Orin

41% of to-do lists die. Not from poor organization but task paralysis. Orin is a proactive AI-powered second brain that transforms scattered thoughts helping neurodivergent users stay focused.

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Inspiration

Our inspiration came from personal experience. Kush struggles with ADHD and is constantly looking for ways to keep up with his fast-moving thoughts. One of his biggest challenges is organizing tasks efficiently without having to manually input each one, a process his short attention span makes difficult to complete. I on the other hand, don't have ADHD but haven't been able to find an app that meets all of my scheduling needs. Thats when the idea of Orin came up. Inspired by the greek hunter Orion, our app aims to hunt down those fleeting thoughts we often have and take control of our mind.

The concept is very simple, you can brain dump into the app and the schedule will write itself. Speaking from personal experience, we know that a large population specifically teenagers and adults struggle with concentrating especially in the age of technology we live in where we face a constant overload of information. For the ADHD brain (and for most brains), this constant bombardment of thoughts overwhelms us to the point where we don't take actions because of how pressured we feel. This is exactly what Orin prevents.

What it does

Orin is not a to do list app. Our app aims to tackle the ACTION, the START. We aim to bridge that gap in between looking at a task and actually carrying it out. We know that you can write down a to do list.. but can you execute it? Wether you decide to dump your thoughts through voice memo or written text, Orin will sort it out in two different categories: Tasks (actionable items) and Notes (anything else on your mind). Within the Tasks section, your tasks will be organized with order of urgency (green being not urgent, yellow, and red extremely urgent). Your most urgent tasks will be at the very top of the list.

Now here is the kick. Each of these urgent tasks will have brief actionable steps to complete right then and there. So simple, it's hard to say no.

Beyond tasks and notes, there will be a journal section where you can go and revisit all your past entries. The user will also have an ask your mind option. This feature allows their user to refer back to their previous thoughts that they might have forgotten, allowing them to reach their full potential. This is particularly beneficial for individuals with ADHD who often struggle to compartmentalize their thoughts and be able to recall their stream of thoughts.

How we built it

The UI

  • We used Figma for the planning, design and visualization of our mobile app, as well as the website.
  • Dibble and Coolers to get design inspiration and research existing successful website models which we implemented into hours.

API’S

  • Chat GPT model 4o: Used for data cleaning and categorization along with building and training our agent to understand the user and their mind.
  • Whisper: To transcribe audio into text, to then help us implement our sorting system.
  • Twilion: Used to help us implement the concept of Orin reaching out to the user, suggesting alternate tasks or availability in their schedule.

Backend

  • Supabase: we used a PostgreSQL database with the pgvector extension to store and search thoughts semantically

Challenges we ran into

This is our first Hackathon as non-computer science majors, we came in with more knowledge of the UI side rather than backend development. Accommodating to writing a program form beginning to end was the toughest challenge for us, specifically learning how to export our application onto a device for a production build.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of setting up our first API.

What we learned

We are so grateful to have been able to participate in this opportunity. We saw the development of an application from start to production which we did not have much prior experience coming into the Hackathon. It was incredibly rewarding to see the combination of apps work together to create our app. We have also picked up on a couple of new tools and skills like Twillion which can help us further expand Orin.

What's next for Orin

We would love to venture into creating a chrome extension for Orin. The idea would be to integrate it into writing tools like Google Docs and Notes. The goal with it is to help users pick up right here they left off with as little delay as possible. When a user stops being active within that document, Orin will create a quick summary of what they had written so far and highlight their last point of focus. This hopefully aids the disconnect that happens when trying to re-focus on an assignment after a break.

Secondly, we also want to implement widgets within the iPhone’s Dynamic Island, making Orin even more accessible to users. This would allow users to interact with Orin at any time they need support or want to capture a thought on the go.

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