Space men | Let's go to the Beach!
The Challenge | Let's go to the Beach!
Sun&Sand
App desinged to warn about dangers for beach-goers. It monitors solar radiation and advices about the bests times of the day to go to the beach. Also tells us if we must use solar protection depending on our kind of skin.
The project we are developing consists on an App whose purpose is keep the user informed about beach status. The information will be available in 3 different screens:
-Main screen: The hour and temperature are shown.
-Secondary screen: Flag colour and parameteres such as wind speed, tides, humidity and UV index.
-Personal screen: According the kind of skin selection will determine the best hours of the day to go to the beach and the need of solar protection.
The App will be constantly monitorizing the parameters mencioned in the secondary screen and will send a notification to the user in case of need. For example: I have a C skin type and the UV index is 6, then the App will notificate me to put on my skin some sun protector. In adition the app will show the actual flag of the beach.
Github Repository: https://github.com/Space-Men/SunandSand
Resources:
Bibliography
-IUV Data: http://uvb.nrel.colostate.edu/UVB/da_queryUvIndex....
-Kind of Skin: http://www.meteogijon.es/RUV.htm
-Wind and precipitation data:
-Wind information: https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/beaufort...
Tools
-Java (Android)
-MATLAB
-MIT App Inventor
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