IAmNotOk

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[edit] IAmNotOk

[edit] Owner

Proposed by: google.org

Contact (name, email, phone, skype): Prem Ramaswami, premr@google.com

Best way and times to contact during RHoK 2.0 Dec 4/5 2010: email

[edit] Summary

An easy to use Android app that will allow a user to send out an emergency broadcast message across multiple mediums to indicate they are not OK and need help.

[edit] Example

More NGO workers have been killed in the last year than UN Blue Helmets around the world. NGO workers face increasing risk of kidnapping and targeted killings. Many of the NGO workers in these locations need the ability to broadcast emergency help messages.

Security has now been brought under one umbrella with Interaction serving as security for most NGOs. More and more NGO workers on the ground have smartphones. Building a proof of concept application which can help individuals easily communicate there location and status is extremely important.


[edit] Use Case/User Story/Scenario

Non-Disaster Zone

  • Use is in some sort of trouble
  • Some combination of keycode, or button press with confirmation activates the application
  • The phone appears to be shut off. All LED lights, signals, etc. go dead.
    • Only way to restart the phone is to pull out the battery
    • Maybe hold down the power button for a long time (>5 seconds) to make display appear again or hit some special key code?
  • The phone sends out an email, tweet, Facebook Alert, Buzz, and calls a list of contacts with your GPS location every 5 minutes until you shut off the emergency
  • (Automated) voice calls?

Disaster Zone

  • In a disaster zone, one's connectivity might be limited.
  • Start with SMS with GPS location
    • Might want to SMS central server and have that send out tweets / Facebook message
    • It makes sense to acknowledge receipt of an SOS message somehow (how if phone is off?)

[edit] Description and Constraints

[edit] Extra Credit

[edit] Similar projects and Resources

[edit] Ice (In Case of Emergency) Application

[edit] ImOk

I'm OK! is a website and mobile app that allows you to tell your friends and loved ones that you're okay in the event of an emergency or disaster situation.

[edit] I Need Help

RHoK project started in June 2010 in Santiago, Nairobi, Jakarta; perhaps it makes sense to merge these two projects together?


[edit] What next and Sustainability

How will this work be taken to real users, or further developed? Will this be an ongoing team? Is there a NGO/group that's sponsoring it as an ongoing project? Who/how/when?

[edit] Current State and Solutions

Google interns began a proof of concept in the summer of 2010.

The code is open sourced at http://code.google.com/p/iamnotok/ Download the prototype apk

New code (improved by Tel Aviv RHoK team) is currently at: http://code.google.com/p/iamnotokreloaded/ and will be moved to the original iamnotok codebase soon.

The next set of features to add are:

  • Email support
  • Better UI to activate emergency mode
  • Facebook/Twitter integration


RHoK2.0 in Israel: the team lead by Nadir (nadir.izr@gmail.com) started to work on this project. What we are planning to extend:

  • add server side - for audio and video streaming
  • activate the application in quite mode so the user will be able to run the app without other people will know about it. maybe by clicking on one of the physical buttons.

RHoK 2.0 - Toronto is working on WeAreHelping, a system to help track / monitor / respond to help requests. Possible integration to IAmNotOk.

RHoK 2.0 - Birmingham

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