Inspiration
Since we are in the middle of a pandemic, our team thought about how we can relate our current situation with the theme of the event. There are many COVID tracking and screening applications but none that was centered around invidivuals and their families and friends but instead used for business and institutional purposes.
What it does
FamilyCheck is a COVID-19 screening application that asks its users screening questions daily and sends a text message to their family members and friends when they are deemed to be at risk or in need of a COVID-19 test. Users can add family members and complete the questionnaire everyday.
How we built it
Built with the Kivy GUI on python, we used Google Firebase to authenticate and store the user data in a database. We store the user's email, phone number, name and age and their added family members so that when they complete the screening questions, their family members will receive a text message via the Twilio API on their conditions and advice on what to do.
Challenges we ran into
We had to learn from scratch how to use Firebase, Twilio and Kivy in order to setup our authentication, database, and text message sender. We also did not have a clear vision as to what exactly the app's focus was
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Learning new APIs and techniques in 24 hours. We also used effective coding designs such as controllers, presenters and GUIs that helped streamline our work
What we learned
We learned that time management is crucial to getting a project to work. We also learned that delegation is important so that everyone has something to do
What's next for Family Check
This screening app can be extended to work in an app store using kivyMD and be used for more than just COVID-19 but other diseases that are common.
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