Windows

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:

Application

Status:

Concept

End user environments:

Mobile

Windows

Mac

Images and Video:

Besafe - Healthcare during Emergencies

Website/App store links:

http://besafe.crowdmap.com

Summary:

People with chronic disease like Asthma or Diabetes need a stable routine. Interruption to medical supplies and health services may prove life threatening. The The besafe website aims to provide up to date information sourced from the crowd and from emergency response organisations to help both patients and health care workers in the event of an emergency.

The Solution is based on the Ushahidi Platform which is written in PHP on the Kohana MVC Web Framework. The solution is currently hosted on the cloud at besafe.crowdmap.com. Work is in progress on advanced requirements like ability to track stock at emergency care providers , automated checklists, Heat maps, Swiftriver visuslisations from Twitter feeds, Historical data visualisation is being discusssed.

Why we are working on this problem:

There is no single reliable system that sources crowd information specifically for patients who need emergency help

What we accomplished during the event:

1.Users can register as members in the system (Patients, healthcare providers like GP, Pharmacies etc.) 2.System Shall be able to receive the information about the disaster (location, Time, nature of disaster, severity etc.) 3.In the event of disaster system shall send Notification to users with information Including emergency contact and check lists 4.System maintains reliable current status information about he health care providers of the particular area ( pharmacies, hospitals, GP etc.) 5.System shall reset the status of the disaster after receiving about the disaster closure 6.System able to search for disaster by location, postcode 7.System able to display useful information like Hospitals and Pharmacies near a disaster Area

Ability to infer if a facility is down (Pharmacy, Hospitals etc)

Progress made since the event:

•“Reports” can collect type information like Title, Description, date-Time, Category, Location (MAP Lat and Long), Location Name, News Source Link, Ext Video Link, Upload Photos, First/Last Name, Email, of report and location of report •Addon Implemented to terminate a disaster event after a date •Reports can be set to Auto Approval in an emergency or moderated by an Admin •“Get Reports” Link can be used to register emails to receive alerts when a report is submitted in your area . you can select specific categories of reports you want an alert on, or just get alerts for Disasters •Main Page displays a Map with dots indicating reports, Clicking on a dot opens details for the report. •Reports are clustered to act as a crowd sourced “Heat Map” •Categories and subcategories have been defined which help filter the reports that you want to see - Disasters, Help Wanted, Help Available •Reports can be FILTERd by category and displays real time on the map •Layers of information has been added – VIC Hospitals, VIC Police Stations, Bushfire Hotspots, ESTA Emergency Markers •Weather warning News feeds for Melbourne, VIC, NSW, Queensland •Checklist Embeded in App as a Page Plugin for Ushahidi to fetch JSON feed from SENSIS API and display it as a KML enabled Layer

Next steps:

•Fixed defect with iPhone Application Network framework iOS6, bug fix submitted for code merge •Build code to provide an API hook from Ushahidi to external Apps with KML layers in the •Release Ushahidi Plugin for SENSIS Api as an open source contribution from RHOK Melbourne •Enable and test Facebook and Twitter Integration as feed for reports •Enable and test Swiftriver plugin to filter “Buckets” from specific riverIDs •Implement a Heatmap from Government sources if available

Community help:

Need Emergency management experts to test the system and suggest improvements

Code Repository:

https://github.com/VjK/besafe_crowdmap

Category:

Application

Status:

Prototype

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

Server requirements:

Hosted on the cloud at Crowdmap

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Melbourne, Australia

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

Ushahidi

Swiftriver

php

Mailing list:

http://www.rhok.org/bpsunilkumar%40gmail.com

Issue Tracker:

https://github.com/VjK/besafe_crowdmap/issues?state=open

Cheat or Starve?

Website/App store links:

http://www.bonsaidefense.com/downloads/cziner_mate_cheatOrStarve_20121006.zip

Summary:

Small windows (possibly mobile) app used to illustrate a simplified concept of how corruption undermines a community.

Why we are working on this problem:

Made as a proof of concept during a 24 hour contra corruption event organized by Transparency International.

What we accomplished during the event:

Concept sketch, interactive funcitional protoype (proof of concept)

Code Repository:

http://www.bonsaidefense.com/downloads/cziner_mate_cheatOrStarve_20121006.zip

Category:

Application

Status:

Prototype

Programming languages:

C#

Frameworks:

Unity

End user environments:

Windows

Server requirements:

None so far

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Hacks Against Corruption Budapest

Images and Video:

Safepath

Website/App store links:

http://etv.gatech.edu/safepath

http://etv.gatech.edu/safepath/gtpd

Code Repository:

http://www.graffitos.com

Category:

Application

Status:

Prototype

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Atlanta

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

Applied math/statistics/exploratory data analysis/data visualization

iOS developer

TTSPhone

Website/App store links:

http://github.com/RHoKSoton/TTSPhone

Summary:

TTSPhone is a desktop application to aid in communication with those who may have difficulty holding a conversation normally. This is achieved by converting any text into voice and then transmitting this, allowing for more conversations.

