WavyBubble

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  The 'keep your distance' app

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  How it works: This is fine

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  How it works: This is not fine

Inspiration

People getting in our personal space while doing groceries. Nobody willingly infects other people by getting into their space, but it's difficult to change your regular distancing behavior learned over a lifetime.

What it does

Sounds an alert if users get too close to each other (1.5 meters in The Netherlands, but can be configured.)

How we built it

Distance detection algorithm built in python and then converted to NodeJS and then converted to React-Native to run on mobile (both iOS and Android friendly).

Challenges I ran into

Bluetooth isn't accurate enough, so we had to find a more accurate method.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

My team.

What I learned

Python is really not suitable for mobile development and Javascript is really not suitable for artificial intelligence.

What's next for WavyBubble

Launching with test users, Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands has asked us to become their pilot.

Built With

• javascript
• react-native