Inspiration
People are sometimes pulled over for no reason and are mistreated by police officers under absolutely no context or sufficient evidence. Many feel uncomfortable specifically during the night and tend to prefer driving to well-lit areas before pulling over. The specific inspiration to our project was the incident of December 5th where a Lieutenant was pulled over and degraded for no reason in Virginia.
What it does
The project is a Google Maps add-on idea that redirects routing to the nearest well-lit area and records the pullover in increments and saves them as soon as the car parks.
How we built it
We used Android Studio API to replicate google maps and code an application that records and saves the chunks of videos continuously to avoid losing data. We coded in Java and didn't sleep for more than 24 hours.
Challenges we ran into
Android Studio isn't the most user-friendly desktop application especially for a team that isn't well proficient in Java or the platform. Not having an android device, and the emulators' very bad maintenance made debugging a hassle. A member of our team is in a completely different time zone; hence, coordination and time management had to be on the top of our priority list.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Within 24 hours, we were able to come up with an idea, visualize it, and execute a big portion of it while working in 2 completely different time zones and experiencing very bad wifi conditions.
What we learned
Mainly most of the team members learned Java and navigating the Android Studio API. Most importantly, time and work management have been a major outtake from this experience.
What's next for Safe
There is a lot of room for improvement. Having the chunks of videos get uploaded to the cloud or sent to 'Emergency Contacts' in real-time is one task to be solved. Also, being able to widen our scope out of the University City area is another important aspect to tackle.
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