Fall 2008 - CSE 594 - Special Topics in Embedded Systems

Mobile Computing for Informal Economies

Potential/Selected Projects
(in no particular order)

Please vote for your favorite 3 applications at the bottom of this page by Sat Oct 3rd midnight. [CLOSED]

[Oct 4.] Selected Projects are shown in Bold and Red. Use Blackboard discussion boards to form groups for your projects. Groups formed/posted/discussed on the discussion board will be given preference to a particular project (in the case of multiple e-mails). Once you have formed a group for a particular project, send e-mail to Prof. Wong. If a project has been claimed by a group, it will be posted here and on the discussion board.

Remember, groups size is 3 students.

Account Management System (Ref 1)

Click picture of the lender, Calculate amount to be paid back with Simple Interest formula, Set reminders with date to pay back

Educational games - Quizzes, mathematical questions (Ref 1, Ref 2) - A GROUP FORMED - Multiple groups will be allowed see boards

Goal Based motivation, questions for different domains

Educational games - Grammer structure/language learning/sentances (Ref 1, Ref 2)

Using words from dictionary to make sentances. Give sentances, with pictures and must select word to fill in from list.

Educational games - Word Quiz (Ref 1) - Multiple groups will be allowed see boards

Matching words from dictionary with picture

Educational games - Math game (Ref 1) - Multiple groups will be allowed see boards - GROUP FORMED

Using visual pictures to intuitively teach math

Nutirition Monitor/Educational game/Calorie Meter (Ref 1, Ref 2) - GROUP FORMED
Emergency Assistant (Ref 1) - GROUP FORMED

Choose type of emergency: SMS to police , fire station or hospital depending on the type of emergency
SMS sent to people on contact list:Similar to 911

Follow up with doctors (Ref 1)

Communication between patients and doctors, Bridge the distance between the two parties, Send feedback to doctors after prescription of treatment, Template for specific messages like Allergic to certain medicine , medicine was effective , side effects of medicine prescribed etc , Language translator could be introduced

Therapy through mobile application (Ref 1) - GROUP FORMED

Create mobile applications which consist of music therapy, yoga therapy etc. Aimed at depressed people . Idea arose from news articles regarding rising suicide rate of farmers in a particular region in India. The farmers are depressed as they are indebted so they commit suicide. For example, the user would get to listen to some motivational music on pressing the ‘I am depressed’ button, The application should act as a psychiatrist.

Extension of Financial Application to seperate profesional/personal finaces (Ref 1) - GROUP FORMED
Dabbawalas (Ref 1)

Very simplified form of application.

Template application of growth/food pyramid (Ref 1)

Template from Financial application layout

Cooperative Banking (educational, banking principles, teminology) (Ref 1)
Farm Sharing (Ref 1)
Agriculture growth plan (Ref 1, Ref 2)

Track harvest, enter weater, predict growth over time

Health records on phone (basic info only) (Ref 1)
EmergenCy (Ref 1) - GROUP FORMED

Information who to contact in emergancy, integrated with the phone lock function.

Reverse Pawn Brokers (Ref 1)

Track items to purchase back, reminders, progress towards repurchase