SIC Delivery

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Presentation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A908U1cWqnb0WuNwqJf3W2vEY8gfJbvP

Inspiration

COVID-19 has impacted everyone around the world greatly, especially those who are elderly and are more prone to catching the virus due to various reasons. So, we wanted to give back to the community by lending a hand to those in need, which was how we came up with the idea of creating an app that allows the elderly to purchase their groceries without having to go outside (while reducing the amount of human contact outside and enabling the decrease of the spread of COVID-19), as well as having others who are already out grocery shopping do a good deed during the hard times.

What it does

SIC Delivery is an app that focuses on two main objectives: 1) Providing relief to those that are elderly and are more prone to catching COVID-19 by 2) Enabling a platform to gather those who are going out to buy groceries and are willing to lend a hand to purchase the groceries for the elderly.

How I built it

SIC Delivery was built using Flutter in the Dart programming language to create a cross-platform mobile application. This application features user authentication, such as the ability to sign in and sign out, and the user data is stored in Google's Firebase. In addition, SIC Delivery has its user interface designed in Figma (using the dimensions of an Android) to integrate colour schemes, such as green and orange, to bring a positive and natural vibe to the users.

Challenges I ran into

SIC Delivery has gone through various phrases of ideation and development. One challenge that we encountered was determining what incentive or what could potentially drive people to what to do a good deed and help others purchase their groceries. Another challenge that we ran into was figuring out how to convert Figma to Flutter without having to recreate Figma again in Flutter.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

One accomplishment that we are proud of is being able to learn how to use Figma, Flutter and Firebase during this 24-hour hackathon. Another accomplishment is how well the design of the app came out as well as how smooth the back-end coding behind it is.

What I learned

Something new that we learned was also one of our accomplishments: learning how to use Figma, Flutter and Firebase during the 24-hour hackathon.

What's next for SIC Delivery

The next steps SIC Delivery will take is incorporating AI into 1) reading the writing of the list that the elderly sends, as well as the receipt and 2) figuring out the total for the payment of groceries.