social distancing can be maintained properly.
What it does
Co-Help
is a web portal with tons of features. It provides a platform for the common people to get their essentials, to know about
Corona Virus
, and stay aware. We have made this site so that the common people do no come out of their homes to get their things, and it will help in decreasing the spread of the Corona Virus. Here, we have also introduced the
hospital section
so that people can know about the containment zone near their residence and visit COVID Hospitals if they feel that they are having the symptoms.
Sections of Co-Help
Co-Help has several sections for every section of people. These are discussed below:
Hospital Section: 1. It shows the nearest COVID Hospital so that if people who are suffering from COVID19 can get isolated at COVID Hospitals. It uses the
Google Map's API
for showing the hospitals. Also, we have given the hospital contact numbers and common state government contact numbers for help.
2. It has a map, thanks to
Google Maps
, where it shows the
containment zones
in a particular city. It'll help and aware people to stay away of that zone which will reduce the spreading of the Corona Virus.
3. Corona Test Centers are also marked so that people can go there for the testing.
Daily Essential Section
for buying essential items and those will be supplied at the doorsteps by Govt authorities so that there will be no movement of public mass in the market.
All the products as been categorized so that there will be smooth delivery of products.
Information portal
for updates from WHO.
COVID Help section
for Donation fo fund and volunteering option.
In the donation section, people can donate money to the relief fund so that the Govt can use that money in providing food to the poor.
In Volunteering Section, jobless people can apply for jobs like sanitization work so that they can earn money by doing that work.
i-Education
for providing free education to the students. There are sections for class notes on various subjects, videos so that students can understand each concept properly and free online courses also so that students can learn during this quarantine.
Corona Go App
: This app is used to track the COVID19 stats and give realtime updates from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (India) and WHO's Twitter feed and their website. Also, it shows the stats of COVID19 of the World as well as of India.
Online Doctor
is a section where you need to upload your queries and doctors linked to it will call you so that they can know from what you are suffering from. This will help people in getting medical care directly from the home.
How we built it
HTML
CSS
Google Map's API
Java (for Android App)
Team name: PIYSocial
Members: Saswat Samal & Sanket Sanjeeb Pattnaik
Links
Website Link:
https://cohelp.netlify.app/
Github Link:
https://github.com/PIYSocial-India/Co-Help
CoronaGo Link:
https://bit.ly/piyappstore
Built With
css3
google-maps
html5
java
javascript
Try it out
github.com
cohelp.netlify.app | Co-Help | A Web Portal for COVID19 | A web portal to help the general public during this pandemic! | ['Saswat Samal', 'Sanket Sanjeeb Pattanaik'] | [] | ['css3', 'google-maps', 'html5', 'java', 'javascript'] | 51 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/gopher-edu | Having now been through a semester of online school, I can say with confidence that it sucks. Teachers struggle to keep a classroom of students engaged. Class discussions are chaotic in Zoom. Teachers can't tell if students are struggling because they see only small icons on a screen.
Students too are struggling in this new system. Many students fade into the background, their questions go unasked or unanswered. Others log in to Zoom then put Netflix or another program on in another window.
Gopher EDU aims to address the problems posed by remote learning by bringing new engagement tools to the classroom. We want to replace the chat feature with a class question feature so students can ask questions in a more streamlined way. We envision a live quiz feature to help teachers keep their classes engaged and better assess learning. We aim on offering many other features, all with the goal of making online learning more engaging for everyone involved.
Built With
cloud
gcp
go
gochi
kubernetes
react
redux
typescript
webrtc
Try it out
github.com | Gopher EDU | Gopher EDU aims to address the problems posed by remote learning by bringing new engagement tools to the classroom. | ['Benjamin Swerdlow'] | [] | ['cloud', 'gcp', 'go', 'gochi', 'kubernetes', 'react', 'redux', 'typescript', 'webrtc'] | 52 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/send-a-virtual-hug-cngmv1 | home page
selecting method of choice (on mobile devices, there is also the option to send a text)
sending a virtual hug by email
email example
link example
Inspiration
I was inspired by the hackathon’s suggestion to find a “creative solution to the mental and social symptoms of loneliness caused by isolation, social distancing, and economic hardship.” One of the worst parts of quarantine and shelter-in place for me has been missing my friends and family and having to stay six feet away from them when I do see them. I decided to create a web app to allow people to send each other hugs, virtually! When my grandfather passed away recently, because of COVID, I was unable to go visit and hug my grandmother or relatives in person in Australia, so I wanted a way to send them a hug virtually. Thus,
sendavirtualhug.com
was born!
What it does
Users can send each other virtual hugs by visiting
sendavirtualhug.com
. I wanted to give lots of options because, for example, some people may only have email and everyone deserves to receive a hug equally. They have the option to send the hug via email, text (on mobile devices only) or generating a link to share via Facebook messenger, whatsapp, or any other platform they choose. To send a hug, users must input their information, the receiver’s information, and a message, and then the hug will be sent with a cute kangaroo holding a heart, to let the person know you’re thinking about them and cheer them up.
How I built it
I built this project using a Python Flask backend with HTML/CSS/JS templates. I used Firebase Firestore Cloud Firestore to store each newly created hug. To send emails, I used the Flask-Mail extension and Google Cloud. For the text functionality, I used Twilio.
Challenges I ran into
I initially hoped to use the Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API to also have the option for the text of a hug to be read out loud. However, I ran out of time and couldn't get it to work the way I had wanted to, so thought i could add that feature as a part of version 2.0 of sendavirtualhug.com! In the meantime, I can suggest to users to enable a web browser extension that can accomplish the same thing.
Accomplishments I'm proud of
I’m proud it functions and looks polished with a domain (shoutout to Domains.com for the discount code I used for
sendavirtualhug.tech
!). It was also really exciting to see the numbers of people sending hugs go up. Although drawing and art doesn’t come easily to me (I consider myself to be more of a math/logic-oriented person), I’m pleased with the way my kangaroo drawing turned out. (I chose to have a kangaroo as the logo in honor of my late Australian grandfather)
What I learned
My main takeaway from this hackathon was learning not to be overly ambitious and to simplify to an MVP whenever possible. In previous hackathons I’ve worked with a team so this was the first time when I’ve been the one doing everything. I’m also currently working full-time as an Instructor Assistant at Kode with Klossy, so my time was limited. This meant I had to really prioritize my work. I learned to be okay with including features in version 2.0 instead of trying to do everything, although I’m very happy with what I was able to accomplish and ultimately, I also learned that I am capable of more than I think.
What's next for
SendAVirtualHug.com
?
I would like to finish developing a custom Alexa skill and expand to more platforms so that people can send virtual hugs across Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and other services. I also plan on working more with Google Cloud and get the Text-to-Speech API to work for each hugs to address people with accessibility issues. Another fun idea might be to give people the choice of animals to send their hug. Lastly and I would need to learn how to do this - perhaps version 3 it would be very cool to give the option to send a personalized recording.
Built With
A Python Flask backend
HTML/CSS/JS templates
Firebase Cloud Firestore
Flask-Mail extension
Twilio
Google Cloud
Heroku Hosting
Built With
amazon-alexa
css
firebase
flask
flask-mail
gmail
google-cloud
heroku
html
javascript
pyrebase
python
text-to-speech
twilio
Try it out
sendavirtualhug.com | Send A Virtual Hug | Missing your friends and family during the pandemic? Not sure when you will be able to hug them again? Let them know you’re thinking about them and send them a virtual hug today! | ['Isabella Hochschild'] | [] | ['amazon-alexa', 'css', 'firebase', 'flask', 'flask-mail', 'gmail', 'google-cloud', 'heroku', 'html', 'javascript', 'pyrebase', 'python', 'text-to-speech', 'twilio'] | 53 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/ownhealth | Inspiration
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold fear and suffering for older people across the world.
Although all age groups are at risk of contracting COVID-19, older people face significant risk of developing severe illness.
COVID-19 poses a risk not only to the health of older adults who contract the disease but also the overall wellness of older adults who stayed at home. Older people are experiencing social isolation as a result of not being able to have visitors and not being able to go out and do things with other people. Lack of activity is one of the risk factors for death for this age group. More recent evidence indicates that the presence of long, unbroken bouts is associated with several adverse health outcomes that include weight gain and poorer cardio metabolic health, and these effects decreases with exercising.
We decided to build an emotionally intelligent chatbot to contribute older people's well-being. The purpose is to increase physical activity and give emotional support through sleep, activity and weight coaching for elderly who stayed at home during COVID-19. We use behavior science to transform habits.
What it does
How I built it
React native - to build a cross platform application
Wit.ai - emotionally intelligent chatbot
Pedometer - to track the user's daily activity
Challenges I ran into
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
What I learned
What's next for OwnHealth
Try it out
app.botsociety.io
github.com
readymag.com | OwnHealth | An emotionally intelligent chatbot to change behavior of elderly | ['Neslihan Tuzun', 'Claire Liew'] | [] | [] | 54 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/flextogether | Screenshot of the FlexTogether Pairs experience.
Inspiration
The idea for FlexTogether stemmed from Benji Rostoker’s experience exercising with his Grandmother over Facetime. Seeing an opportunity to simplify the video chat experience, and ensure the exercises were safe and fun for older adults, Benji and Emily Mischel embraced designing and building a new solution. With FlexTogether, exercise can now bring people together and create shared experiences--even during the Covid crisis.
What it does
FlexTogether enables older adults to feel the social connection of a fitness class, online and in their own home. The online platform combines pre-recorded fitness instruction with a video-chat among friends and family. FlexTogether fitness classes are taught by highly qualified instructors - the majority of which are older adults themselves.
How we built it
By combining the founder’s technical and media experience and key partnerships with older adult organizations.
Challenges we ran into
Widespread misconceptions around older adult lack of technology use.
