DNA is a virtual helping hand, helping diagnosed patients restore their health.
Technology- How technically involved is the project?
DNA is prominently involved with technology. Not only is DNA a mobile application, but it also includes many backend features to make this app easy to use. For example, we have image-to-text recognition where the system analyses critical information within the text. It also takes that data and runs it through the database to cross-match with other patients diagnosed with the same characteristics. Well, ok, it does that, but what is a patient going to do with this? The goal of this app is to scan their gene report, where the system would scan it and run it through the database to match other patients that are relatively the same. This way, the patient can read about how they are doing, their struggles and how they recovered. Not only that, but after the system analyses essential information, it looks and matches a patient to a doctor catered to their needs. This is extremely helpful as some patients may want to talk to someone they know is experienced with some aspects of their diagnosis. Lastly, the theme for this year's hacks is restoration. Although this app implements restoration by referring patients to doctors, it also outputs tips and facts unique to the patient's report that would help the patient practice daily and be on the route to restoration to how they once were!
Design- How easy and enjoyable is the user experience?
Health is something that affects every single thing, every human being. In this way, there are no outliers when it comes to the well-being of something or someone. We wanted our app's design to welcome those of all ages and give them the feeling of warmth and security. For the design, our colour scheme is in the red spectrum. Why Red? The colour red is often affiliated with our hearts. Keeping that in mind, not only is our app valuable and informative, it also connects us to our patients by their hearts. It is effortless for anyone to navigate through our app. We start with a main welcome page that users see when they open the app. Following that, we have a little blurb that greets our patients each time! The cool thing is that we have two options for returning users and those who are new to our app. When we reach the thank you page of our app, users can choose to skip the introduction and go to their 'home' or continue tapping to receive our vision for the app and the instructions to get started! The app is strategized to cater to those who are not as tech-savvy and is aimed to provide a set of instructions for every tap of the screen!
Completion- How complete is the hack relative to the team's goals?
Our goal was to implement many things. Each member of our group had their own unique and different assets, which was superb when we needed to split the work. Our goal was to be able to scan a document and convert it to text, then use that to match patients with other patients. Though we put together a prototype, we were unable to implement some ideas we wanted too.
Learning- How much of this project had the team never done before?
This project is brand new from scratch. From brainstorming to planning, to deciding on a final idea, and to the end product, we are proud to say that we have accomplished and exceeded our expectations in the last 36 hours. This was an amazing learning experience for us!
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