RAMBUTAN| Sleep Shift Scheduling Tool
Sleep Shift Scheduling Tool
Adhika - Sleep Loss Management App
Summary
Adhika is a mobile app that addresses your problem with sleep loss and fatigue by helping you organize factors that may cause it: stress, nutrition, exercise and sleep.The app has a voice recognition system and five tabs: Travel Tab, Food Tab, Science Behind, Exercise Tab and Sleep Tab each providing guidance by tracks daily habits and setting mini goals to keep you in shape.
How We Addressed This Challenge
Our team developed a prototype of our tracker app called Adhika. By providing a customizable scheduling for sleep, exercise, and nutrition with proper guidelines and programs, any development of stress and/or fatigue is properly managed.
Our project addresses sleep loss and fatigue affected by certain factors mainly: stress, nutrition, exercise and sleep that often lead to decline in performance and increased risks to safety in daily activities, that including spaceflight.
Here is a link to an introduction and a short walkthrough of our project:
Adhika App Intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENgo5rg0nyI&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=1
Adhika App Short Walkthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npysnV-HA4o&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=2
Adhika has a voice recognition system. By tapping the panda paw on the home screen of a phone, the voice command function will activate, allowing the user to do the following:
- Set alarms
- Log the food and/or beverage they consumed
- Log the time of their take off and departure on the go
- Tell the user a brief description of the nutrition facts of a certain food or beverage
Here is a link to a walkthrough to the voice command function of Adhika:
Adhika App Voice Command
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQTPjBMG1kQ&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=8
Adhika is composed of five tabs: Travel Tab, Food Tab, Science Behind, Exercise Tab and Sleep Tab each providing guidance by tracks daily habits and setting mini goals to keep you in shape.
Sleep Tab has a customizable time zones for frequent travelers and a customizable alarm notification system; all tracked via sleep logs that also includes consumed beverages and medications that could cause sleep disruptions.
Here is a link to a walkthrough to the sleep tracker of Adhika:
Adhika App Sleep Tracker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPku-0Hd-w&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=3
Travel Tab contains multiple time zones that help traveling individuals and a schedule log that include transport scheduling and airport departure/arrival times.
Here is a link to a walkthrough to the travel tracker of Adhika:
Adhika App Travel Tracker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnHgZxT-9MM&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=4
Food Tab includes caloric goals with a food database that includes meal times and types and medications and beverage intake tracker that may cause sleep disruption and discomfort; all of which are logged for easy lookback.
Here is a link to a walkthrough to the food tracker of Adhika:
Adhika App Food Tracker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbuaXgcYAYI&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=5
Workout Tab has different types of workouts that the user is free of choosing which is the most appropriate exercise program for them; step tracker, distance covered and a heart rate monitor is added for cardio exercises and the calories burned tracker is directly linked to the food tab.
Here is a link to a walkthrough to the workout tracker of Adhika:
Adhika App Workout Tracker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75yNDkchAok&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=6
Science Behind contains interesting news, features and science articles written by Team RMBTN based on the articles from the NASA database and other online resources.
Here is a link to a walkthrough to the science behind tab of Adhika:
Adhika App Science Behind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7yFqkg6l3c&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=7
By developing this app prototype, our team is hoping to help aspiring astronauts and ordinary individuals to be able to develop a healthy habit to address the common problem regarding sleep loss and fatigue by targeting the factors that affects these concerns: stress, food, exercise, and daily activities. Our team also hopes to address the time-consuming customization of common habit trackers by providing a tool that enables users to customize the habit tracker on the go.
How We Developed This Project
The project development was segmented into the following stages:
Data and Resources Gathering
Articles, interviews and videos were first consulted to have an idea on the lifestyle of astronauts and to align some of the app features to their needs as the main purpose of the app was to address children who wants to be an Astronaut. Workout routines, nutritional studies and food database were categorized and narrowed down to accommodate the general population.
Delegation of Tasks
Tasks were delegated according to each of the members’ specialty; interval meetings via Zoom every 4 hours and interactions via Facebook Messenger were maintained between individuals to have a constant stream of suggestions and modifications.
