helpr - TADHack 2017 Global Winner
Meant to supplement a Red Cross type organization in the aftermath of a natural disaster using SMS. Helpr uses SMS and ML to help prioritize disaster assistance and optimize response efforts
Build a high impact, low latency application to send and receive SMS messages in the event of a natural disaster where resources are strained or non-existent.
SMS is a low throughput technology that casts the widest possible net reaching the most advanced smart phones to old flip phones.
Helpr uses:
Enable apps to send, receive, process, and track SMS messages around the world
Node.JS server (v.8.5.0)
Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js' package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world.
Natural Language Machine Learning Engine to understand what users are saying