Water Guardians
Idea | Utilization | Teams | Project | Presentation
Water GuardiansIdea | Utilization | Teams | Project | Presentation
Philippe St Marc
We thought of Water Guardians while imagining potential solutions to protect ecosystems from invasive alien species. We then decided to focus our work on designing an application that would facilitate the user experience as much as possible, to make it enticing for people of all backgrounds.
All, or at least most of us have been disturbed by algae when taking a casual swim in the ocean on our holidays. Unfortunately, species of algae have grown into ever-present components of the Mediterranean Sea. However, you might not know that many of them such as the Caulerpa Taxifolia are non-native, or alien species, meaning they were introduced intentionally or unintentionally by humans outside of their natural range. In order to combat this issue, Water Guardians uses image recognition technology coupled with geolocation capabilities to maintain a real-time database of invasive algae in the Mediterranean Sea. By downloading our app, citizens desiring cleaner, beaches and waters can actively participate in the removal of invasive algae.
Everyone. Our mobile app was created with the idea that all citizens have a responsibility to participate in the safe keeping of the environments they interact with. More specifically though, we are targeting local citizens from cities around the Mediterranean Sea, fishermen and ocean conservationist associations. Associations play a key role in identifying the various species of algae found by our common users.
After signing-in, users are immediately prompted to report an IAS species with an upload button at the center of the homepage, so that they can make their reports in a timely fashion once accustomed to the app. Users can also educate themselves about different types of IAS species in the “ID Cards” section of our app.
Sign up/ Log-in to the app and supply general information about yourself : Name, email, location, occupation(optional), interests(optional)
Take a picture/upload from gallery to the app
Choose the corresponding species from the list of suggested species
Upload the location of the photo
Submit IAS report
Find your report on the map
I am a 22 years old student, passionate about history and discovering new places. I love art and beautiful things in nature, I spend my free time drawing or walking.
I am a 22 years old student, passionate about history and discovering new places. I love art and beautiful things in nature, I spend my free time drawing or walking.
I am a 22 years old student, passionate about history and discovering new places. I love art and beautiful things in nature, I spend my free time drawing or walking.
I am a 22 years old student, passionate about history and discovering new places. I love art and beautiful things in nature, I spend my free time drawing or walking.
To finalize our application, we still need to take a couple steps. And we need talents to take those steps!!
The majority of the app’s UX and UI has already been built However, we do need a UX/UI to perfect the fluidity and ease of use of our app.
About development, we are slightly short-handed. Thankfully, we know exactly what we need to develop both an IOS and Android app. The languages required are Java and C++ with proficiency in Android and iOS SDK. We estimate that we need 2 developers to work out our app’s functionalities.