Why we are working on this problem:

We are working on this as a means to become both more globally aware as well as to aid those who may otherwise struggle to hold a conversation.

What we accomplished during the event:

During the event we managed to create a text to speech prototype using the Bing API as well as forming a connection between 2 clients.

Next steps:

The next step is to make mobile apps so as to allow obile communication between people.

Code Repository:

http://github.com/RHoKSoton/TTSPhone

Category:

Application

Status:

Concept

Programming languages:

C#

End user environments:

Windows

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Southampton, United Kingdom

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

mobile app development

Improving public transportation reliability to encourage people reduce their carbon footprint.

Summary:

Managed to achieve a good prototype of a semi-real time tracker
Pulled data off the MARTA schedules to be used as our primary dataset.
Platform agnostic and user friendly.
Involves SMS service and use of smartphone technlogies to cater to a wide section of international population facing this problem

Why we are working on this problem:

see http://www.rhok.org/problems/improving-public-transportation-reliability-encourage-people-reduce-their-carbon-footprint

What we accomplished during the event:

A good notion of routes in different countries.
A decent working framework to be able to get an idea of approximate time your transport is due in to the stop near you.
A user friendly way of updating information in a crowd sourced framework.
Intelligent route prediction possible once the data sets evolve over time.
SMS service to cater to developing nations.
Potential integration with Google transit as a way to handle deviations from predicted schedules in developed countries.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/keshy/crowd_sourced_transport_tracker

Category:

Application

Status:

Prototype

Programming languages:

PHP

python

HTML5 + CSS3 (iPhone)

JavaScript

Frameworks:

LAMP

End user environments:

Images and Video:

Off Like

Website/App store links:

http://offlike.herokuapp.com/

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.rhok.offlike&feature=search_result#?t=...

Summary:

Supporting things globally online is very easy and popular at the moment. There are Systems like Google+1;FaceBook Like and Flatter - to just name 3. Offlike aims to extend this pattern to local "offline" things. By placing QR-Codes ( or later NFC ) on real places with real problems - and giving the user the option to support this thing we hope to increase involvement with problems that matter for you - localy - offline .

Why we are working on this problem:

The Problem definition "A Real-World "Like" for Campaigning and Advocacy" described an intriguing idea: connect real-life needs to online support. Implementing this is a lot of fun for us, and it seems to be very usefull, because this way you can simply activate your neighbourhood to show their concern for a common problem - locally, and visible globally.

What we accomplished during the event:

We created a website, an app and mobile-site. All these there tools are necessary for participating in the Off Like button.

The campaign owner can create QR codes and check statistics on the amount of views and likes. Also there is a map so he can check where the QR codes are used. The app or the mobile site, provide an easy way show their support. By scanning the QR code the supporter can easily like the campaign with the usual social share buttons.

Progress made since the event:

We started at zero and created all these tool within 27 hours.

Next steps:

Live happy ever after.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/kkalass/OffLike

Category:

Application

Status:

Prototype

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

Server requirements:

currently deployed on heroku, may run anywhere where you can: * provide a current JRE * provide a Mongo DB

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Berlin, Germany

Images and Video:

Issue Tracker:

https://github.com/kkalass/OffLike/issues

Portal dla młodzieżowych ngosów - yngo.pl

Summary:

Projekt zakłada stworzenie portalu dla młodzieżowych działaczy, dla osób aktywnych, zaangażowanych w młodzieżowy NGOs. Ma pełnić rolę informacyjną, edukacyjną, społecznościową i być jednocześnie przestrzenią wymiany myśli i doświadczeń.

The aim of the project is creating a portal for youth activists, people involved in youth NGOs and various youth initiatives. It will have information, educational, and community functions, and it will provide a space for the exchange of ideas and experiences.

Why we are working on this problem:

Projekt jest jednym z priorytetów wypracowanych podczas tegorocznego Forum dla Przyszłości - ogólnopolskiej konferencji organizacji młodzieżowych, które odbyło się w lipcu br. Ponad 100 uczestników, działaczy 40 organizacji młodzieżowych wskazało potrzebę stworzenia portalu jako jeden z najbardziej pilnych aspektów pracy nad poprawą sytuacji młodych aktywistów w Polsce.

The project is one of the priorities developed during the Forum for the Future event â an all-Poland conference for youth organizations that took place in July 2011 in Toszek. Over 100 participants, activists from 40 youth organizations, agreed that creating such a portal is one of the most urgent tasks in working on the improvement of the situation of youth activists in Poland.