Post-Covid, the inability to record instructors in a film studio.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Encouraging 700+ users to exercise
MVP and Beta Builds
Partnering with the AARP Foundation’s Innovation Pipeline.
Winning 2 pitch competitions
What we learned
Great conversations come from great experiences. Our role as a service is to create shared experiences that are the catalyst for great conversations.
What's next for FlexTogether
Collecting data through a public Beta.
Expanding fitness class library
Exploring pricing and revenue models.
Built With
webrtc
Try it out
flex2.co
www.flextogether.com | FlexTogether | FlexTogether is an online fitness studio for older adults that encourages healthy movement and social connectedness. We are bringing the social experience of a senior fitness class online. | ['Benji Rostoker', 'Emily Mischel'] | [] | ['webrtc'] | 55 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/send-a-virtual-hug-2sojby | home page
choosing method of sending (text option available on mobile only)
sending an email! (with a temporary 10minutemail address)
sample email
sample direct link (see http://www.sendavirtualhug.com/hugs/2534342781615)
logo
Inspiration
I was inspired by the hackathon’s suggestion to “build something fun that helps people stay connected during these times.” One of the worst parts of quarantine and shelter-in place for me has been missing my friends and family and having to stay six feet away from them when I do see them. I decided to create a web app to allow people to send each other hugs, virtually! When my grandfather passed away recently, because of COVID, I was unable to go visit and hug my grandmother or relatives in person in Australia, so I wanted a way to send them a hug virtually. Thus,
sendavirtualhug.com
was born!
What it does
Users can send each other virtual hugs by visiting
sendavirtualhug.com
. I wanted to give lots of options because, for example, some people may only have email and everyone deserves to receive a hug equally. They have the option to send the hug via email, text (on mobile devices only) or generating a link to share via Facebook messenger, whatsapp, or any other platform they choose. To send a hug, users must input their information, the receiver’s information, and a message, and then the hug will be sent with a cute kangaroo holding a heart, to let the person know you’re thinking about them and cheer them up.
How I built it
I built this project using a Python Flask backend with HTML/CSS/JS templates. I used Firebase Firestore Cloud Firestore to store each newly created hug. To send emails, I used the Flask-Mail extension and Google Cloud. For the text functionality, I used Twilio.
Challenges I ran into
I initially hoped to use the Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API to also have the option for the text of a hug to be read out loud. However, I ran out of time and couldn't get it to work the way I had wanted to, so thought i could add that feature as a part of version 2.0 of sendavirtualhug.com! In the meantime, I can suggest to users to enable a web browser extension that can accomplish the same thing.
Accomplishments I'm proud of
I’m proud it functions and looks polished with a domain (shoutout to Domains.com for the discount code I used for
sendavirtualhug.tech
!). It was also really exciting to see the numbers of people sending hugs go up. Although drawing and art doesn’t come easily to me (I consider myself to be more of a math/logic-oriented person), I’m pleased with the way my kangaroo drawing turned out. (I chose to have a kangaroo as the logo in honor of my late Australian grandfather)
What I learned
My main takeaway from this hackathon was learning not to be overly ambitious and to simplify to an MVP whenever possible. In previous hackathons I’ve worked with a team so this was the first time when I’ve been the one doing everything. I’m also currently working full-time as an Instructor Assistant at Kode with Klossy, so my time was limited. This meant I had to really prioritize my work. I learned to be okay with including features in version 2.0 instead of trying to do everything, although I’m very happy with what I was able to accomplish and ultimately, I also learned that I am capable of more than I think.
What's next for
SendAVirtualHug.com
?
In the next iteration of
sendavirtualhug.com
, I would like to expand to more platforms so that people can send virtual hugs across Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and other services. I will add some services to my website directly, and will work on fine-tuning the hug-sending API I coded with the URL path
sendavirtualhug.com/api/new
and adding documentation so that other coders can add the functionality of sending virtual hugs to their own projects! I also plan on working more with Google Cloud and get the Text-to-Speech API to work for each hugs to address people with accessibility issues. I started creating an Amazon Alexa skill for sending hugs and I plan on finishing that skill in the near future. Another fun idea might be to give people the choice of animals to send their hug. Lastly—and I would need to learn how to implement this, perhaps in version 3—it would be very cool to give the option to send a personalized audio or video message along with the hug.
Built With
A Python Flask backend
HTML/CSS/JS templates
Firebase Firestore
Flask-Mail extension
Twilio
Google Cloud
Heroku Hosting
Built With
amazon-alexa
css
firebase
flask
flask-mail
gmail
google-cloud
heroku
html
javascript
pyrebase
python
text-to-speech
twilio
Try it out
sendavirtualhug.com
sendavirtualhug.tech | Send A Virtual Hug | Missing your friends and family during the pandemic? Not sure when you will be able to hug them again? Let them know you’re thinking about them and send them a virtual hug today! | ['Isabella Hochschild'] | ['Best Domain Name from Domain.com'] | ['amazon-alexa', 'css', 'firebase', 'flask', 'flask-mail', 'gmail', 'google-cloud', 'heroku', 'html', 'javascript', 'pyrebase', 'python', 'text-to-speech', 'twilio'] | 56 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/ascend-to-rediscover-joy | Ascension Digital Trust and Dream Tank Presents Rediscover Joy
The Problem at Hand
Our Solution
Potential Next Steps
Dream Tank Principles
Dream Tank Guiding Purpose
Our Story
Dream Tank is a 501c3, entrepreneurship accelerator and social enterprise providing people of all ages with tools, confidence, and network to produce some of the most unique and beneficial products and services in the world. We brought together kids, veterans and mentors to design a proof of concept and the result is “Rediscover Joy”, a game experience designed by 9 year old Ty Wargo and the entire Dream Tank team.
Hello amazing people reading this! To give you a sense of where this began we have to share with you a quote from our loved team member Debi Stack who accepted and has been fighting for a very powerful mission for many years. These are some of her words:
Inspiration
“I retired from IBM as the first female Watson AI consultant and in that role, I accepted a mission to Save Lives among U.S. Veterans. I believe that access to resources for meditation, martial arts, flow state, counseling, etc. can be scaled through a fun, engaging game experience that is personalized with AI, based on contextually relevant data and sensors.
In November, 2019, we sponsored #hackingforheroes with Dream Tank, an entrepreneurship accelerator with a mission to ignite the dreams of 1 billion kids. We brought together kids, veterans and mentors to design a proof of concept and the result is “Rediscover Joy”, a game experience for stress, anxiety, depression and PTSD. What was most powerful about this experience was the realization that we came to teach the kids and the kids taught us. Their creativity and expression with gaming along with their empathy for veterans was inspirational!“
Covid shifted the plans to develop Rediscover Joy from in person work to digital collaboration. This has come with new challenges but it is our hope that during this time we will be able to find the experts and supporters to help us launch quicker and better than ever. Especially now that we are seeing that this idea has potential to bring wellness to those in need, and underserved populations, which is even more necessary in these trying times.
What it does
Rediscover Joy is a wellness platformer game where the user gets to explore a fun and safe space either by themselves, or with trusted family and friends. In that space the user gets to explore portals to fun game aspects like driving a car, playing basketball, solving puzzles, and practicing meditation or breathing exercises. It also shares information on healthy curiosities, habits, and information. For example, we will train an AI to recommend resources including meditation, counseling, VA resources, and more. From your home you can drop into a game with a purpose to bring you wellness, confidence, and joy.
We have a number of ways to grow, sustain, and advance the mental health field through the integration of an AI assistant and the development into an AR/VR space with blockchain for privacy, security and tokenization. We have a growing mentor network, connections, and skill sets to launch and grow, seeking a federal contract with the Veterans Administration. The VA spends approximately $3,000 annually for each of 1.7M veterans who seeks PTSD treatment. At an estimated $100 per year for the Rediscover Joy platform, we could potentially reach all of the 20M veterans and their families who have suffered the trauma of war.
Pre-Covid part of this design came while working alongside US Veterans and the mission of saving the lives of service people. Many of which suffer in silence or at the cost of expensive medical treatments. This game can reach them and the many more who are now dealing with loneliness, depression, and frustration with the world. In collaboration we can bring together and scale up a fun wellness game that can impact both everyday people and people in need.
The space is also changeable so if the individual, or the individual and their family want to add elements and beauty to their safe space they can. This can be an intergenerational activity and way to connect. The kids and youth can create spaces and environments to than share with their parents and grandparents who can connect and share in an experience.
How we built it
This idea was built using a design thinking approach and understanding the needs of the user. We coached the kids in the Dream Tank Hackathon at Colorado University, to develop empathy and interview our U.S. Veteran mentors. Together they designed the prototype and game design document, logo and marketing materials, business case, and documentation.
Challenges we ran into
We also coached the kids on Unity development and they were able to design a container for the game in VR. However, we were challenged with limited time, skills and equipment to fully design and develop the game in VR.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are very proud of our kids team, ages 7 to 17 and particularly, Ty who won the Hackathon challenge with his design in Roblox.
What we learned
One of the things we have learned is just how brilliant kids are. A team of 20 kids under the age of 17 put together this prototype over two days and the results were as good as any design challenge with MBA teams at IBM. We have an almost complete game design proposal.
What's next for Rediscover Joy, Ascend, and Dream Tank?
We are seeking funding for developers, designers, and business development resources to prototype the game with AI and VR. Debi Stack has researched this project for three years and Jeff Ferguson, who has submitted another Hackathon gaming proposal, has offered to combine efforts to further this development and possibly exhibit at Virtual Burning Man in September.
Ascend and Dream Tank want to launch another intergenerational collaboration through a virtual summer camp program with sponsors and funding.
Built With
We worked with youth ranging from 7 to 17 in our November 2019 accelerator. It is designed in Roblox with plans to develop the VR experience in Unity or Unreal Engine and train the personalized AI engine with sponsorship from IBM, Google or Amazon.