Referencing and Drafting
Workflow diagrams were made to help identify every interaction a user has with the app and its entire navigation structure with drafts on what problem each tab would address. There was a total of five tabs: Travel Tab, Eating Tab, Science Behind Tab, Workout Tab and Sleep Tab.
Wireframing, Mockups
Wireframes/Conceptual Layouts were made after using Adobe Illustrator to give visual structure to each tabs and establish the overall style guide to keep the application’s look consistent.
Preparing and Sharing of Design Specs (UI Images, Typography, Color Scheme, Iconography)
UI images, icons, color schemes and vector/raster images were made using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Canva to solidify the previously decided visual structure of the app and imported to Figma for the next phase.
Compilation and Assembling Interface/Prototyping
Figma was used to assemble the entire application prototype; screen records were also gathered from the test feature to visualize how the parts of the app would connect with each other.
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
Space agency data from NASA database and other online resources (NASA Youtube Channel, The Verge, etc.) were utilized to create contents that are factual and accurate. The information that was integrated in the app were greatly influenced by the available resources from NASA and other online platforms that tackles the different factors affecting the health and well-being of NASA Astronauts while in space. The data were combined strategically to create a user-friendly app to balance the technical side of the sciences behind the app and its accessibility to its user. And lastly, they are used to give encouragement to the aspiring future astronauts and even ordinary individuals to take action in developing a healthy habit and improving their well-being.
Sleep Tracker:
The data were used in the sleep tab as a guide on how to manage sleep schedules. The time zones were also included in the tab for the users to adjust gradually with the new time zone whenever they are travelling across boards to avoid “jet-lags” or any discomfort. The resources were also used to impose proper sleeping discipline among the users to avoid the bad effects of sleep deprivation.
Food Tracker:
The available resources from NASA database were also used for the nutrition tab as a basis on how are we going to create a solution regarding eating habits. The calorie tracker and the macronutrient intake were highlighted to imply their importance on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. There are limiters included in the tab for the users to avoid excessive consumption whether on food or beverages.
Science Behind Tab:
The resources were gathered and integrated in the science behind tab to allow the users to acquire knowledge about the purpose of everything inside the app. The creators made the articles informative and user-friendly at the same time to avoid intimidation and inaccessibility among its users. It may also attract the interest of younger individuals for them to develop a healthy relationship with the different sciences while they were still young.
Workout Tab:
The resources from NASA database and other online platforms were integrated to create a healthy workout routine to maintain physical fitness among its users. It also imposes proper discipline that is related on how they treat their bodies. The workout routines were properly selected for the users to focus on the fundamentals. And lastly, the programs included can be done without equipment for it to be accessible for everyone.
Project Demo
Here is a 19-second video summarizing our app prototype for Adhika.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npysnV-HA4o&list=PLKinpqx5p6qHjoBDj3YH4AUrWU-nrgQmH&index=2
Data & Resources
EXERCISE:
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/ditl_exercising
https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/ourworld/our-world-exercise-in-space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ikouWcXhd0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouDKD9G9jOE
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/presskits/fit_for_space.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmQeskMASA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TU1OkVctaI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd4_BqG9aYI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKwLEsulVaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqN4LoSpn88
EATING:
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/ditl_eating
https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/HWHAP/diet-like-an-astronaut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGR3FiEkBwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaI88NgH9dw
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-astronauts-extra-calories-space.html#:~:text=Astronauts%20need%20to%20consume%202%2C700,physicians%20a%20complete%20dietary%20history.
SLEEP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH2hL5Ua_m8
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/astronauts_improve_sleep
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/nasa-research-reveals-biological-clock-misalignment-effects-on-sleep-for-astronauts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJBt92DHyFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejyr2QrI3iY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkIDg2tSJ9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyFYgeE32f0
ADDITIONAL:
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/ditl_working
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-astronaut/#:~:text=Minimum%20requirements%20to%20be%20an%20astronaut&text=First%2C%20applicants%20must%20have%20a,or%201%2C000%20hours%20of%20piloting.
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Astronaut_Requirements.html