Technologies Used
JavaScriptnode.js
Twilio API
MongoDB
Angular.js
Express.js
About
We built an easy way for women to text a number and enter the date of their last period. Our app will then text them daily updates on which day of the fertility cycle they are on and other relevant information to their reproductive health. This will prevent unwanted and unplanned pregnancies, especially in developing countries where people have access to basic phone but not smart phones and the apps they come with.
Comments
Brent Dixon - 2996d
Really important challenge you've thought about. Agree the messaging should always encourage cautious, just explain why varying degrees of caution.
Love how simple the interface is: just text the number and create an account. Could be relevant to reaching many different audiences and informing on many different challenges.
Amy Parker - 2996d
Very conceptual at this point. I would like to see how the algorithm functions and more app functionality. Use of Trello is interesting to deal with international text cost. Simple for the user if it's text driven
Rachel Cook - 2996d
THIS IS GREAT.
First presenter was great. Extremely important cause. Second presenter was good too.
Is this the core issue/reason behind the statistic re: 60% of pregnancies being unplanned though? I asked this question aloud, but would be good to drill down on. I wonder how much of the problem has to do with sexual assault, lack of reliable birth control, etc. This could certainly be part of the solution though, and I applaud you for this.
This could be integrated into feature phones, potentially, or on dumbphones as a text-message reminder (maybe you addressed this and I missed it?) for women without interact access.
Viorel Iordache - 2996d
Interesting idea to use text messaging, that is widely spread in many developing countries. There are already many applications, like payments and money transfer through text messaging, can it be linked to those apps?
Kamilla Khabibrakhmanova - 2996d