Built With
microdose
roblox
unity
unreal-engine | Ascend to Rediscover Joy | Mental wellness game platform for U.S. Veterans and kids | ['Braeden Miguel', 'Jeff-Phoenix Ferguson', 'Debi Stack', 'Heidi Cuppari'] | [] | ['microdose', 'roblox', 'unity', 'unreal-engine'] | 57 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/eleutherios | Parallel or circular processing of a customer's request
Serializing a customer's request using a Turing machine
Inspiration
Eleutherios (
https://eleutherios.org.nz
) is a global cooperative forum or marketplace, where people or businesses can collaborate or serve one another, through the same customer request or forum.
For example, if a person or customer was hungry and isolated at home, they could register with Eleutherios through it’s website and create a forum for some food. A grocery store owner could register as a service in the website and subscribe to the forum and ask the person what food they wanted? The grocery store owner could gather the food from their store and scale the forum by creating a sub-forum for a healthcare worker to help with the delivery of the food. The healthcare worker could scale the sub-forum again and create another sub-forum for a delivery service and accompany the delivery service and be the person that delivers the food to the isolated person.
Forum (Food)
Service (Person or customer)
Service (Grocery store owner)
Forum (Healthcare worker to deliver food)
Service (Healthcare worker)
Forum (Delivery service to deliver food)
Service (Healthcare worker)
Service (Delivery service)
This way of serving a customer is circular or indefinite, because it's the forum or conversation that is being scaled or serialized, not the service or work that people or businesses are performing. People or businesses still provide the same service or work in the world, but within the same forum or conversation.
How I built it
Eleutherios is open source:
https://github.com/aletheon/eleutherios-alpha
.
Eleutherios is built with an HTML/javascript (Angular) frontend and node.js (nosql/firebase) backend.
Discuss or provide feedback.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2982366048442234/
Make a donation to the Eleutherios open source project.
https://opencollective.com/eleutherios
Challenges I ran into
Help fix bugs or resolve issues.
https://github.com/aletheon/eleutherios-alpha/issues
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Discovering how a circular or serialized customer request can be automated using AI.
What's next for Eleutherios
Turning Eleutherios into a business.
Built With
angular)
circular
html/javascript
node.js
nosql/firebase)
singularity
Try it out
eleutherios.org.nz | Eleutherios | Global cooperative forum or marketplace | ['Rob Kara'] | [] | ['angular)', 'circular', 'html/javascript', 'node.js', 'nosql/firebase)', 'singularity'] | 58 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/robodoctor | Checkup list
COVID checkup
Covid checkup by using chest X-ray
Liver Checkup
COVID-19 live tracking
Inspiration
As Doctor are so busy during this pandemic situation so they does not give priority to other diseases
What it does
RoboDoc is an intelligent platform that keep tracks about a person’s physical health during face to face and remote sessions.
Okay, now this is a definition type of stuff. Let us dig deeper and know how it is helpful.
Now let us create a scenario. You have a drinking problem. You drink on an average twice or thrice a day. I know it is quite a lot and if this is your habit then you should immediately consult a doctor. No need of this application. But if you drink occasionally and want to keep a check of your liver, that till now how the alcohol content has affected your liver or you should consult a doctor or not, then no need to panic.
Here is the application for you.
Log in through your name and password, go through the links, upload your information and get the required results. Furthermore, this helps you to keep a check on your daily intake and you can easily counter attack anyone who tells you to control your drinking. Just show them your health status on your phone and you can keep their mouth shut. Okay, you don’t need to do that. It is mostly for your health care.
Now, you will ask me this is a very easy task to do. What is special about this application?
If you are thinking in this way then really you are thinking in the right direction. Now let me clarify your doubt.
Let us imagine another scenario. There is a lockdown in your society. I know there it is right now. But now let us just only imagine. Doctors are not ready to see you. But you have your X-Ray and CT Scans and you want a doctor to consult your report.
In this situation, you don’t need to go anywhere. Just open this application, upload your reports and CT Scans and they will generate your report. It will also give you a percentage of your medical seriousness.
This app covers almost all the health-related issues.
Now the second question which you should ask me if you are reading all this very carefully is that what about small health-related problems like allergy and something. How it will help in that case?
For covering this issue, we have a different tab where you can enter your symptoms and can directly contact the doctor through this application.
Having talked a lot about scenarios, let us talk about it’s most important advantages.
Whenever we feel uneasiness, our first action to this reaction is to go and consult a doctor. And when we go there, we find out that there was nothing an issue to be cared about and that you have just overslept. And adding misery to it, you have to pay a sum of money to the doctor for consultation fees. This is for the people who have money to spend on their intuitions. And what about those who just don’t go the doctor thinking that it is a small problem and it will heal automatically over time? And later they find out that these negligence has resulted into a big disease.
To cut out all these factors, this application plays a good role which saves your money and time.
Keeping the recent global scenario we have also kept COVID-19 Tracker as it has become the most essential part of our daily lives.
How I built it
I made machine learning models by the help of data available in open sources.Then by using flask,i converted my vision to flask app.
Challenges I ran into
First ,we faced the problems in collecting of datasets of diseases.Second,we had to make every machine model which took too much time.Third,accuracy played critical role.We had to train model again and again with different algorithms to get good accuracy.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
This is future of medical industry.
What I learned
Got too much information of medical science as i am an electronic engineer. We have used Kaggle to download and to collect the data stuff for creating the models.
We have also used Flutter which is a kind of hybrid platform which helped us to develop deploy act of Robodoc for android as well as IOS. It
Flask helped us to deploy models and images to the web and make it more user friendly.
What's next for RoboDoctor
Now what we are planning to add on to this is that we are thinking of configuring AI bot which will help us to track and guide user’s previous data so that we can use them when the user logins next time.
We are also planning to introduce more ML models for other diseases so that we can keep up to date of the coming health-related problems and issues in the society.
This is just a start to our dream project and we are all ready to make this application better and better with coming time and would try to serve your imaginations in the best possible way.
It would not just be your dream robot, it would be more than that.
Built With
bootstrap
cnn
computer-vision
css
deep-learning
flask
html
javascript
jinja
machine-learning
Try it out
github.com | RoboDoctor | RoboDoctor is an artificial intelligence system which used to predict diseases like cancer,heart diseases,liver diseases,COVID,etc | ['Aditya Mangal', 'Darsh Patel'] | [] | ['bootstrap', 'cnn', 'computer-vision', 'css', 'deep-learning', 'flask', 'html', 'javascript', 'jinja', 'machine-learning'] | 59 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/covid-watch-ag9t2i | Inspiration
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What it does
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Built With
appy-pie | a | a | ['Mashrur Chowdhury', 'Philip Choi', 'Moe S'] | [] | ['appy-pie'] | 60 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/bithacks | Red line shows the true line for Cali 's deaths if we follow our current path to follow CDC. The true-labels relatively match predictions.
Shows the num deaths that will occur on our ability to wear masks. This would influence many people by showing them the death trend in Cali
Not apart of my video, but it contains the info about my implementation of CNN. This was my first time, so I was new on the terminology
Inspiration
I was watching the news and I found that many people did not want to wear masks and they believed that it did not "effect" the curve regarding the number of deaths regarding COVID-19. I realized that if more people had this philosophy then the pandemic would never come to an end. So I came up with the idea to show them how their undesirable decisions effect the number of casualties regarding the pandemic.
What it does
This architecture will use John Hopkins data to determine the future number of deaths regarding on people's ability to follow CDC guidelines on wearing a mask. Furthermore, the results of this code will show a graph that displays the future number of deaths for each state depending on each scenario on following CDC guidelines. This will show people in the US(a hotspot for coronavirus cases) how important and crucial it is to wear masks and follow CDC guidelines.
How I built it
I built this architecture using linear regression models and CNN layers for accuracy. I grouped all the data from Github into training and test sets and organized it with states as it was first plot within each county. I created an algorithm that would take the past 7 days and predict the next 14 days without using networks like RNN. I then further added weights to sort of smooth the linear regression curve. Furthermore, I added CNN layers to make the curve more smooth without the outliers. Then I added multiple CNN layers such as dense, convolutional, and maxpooling layers in order to make my mean squared error low.
Challenges I ran into
As I am a beginner at machine learning, it was a lot harder for me to adapt to the syntax of the linear regression model and the CNN network. Consequently, I ran into multiple challenges while making this project. For instance, I ran into multiple challenges while creating and applying my algorithm. My code would often get very complicated where I would have to go back to the code and traverse through it again which would take a long time. Moreover, I would have to constantly create multiple matrices in order to balance my shape and to add data into my architecture which would get more complicated as time went on which set me back a lot.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am very proud of my architecture as I was able to properly apply my knowledge on deep learning and sklearn models into my code. Even thought this architecture took a lot of time and energy, I was very happy with my results as I was properly able to implement my CNN layers to make my root mean square error relatively low. Furthermore, I found ways to add more weights as to match the true labels with my predicted labels.
What I learned
I learned a lot while working through my project. For example, I learned to always keep in mind the shape of your matrices as you apply them and interchange them with other matrices. I would have simple matrices containing data of the cases and deaths per state be like (2 X 14), and later they would end up being(112, 14) which would often get frustrating as I would have to go through the code again. By knowing the shape of my matrices I was able to often track my mistakes as I would realize that I implemented my algorithm wrong.
What's next for "COVID-19: Predicts the future deaths using past data"
I was also thinking later to add RNN syntax into my code in order to further increase the accuracy. Furthermore, I want to apply this algorithm to bring awareness to other social problems in the world such as the starvation issue occurring in Yemen that not a lot of people are doing much about. I think that this algorithm can bring awareness to many people around the world as a means to encourage them to stand up to all parts or regions of the world as they are being severely impacted.
