EnLife
Develop an app or platform to crowd-source information for comparing changes in environmental factors, such as temperature, relative humidity, air pollution, with occurrence of symptoms of allergies and respiratory diseases. Create tools for public entry and grading of symptoms, including but not limited to cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, sneezing, nasal obstruction, itchy eyes; and geographic mapping of symptom frequency and intensity. Create a platform for comparison of symptom map with NASA provided data, with visualization options for web and/or smart phone.
EnLife is a web application whose main focus is crowdsorcing
information about climate change and its influence on allergies and
respiratory diseases. We use information from EOSDIS Worldview in order
to determine the state of the climate environment at a certain
geographic location which is chosen by the user. We, then, warn our user
about the possible hazards in their geographic location. We also enable
doctors to add their information in order to provide users who suffer
from these diseases with care. This is a very important segment, as many
allergies are curable, or at the very least can be made bearable, given
that the right care is provided. It can however be difficult to fight a
disease that is difficult to discover and pinpoint, as allergies can
often be. By providing people with the information that their symptoms
can point towards a solid diagnosis we help them to seek appropriate
help. As well as this we provide them with a way to connect with someone
who is already familiar with their disease and how to cure it. The
system also enables doctors to volunteer to treat people who cannot afford it, this is very important as allergies and respiratory diseases affect millions and millions of people around the world.
