Thalsmic AI

Empowering Blood Warriors with AI to Save Lives

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Inspiration

The daily struggles of Thalassemia patients in India—especially the anxiety of finding timely blood donors, lack of seamless care, and limited awareness—motivated us to build a technology-driven, human-centered solution. Hearing stories from families supported by Blood Warriors, we realized how even a small innovation could save lives and bring comfort.

What it does

ThalAI Bridge is an AI-powered platform that:

  • Predicts and matches available blood donors with Thalassemia patients in real-time
  • Notifies all stakeholders (patients, donors, coordinators) instantly
  • Provides gamified motivation to donors through badges and recognition
  • Offers multilingual AI chatbot guidance for patients and families
  • Centralizes secure health records and seamless provider communications

How we built it

  • Used React Native for a cross-platform mobile interface.
  • Built backend APIs with Node.js and integrated Firebase for real-time database and authentication.
  • Developed a basic AI prediction model in Python (scikit-learn) to forecast donor eligibility based on mock historical donation data.
  • Integrated Cloud Functions for automated notifications on new/matched blood requests.
  • Designed gamified donor dashboard and multilingual chatbot UI in Figma.

Challenges we ran into

  • Creating realistic AI predictions with limited (mock) data
  • Ensuring good UX for users with varying tech literacy and language skills
  • Designing end-to-end privacy and consent, even in a prototype
  • Mocking integrations with e-RaktKosh and hospital data due to restricted access
  • Making the platform accessible for low-connectivity areas

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • Completed a functional MVP of patient-to-donor real-time matching using AI
  • Built a cross-platform UI and notification system in less than 24 hours
  • Implemented a working multilingual chatbot for Thalassemia FAQs
  • Designed an intuitive gamification layer to improve donor retention

What we learned

  • The value of bringing AI and social good together—small insights can save lives
  • Practical approaches for privacy-by-design in healthcare platforms
  • Importance of simple, clear workflows for non-technical users
  • Quick MVP development in a high-stakes, time-bound hackathon setting

What's next for ThalAI Bridge

  • Integrate real donation data and run pilots with Blood Warriors in major cities
  • Partner with hospitals for onboarding and seamless transfusion tracking
  • Enhance language/voice accessibility for rural outreach
  • Open-source the platform for NGOs nationwide, expanding to support other rare blood disorders

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