We were inspired by the Greek Language, and its symbolic meaning of the Greek word "Ελπιδα" which means "Hope". But more importantly, we wanted to create something that would allow people to receive what they specifically needed allowing care to be more personalized and resources to be used more efficiently to benefit the less fortunate.
It solves Problem #2 and #3, by using wearable technology to allow homeless people to input their information into a database which we share through our HMIS to the COC.
We built it with Bootstrap, Scratch, and Google Drive.
Coming here to Globalhack, going through the competition without a coach, having the youngest participant on our team, @MourikChaganti. Using only HTML, CSS, and Scratch.
How to use Bootstrap and the elaborate recesses of HTML and CSS.
I made a simplified demonstration of the software for the elpida watch, a small amount of html for the website, and thought of the original idea for a wearable device.
I was the main coder for the website, I stayed up till 3:00 AM to work on the website, only giving me 3 hours of sleep. I came of the idea of our product name. I also help brainstorm.