Looking Glass

A website that helps users diagnose a visual impairment through self-administered eye tests, prescriptions, and offers solutions.

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Inspiration

When we received the prompt, we took it quite literally. 20/20 vision is not something that all people are blessed with. We were inspired by the amount of people who go undiagnosed for their eye problems. Most of our team has glasses but we have all seen the trouble that people with visual impairments go through. One of our team members spent 2 years struggling with education and archery, which was her passion, because she couldn't see the board. She was finally diagnosed and received the resources she needed. Visual Impairments hold people away from their passions and this troubled us. We were inspired to create a solution that allowed people from all parts of the world to take their future into their own hands and diagnose any impairments they may have.

What it does

The HTML website allows users to self administer an eye-sight test and then receive a diagnosis between legal blindness and 20/25 vision. This then allows them to take a look at the prescription program that uses the users input of their everyday life with vision to prescribe the proper medication. At the end, they can take a look at the Projected Growth project that predicts the amount of people with visual impairments in the year the user inputs.

How we built it

We built the website in HTML, made it accessible through CSS, and made the eye test feature functional through javascript. We made the projected growth and treatment survey using Python. We all learned something new about each language and we also experimented with FireBase and Tensor Flow.

Challenges we ran into

Some challenges we ran into were the AI are the database. We didn't have experience in these fields so we took help from mentors. We had a lot of trouble with the AI installation and the implementation and after troubleshooting, we ended up not using it in our final product. The database problem included us not having knowledge of JavaScript but we were still able to get it working. We didn't have enough time to incorporate it with our final product.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We formed a group with different schools so we are proud with the amount of teamwork and friendship our team exhibited throughout the hackathon. We are also proud of creating a project that made an impact on the community even though several of our team members didn't have prior knowledge with hackathons.

What we learned

We all learned the basics of a new programming language. For example, Anchal learned the basics of JavaScript with no knowledge and was able to help with the eye test in the HTML website. Manya and Rachel both learned how to use HTML and CSS to design several pages of the website with minimal knowledge as well. Swarnya was also able to experience Machine Learning with Tensor Flow. Throughout this challenge we were all able to challenge ourselves and even though some aspects didn't turn out the way we wanted them to, we still were able to complete a functioning project that we believe makes an impact on the community.

Another thing we learned was how databases worked. We were able to experiment with FireBase to potentially create a program that tracked the users eye health.

What's next for Looking Glass

We hope to implement the Looking Glass in a mobile app that can be used in third world countries. We also want to partner with organizations VisionSpring which provide affordable eye care for under represented communities. We want to also incorporate AI into our project which we could use to diagnose diseases such as cataract which is the biggest cause of blindness.

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