High-Level Project Summary
Our project is a post-disaster aid solution to establish communication between victims, first responders and disaster management entities like government organizations, NGOs, etc. We do this by using a dedicated system built on top of an IoT solution that essentially serves as a pager. The IoT device is essentially a one-way communication device, that is capable of receiving data from the respective sources. The device has a long battery life and can be used for a long time, in addition, the device is very rugged capable of being airdropped in disaster-struck areas.
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Detailed Project Description
Our project is a post-disaster aid solution to establish communication between victims, first responders, and disaster management entities like government organizations, NGOs, etc. We do this by using a dedicated system built on top of an IoT solution that essentially serves as a pager. The IoT device is essentially a one-way communication device, that is capable of receiving data from the respective sources. The device has a long battery life and can be used for a long time, in addition, the device is very rugged capable of being airdropped in disaster-struck areas. The IoT devices are connected amongst themselves in a mesh network so in the event one is to fail another route is always available for critical information to pass through to the victims. The disaster management entities are the only ones capable of having access to the system to send messages to IoT devices. They can send status reports, first aid advice, etc essentially information that could be the difference between life or death to a victim.
The following technologies were used:
- Nodejs and Socket.io for the backend
- Angular for the frontend
- The pager devices were built using Arduino, and LoRa modules.
Space Agency Data
We used data from NASA, FEMA, JSHIS.
Hackathon Journey
It was a fun and challenging 2 days to build this project.
References
- https://angular.io/
- https://www.multitech.com/products/embedded-m2m-modems/loRa-modules#:~:text=MultiTech%20LoRa%20modules%20are%20secure,connectivity%20to%20sensors%20and%20actuators.
- https://expressjs.com/
- https://socket.io/
Tags
#hardware,#earth,#disaster,#earthquake,#tsunami,#landslide,#volcano,#dashboard,#software