This weather notifications app was designed at the Disrupt Hackathon, enabling users to track friends and family who may be in hazardous weather areas. With globalization, people are spread far and wide across the world, making it hard to stay in contact with each other. Many technologies exist to enhance this communication, however, some can fail in poor weather conditions or are simply time-consuming to filter through and reach out to each individual city separately.
'PocketWatch' is a free app that makes it easy to set tabs on various locations throughout the world that users have friends or family in who they don't talk to every day. These tabs constantly track the weather in those locations and sends the user weather notifications through messages when there are signs of disasters -- such as a hurricane, earthquake or blizzard.
Great for concerned parents and close friends, this app puts people's minds at ease who have loved ones travelling in potentially dangerous areas.
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Global Communication
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new technologies or apps that enhance communication across long distances
- Weather Tracking
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create advanced weather tracking systems that provide real-time notifications for hazardous weather
- Safety Monitoring
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design safety monitoring solutions that keep individuals informed about the well-being of their loved ones in dangerous areas
Sectors Adopting This
- Mobile Apps
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore the development of mobile apps that use geolocation to provide personalized weather notifications and alerts
- Disaster Management
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative solutions for disaster management that leverage real-time weather tracking and communication technology
- Family Safety
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create tools and services that focus on ensuring the safety and well-being of family members in hazardous areas
