Problem Statement
Given the current circumstances, the closure of schools and daycares has presented a challenge for many families as they struggle to tend to their children’s needs while also working remotely. According to a survey, 88% of parents with children under the age of 15 reported they would need childcare services to continue working. As a response, there has been a rise in virtual babysitting services, but we realize this may not be a feasible solution for families struggling financially.
Introducing CAIR
Our app is meant to be the “middle”-solution to the problem, providing a method to both monitor and entertain/distract children at home preventing the need for short-term supervision. The app will be accessible on all mobile platforms, making it available for everyone.
How we built it
Front-end The application was designed in Figma and prototyped in Framer.
Back-end The application itself was made using React-native. To send an SNS to notify the parents of the child's activity, an SMS API called Twilio was used. The web-based game was made using Javascript, though we hope to translate it to react-native for mobile devices in the future.
Github: https://github.com/MaggieShan/VirtualBaysitter
Challenges we ran into
We ran into many technical challenges throughout the whole process. Many of us worked with languages and software which we haven't worked with before, so there was a learning curve there. I think we also had a very ambitious project, with multiple aspects that were worked on simultaneously, which further added to the technical difficulty aspect.
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