Siiai
Creators: Cathy, Hafija and Sayma
School: High School Students from High School for Health Professions and Human Services
Location: Manhattan, NY
Project Themes: Health & Wellness
About this Project
Our app's name is Siiai, and the purpose of our app is to give people a better understanding of medicine. From our personal experience, we have seen our community overdosing and improperly using medication. As part of a community, we decided to stand up and do something about it. The motivation for our idea is the misuse of medicine. This is why we created Siiai, an app that helps people identify medications. How you use the app is you log in/sign in, and you can take a picture of your medication and learn more about your drug.
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Professional Feedback
I really enjoyed the overall idea, and thought process between naming, designing and coming up with this app. Siiai, aims to do what many people have issues with, meditation, and knowing what and how to use things that are designed to help aid them. While going through the presentation however, you used a lot of repetition, and many distracting, gifs, and images which while funny took away from the overall point of your presentation, I think that it would be good to limit it to one or so, every other slide. The Figma presentation was confusing to maneuver at first, however the idea, and incorporation of pictures for the project really brought it all together. Overall though I really enjoyed idea.
It was really fun to explore the prototype. I really liked the concept, especially for someone who doesn’t know much about medications. Medication names can be difficult to understand and remember, so having information presented in a dedicated app is very helpful.
I also liked that you’ve included links to Google for users who want to learn more about a medication beyond the information provided in the app. Overall, I think it’s a very thoughtful idea.
One thing I was curious about is how the medication information is being stored and managed. Is all of this data maintained in your own database, or are you pulling it from an external source or API? I understand that the image and AI-related functionality may leverage existing technologies, but I was wondering what makes this approach different from simply searching on Google. I do understand that your app is focused specifically on medications, which gives it a more targeted use case.
The only part that wasn’t immediately clear to me was the purpose of the links when I first opened the app. Once I realized they directed users to additional medical information, it made more sense, but I think the purpose of those links could be communicated more clearly.
Overall, I think it’s a great idea, and I’m impressed with how you’ve executed it. I especially appreciate that you’re trying to solve a real problem for people who may not know much about medications by creating a focused, easy-to-use application.
I also liked that you’ve included links to Google for users who want to learn more about a medication beyond the information provided in the app. Overall, I think it’s a very thoughtful idea.
One thing I was curious about is how the medication information is being stored and managed. Is all of this data maintained in your own database, or are you pulling it from an external source or API? I understand that the image and AI-related functionality may leverage existing technologies, but I was wondering what makes this approach different from simply searching on Google. I do understand that your app is focused specifically on medications, which gives it a more targeted use case.
The only part that wasn’t immediately clear to me was the purpose of the links when I first opened the app. Once I realized they directed users to additional medical information, it made more sense, but I think the purpose of those links could be communicated more clearly.
Overall, I think it’s a great idea, and I’m impressed with how you’ve executed it. I especially appreciate that you’re trying to solve a real problem for people who may not know much about medications by creating a focused, easy-to-use application.