What we accomplished during the event:

Wypracowana została koncepcja merytorycznej zawartości portalu, oraz zaprojektowany sposób jego funkcjonowania. Dokonaliśmy także konsultacji dotyczących technologii potrzebnych do realizacji projektu, jego harmonogramu i budżetu.

We developed the ideas for the content of the portal and designed its main functions. We also consulted technology experts on the details of the realization of such a portal, working schedule, and budget.

Progress made since the event:

Przychodząc na RHoK Warsaw pomysł takiego portalu był bardzo mglisty, ledwie zarysowany. Podczas wydarzenia udało nam się opracować go w większości tematów - od grupy docelowej, treści, przez sposób prowadzenia i zachęcania osób do zaangażowania się w działalność portalu.

Entering the RHoK we only had a vague idea for the portal. During the event we managed to answer most of the key questions about the project, concerning the precise target group, methods of administration, and strategies for engaging users to contribute to its content.

Traction:

Grupa docelowa, do której kierowany jest portal - młodzieżowe organizacje/młodzieżowi działacze są osobami, z którymi stale współpracujemy. Podczas realizacji projektu konsultowaliśmy go z potencjalnymi odbiorcami. Dostaliśmy również deklarację uczestnictwa 40 młodzieżowych grup z całej Polski - uczestników tegoroczego Ogólnopolskiego Forum Organizacji Młodzieżowych "Forum dla Przyszłości".

Target group: youth organizations/youth leaders we cooperate with. While developing the project, we consulted it with the potential users. We also got declarations of interest in participating in the project from 40 youth groups from all over Poland, participants of the Forum for the Future.

Next steps:

- skompletowanie zespołu zarządzającego projektem
- pozyskanie partnera głównego - portalu ngo.pl
- nadanie osobowości prawnej organizatorom
- konsultacje wśród grupy docelowej
- pozyskanie funduszy
- wykonanie wstępnego projektu technologicznego
- promocja podczas drugiej edycji Forum dla Przyszłości
- pozyskanie lokalnych ambasadorów projektu
- stworzenie grupy redakcyjnej
- wykonanie prototypu strony i mobilnej aplikacji
- betatesty i rozpoczęcie tworzenia społeczności
- oficjalny start strony, kampania promująca działalność społeczną
- dalszy rozwój portalu i wzbogacanie o dodatkowe funkcjonalności

- building the project team

- winning the support of a strategic partner â the portal ngo.pl

- establishing a legal status for the organizers of the project

- consultations with the target group

- raising funds

- preparing the initial technological project of the portal

- promotion during the second edition of the Forum for the Future

- recruiting local ambassadors for the project

- building the editorial team of the portal

- preparing a prototype of the website and the mobile application

- beta testing and starting community-building

- official start of the website, promotional campaign

- further development of the portal and building new functions

Community help:

zaprogramowanie i utworzenie aplikacji mobilnej i strony internetowej

Programming and developing mobile app and website

Code Repository:

https://github.com/rhokwarsaw/

Category:

Methodology

Status:

Concept

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Warsaw, Poland

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

programiści aplikacji mobilnych

webdeveloperzy

graficy

menedzerowie portali informacyjnych

Mailing list:

http://www.rhok.org/llenag%40wp.pl

Sahana

Website/App store links:

http://eden.sahanafoundation.org

Summary:

A flexible platform for building solutions tailored to the needs of individual organisations working for huamnaitarian purposes, with many powerful modules which can be easily interconnected together.

Why we are working on this problem:

Organisations like CERT need real solutions with proper support organisations behind them, not simple toys which are built in a weekend.

We are trying to encourage developers to join us on incrementing the functionality of real solutions rather than constantly reinventing the wheel with a million prototypes.

Traction:

We have been used in most major disasters since inception in Indian Ocean Tsunami. Recent activations have included Haiti, Pakistan, Japan & Libya. We are also used for ongoing projects by the IFRC, HELIOS foundation, etc

Community help:

Attract long-term developers.

Code Repository:

https://code.launchpad.net/sahana-eden

Category:

Application

Status:

Operational

Programming languages:

python

Frameworks:

web2py

End user environments:

Server requirements:

minimal

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

Python

JavaScript

CSS

Mailing list:

http://groups.google.com/group/sahana-eden

Issue Tracker:

http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BugReportingGuidelines

Virtual Assembly Point -- Incident Commander Module

Summary:

Virtual Assembly Point is a Disaster Management System. This Module allows the incident commander to have an overall report of every activity that happens during a disaster response, Information such as the vailability of Volunteers, the Utilization of ressources as well as people status and the Ability to stay connected with the hospitals and suppliers. It is a web Platform to work on an iPad that the incident commander can use during coordination in a disaster.

Progress made since the event:

Virtual Assembly Point is at Version 1.1

Code Repository:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/res.Q.tm/

Category:

Application

Status:

Prototype

End user environments:

Web

Other

Desktop