Application Launch UI
AlertSMS
Welcome Interface
ProximityTrackingInterface
ProximityTrackingAlertCOVIDInterface

Access to Content

For accessing the demo URL or Vimeo Link, you would need credentials. The credentials are hosted in the given Github repository and invitation has been sent to PegaCommunityHackathon@pega.com to access it. Please refer to the **ReadMe* document in GitHub for accessing all contents.*

Inspiration

Life has changed for the entire mankind ever since the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic. Everyone is facing unprecedented disruption in life due to pandemic. While individuals are not able to carry out daily activities, businesses are not able to function as usual due to safety concerns. Healthcare system and Government agencies are overwhelmed and working tirelessly to prevent next outage. The new mantra of life is to maintain social distancing to remain out of the reach of this pandemic which is easier said than done.

*#NoTAG is *built upon**** concept of TAG game with objective is to remain untouched as much as possible**. In this case simple Mobile app alerts an individual of presence of any infected person in proximity and guides to take precaution to remain **UNTAGGED. It not only helps individual to break chain but also gamify the whole concept which can be used in incentivize use of the app to make it successful. The following sections give a detailed insight to the application.

What it does

Objective for every individual is to remain alert to avoid or prevent from getting infected. #NoTAG does same .Once switched on , it continuously monitors presence of infected person in proximity zone selected by user. If a infected person comes in proximity it immediately alert user to take necessary precaution. It is makes social distancing easier and fun.

How we built it

We build the solution using Pega provided Environment for Hackathon. The navigation feature of the browser is used to capture the current location coordinates and these coordinates are sent to the server through a custom built API. The server records the current coordinates and also the historical coordinates. The current coordinates in the table are used to calculate the proximity of the one person to another person. The SMS alert in done through integration to twillio.

Challenges we ran into

Team Coordination: This solution is a real time solution and dependent on geography. Coordinating the work and testing the solution by having people in different geography was a challenge.
Twillio Integration: Twillio is a free SMS sending service. Team
faced challenges to get the API and make it work
Pega Mobile Viewer: The Team was not able to view this application in mobile viewer but the Team launched this application in web browser
and made it work
- Making Video for demo in real time, showing whole concept of ppl moving and getting alerts.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Key to success of this application is getting GPS coordinates and using those to calculate distance on a mobile application in Pega Viewer. This project has very short deadline, but the Team could deliver a complete working solution in a short time having the potential to be extended and enriched with many other features.

What we learned

We learn to work as a team even we were in different locations. Technically how to use GPS coordinates and build mobile ready application.

What's next for #NoTag

We understand that success of these tool depends on usage by mass and using data insights to take proactive actions.

This app can be seamlessly integrated with business and Health system COVID tracker which can be further used to automate contact tracing using insight generated from app data. It can further be augmented into gamification tool which can be used to provide incentive and promote usage. It can be easily extended to

Assess symptoms with integrated questionnaire.
Track historical data points like location , time spent to predict probability of exposure and feed into an Automated contact tracing to prevent outage.
Track nearby areas or localities with high density of infected cases and alert users upfront.
Implement organization's (closed ecosystem) mandatory Health Check Tool thereby keeping the Management aware of the employee health status and taking proactive preventive action like initiating WFH workflow for suspected employees automatically.
Gamification tool to promote it usage by business's like rewarding and providing offers individuals with less contacts.