Inspiration
Students and young adults in general have overwhelmingly poor sleep patterns and habits. Considering sleep being a biological necessity, we wanted to tackle an area where people continue to take steps backward but don't understand it should be a primary focus of their attention and care.
What it does
Hypnos provides personalized recommendations based on a series of 21 easy-to-answer questions (which are based on medical literature, the National Sleep Foundation, and accredited physicians in Canada and the US) so you can improve your sleep write away instead of being repeatedly just being told how important it is for you.
Even after the initial 21 questions, consumers are encouraged to input sleep quality (by rating it out of 10) for approximately one consecutive week so Hypnos technology' can continue to provide advice and actionable steps for any new problems they run into.
How we built it
We used HTML and CSS for basic website structure, and then incorporated a lot of JavaScript for functionality (ex: creating buttons that linked to other pages/questions) and to be able to store data/info that we can use to provide the personalized advice/output.
Challenges we ran into
We had to use local storage for storing data which presented the problem of not being able to use the data to its full capacity. Having an actual cloud-based database would allow us to use the data at any time - but due to the time constraints and it's complexity in nature, we couldn't pull it off.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're proud of the fact that we created a working project considering the fact that we were only 2 students, and that we created something that has the potential to help people with a real problem.
What we learned
Our next steps are to learn about APIs, databases, and algorithms because this is what will take the functionality and capability of Hypnos to the next level.
What's next for Hypnos
We want to further develop our algorithm and expand the set of recommendations Hypnos can provide.
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