Built With
python
Try it out
github.com | COVID-19: Predicts the future deaths using past data | How do you convince people to wear masks and follow CDC guidelines? Simple. You just scare them into doing it! :) | ['Avi Choudhary'] | [] | ['python'] | 61 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/zero-contact-uav-bot | Ardu Pilot Software
AA Interactive Form to collect Input
UAV Weather Forecast For Pre-Flight Checks
Mission Planner
UAV / Drone Taking off
Access Database for Logging
Sky Vector for logging Aeronautical chart
Code snippet in step level (MainTask)
Code snippet (Sub Task Module) for Input
Inspiration
The Novel Corona-virus has affected humanity in various ways, be it our economy, our freedom of movement, and the loss of loved ones. Something that struck me was elderly people having to wait in a queue for medicines at an outlet. Even though there are home delivery services, the risk of infection is extremely high as this job requires you to move around places at a higher rate and I recollected news of people infected by pizza delivery agents / Swiggy agents throughout India on multiple occasions. The Lockdown definitely has slowed down the infection rates but we are forgetting that all essential services are not contactless. That's when I decided to create a solution to this by using a Drone / UAV to Deliver essentials and medicines primarily for the vulnerable among us so that we ensure they are safe, Drones are usually manually remote-controlled by a pilot. Me myself being an aerospace engineer with focus on Avionics and with Automation Anywhere. I decided to use an AutoPilot Mission Planner to write coded commands to the Flight controller in order to make the Flight Autonomous and deliver the essential package and return home.
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Features in a nutshell
Interactive User input
Database Logging
Autonomous UAV Flight
Automated Pre Flight Checks
Address to Geo Coordinates conversion
Distance, Payload release altitude Calculation
AutoPilot Command creation (Flight Plan)
Payload Delivery (Essential package Delivery)
Scalability
What it does
The Bot collects the delivery address and input data using Interactive forms and converts the address string into location coordinates using Geocoding API and uses Python Script to calculate the Flight Distance using Haversine Formula based on the range of the UAV and Performs Pre-Flight Checks such as Wind speed, Temperature, Precipitation Probability, Cloud Cover, Visibility and more. It also checks for any nearby airport and logs the Aeronautical charts for the way-points using Sky Vector web service. It then Sends Flight information to the DGCA for Flying permission via API. It then calculates the payload release altitude based on logic using the Indian regulatory guidelines for construction. Finally, the bot compiles this information to create a flight plan command and uses the Mission Planner which is Ground Control Software to write the code into the Flight controller AutoPilot using a wireless transmitter and launches the UAV on its mission. While doing this each flight is tracked by a unique flight control number and logged to a database for future audit and compliance purposes and folder is created with Logs, charts, and autopilot code. Hence this Bot enables users to completely automate the Pre-Flight processes and automate the creation of code for Autonomous UAV Flight which will Deliver the payload (Essential Package) at the desired location and return back home and complete the mission. This makes the complete process contactless and safe. Hence serving the essential needs of the most vulnerable and reducing the infection rate.
How I built it
This RPA Solution is Built on Automation Anywhere A2019 and integrates with various technology as mentioned below, which is the real beauty of RPA.
Microsoft Bing Geocoding API
Python 3.8.3
Ardu Pilot Mission Planner ( with wireless transmitter )
Interactive Forms
UAV Forecast Service
Sky Vector Chart Service
DGCA API
Microsoft Access Database
UAV / Drone & Payload release mechanism
Challenges I ran into
One of the challenges was to use complex mathematical formulae using Python to derive certain parameters. However, the Python Package on A2019 made it really easy to call Python functions inside and code and get the output. Also creating a waypoint plan for the Autopilot was initially a challenge however using the product documentation I was able to create the flight plans using Log to file package making all the values dynamic.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am happy that I was able to use my academic knowledge in Aerospace, my work expertise in Robotic Process Automation, and my curiosity to explore new possibilities in creating this solution which can help the world in this traumatic situation. I am also happy that I was able to bring out the true sense of Anywhere in the name "Automation Anywhere".
What I learned
It was indeed a great experience to develop this bot with a lot of research, trial & error and new learnings. I was able to start off with Python and I'm looking forward to trying out further possibilities.
What's next for Zero Contact UAV Bot
The RPA solution can be scaled up for usage with Queue (WLM) and to further improvise and add on more features. To make the solution more independent we can have a "Raspberry Pi" attached to the drone and connected to the Flight controller and the Internet. We can install AA Bot agent on the Raspberry Pi running windows and we can remotely deploy the automation considering the Drone as a bot runner with wings ;). This drone will be a fully automated solution for an Autonomous Flight using Robotic Process Automation as the base Technolgy.
Other areas of usage
Delivery Services
Search and Rescue Facilities
Climbers and Firefighters
Mine and Oil Industry
Military and Gaurd Services
Disaster Relief Services
Built With
api
ardupilot
automationanywhere
autonomousuav
flightcontroller
geocodingapi
missionplanner
payloadreleasemechanism
python
skyvector
uavforcast
Try it out
github.com | Zero Contact - Essentials Delivery UAV Bot | The Bot creates and executes an Autonomous Flight Plan for a UAV / Drone based on Guidelines for Contact less Delivery of Essential commodities during the pandemic. | ['Manuel Varghese Philip'] | ['The Wolfram Award', 'First prize', 'Gold'] | ['api', 'ardupilot', 'automationanywhere', 'autonomousuav', 'flightcontroller', 'geocodingapi', 'missionplanner', 'payloadreleasemechanism', 'python', 'skyvector', 'uavforcast'] | 62 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/wecare-5l9dgi | Home Screen of app, which allows you to report your symptoms, check the status of your circle, and get daily personalized tips.
Map Screen of app, which allows you to see hotspots around you and your Care Circle.
Care Circle screen of app, which allows you to health conditions of your loved ones.
Web interface, which can be used to update the symptoms. It is synced with the app.
New logo.
Update with a key.
Hotspots for countries.
Options from the start.
Questions about your health.
Hot spots.
App design
As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the entire world, more stringent containment measures from social distancing to city closure are being put into place, greatly stressing people we care about. To address the outbreak, there have been many ad hoc solutions for symptom tracking (e.g.,
UK app
), contact tracing (e.g.,
PPEP-PT
), and environmental risk dashboards (
covidmap
). However, these fragmented solutions may lead to false risk communication to citizens, while violating the privacy, adding extra layers of pressure to authorities and public health, and are not effective to follow the conditions of our cared ones. Unless being mandatory, we did not observe the large-scale adoption of these technologies by the crowd. Until now, there is no privacy-preserving platform in the world to 1) let us follow the health conditions of our cared ones, 2) use a statistically rigorous live hotspots mapping to visualize current potential risks around localities based on available and important factors (environment, contacts, and symptoms) so the community can stay safer while resuming their normal life, and 3) collect accurate information for policymakers to better plan their limited resources.
Such a unified solution would help many families who are not able to see each other due to self-quarantine and enable early detection and risk evaluation, which may save many lives, especially for vulnerable groups. These urgent needs would remain for many months given that the quarantine conditions may be in place for the upcoming months, as the outbreak is not reported to occur yet in Africa, the potential arrival of second and third waves, and COVID-19 potential reappearance next year at a smaller scale (like seasonal flu). There is still uncertain information about immunity after being infected and recovered from COVID-19. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to address them using an easy-to-use and privacy-preserving solution that helps individuals, governments, and public health authorities.
WeCare Solution
WeCare is a cross-platform app that enables you to track the health status of your loved ones. Individuals can add their family members and friends to a Care Circle and track their health status and get personalized daily updates on best prevention practices. In particular, individuals can opt-in to fill a simple questionnaire, supervised by our epidemiologist team member, about their symptoms, comorbidities, and demographic information. The app then tracks their location and informs them of potential hotspots for them and for vulnerable populations over a live map, built using opt-in reports of individuals. Moreover, symptoms of individuals will be tracked frequently to enable sending a notification to the Care Circle and health authorities once the conditions get more severe. We have also designed a citizen point, where individuals get badges based on their contributions to solving pandemic by daily checkup, staying healthy, avoiding highly risky zones, protecting vulnerable groups, and sharing their anonymous data.
WeCare includes a contact tracing module that follows the guidelines of Decentralized Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing
(PEPP-PT)
. It is an international collaboration of top European universities and research institutes to ensure the safety and privacy of individuals.
What we have done during the weekend
Have been in contact with other channels in Brazil and Chile.
We have updated the pitch (extended), app-design and backend connection of the app this week. New contacts with Chile and Singapore. We have also made some translation work with the app. Shared more on social media about the project and also connected to more people on slack and LinkedIn. We have also modified the concept of Care Circle and how to add/remove individuals. Now, the app is very easy-to-use with minimal input (less than a minute per day) from the user. We are proud of the achievements of our team, given the very limited time and all the challenges.
Challenges we ran into
The Hackathon brought together plenty of people of different expertise and skills. There were challenges that we faced that were very unique, as we faced a variety of communication platforms on top of open-source development tools.
Online Slack workspaces and Zoom meetings and webinars presented challenges in forms of inactive team members, cross-communications, and information bombardment in several separate threads and channels in Slack and online meetings of strangers that are coordinated across different time zones. In developing the website and app for user input data, our next challenge was in preserving the privacy of user information.
In the development of a live hotspot map, our biggest challenge here was to ensure we do not misrepresent risk and prediction into our live mapping models.
Also for the testing of the iOS version, we ran to the new restriction of App Store for COVID-related apps, which should be backed up by some health authorities or governmental entities.
The solution’s impact on the crisis
We believe that WeCare would help many families who can see each other due to self-quarantine and enable early detection and risk evaluation, which may save many lives, especially for vulnerable groups. The ability to check up on their Care Circle and the hotspots around them substantially reduces the stress level and enables a much more effective and safer re-opening of the communities. Also, individuals can have a better understanding of the COVID-19 situation in their local neighbourhood, which is of paramount importance but not available today.
