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Cat 10. S.O.S App development. BY: Group 10-01 Leader: Gan Weilun 1A1 Members: Matthew chua 1A1 Ryan ng 1o3 Chan yi xuan 1A2. Agenda. Objectives Target Audience Reasons F or C reating T he App Methodology Screenshots How Does Our A pp Work Our Findings (survey results)
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Cat 10 S.O.S App development BY: Group 10-01 Leader: Gan Weilun 1A1 Members: Matthew chua 1A1 Ryan ng 1o3 Chan yixuan 1A2
Agenda • Objectives • Target Audience • Reasons For Creating The App • Methodology • Screenshots • How Does Our App Work • Our Findings (survey results) • Timeline • Problems With Other SOS Apps Available • Citation • Q and A
Our objectives • To create an SOS app on the iPhone • Aid user in times of emergency • Send the user’s location to their respective contacts • Enable tracking of children
Our app name • Our app name is called LifeSaver.
Target audience • Senior Citizens • Ladies • Young Teenagers/ Children
Reasons For Creating Our App • Senior citizens tend to have more health concerns. • In an emergency, they are able to activate this app to notify their contacts for immediate help. • Caters to children or ladies, who are possible victims of assault or kidnap; as it will send the last whereabouts of the user to their contacts.
Methodology • Software used : Xcode • On the Macintosh
Our findings (survey results) • Parents: • 100% of the parents we surveyed find the app useful. • About 91% of them would download the app. • Seniors: • About 17% of the seniors we surveyed lived alone. • About 87% of them would download the app. • About 90% of them find the app useful.
OUR TIMELINE Finals Judging 17th Aug Upload Web-report 11th Aug Creation of Web-report Jun Hols Getting Our Mentor 14th – 16th Feb Semi-Finals Judging 5th Jul Formation of Group 6th Feb App Development Began 25th Feb Development Of Idea 6th – 12th Feb App Completion And Testing 10th Aug Preliminary rounds 3rd Apr Registration 18th Feb 80% Completion of App 30th Jun Final Testing of App 15th Aug
Disadvantages of other sos apps available now • Life 360 by Life 360 Disadvantage Only a US number can be used. • SMS SOS by Daniele Andrea Lando Disadvantage Only sends SMS to 1 person. Also, sometimes the message is not sent successfully a
SOS My Location by i2e consulting LLC Disadvantage The application is unstable. (it crashes sometimes) • SOS - Save Our Socks by It Makes Sense Disadvantage Uses email to send the alert, email is not as reliable as SMS.
SOS Panic Button by Shartel Solutions Disadvantage Uses calling or email to send alert.
sources • http://www.pennpoints.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/AppleLogo.jpg • http://allfreeiphones.net/upload/ip5(1).jpg • http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/61166/61166,1228845635,1/stock-photo-sos-button-over-white-concept-of-assistance-21793255.jpg • http://www.picturesof.net/_images_300/A_Cartoon_Elderly_Man_Jogging_Royalty_Free_Clipart_Picture_100509-137654-578053.jpg • http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/artua/mac/512/Xcode-icon.png • http://www.goodlaptopbrands.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/macbook-pro-review.jpg • http://www.modernlifeblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Life360-Family-Locator.jpg • http://a383.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/012/Purple/01/f0/25/mzi.cauamogn.256x256-75.jpg • http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/068/Purple/d4/b5/15/mzl.yvdweinw.320x480-75.jpg • http://img-ipad.lisisoft.com/imgmic/2/8/2833-1-sos-panic-button-allows-your.jpg