NotOK: Peace of Mind, Faith in Friends
15-year-old Hannah Lucas, diagnosed with a condition that caused her to faint almost daily, used to always worry about falling and injuring herself. She wished she could just have a way to notify her friends or family when she felt like she was about to faint so that someone could come help her.
In talking to her brother about how stressful this was and how it made her worry every day, they ended up creating an app called NotOK. This app took her original idea and applied it to many more circumstances
The NotOK app is a platform that allows anyone to set a list of contacts in their phone to receive a message when you push the “NotOK” button. When the button is pushed, the set grouping of contacts receives a message with their GPS location and a message letting them know you are “NotOK”. This app fills a need for anyone at risk, whether it is depression, anxiety, being in a dangerous situation, or health related issues. Most of the time when we need others to be there for us, we don’t know how to ask. When we are really in trouble but want a more discreet way to let people know, this app serves it’s purpose very well.
It is simple, it is clean, and most importantly it is effective. Below is a video interview with Hannah where she explains and demos the NotOK app.
This is a great concept and this has a very important place in the lives of many people. Not only does NotOK effect the ones with the problems but helps the loved ones and friends. This is very good idea because it allows the ones that provide help and support to be notified and aware of the issues when they are coming. This also certainly provides comfort to the ones needing help and they will know that help will be on the way and that they will be taken care of. What a great idea!