DeStimulation

Slideshow Pitch and Instructions for Installation

DeStimulate - Lyon Hacks 2022 Pitch

Inspiration

We have experienced, especially during the Pandemic, the addiction of spending too much time on technology, and the unhealthy side effects that follow. Thus, we wanted to help others in blocking out distractions while online, as well as limiting screen time in general. Overall, we wanted to create something that will increase the Mental Health and Productivity of Students.

What it does

There are 4 main functions of the DeStimulate chrome extension.

Meditation Break - You can use the chrome extension to take a quick meditation break that will last 60 seconds. A timer will count down from 60 to 0 and tell you to breath in or out.
Website Blocker - Blocks the access to certain websites that can be distracting for students such as: Youtube, Netflix, Instagram, and etc. There is a on and off switch to turn on the blocker and turn it off.
Mental Health Tips - Provides tips to improve your mental health and also provides links to websites that can be used to get help.
Notification System - Every 20 minutes a notification will be sent to your computer to take a 20 s break looking away from the computer and every hour a notification will be sent to remind you to take a break.

How we built it

Front End was developed in HTML and CSS
Back End logic was written in Javascript

Challenges we ran into

Notifications - Took lots of research to figure out how to send chrome notifications
CSS Design - It was difficult to get the design for everything while also maintaining functinality

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Learning how to send notifications to the computer through the extension
The UI
Creating functional parts for all the unqiue aspects of DeStimulation

What we learned

I learned more about Javascript and the process in creating a chrome extension (Kabir)
I learned more about HTML, CSS, and Javascript (Jackson)
Overall: First time in a Hackathon so we learned how to collaborate on code and share our ideas

What's next for DeStimulation

Allow the user to choose what websites they want to block and fixing bugs with on off toggle
Include different types of breathing meditations and user can select one
Generate a new mental health tip everyday