EPIwear

EPIwear detects epileptic seizures through a Samsung Gear2 smart watch. If an episode is detected, EPIwear will call for help by: 1) alerting the Galaxy phone that it’s paired with that a seizure is in progress. 2) sending out SMS alerts to friends, family, and healthcare workers. 3) dialing a pre-determined emergency number such as 911 for help.

I entered the competition late and only had 3 days to design and develop the current version of EPIwear. The features shown so far are only a glimpse of what I have in mind. Over the next week, I will add a feature where the user can adjust the sensitivity of the watch, as well as the threshold (time before sending out alerts). I also plan for EPIwear to store historical data. My hope is that this data, along with others, will assist doctors in diagnosing and treating illnesses that result in delibitating seizures. My interest lies in AI research and developing machine learning algorithms; so I also plan on adding a clustering algorithm to look for patterns in the data gathered.

As such, the current version is meant only as a proof of concept. It is not meant to be used. Many of the functions have been disabled or relaxed for testing purposes. This is to make easier for testers to test the functionality of the app. You can get pretty tired shaking the device all day long, so it's current set to send out alerts within a 10-30 second duration window.

My hope for EPIwear is for it to be a first step towards helping people who suffer from seizures to live a fuller and more productive life. I hope you will allow me to move on to round 2, so I may show you the improvements and features that I did not have time to develop.

Thank you.