Inspiration
Our inspiration for embarking on this project is to help people with dementia or Alzheimer's navigate easier around inside buildings. We have observed such people have difficulty travelling themselves without supervision from caretakers, thus we feel that this is a significant issue that needs to be resolved especially with our increasing aging population.
What it does
The user (who is a caretaker of a patient with dementia/Alzheimer's) is able to record a path to an important place e.g. a trip to one of a hospital's department with the device, and save it onto the device. The device will provide real time data for the steps required to reach the destination. The patient with dementia/Alzheimer's can therefore use the device to view the path to direct themselves to the specific location without getting lost.
How we built it
For software implementation we used web application as well as text to speech For hardware implementation we used ESP32, buttons and OLED
Challenges we ran into
- our code would not run even after correcting the code
- first experience with esp32 hardware
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- the website worked!
What we learned
- how to use ESP32 :)
- work within time constraints and prioritize important features for MVP
- the struggles faced by caretakers and elderly to better understand the problem to develope solution
What's next for NaviGo
- Real time data reception from surroundings to ensure user's safety
- More advance features that can share paths with other users
- Owner of buildings that can contribute to the paths to assist users
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