The five-strong team, Data Divas, were one of five groups from The Ladies’ College, Blanchelande College and Elizabeth College that took part in the challenge, which this year gave them five hours to come up with something to help ensure that older people in Guernsey were cared for and did not become isolated.
The ‘Divas’ – Samantha Browning, Maya Machnikowski, Holly Sarre, Macie Trebert-Pond and Issy Whitford – created a solution that gave older people access to an AI-augmented app called Nook, which allowed them continual communication with family and medical specialists, offered daily reminders for medication and appointments, and ensured all personal information was kept ultra-secure.
They were assisted by AI and expert mentors and all the presentations were judged by Innovate Board member and local tech expert Katie Inder, Steve Grix, head of digital learning at Meganexus, and Paul Torode, cyber, information security and IT governance director at 1st Central, with additional support from Estelle Moseley, manager of the Digital Greenhouse.
The event was designed to bring together creative minds to explore how AI can be used for the social good.
Teams were assessed on the level of tech, innovation, teamwork, the quality of the idea and the quality of the presentation.
Paul Beasley, head of IT curriculum and online safety at The Ladies’ College, said he was proud to see how the students had worked together to tackle the challenge.
‘Their presentation was excellent and highlights the work all our staff do to make our students fantastic orators and also digital innovators,’ he said.
‘I would like to congratulate them all for almost making it too close to call but the Ladies’ College Data Divas showed excellent teamwork and came up with a focused, simple and elegant solution to the problem,’ added Mr Grix.
The Hackathon is part of the Digital Greenhouse’s Digital Innovators Programme and was sponsored by 1st Central and in partnership with University College London.
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