The live hotspot map enables many people of at-risk groups to have their daily walk and exercise, which are essential to improve their immunity system, yet sadly almost impossible today in many countries.
The concept of Care Circle motivates many people to invite a few others to monitor their symptoms on a daily basis (incentivized also through badges and notifications) and take more effective prevention practices.
Thereby, WeCare enables everyone to make important contributions toward addressing the crisis.
Moreover, data sharing would enable a better visual mapping model for public assessment, but also better data collection for the public health authorities and policymakers to make more informed decisions.
The necessities to continue the project
We plan to continue the project and fully develop the app. However, to realize the vision of WeCare we need the followings:
Public support: a partnership with authorities and potentially being a part of government services to be able to deploy it on AppStore. It also makes WeCare more legitimate. This would increase the level of reporting and therefore having a better overview and control of the crisis.
Social acceptance: though being confirmed using a small customer survey, we need more people to use the WeCare app and share their data, to build a better live risk map. We would also appreciate more fine-grained data from the health authorities, including the number of infected cases in small city zones and municipalities.
Resources: So far, we are voluntarily (and happily) paying for the costs of the servers. Given that all the services of the app and website would be free, we may need some support to run the services in the long-run.
The value of your solution(s) after the crisis
The quarantine conditions and strict isolation policies may still be in place for upcoming months and year, as the outbreak is not reported to occur yet in Africa, the potential arrival of second and third waves, and possible COVID-19 reappearance next year at a smaller scale (like seasonal flu).
Therefore, we believe that WeCare is a sustainable solution and remains very valuable after the current COVID-19 crisis.
The URL to the prototype
We believe in open science and open-source developments. You can find all the codes and documentation (so far) at our
Website
.
Github repo
.
Pitch:
https://youtu.be/7fMrVqxoPKY
Pitch extended version:
https://youtu.be/Vo0gs3WlptU
Other channels.
https://www.facebook.com/wecareteamsweden
https://www.instagram.com/wecare_team
https://www.linkedin.com/company/42699280
https://youtu.be/_4wAGCkwInw
(new app demo 2020-05)
Interview:
https://www.ingenjoren.se/2020/04/29/de-jobbar-pa-fritiden-med-en-svensk-smittspridnings-app
Built With
node.js
python
react
vue.js
Try it out
www.covidmap.se
github.com | WeCare | WeCare is a privacy-preserving app & page that keeps you & your family safer. You can track the health status of your cared ones & use a live hotspot map to start your normal life while staying safer. | ['Alex Zinenko', 'Sina Molavipour', 'Ania Johansson', 'Hossein S. Ghadikolaei', 'Christian M', 'Seunghoon HAN', 'Tomasz Przybyłek', 'Mohamed Hany', 'Alireza Mehrsina'] | ['1st Place Overall Winners', '2nd Place'] | ['node.js', 'python', 'react', 'vue.js'] | 63 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/fridgeremindr | Auto generated grocery list based on items needed
Suggested recipes
air quality measurements showing a spike in particulate values (someone coughed or sneezed)
Essential groceries list
Expiry date recognition
Product identification
the air quality workshop which inspired us
attending the rust workshop for the learning and the bonus points
at this point we were wondering if we could build it cheaper and better
air quality workshop
the sps30 sensirion sensor up close
sensor basic hardware setup
Inspiration
Like it or not, grocery shopping is a major unavoidable chore. Especially in these circumstances, shopping can be a pain and we decided to automate the tediousness of checking expiry dates, whats in the fridge/pantry and also whether we should wear a mask indoors (sometimes we should, especially if there is company) the workshop on Saturday inspired us to build a cheaper and better quality air sensor which can even detect cough and sneeze droplets indoors
What it does
there are two main sets of features:
1: shopping list generation and expiry date detection. All you have to do is take pictures of what’s in your fridge and kitchen, FridgeRemindr takes care of the rest. The app detects the products present in the images using machine learning and generates a list. It lets you add essential items to a list along with their expiry dates. The app keeps track of the dates and generates your grocery shopping list for you. FridgeRemindr also generates a shopping list for you based on your cravings. All you have to do is name the dish you want to prepare. You could exploit this feature to help you prepare for a potluck, Thanksgiving dinner or any special occasion. FridgeRemindr compares the list of ingredients required with the items you have at home and generates the list for you.
2: active air quality monitor
the price and functionality of the purple air sensor was shockingly high, so we "borrowed" a sensirion sps30 sensor which is probably the most accurate retail available air quality sensor which is less than 45$ retail. paired with a DHT11 (less than 3$ retail) and a cheap microcontroller with wifi (esp32, less than 7$ retail) it is possible to build our sensor for a hardware price of under 55$. This setup senses particles from pm10 levels all the way down to pm0.5 levels. This is important because respiratory droplets, airborne pathogens and micro pollutants can be detected at this level of granularity (we actually tested if a cough or sneeze can be detected, and our sensor can do this: video here - ) our setup uses a dht11 for temperature and humidity but we can also use a better sensor like a bme280
.
basic video
https://youtu.be/QD7vP-gXwbU
hardware video 2:
https://youtu.be/iIwDxE88KfY
How we built it
hard work and perseverance and no sleep
Machine learning: used models from GCP cloud vision and clarifai
OCR - used google cloud and tesseract
Servers: used python flask and GCP functions
React-Native to build a cross platform app
Adobe Illustrator for designing the logo, assets, UI/UX
Hardware : sensirion sp30 particle sensor, dht11 temperature and humidity sensor, ARduino, raspberry-pi (didnt make the UI, ran out of time :( )
Ngrok tunnels everywhere
nodejs/express : push notifications server
Scientific references
.
https://www.sensirion.com/fileadmin/user_upload/customers/sensirion/Dokumente/9.6_Particulate_Matter/Datasheets/Sensirion_PM_Sensors_SPS30_Datasheet.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK143281/#:~:text=Published%20data%20have%20suggested%20that,the%20same%20number%20as%20talking
Challenges we ran into
coding for the sps30 was challenging (had to adapt some things directly from datasheet).
Accomplishments that we're proud of
the things all work.
What we learned
its hard work integrating everything
.
What's next for FridgeRemindr
.better integration of components
more robust hardware and casing
better notification system
Placing orders automatically for essential groceries
Built With
adobe-illustrator
arduino
clarifai
dht11
raspberry-pi
react-native
sps30
Try it out
github.com | FridgeRemindr | Automated grocery shopping | ['Ebtesam Haque', 'Muntaser Syed'] | [] | ['adobe-illustrator', 'arduino', 'clarifai', 'dht11', 'raspberry-pi', 'react-native', 'sps30'] | 64 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/boardsafe | Boarding status
Book your seat
Choose your mode of transport
Choose your mode of transport
Inspiration
Mass transportation operators have been struggling immensely due to necessary social distancing measures. Many airlines have been struggling to steer away from bankruptcy. In order to cope, some companies have chosen to increase their fares.
This could be minimized by optimizing social distancing in order to safely increase occupancy.
What it does
Uses a modified version of
Steffen’s method
for boarding airplanes
Takes into consideration keeping families together, boarding groups/priority and disabled passengers
Maintains physical distancing between passengers algorithmically
Staggered boarding/deplaning process for optimal efficiency as well as physical distancing
How we built it
Experimenting with different libraries
Choosing React.js and regretting it
Hard work
Coffee
No sleep
Challenges we ran into
Animating the boarding status.
Assigning coordinates to each seat
Developing the algorithm was harder than we thought
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The algorithm works
What we learned
The current airplane boarding time can be reduced by half!
What's next for BoardSafe
Optimize social distancing in other forms of mass transport
Add a face mask detector at the door
Generate QR codes for passengers to use as boarding pass
Built With
adobe-illustrator
animejs
python
react
Try it out
github.com | BoardSafe | Optimized social distancing for mass transport | ['Ebtesam Haque', 'Muntaser Syed'] | ['Third Overall'] | ['adobe-illustrator', 'animejs', 'python', 'react'] | 65 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/ementalhealth-campus | COVID-19. Mental Health Impact
Isolation. Q&A.
We all need to say goodbye. Stages of loss and grief.
Panic Psychology. How to take over of threats?
Inspiration
The Covid-2019 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on the behavior of people and the relationships between individuals and countries as well as the blow to the economy. The adaptation of work environments to the new normality, the exploration of new models of relationships between individuals, dissemination of strategies to improve resilience, assertive communication of the new postcovid-2019 rules and a strengthening of mental health and emotional well-being are being the new challenges to overcome
What it does
Dissemination, promotion and training of mental health and emotional well-being as support of improving resilience and assertive communication of new postcovid-19 challenges.
How I built it
Through our eMentalHealth-Campus online as a repository of online workshops, tutorials and guides to support self-help therapies in the management of anxiety, depression and burnout syndrome also includes access to mobile applications.
Challenges I ran into
We are currently working on the implementation of online workshops based on virtual reality scenarios for the therapeutic support of health workers.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We belive that it is a project with a deep social and human focus, focused mainly on the dissemination of strategies and models that help people overcome their experiences and adapt to the new postcovid-19 normality.
What I learned
The mental health impact of the covid-19 pandemic has yet to figure out.
What's next for eMentalHealth-Campus
We belive it is a project with a huge projection. Countries that gradually manage to overcome the covid-19 crisis will need training resources to the new normality of their population. Other countries such as India and Brazil require guides to support citizens that are easy to use and that help overcome the crisis. Guide such as the one carried out by our team during the crisis in Spain and Italy that can be seen at
https://covid2019.saludmental.eu/
(Spanish version). On the other hand, international organizations like the European Commission have opened numerous social inclusion and well-being projects in which the project is clearly aligned.
