In the early days of the pandemic, Mohammed Bin Rashid University (MBRU) organized a hackathon to bring ideas that will help prevent the spread of the virus or alleviate its consequences. Volkan, a colleague, came up with the idea of “Hope”, a tracker app; we brainstormed about some features that might be useful; helping people to recognize the symptoms, see the risky areas on a map, see the official news and guidelines.
Although we couldn’t win the hackathon, our idea was shortlisted and praised by the jury. I was quite happy to see similar apps being offered by governments all around the world and used by people.
