Allergeez: Houston Pollen and Mold Alert App
Cameron Alexander (@emptyflash)
The Idea and Use Cases
Give notifications for specific allergies
i.e. "I'm allergic to oak pollen, so I want to know when I should take medication in the morning"
i.e. "I want to know when I should move my car so it doesn't get coated"
Scope
Bare minimum:
Send alerts when the HHD pollen and mold page is updated
Stretch goals:
Allow users to give feedback on when they feel their allergies and guess what they're allergic to
Build predictive model to give updates on weekends and holidays
Dashboard to show Houston pollen data and trends
Current Stage
In contact with HHD and researchers from UH
Some data preprocessing/normalization has already been done:
github.com/emptyflash/houston-pollen-data
First attempts at a predictive model (not very good)
Next Steps
Talk to experts to get a better idea of what might be feasible
More data collection and cleaning before the hackathon
Implement features at the hackathon
Roles
Backend Devs
Responsible for scraping, sending push notification, etc. Probably Python.
Frontend Devs
Responsible for displaying notifications, graphs, etc. Needs JS and web tech (service workers for notifications) knowledge.
Stats and ML Devs
Responsible for the two predictive models and integrating with backend devs for alerts.
Public Speakers
Responsible for slide deck and presentation.
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