Try it out
mentalhealth.talentlms.com | eMentalHealth-Campus | Dissemination, promotion and training of mental health and emotional well-being based on existing e-learning technologies and the application of others such as virtual and augmented reality | ['Ibonis (Mental Health)'] | [] | [] | 66 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/coronanalaysis | . | . | . | [] | [] | [] | 67 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/balancever-your-balanced-daily-routine | Brand
Our mission
Problem
Research
Research
Personas
The solution
Why?
Platform
Technology
Team
Inspiration
For many weeks several million people are in home office to slow down the spreading of COVID-19 and avoid our medical system to collapse. COVID-19 is not only a question about life and death, it’s also about the functioning of our economy and our mental and social well-being.
By moving our workplace from the offices to our homes, the boundary between work and life vanished. This can lead to long and lonely working hours and imbalanced life styles.
We had to stop hobbies and social interactions, throwing us into a new life situation. Many people struggle to structure their day and stay motivated. By the end of the day we feel mentally drained, physically exhausted and socially isolated.
What it does
We created a platform that can help structuring a work day effectively, provide suggestions what to do during breaks and free time and display a work-life balance score.
With Balancever you can generate a structure for your day, boost your efficiency and avoid long working hours.You can select diverse activities for your break and free time. Every users can also suggets ideas and share with their collegues and friends.
Find your online Yoga class, connect with friends for a coffee or browse through fun events. Balancever is a one-stop shop that helps you to shape your new remote lifestyle. Stay home, stay healthy, stay energized, stay connected, stay balanced.
How I built it
Design Thinking, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Android Studio, Flutter, Firebase and Github
Challenges I ran into
Creating a solution for people that works in remote mode. The solution’s impact to the crisis is creating more connections where there is social distance, the product helps against the stress at home, help the economic system
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Creation of a platform customized for desktop and mobile, with a engaging user experience. Integration of apps needed for wellbeing and events/activities.
What I learned
To transform remote working in smart working, you need to think about human well-being.
What's next for Balancever
After build it we have to populate it, create the content, be in contact with the online content creators (and we help the economic system at the end) and provide a product that can be improved by every stakeholders. Live video share events for peer to peer connect, sleep monitoring.
The value of our solution after the crisis
It's a product that you can always use, because help you to be in balance, working at home, working in the office. It's helpful for companies that will have employee more relaxed, more productive and in balance, for every workers, for everyone.
GitHub Repository
https://github.com/balancever
Prototype
https://xd.adobe.com/view/d0df8f06-659f-44ab-9e45-f67787fd553a-858c/?fullscreen
Mobile Platform User Experience
Link to see the first user experience:
https://youtu.be/-pULEcAUI2k
Follow us
https://balancever.eu
Built With
adobe-creative-suite
adobe-illustrator
adobexd
amazon-web-services
android
android-studio
design-thinking
firebase
photoshop
react
Try it out
xd.adobe.com | Balancever | Balancever is a platform to help remote workers improve their well-being and productivity by enhancing their work-life balance. | ['www.balancever.eu', 'Francesca Sanfilippo', 'Maurizio De Magnis'] | ['Challenge Winner', 'The Wolfram Award'] | ['adobe-creative-suite', 'adobe-illustrator', 'adobexd', 'amazon-web-services', 'android', 'android-studio', 'design-thinking', 'firebase', 'photoshop', 'react'] | 68 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/moodrise-l0kujz | Digital Nutrition Table
Digital Nutrition Profile
Digital Nutrition Poster: Calm
Digital Nutrition Poster: Connection
Digital Nutrition Poster: Energy
Digital Nutrition Poster: Focus
Digital Nutrition Poster: Gratification
Digital Nutrition Poster: Happiness
Digital Nutrition Poster: Imagination
Digital Nutrition Poster: Strength
Inspiration
We launched AeBeZe Labs and Moodrise to help address the rising mental health crisis in America and around the world. It was and remains our express goal to develop and deliver tools to counter anxiety, boost emotional resilience, improve behavioral health, and establish a new authoritative standard in Digital Nutrition™.
Even before the onset of COVID, the average American consumed an estimated 12 hours of digital assets every day. Many of these materials actively depress mood, elevate anxiety, and amplify distress. We decided to design and deploy a range of behavioral-health-optimizing products for the web, mobile, and wearables, to help mitigate the negative impact of digital content, track mood with unprecedented fidelity, and help people everywhere better understand the contents (or the consequences) of the content they consume.
Drawing on a compendium of scientific literature, AeBeZe Labs pairs curated content with simple interventions, contextual reminders, and transparent labeling, leveraging neurological responses to digital assets in order to elevate mood.
What it does
AeBeZe has been described by various media outfits as the future of pharma—the first company to address behavioral health by leveraging mood-altering molecules in your brain. We rely on content to trigger the release of the neurotransmitters that govern mood.
Internally, we think of each Moodrise treatment as a potent, bite-sized dose of Digital Nutrition.
Our products rely on peer-reviewed scientific literature that categorizes content based on its ability to trigger the release of GABA, Dopamine, Oxytocin, Endorphins, Acetylcholine, or Serotonin.
Our current suite of tools includes:
Moodrise: The first smartphone application to deliver on-demand Digital Nutrition; available on the App Store and Google Play
Moodrise 1000: A collection of the top 1000 hours of Digitally Nutritious content across the world’s major content platforms, reviewed by PhDs, clinicians, and researchers, and classified according to its verified Digital Nutrition value; available at
https://moodrise.co/1000
Pillcast™: An auditory experience delivering better Digital Nutrition; available via your favorite podcast source, or through Amazon Alexa and Google Home
Daybreak: a product suite currently in use by the U.S. Air Force
YouMood: a digital nutrition tracker for YouTube
The Moodrise app delivers a bright constellation of curated images, videos, and audio, designed to positively (and specifically) impact brain chemistry and help elevate mood. We pair proven science with the power of storytelling to help users feel better. The Moodrise app also empowers users to track and monitor their moods.
AeBeZe Labs also hosts an annual awards ceremony called the Moodrise 1000, an expert-curated library of digital content, supported by PhD clinicians and researchers. We classify the world’s best content according to verified Digital Nutrition values.
Rather than organizing videos, films, clips, and music by genre, we’ve identified the healthiest assets and options across the world’s most popular platforms: Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube, and Vimeo. We’ve classified them by neurotransmitter and by desired mood-state.
How we built it
For the core
Moodrise mobile product
, we developed the world’s largest and most targeted database of peer-reviewed scientific literature, linking specific content with the release of specific neurotransmitters.
We then took a hyper-curatorial approach, organizing specific provisions of content by desired mood-state(s), and pairing each video, clip or piece of music with supporting scientific literature. Post-doc PhD’s were tasked with assessing, affirming, and validating all pairings of content with specific scientific literature. We then added mood-tracking features based on the Likert scale, and created the consumer-facing app called Moodrise.
We emulated this process for the audio programs we call
Pillcast
, and replicated the approach when developing the
Moodrise 1000 awards
.
To create the
digital nutrition tracker
—which identifies, surfaces, and labels videos according to their neurotransmitter contents—we relied on the same scientific database, which documents how various topics and treatments in video content function as Digital Nutrition interventions. Then, our team engaged in nutritional “genoming” across the content universe of YouTube. Labeling neurotransmitters in videos, channels, categories, and ~3K topics that are presented in videos. Associative learning and language modeling was employed to make inferences about previously unencountered content. For example, a particular channel may be assigned a Digital Nutrition fingerprint by its associatability with other channels, and by all of the topics covered by the sum total of all of its videos, each of these topics having been genomed by our science team. Such a Digital Nutrition fingerprint is currently available for all YouTube videos; we intend to extend this capability to other major content sites like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Snap in the next several months.
Challenges we ran into
Today, an estimated 300 million people around the planet are clinically depressed; hundreds of millions more experience anxiety every day, or suffer from a range of other behavioral health challenges. There is no silver bullet solution to emotional suffering, but there is hope. And because 5 billion beings now rely on their mobile phones, realistic solutions must actively leverage technology, not avoid it or succumb to abstinence-only approaches. The challenge we endeavored to tackle was seizing the sex appeal of content, and leveraging the latest neuroscience, to produce positive emotional dividends for users. Balancing art and science is the basis of Moodrise.
Given the severity of the COVID crisis, coupled with national unrest in the U.S. around social and racial justice, the cost of competing for customers is too steep to warrant a Moodrise-only approach.
Accomplishments that we are proud of
We’re honored to be working in partnership with the United States Air Force to improve the behavioral health, emotional resilience, and readiness of the men and women in uniform. To date, we’ve moved successfully through two phases of a major U.S. Air Force contract. Operating under the name Daybreak, we’ve designed a suite of digital tools and services for airmen to help combat signs or symptoms of anxiety, counter cognitive drift, and alleviate various types of stress that can deteriorate into early stages of depression or PTSD.
In 2019, we were recognized by IFAH as one of the Top 100 Healthcare Leaders, and have secured the support of leading scientists at Stanford, Columbia, McGill, and the University of Texas, as well as the official endorsement of the former chairman of Nobel Prize Committee on Medicine or Physiology.
We’ve also developed a portfolio of public-facing products called Moodrise. This includes a library of assets newly and freely available to American high schools, starting in Palo Alto, California.
What we learned
We’ve learned that mindful administration of purposeful content can elevate and improve mood. And we have the data to prove it.
We’ve also learned that the larger vision of Digital Nutrition—taking its place alongside diet, sleep, exercise, interpersonal relationships, and vocation as one of six fundamental pillars of human health and prosperity—will require more time and public advocacy to fully achieve.
There will come a day, in our estimation before 2025, when Digital Nutrition labels are as transparent, helpful, common and ubiquitous as labels on food, beverages, and medicine.
