Kooha
Kooha is a newly developed photo sharing application which was coined from the Filipino word “kuha” which means to take or capture. This app enables real-time participatory photo and sensor data collection using mobile devices. These data are then used to draw out insights and generate new knowledge and technologies that can be used across sectors.
Kooha is an application that enables real-time participatory photo and sensor data collection using smartphones and mobile devices. Photos and sensor data collected will be used to draw out insights and generate new knowledge and technologies that can be used across sectors. It is a citizen science project and online social network of students, enthusiasts, researchers, and citizen scientists built on the concept of sharing and mapping contributions of photographs and sensor data across the globe. Kooha is a social network where anyone can record and share their photograph. When user share a photograph on Kooha, it becomes more than just a picture, it becomes a contribution. Kooha will sense data as user takes a photo, each contribution is shared with the global community of enthusiasts, researchers, and users, where data can be used for further study.
This study will focus on developing a social network application that sense data and other useful metadata from smartphones and external devices as the user takes a photo. The application will execute in a device that runs the Android operating system. Photograph and sensor data that will be shared with the community of enthusiasts, researchers, and users can be used for further study and will be available through web services and Application Programming Interface (API) endpoints accessible to authorized users and micro-services via an API gateway.
The said solution will promote science and technology to enhance innovation and creative capacity towards self-sustaining, inclusive development of the country. The project is categorized under the industry, energy, and emerging technology R&D agenda. State of the art technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data analytics can be used to draw out insights and develop potential applications out of the big data generated through the system and application.
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