Project Story: Explain how the idea was formed, key challenges, and development process.
Formation of the idea A discussion about the stigma surrounding poop was first sparked when a team member had a tough time in the washroom. Thus we decided we wanted to destigmatize this aspect of healthcare and create a fun app people could use to learn about their health through their stools. Research We found a growing market for AI-powered health apps, but few that combine tracking with gamification and humor. Our app is unique as it gamifies and destigmatises in addition to providing health advice and tracking. Key Challenges Our first challenge was trying to make the app fun. Many aspects of trending games were brought up, such as gambling, decorating, aesthetics, friendly competition, ranking, and more. In the end, we chose to combine gambling, and decorating to motivate users to use this app and regularly track their bowel movement. In terms of software, we struggled to implement AI pipelines and create a personality way using Ocean Wave to increase interactivity and personalisation of the experience. Our largest challenge was time management. We chose to attend many events and neglected our project early on in its development. This led to our project feeling very rushed near the end.
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