What's next for Moodrise
We intend to accomplish the following three goals before November 2020:
YouMood Tracker:
release a web plugin for YouTube audiences everywhere
Moodrise expansion:
deliver a newly updated app that—unlike Apple screen-time tracking—actually monitors and tracks Digital Nutrition
Moodrise Awards 2020:
we’ll announce the winners of the second annual awards, and release the 1000 most nutritious hours of content online
Built With
apis
research
uis
Try it out
apps.apple.com
moodrise.co
aebeze.com | Moodrise | Moodrise delivers a constellation of curated images, video and audio to positively impact brain chemistry and elevate your mood. We pair science with the power of storytelling to improve wellbeing. | ['Eliza Rose Crichton-Stuart'] | [] | ['apis', 'research', 'uis'] | 69 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/talktocoach-net | Inspiration
Covid-19 has exacerbated the rate of mental health related violence like domestic violence, rape, and violence against women and children. Mental health problems remain a highly stigmatized and neglected health care issue in Nigeria, which is secretly devastating more than 150 million people amid the pandemic.
What it does
TalktoCoach.net provides an anonymous online talk therapy that helps consumers lead healthier lives with stigma and privacy protection.
How I built it
We have built the project with the help of a very talented team, made up of mostly talented women, who are therapists, analysts, engineers, barristers and activists with superhuman skills. We have created closed beta video conferencing and real-time chat room modules, and AI support models with AWS.
Challenges I ran into
Difficulty in deploying data analytics in therapeutic progress.
Lack of collaborators experienced in field.
Lack of capital to hire engineers experienced in developing AI algorithms and data analytics that help automate our technologies for efficiency and easy scalability.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Developed our own video conferencing application that is being used internally by our teams during this pandemic.
What I learned
We are very grateful to be mentored by Dr. Patrick E, Dr. Martin C, Dr. Josh M, Dr. Angela B., who are sharing their wealth of mental health care and data analytics knowledge with us.
What's next for TalktoCoach.net
Partner with private and public collaborators in the mental health field. Launch an open beta in few months.
Built With
amazon-web-services
ec2
java
javascript
Try it out
TalktoCoach.net | TalktoCoach.net | an anonymous online talk therapy that helps consumers lead healthier lives with stigma and privacy protection. | [] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'ec2', 'java', 'javascript'] | 70 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/spark-cdr0kl | Inspiration
Over the past decade, Northern California has been constantly plagued with hundreds of inevitable wildfires, many of which are sparked by malfunctions in the power grid. As utility companies like PG&E have utility lines spanning thousands of miles, routine checks on each of these lines can only happen once a year, so vegetation around utility poles can grow out of control and come into contact with power lines.
What it does
It is a simple-to-use iOS application that helps anyone with an iOS device seamlessly notify utility companies of hazardous situations such as a tree branch leaning on a utility pole or power line, which could potentially start a fire. It’s quick, accurate, and very helpful for utility companies to use.
How we built it
The application was built using the Swift Programming Language via the XCode IDE. We started with developing the UI of the application to make it responsive and easy-to-use. Next, we programmed the logic of the buttons and saving the data in Google Firebase Realtime Database. Using the CocoaPods Framework, we were able to file a report into the database sending the report information and a picture. We also created a website using HTML/CSS/JS to be able to present the data extracted from the Firebase Database and display that for utility companies to view. We finally added the Map to pin-point the user locations.
Challenges we ran into
Particularly, sending the image that the user took of the incident to the database was very hard to master. Unlike text, where you can just send data as a string to be displayed as such in the database, images have completely different protocols for transmissions.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Other than this, finding bugs were the most rewarding yet frustrating part of the experience, as we learned that nothing is more fulfilling than fixing a SIGBART fatal error. However, being stuck trying to solve that same error lends a feeling of hopelessness, and so the duality of the experience really appealed to us.
What we learned
By the end of development, we learned a lot about troubleshooting and teamwork, as even the most minor problems once seemed like impossible obstacles to overcome.
What's next for Spark
So far, our solution has the potential to save the state of CA millions of dollars because it solves a problem that would otherwise be addressed using expensive hardware systems that, as estimated by the California Public Utilities Commission, could cost well over five million dollars. PG&E has been proposing many solutions to this issue, but none have been passed because of the hefty price tags of these propositions. This is why we would like to create a second version of the application that can create a complete database of every utility pole in the state of California.
Built With
cocoapods
css
firebase
html
javascript
swift
Try it out
drive.google.com | Spark | Spark is an application created to simplify the process of reporting potentially hazardous vegetation and wires near power lines and utility poles. | ['Aditya Sharma', 'Ishan Goyal'] | [] | ['cocoapods', 'css', 'firebase', 'html', 'javascript', 'swift'] | 71 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/meu | Play 3D movement games with your friends even if they are far apart
50% of human communication is body language but our current use of social media doesn't actually disconnects us from our own body leading to problems of growing depression and obesity. If we don't utilize technology in ways that are healthy for our bodies and actually connect us we are at risk of losing our humanity.
With the current biological threat or COVID-19 leading to mass isolation of populations its become increasingly important to utilize technology to simulate our physical connection and use 3D movement data to compensate for the inability to share the same space/time.
Meu, our prototype, is the first social platform based on 3D movement data allowing users to share their movements and play asynchronous movement games or create their embodied emojis and share them as gifs anywhere.
This is a project we have been working on for a while, it's build in unity and we have our own servers.
For this hackathon we tested our iOS app and created a "send to all friends" function that can allow teachers and movement coaches to send messages to a large group.
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unity
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apps.apple.com | Meu | Using immersive technology to play together in 3D even if you are far apart | ['yeled (sarit) Hashkes'] | [] | ['unity'] | 72 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/face-alert-system | Not touching your face is not easy
Uncomplicated Architecture of Our App
How the app works
Inspiration
Asthma is one of the major diseases that my grandmother has faced.
Because of which she can’t put on a face mask for the longer duration of time. She always wishes to have something that can perform both jobs parallelly, protect her from coronavirus and also not suffer from difficulty in breathing. That is why this Idea of making a face alert system pitched to me.
What it does
An app that works like an alert mechanism to prevent us from touching our face and hence it can help to prevent the spread of covid-19.
If the user moves his/her hand towards their face then the app generates an alert and the phone starts vibrating
How I built it
It works as follows:
When the user moves his hand, the device collects accelerometer data and sends it to the API as a JSON file.
The API is backed up with a machine learning model.
The machine learning model is well trained to differentiate when a hand is near the face and when it is not.
Our backend algorithm calculates the Roll, Yaw and Pitch using accelerometer data which can be used to define the orientation of the device.
So whenever the user brings his or her hand near the face, the backend model raises an alert and the device starts vibrating.
We’ve further integrated Watson ChatBot with our app to help people with their covid related queries
Challenges I ran into
Q. What all devices and OS your app has supported?
We’ve currently released apps for smartphones (for testing purpose) and smartwatches (for Wear OS watches), development of the app for other devices are under processes such as Fitbit and Fossil.
Q. What if we don’t have an internet connection?
The first version of our app requires internet to operate but we’re working on to deploy the system locally and next version of the app won’t require Internet to work on.
Q. While I’m on call will my band vibrate continuously?
No, we’ve taken care of that problem therefore when you’re on a call the app gets an alert and it doesn’t vibrate, we’ve achieved this using PROXIMITY SENSOR.
Q. What is the accuracy of the model you’ve used?
We’ve used different models to test and the model with the best accuracy is used for deployment. Currently, it’s accuracy is around 91%.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We are in top 16 teams of Crack the COVID-19 Crisis (NASSCOM FutureSkills and IBM)
What We learned
We learned how to work in a team and how to handle critical situations
What's next for Face Alert System
Testing of Fitbit app is under process and the stable version will be released soon also were focusing to attain compatibility of our app with other fitness bands as well.
We can add an additional feature in future versions of the app that will alert the user if they’re near the infected user. Data of the users will be stored in the cloud Database Hence this will attract more and more users to use our app
We’re planning to deploy our system completely locally. Hence, users won’t require in to access the services.
Built With
android-studio
heroku
machine-learning
react
sklearn
tensor
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github.com | Face Alert System | An app that works like an alert mechanism to prevent us from touching our face and hence it can help to prevent the spread of covid-19. | ['Isha Mudgal', 'Naman Mehrotra'] | [] | ['android-studio', 'heroku', 'machine-learning', 'react', 'sklearn', 'tensor'] | 73 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/covid19-kit | dashboard
please check video for the features of the app
booking an appointment with the proctor/ faculty
project and document submission
creating channels for online teaching and mentorship
please check the mentioned github repo for the App. This app is for caretakers of patients with serebral pasly and people on wheelchais.
body temperature, heart rate, alarm functionality with data stored in the cloud database.
dues and assignments
messaging services
online proctored tests
Inspiration
During online classes, many students verbally harass the teachers and students of the class. This spoils the whole environment of the class, So we decided to block these students using speech recognition technology.
Then we all must have seen that delivering the things without contact has become a major problem, therefore we designed a hand gesture moving messenger who deliver things to Covid19 infected people in care centers.
What it does
The first part is a
remote education
android app which resolves all the problems stated above. It contains all the features a student will want in his/her app. We tried to involve every activity that we use to do in offline college times in this App. It consists of
Video call functionality
with a special feature of blocking students who are speaking abusive or bad words during a live session. The student will be reported to the admin of the app and all the records of the blocked student will be sent to the admin app. Admin can unblock the student again. Then our app contains a
chat room
for each classroom a student is enrolled in, it will allow the students and teachers to communicate as they use to do in Offline College. Then comes the appointment feature. Before contacting any teacher we have to make an appointment with him/her to ask for their time. So our App includes this cool feature of
appointment
for the students. This reduces the chaos and brings the working thing so that follows proper protocol. Teachers wanted an invigilation system to invigilate students during the test. In our App, we provided this feature by
camera proctored examination
feature. Under this a teacher can proctor all students through their webcams while the students are giving tests, also the teacher can pass their voice in the whole class to
convey messages
during tests. Also, our app has a feature of
assignment submission
. The teachers can upload the assignment questions along with the due date and students on the other hand can upload the solutions of these tests on the app itself.
