Mobile

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Programming languages:

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End user environments:

http://code.google.com/p/rhok-gamewithoutaname/issues

Desktop

Server requirements:

The server must run a tomcat although the configuration can easily being changed to match any other Java running environment.

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Brussels, Belgium

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

webservers

Websockets

Issue Tracker:

Related Problem(s):

Proverb Game

Loneliness Test

Website/App store links:

http://rhok.vaes.me

Summary:

MWN will launch a new campaign on the 12th of December. With a website, tv-spots, ads in newspapers, ... and also a Loneliness Test (both accessible on desktop and mobile). The test has been developed based on the work of Martijn Engelbregt:

The group worked on both the projects, but the main focus was to get this finished so it's ready when the campaign launches on 12/12/12. The best way to explain what the app does is to show some screenshots:

Startpage

An example question

The 'loneliness profile' you match best with tools ans solutions to help you get rid of that type of loneliness. The profile always matches with a profile of a famous Flemish person. And off course the possibility to share your results on Facebook and/or Twitter.

Why we are working on this problem:

We really wanted to help a local partner. When we got in contact with MWN, we knew right away this was the partner we were looking for. Enthousiastic, helpfull, a good cause and in need of help. They proposed two small projects which could be finished in a weekend.

What we accomplished during the event:

The application is finished, the only thing that is left to do is to add it as a popup to their campaign website which is about to launch on the 12th of December.

Code Repository:

http://code.google.com/p/rhok-eenzaamheidswijzer/

Category:

Status:

Field tested

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

http://code.google.com/p/rhok-eenzaamheidswijzer/issues

Desktop

Server requirements:

The server must run a tomcat although the configuration can easily being changed to match any other Java running environment.

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Brussels, Belgium

Images and Video:

Issue Tracker:

Related Problem(s):

Loneliness Test

Smart Corruption Report

Summary:

Most of the time, even if we know a fruad or corruption, the common ways to report were through phone or anonymous tips sent via post. The problem with the first is the risk of the exposure of the reporter. And latter needs effor from the reporter which is unlikely to happen. In this modern age, people are using smartphones on their daily activity. Now, finding a person without a connected smartphone is rare.

Why we are working on this problem:

We are working on this to motivate people to fearlessly and anonymously report corruption incidents on the fly with less effort.

Most of the time, even if we know a fruad or corruption, the common ways to report were through phone or anonymous tips sent via post. The problem with the first is the risk of the exposure of the reporter. And latter needs effor from the reporter which is unlikely to happen. In this modern age, people are using smartphones on their daily activity. Now, finding a person without a connected smartphone is rare. We took this advantage to develop a web service that works using mobile (Android) and any Internet connected device with a browser. We have also included a desktop application that uses this web service to view the reported corruption incidents.

TODO

Giving every reporter an ID for his/her report so that they can come back and check the status of their report
Using blind-letter-text to better anonymize communication between the reporter and an investigator
To include photo upload for the Android application
To port the app to other mobile platforms
To include GPS infromation for the reported place (under user's concent)

What we accomplished during the event:

We have finished the Android mobile app, web service and desktop app.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/biniamf/SmartReport

Category:

Status:

and more web technologies

Programming languages:

Java (Android app)

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

RHoK Trento 1212

Images and Video:

Related Problem(s):

Quick and Smart report for problems in your town

The Pineapple Project

Website/App store links:

http://root2market.org/

http://www.facebook.com/ThePineappleProject

Summary:

The PineApple Project is a continuation of a hack started at the first International Space Apps Challenge and continued at the Summer 2012 RHoK. The focus for this RHoK was to make as much progress as possible toward an SMS client and supporting server architecture to enable a field test using a standard cell phone. While not all of our desired objectives were achieved, we did complete the following:

Identified a source for soil pH data
Ingested the pH data into a CouchDB
Ingested precipitation data into CouchDB
Investigated SMS infrastructure requirements for equatorial Africa
Created an Operational Concept Description document

Why we are working on this problem:

According to the World Bank, 40% of people in the developing world are subsistence farmers. According to GSMA, one of the biggest problems these farmers face is lack of information, but there is an opportunity presented by the ubiquitous use of cell phones in the developing world. We are trying to exploit this opportunity to address the problem of agricultural information.

