COVID19 Contact Tracing App

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Inspiration

We took a John Hopkins online course on Coursera, which explained how powerful contact tracing can be, but I noticed a lot of contact tracers ran into a similar problem, which was that they often had sick people who forgot who they were in contact with recently. This is a huge problem because as contact tracers, we want to make sure we are able to figure out everyone who may have came in contact with someone who is tested positive for the virus, but it seems that human memory can fail us too often. Thus, we created this app with this in mind to get users to put down who they talked to every day in the form of name initials.

What it does

The contact tracing app basically works by asking users to do a daily survey. This survey uses an API, which sends the information to air sheets, which stores the information for schools or businesses to use. Contact tracers can use the data to monitor if individuals may be getting sick based on temp or symptoms.

How I built it

We used Thunkable for the app, Adobe Effects for all the animations, and Airsheets for the API service.

Challenges I ran into

Getting our data to be stored on air sheets was quite difficult due to my lack of being familiar with the app website in general. I never used APIs before, and in addition, my brother never made animations, so he used experimented a lot today with the different features.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

One of the most special features of this application that I have not seen used in other contact tracing apps is the use of "a second brain." Often times, people forget who they have been in contact with due to our limited memory. However, this app solves this problem by asking users to put in the initials of people they may have had close contact with every day. This will come in handy so that contact tracers are able to contact every single person that may be at risk of infection. But more importantly, it was just a really great experience to work with my younger brother to make something. We had so much fun interacting with everyone, and so we both look forward to coding as a result of this experience.

What I learned

This was actually my first time using Thunkable, so it was quite an interesting experience learning how the system works. I also never knew how APIs work, so it really motivates me to try other third-party platforms now. In addition, my younger brother learned how to make animations using adobe effects, which can be seen on the first screen of our application. He attached it to Lotte Animation, and he was quite proud of his work.

What's next for Contact Tracing App

We want to learn how to make push notifications so that we can remind users to open up and do our surveys at least once a day. We were actually planning to do this, but the time limit prevented us. No matter, we hope to always strive to improve the app so that it will be more user friendly and have a greater impact in our communities.

Built With

• adobe
• airsheet
• api
• thunkable