Card Gang| Sleep Shift Scheduling Tool
Awards & Nominations
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Sleep Shift Scheduling Tool
SleepApp
Summary
CardGang's sleep application was designed to implement the various attributes that coincide with each other when it comes to the necessary human task of sleeping. Based off of the guidelines for the sleep application, the SleepApp constructed allows the user to input how many hours of sleep they had gotten the night before; the next scheduled event on their agenda; any sleep aids/medications used; any flight travel, at which airport, and flight number; dietary consumption; types of exercise, duration, and body weight; current sleepy/drowsy feeling; nap suggestion; and a final output.
How We Addressed This Challenge
CardGang developed an Android application that encapsulates the many different attributes that go into a successful sleeping schedule, along with dietary and exercise routines or habits. This application is important because it allows for any user to better their lifestyle when it comes to basic human needs, in which some of us as very busy individuals, may inevitably lack in from a day to day basis. The application prompts the user to input information regarding sleep from the previous night, next scheduled event on their agenda, if flight will be enacted and at which airport along with a flight number, use of sleep aids/medications, any recent exercise (aerobic/strength/flexibility) along with duration and body weight, recent dietary consumption, current sleepy/drowsy feeling (alertness). All of which would then have an output with corresponding information at the end. It works as an Android application currently, in which it registers button pressing and text/number input. The information is then stored and referred to within the program, in which it could also be compared to other external references. We hope to achieve a successful application that may better the lives for not only astronauts or airport commuters, but for the general public that needs a little motivation boost or assistance in getting a firm schedule established.
How We Developed This Project
Our team chose this challenge because it seemed very useful and relatable to us. As college students, effective sleep is hard to obtain on a day to day basis, so we felt as if creating this application would be a betterment for a wide variety of individuals who may like a schedule or just need a little extra "oomph" to get them in a good routine for the day. Our approach consisted of creating templates for the prompted screens, as well as some pseudo code for each of the screens. The main coding language used for building this app was Java, in which Android Studio was the software used to fully put the application together. Problems our team had, funnily enough, were related to sleep, in which some team members needed a bit extra to get their days started. Some team members were also not extremely versed in Java and mobile phone application building as other members.
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
The use of NASA data was related mostly to the "Seven Ways Astronauts Improve Sleep May Help You Snooze Better on Earth" article. The article gave us insight about sleep patterns and information needed to base the sleep required data off of. The previous application built for NASA (ISS FIT) gave us some information on how the dietary section could have possibly been displayed. We also planned to use the FoodData Central Nutrition Database to reference nutritional values of the foods/drinks input by the user.