Inspiration
As students return to school, the emergence of mental health challenges begins to raise concerns. Not everyone can afford a therapist, have good support systems in their life, or even have time to dive deep into their mental health. We created UPLIFT so that people could have something simple and convenient to turn to.
What it does
The website covers a wide range of life aspects that impact mental health, offering teenagers a user-friendly experience with just the click of a button. If one is seeking swift solutions to potential mental health concerns, UPLIFT is tailored to their needs. Instead of scouring Google, all the information related to mental health can be found in one convenient place on our site.
How we built it
We built the front-end using HTML/CSS and the backend using the Flask framework in Python. We utilized the OpenAI API for generating responses.
Challenges we ran into
The biggest challenge we ran into was implementing the AI into our webpage. Learning how to implement AI was definitely a challenge considering we had very little experience in Python and never learned Flask.In terms of front-end some of the challenges we ran into included the styling. The CSS was a little difficult to implement and would change from computer to computer but in the end we figured out a solution.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud that we were able to create a website that is fully functioning and that we had successfully implemented the OpenAI API into our website and were able to actually generate a response with it.
What we learned
During IgnitionHacks, we learned a great amount about AI and how to use and integrate it into a website project. At first, using ML and AI seemed very intimidating, but we are thrilled to have learned more about it and continue our journey of learning ML/AI and integrate this knowledge into future projects. Similarly, we learned how to navigate a digital hackathon and the best ways to collaborate on projects, which included calls and streams on Discord. We also learned how to use Github, Devpost and Foundance to collaborate on projects and share our code in an organized matter, as using Github and Foundance were new tools for us.
What's next for UPLIFT
UPLIFT will have a survey form that allows teenagers to receive advice catered to themselves. Additionally, a journal feature that generates journaling prompts will be implemented.
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