Our SMS-based application provides access to routing, emergency, mental health, sanitation, education, location, weather, and feedback services to vulnerable populations without wifi dependency. Basic Needs addresses immediate needs, connects vulnerable populations to their needs, and initiates a dialog between cities and vulnerable populations for social engagement and improvement.
- Seattle AngelHack 2017 HERE Challenge Winner
Basic Needs is a tool which communicates information between user and information via Twilio and an Amazon Lex chatbox. Our case study is completed on the city of Seattle. Data is extracted from HERE API calls, Seattle Public Data (ie. weather), and scraped wifi data.
- aws_lambda: folder for AWS Lambda code to communicate with Lex
- HomelessHelper.py: lambda_handler for controlling lambda functions
- here_API_calls: supporting Data
- here API calls to Git.ipynb: iPython Notebook for basis of all data collection
- .csv files: supporting data files
- images: relevant pictures for this project
MIT License
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