Inspiration
Two years ago, an especially eventful "fake homecoming" left an 89-year-old Broughdale avenue resident with a front yard garden planted by her late husband completely destroyed by a portion of the 11,000 students who attended the event. A GoFundMe campaign was set up by a group of students and funds were raised to support the replanting of the garden. Even with widespread support online, only a handful of students showed up to help, most only because they had passed by on their way to class.
The Problem:
In the past 20 years, massive leaps in technological innovation have revolutionized the way work, play, and interact with each other. The prevalence of technology in our everyday lives has created a number of challenges for younger generations, most of whom haven’t known a life without computers. Media consumption is at an all-time high with most adolescents spending nearly 8 hours a day consuming media, with 95% of teens and young adults owning a smartphone. Along with an increased dependency on electronic devices and social media comes a notable rise in mental health issues alongside a decrease in social and community involvement, especially with the high-school and college-aged population.
What it does
Connect London is a mobile app that connects London youth with their community, with a focus on social responsibility, community participation, and active lifestyle events. Anything from volunteering opportunities to last-minute pickup soccer games around the city will be made available with a proximity-based map and list. Connect London will also support a voice-activated search, offering a turn by turn navigation tool for hands-free use when on the road.
How we built it
We built our app using Java, The London Open Data API and Google Cloud Speech to text
Challenges we ran into
The first challenge we faced was pinpointing the right solution to address the lack of community involvement in today’s youth. We also faced challenges in implementing the mapping and navigation in our app.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud to have a functional application with all the main features that we had envisioned.
What we learned
This project helped us with further developing our app development skills and helped us realize the challenges that come with it.
What's next for Connect London
For our Connect London app, we plan on implementing authentication and user login, safety and security measures as well as showing the number of people attending events.
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