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Wearable mobility / Samsung Gear 2 Hackathon
Traffic Glance
A wearable traffic safety app for Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch alerting pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers about collision hotspots using NYPD vehicle collision data.
Devpost HackathonSmartwatch WearableOpen Data Safety
Platform Samsung Gear 2
Data source NYPD Collisions API
Backend Symfony 2
The situation
What the project needed.
Developed during the Connected Intersections Hackathon. Traffic Glance aimed to reduce urban traffic injuries by pushing glanceable, contextual safety alerts directly to the wrist.
The work
What I shipped.
- Engineered Android companion app and smartwatch interface for Samsung Gear 2.
- Processed real-time NYPD collision database to detect high-risk intersections dynamically.
- Adapted visual warnings according to user travel role: Pedestrian, Cyclist, or Driver.
Personal contribution
Technical architecture & leadership.
- Handled Android animations, GPS location tracking, Bluetooth watch sync, and Symfony backend communication.
Outcome & Impact
Results in production.
- Published on Devpost and demonstrated as a leading wearable safety prototype.
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