What we accomplished during the event:

Identified a source for soil pH data
Ingested the pH data into a CouchDB
Ingested precipitation data into CouchDB
Investigated SMS infrastructure requirements for equatorial Africa
Created an Operational Concept Description document

Next steps:

Continue making progress toward a pilot of the system in a targeted developing nation.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/DainialPadraig/PineAppleRHoKDec2012.git

Category:

Status:

Concept

Programming languages:

python

Frameworks:

CouchDB

NoSQL

End user environments:

RHoK Global December 2012

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

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Local Geo Information System

Website/App store links:

https://github.com/downloads/rhok-melbourne/fgis/FirePres.pptx

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A9FzaJ8CMAEbZ12.jpg

https://github.com/downloads/rhok-melbourne/fgis/fire-geo-information-mockup.jpg

Summary:

Julian Smith (a Bushfire truck crew leader) introduced us to the problems they face getting accurate information while fighting a fire.

While rich information about the area and current state is available, the fire trucks themselves are reduced to radios and paper maps (sometimes not even those).

Working with the customer we determined that the fire fighters almost always work in close proximity to their trucks, and that the trucks are currently undergoing an upgrade to provide a mesh network for the purposes of providing sensor data back to the control rooms.

This information is not readily available to the fire crews, but with the help of a (tiny) local server and the fire fighters own personal devices rich information about Victoria (VicMaps) could be joined to realtime information from the trucks, and user/crew entered data about points of interest.

Together with a team of 8 people we developed a prototype offline "cloud" to help provide information and tracking during the fire.

The team is committed to getting the application (and supporting hardware) to a trial within several firetrucks.

Why we are working on this problem:

Better information to the fire crews will help save lives and properties.

What we accomplished during the event:

Developed a prototype, and formed a team that will see the prototype through to trial within a small group of firetrucks.

Progress made since the event:

Organised future work

Traction:

The team is committed to seeing the solution through to a trial within a group of firetrucks, and is working with Julian to make this happen.

Next steps:

Finish development of a beta & trial in a small number of trucks

Code Repository:

https://github.com/rhok-melbourne/fgis

Category:

Status:

coffeescript (javascript)

Programming languages:

ruby

Frameworks:

ruby on rails

End user environments:

RHoK Global December 2012

Server requirements:

Mini server within each truck

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Images and Video:

Issue Tracker:

https://trello.com/board/bushfire-geo-information-system/50b95e4246a43dbf6100acb...

Related Problem(s):

Universal Emergency Response Management

CityZen

Summary:

The general problem consist in finding a quick and smart way to report a general problem concerning your town.It’s possible to divide in more different problems: corruption, asbestos, access for people with some disadvantages and trash.

We decided to work on a Web and Mobile (Android, Windows Phone, iOS) application that allows everyone to report architectural barriers issues, vandalism and incivilities around the city.

Here you can find our presentation with also all the URLs of our repositories: https://speakerdeck.com/nicofromspace/cityzen-rhok-global-december-2012-trento-solution-by-the-citydevs-team

What we accomplished during the event:

During the event we accomplished the following parts of our application:

a working Windows Phone 7.5 application that allows a user to submit a report
also an Android application and iOS application with the same features
the most important part is the web application that was developed using different technologies:
- Django
- jQuery
- Underscore.js
- Backbone
- WebSocket

Next steps:

Mine the data collected from the people to provide statistic data to the local authorities e.g. a map of the most critical areas or a graph of the most reported problems.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/nostalgiaz/cityzen

Category:

Status:

RHoK Global December 2012

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Images and Video:

Related Problem(s):

Quick and Smart report for problems in your town

Language Lesson Solution

Summary:

Originally this project was a concept of a tool for teachers to expand their reach beyond face to face interacts by allowing them to easily create computer lessons they could distribute to their students via flash drives. NOTE: THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CODE REPOSITORY WE WILL TRY TO CORRECT THIS SOON

Why we are working on this problem:

See the problem page: http://www.rhok.org/problems/language-lesson-generator-offline

What we accomplished during the event:

Much of our work this weekend was discussing the concept of the project and working out the best platform for design and delivery within the restrictions of our problem definitions. Roughly it was decided to write a browser based system that could run offline. The ability to upload pictures and cross reference these with the appropriate word, word pairs, and audio recordings was accomplished. CSS, Java Script, HTML were used.

