anhyesun / UBCcure

UBCcure is an Alexa skill, a “Safety Trivia” that allows users to interact with Alexa, answering questions randomized from a collection of different questions safety and gain points upon getting the right answer

UBCcure

Hackathon project 🏠 from NWhacks2019

Inspiration

Vancouver is prone to a number of natural disasters, such as Wildfires, Earthquakes and Hailstorms. We wanted to build an alexa skill that allows families around the world to quiz themselves on safety procedures on a daily basis.

What it does

UBCcure is an Alexa skill, a "Safety Trivia" that allows users to interact with Alexa, answering questions randomized from a collection of different questions safety and gain points upon getting the right answer.

How we built it

We built UBCcure with javascript, on Amazon's very own _ AWS _developer console and _ Lambda _. We implemented Alexa Skills Kit SDK for Node.js. We have tested on Amazon's Echo 2.

Challenges we ran into

Fixing unexpected errors that arose in the middle of the night.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Learning how to use and integrate AWS and Lambda in one day. It was our first Hackathon for most of us, and we had a lot of fun working with new technology.

What we learned

We learned that we can do anything, especially when we put our minds into it. Nothing is impossible!!!

What's next for UBCcure

We are planning on making the code open-source with detailed instructions so that anyone around the world can easily access the code and make changes that best fit their needs.