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Inspiration

My Inspiration for this project was that as a person who struggles with inattentive ADHD, I often have cycles that may not be as traditional, as systems would like to see. I have found that personally, friends around me with similar experiences, and generally many other individuals, struggle with modern day dopamine infiltration. This could be from social media doomscrolling, or binge watching, or anything that harms/desensitizes your dopamine pathways and, therefore, can stop you from learning skills like math, coding, art, and relatively anything that requires delayed gratification.

What it does

NueroAction is a python-based project that aims to create barriers between endless addiction, and skills. The software essentially lets you do what you were doing, and using the pomodoro technique, pauses the activity and requests you solve some math problems, basic memory patterns, and typing challengers. The goal is to not fully restrict you, as going completely cold is often very difficult, and does not clarify that we must adapt to technology, not avoid it. After solving the problems correctly, then you may resume on the task at hand. The goal is to create resistance against endless addiction, while also making the barrier to entry cost extremely little, and motivating. It requires little activation energy and is built into whatever you are doing. It acts as a measure to easily take small steps every day.

How we built it

I used my personal struggles, Claude pro for code, and my personal skillsets with designing and product development to make this project a reality. I am also actively learning to code as I believe even with AI, developing is much more then coding, and the skills for coding and developing create a mindset, and a way to break down problems.

Challenges we ran into

I ran into several challenges. First, the mechanism for entering an answer was not working, and there were issues with the streak counter. One of the other issues was skill level, as in if you genuinely did not know some of the math, you would have to reset your computer because the program did not allow quitting.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am proud that I got to make a project that tackles a personal struggle for me, and many others. Even with the growing support in understanding neurodivergence, more hidden struggles tend to not be fully addressed, and I am happy I started to address those. I also am proud I solved the problems instead of quitting, and worked through how I can adapt and change, rather than trying to do something one narrow way.

What we learned

This was my first ever Hackathon, and I learned that there is so much to product designing, programming, and even ideas to address an issue, and people tend to sometimes not know. It really does take effort, and many times you feel uncomfortable, because you need to be creative and sit with struggle. This was also a lesson to me that if you are able to solve your problems, you really will feel rewarded on the creation, which I am.

What's next for NueroAction

This being a prototype, my next goal is to develop a professional plan. I want to study in depth, human psychology and art concepts. I aim to improve user interface, how one interacts with the software, and how I can develop more complex mechanisms for types of problems to show, and add a quick sudoku, or digital puzzle. In summary, I want to improve the experience the user feels and add more interactive activities like a puzzle or even learning chess basics.

Built With

• claude
• codex