PocketPal

Inspiration

The elderly are in need of our help. We will help.

What it does

PocketPal is a microcontroller application that detects falling over using a MicroBit and sends a signal over serial (to be upgraded to radio/bluetooth in the future). If no cancellation is initiated within the countdown, the receiever then broadcasts a call and SMS request to Twilio in order to call emergency services and texts closed ones.

How I built it

Twilio
Microbit
Google
Google cloud services
Sweat and tears

Challenges I ran into

Broken Microbit sensors
Bad online IDE
Awful support for Bluetooth and accelerometer

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Making the world a better place

What I learned

Never trust documentation

What's next for pocketpal

A better microcontroller that actually supports Bluetooth properly
Broadcasting to other pocketpals using radio so that they can pick up the signal and make the calls/SMS