How I built it
We used the android studio to build a remote education app. For backend, we used firebase realtime database. For identification of abusive words we used IBM speech to text services to convert the speech of the students in text and then we used this text in the loop to find whether he is abusing or not. We took the dataset of abusive words from Kaggle and gitHub.
For our IoT bot, we used the hand gesture sensor and on the basis of the gesture, the robocare bot will move and deliver thing to patients. It can also be used as a wheelchair.
Challenges I ran into
We faced many challenges like detecting and blocking students who speak the abusive language during the live class. We wanted to make something that everyone can relate with offline college activities. Therefore, we need proper planning and structure. The assignment section needed a proper structure to be executed.
Teachers all over the globe wanted a platform for cheat-proof examination. Our challenge was to make a cam proctored examination with cheat-proof features like on leaving the test you can not re-enter it.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We are proud of our abusive language detector system which blocks users when they speak bad words. Also, the structure we made is highly related to offline day to day activities. Our cam proctored test system is awesome, and it restricts the user from cheating and helps the invigilator to invigilate during a test.
What I learned
We learned, how to work with the realtime database, how to use IBM's speech to text services to detect abusive words. In this pandemic situation, we learned the complete use of GitHub and how to collaborate our work with teammates. Also, we learned some new IoT features which helped us to make the robocare bot.
What's next for Covid19 Kit
For future aspects we are planning to make a complete, general messenger system for private and government offices which they can use to share files, letters, assigning task and doing all other stuffs which people do in offline office hours.
Built With
android-studio
arduino
e-learning
education.com
firebase
ibm-watson
iot
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github.com
drive.google.com
drive.google.com | Covid19 Kit | An android app, an IoT device, and a Covid19 tracker, a complete kit for students, doctors, patients, and common people. An IoT bot to follow social distancing practices. | ['Ayush Sharma', 'Elio Jordan Lopes', 'Shaolin Kataria', 'Ritik Gupta', 'DEVANSH MEHTA'] | ['The Wolfram Award'] | ['android-studio', 'arduino', 'e-learning', 'education.com', 'firebase', 'ibm-watson', 'iot'] | 74 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/code-blue-4ty3rs | Home
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Inspiration
As frightening headlines flash across our screens daily and crisis seems to unfold, it's often easy to forget what happens to people after these tragic events. Whether that be veterans of war or regular people, life can often seem to move on without anxiety. The long term consequences of suppressing the anxiety lead to worse conditions and symptoms, impacting health, life expectancy, and relationships as a result. This app was made for one of the most deadly side effects, panic attacks.
What it does
Code Blue is a Mental Health Platform, which includes an app and a calling system. Through building a simple APP, we aim to make it accessible for anyone in need. The main page of the app gives professional advice to use during a panic attack. This solution will bring a steady hand to people who are experiencing panic attacks at that moment. The calling page of the app gives the option for individuals to call their loved ones during that time.
How I built it
I built this app using swift and xcode. Using these 2 amazing programming languages and softwares, I programmed the app to meet needs that professional medical companies use during panic attacks. To add the call function to the app, I added an api that gives you an easy option to call people.
Challenges I ran into
Problems with the timing function in the app took up a huge chunk of my time but after doing some research on it I was able to find and solve the problem.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am proud that I was able to make a full app that helps save the world in such a short amount of time. Being able to help contribute to the mental health community with this app was a huge accomplishment in itself.
What I learned
As I learned a lot more programming in Swift, I also started my path in much more advanced things related to coding. I increased my knowledge about hackathons, and now I have become much more confident.
Built With
adobexd
api
panic-attack
swift
uikit
xcode
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github.com | Code Blue | Stay safe during a panic attack using Swift | ['Navadeep Budda'] | [] | ['adobexd', 'api', 'panic-attack', 'swift', 'uikit', 'xcode'] | 75 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/mindpeer | Scenario 1: When you are a help seeker and want support.
If you are comfortable enough, you'll be connected with verified helpers otherwise good consulting suggestions will be provided.
Scenario 2: When you want to provide support.
Basic deatils will be needed for further email communication to review and verify helper request.
Private chatroom of verified helpers and help seekers
Inspiration
It’s no secret that mental health is routinely treated differently than physical health, but sometimes it’s difficult to understand how or why this affects us. It is not the same thing as the absence of mental illness but includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being as well.
Mental health care challenges that inspired our hack were:
Access to care & support
Workforce shortages
Quality of care and variation in practice
Social discrimination
And Lack of funding
So these types of challenges gave us an idea of why not help in bridging this gap by connecting different communities and people so that they can help each other with mental care support by connecting help seekers and helpers in private chatrooms.
What it does
We have built MindPeer in such a way that it bridges the gap between people who need support for mental health care and verified people who can lend them ears and provide support by creating a safe space.
The way it works, you can add yourself as a helper or a person who needs help.
Scenario 1: When you are a help seeker, you can choose for private chatrooms if you are comfortable enough for that otherwise you can choose for good consulting service suggestions which may be helpful for your issue type.
Scenario 2: When you are a helper, you'll be asked different sets of questions to know your expertise and later your request will be reviewed and verified through email communication.
Once the requests have been approved, help seekers and helpers can communicate in private chatrooms to discuss, solve, and support each other issues.
When faced with an emergency, a member can reach out to any of his favorite communities or helper.
How we built it
We have built this bot by connecting the Dialogflow NLU engine with Facebook messenger platform APIs. Further, we have used cloud functions for listening to Messenger platform webhooks and process posts. We have also used Facebook Graph API to pass the control thread and notify the user when a private chatroom has been created with a helper.
Challenges we ran into
We faced many challenges while building this but that only made our journey interesting.
Passing the control thread
Testing and changing the bot quickly
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to come up with a working prototype of the product that effectively matched help-seekers with potential peer-vetted help-givers.
Created a seamless way of providing help for mental care such that any request doesn't go unattended, gets full support, and no spam messages.
Help givers are verified through email so that there could be one to one communication for fair results.
If possible, people committed to making a difference are matched efficiently as per their location.
What's next for MindPeer
Facebook business app review
Phone number helpline
Sentiment analysis
Built With
dialogflow
facebook-graph
facebook-messenger
mongodb
nlu
node.js
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www.facebook.com | MindPeer | MindPeer is a Messenger Chatbot created to bridge the gap between people who need support for mental health care & verified people who can lend them ears and provide support by creating a safe space. | ['Disha Lamba', 'Daman Lamba'] | [] | ['dialogflow', 'facebook-graph', 'facebook-messenger', 'mongodb', 'nlu', 'node.js'] | 76 |
10,123 | https://devpost.com/software/ask-watson | Chatbot integrations can be stand alone or via Slack, FaceBook, and more ...
You can try your chatbot while programming it ...
Verify your hard wired answers!
Ask about the numbers via api calls
Add a new intend node related to financial assistance
Add a node related to reopening questins
Starting your conversation via a web-link
Ask about the current status of the pandemic
Ask about financial assistance information
Learn about the reopening process in California
What is Covid19 and what do we know about it?
How many people are infected in Europe?
how about Italy?
what are the financial packages in Texas?
is Texas ready for reopening of businesses?
When is reopening Phase 2 for California coming?
Inspiration
With the beginning of the year, 2020 began the biggest pandemic of our modern times. The COVID-19 situation is constantly changing. The news is rapidly updated while the answers to Frequently Asked Questions are becoming much more well defined. Initially, people were asking questions about the virus and how it is spreading. The lockdown/shelter in place has devastated many businesses and a few months ago people and businesses began asking questions about financial assistance and help. With the beginning of the reopening of the economy, people are now interested in understanding the phases and local policies and often need current and up-to-date information available on their small phone screens. Since smartphones are the most common devices used by practically everyone we have decided on the building of an adaptive chatbot that can provide relevant and current answers based on news sources and frequently asked questions.
What it does
It takes your a question and identifies its intent which determines which AI engines will be used to provide you with an answer.
How I built it
IBM Watson assistant identifies the intent of the conversation statement, then processes it using three main categories: hardwired well-known FAQ about the pandemic, reopening intend is processed with a call to a Google Custom Search Engine, while financial assistance and any other topics are answered using the IBM Discovery News
Challenges I ran into
We intended to demonstrate the chatbot integration via Slack and FaceBook along with the webpage demo. Unfortunately, facebook has put on hold any integrations to their Messenger app by individuals.
First time Node js programing to process the API calls to Google and Watson ect. Fixing the location system entity since IBM has decided to retire it. Had to give up the US state abbreviations for state entities since the Assistant often takes "... in ..." to be equivalent to Indiana.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Have learned how to prepare intends and entities with synonyms and to do Node js programing to interface with three external api services: Johns Hopkins CSSE, Watson Discovery News, and Google custom search engine.
What I learned
There are constant changes - solutions that were working yesterday may not work today.
What's next for Ask Gwlatson
Building an Android and iOS dedicated apps and integrations with other AI engines.
Built With
google
ibm-discovery-news
ibm-watson
watson-assistant
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web-chat.global.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com
github.com
developer.ibm.com | Ask Gwlatson | Deliver relevant answers to the evolving COVID19 pandemic | ['Srujana Munamala', 'bohanchen Chen', 'Veso VGG-Consulting', 'Peter Carrasco', 'Don T'] | ['The Wolfram Award'] | ['google', 'ibm-discovery-news', 'ibm-watson', 'watson-assistant'] | 77 |
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