Team members for RHoK '12

Blain Logan

Winston Yang

Eduardo La Hoz

Errin Calhoun

Next steps:

- Evaluation of the concept and the methods/platforms used to accomplish the project

- Preparation of next steps; should we continue building from this demo/concept or use this only as demonstration/proof and rebuild. How best to do this. (Problem author- Blain Logan: I am a user with the need for a tool. I know what I need it to do, and I know how I need it to act to be useful for our user base but I lack any programing knowledge)

Code Repository:

http://www.rhok.org/problems/language-lesson-generator-offline

Category:

Status:

Concept

End user environments:

http://github.com/pmeno/vigilanswers

Windows

Mac

Images and Video:

Vigilanswers

Summary:

Inspired by the "Community Against Local Crime" problem, Vigilanswers is a free, worldwide reporting system that leverages crowdsourcing to relay crime data in realtime. We have generalized the problem to work anywhere-- not just Ukraine. Users can anonymously submit crime reports which are displayed to others based on location relevance. Users can also sign up to receive immediate email alerts whenever a new report indicates dangerous activity has occured within their event horizon.

Created by Charles Ding (charlieding), Brendan Isham (MRider), Peter Park (pmeno), Jake Swason (jakswa), and Collin Watts (lockwatts).

Why we are working on this problem:

This solution has the potential to increase personal safety of all citizens within communities with crime problems-- essentially anyone. At the very least, this solution can allow citizens to become more well-informed about their community.

What we accomplished during the event:

We created a completely new web applicaiton using Ruby on Rails. Report submission and relay functionality is completely built in. Maps have been integrated to offer a visual component to crime location. Users can upvote submissions to ensure the most relevant crimes are the most visible. Email alerts are fully functional. A native Android app is available to send reports mobily and to review a map of immediate surroundings marked with crime locations.

Next steps:

-SMS alerts

-Commenting

-Automatic map updates

-More native mobile apps

Code Repository:

Category:

Status:

End user environments:

Community Against Local Crime

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Atlanta, GA, USA

Images and Video:

Related Problem(s):

SAMo

Summary:

For RHoK Global December 2012 it was proposed to extend the current solution for SAMo (http://www.rhok.org/problems/social-accountability-mozambique-phase-2) with features to make the data collected during the pilot more accessible, to improve the overall process and make the platform ready for deployment in further locations.

We focused on adding support for small tablets , improving the graphics and adding two new feature(possibility of taking pictures of each campain and possiblity of viewing the stored pictures).

Code Repository:

https://bitbucket.org/erindaJa/samo_android_fork_rhok120112

Category:

Status:

Operational

Programming languages:

Java (Android app)

End user environments:

https://github.com/chrisjenx/wakemesleepme

Images and Video:

AutoPower - Saving Energy

Website/App store links:

Summary:

Saving energy by standby on leaving and wake on return.

Using Wireless networks plus mobile technology by utilising native programing across platforms we have created a basis for devices to keep devices awake.

Using an OSx/Windows Client that listen for a alive packet.

The mobile device can select which devices to send packets too over a broadcast ip range using the magic packets to wake the devices up. When the apps are connected to the network, they send an alive udp packet to port 10010 so the desktop can evaluate whether the device is still in range.

Why we are working on this problem:

Mobile is good.

Using it for saving money/energy is a good step towards recouperating the extra costs of running a mobile phone.

What we accomplished during the event:

A very basic Android Device and OSx client. The android device keeps the mac osx machine(s) awake.

Next steps:

More desktop clients, more mobile clients and more features.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/chrisjenx/wakemesleepme.git

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