2024
Anaphora
HackDavis build: a smartwatch simulation that helps dementia patients answer personal questions and flags repetitions for caregivers.
Overview
Anaphora is a dementia patient support system built in 24 hours at HackDavis: a web-based simulation of a wearable watch that patients can ask questions - and that quietly watches for the repetition patterns characteristic of memory loss.
The watch answers using the OpenAI API grounded in the patient's own records - their name, address, family details - so responses are personal rather than generic. When it detects a patient asking the same thing repeatedly, it notifies their caregiver.
The other half is a caregiver dashboard: a full CRUD interface for managing patient information and monitoring repetitions and vitals, with reports designed to make patterns visible across days rather than moments.
Highlights
- Led the team build in 24 hours at HackDavis.
- Watch simulation answers patient questions, grounded in their own records.
- Repetition detection that alerts caregivers automatically.
- Caregiver dashboard tracking repetitions, vitals, and behavior patterns over time.
- PostgreSQL patient database hosted on AWS.