We care: Integrated helping system for people with physical limitations

Abstract

This project introduces a simple device as a passive social medium with the purpose to create an inclusive smart city for all its citizens. Often while designing a smart city, people facing physical limitations aren’t perceived as the target users. Systems and designs lack empathy due to the lack of humanistic data. To remedy this, our idea of an integrated helping system, “We Care”, connects people in public areas to people with physical limitations while also collecting data for the government. This system strengthens community collaboration and human to human communication through the use of digital devices. Our proposed solution includes: Wearable band for disabled people provided by the government. Physical device that receives nearby stress signals in the installed shops. Mobile application that notify nearby people for the given stress signal and also emergency contacts in a crisis Database that stores the location of the signal. This solution aims to drive efficient policy-making and programs especially by the government while fostering empathy amongst the public. It also boosts independence and mobility amongst the people with limitations. This project will establish a direct and more humanistic way of collecting data. It is an opportunity to collect insightful data while creating empathy and social inclusion. With the proposed system, we enable mobility with greater independence amongst people with limitations. For the shop, it improves their economy with increase in potential clients. This becomes an alternative to easy accessibility without infrastructure remodeling and investment. Moreover, this device in the shops can be replicated in different domains such as transportation modes, public buildings etc.