Drizzle

This final year project addresses the critical need for promoting healthy hydration practices among adults aged 50 and over through the design of an interactive mobile application, "Drizzle." Recognising the unique challenges and preferences of this demographic, the application aims to facilitate consistent fluid intake by providing personalised reminders, tracking functionalities, educational resources, and other engaging features.

Due to time constraints and unforeseen planning challenges, the initial development focused on implementing the core functionality of logging fluid intake. The user-centered design approach, informed by surveys and prototype feedback, ensured the application’s ease of use and intuitiveness.

While not all planned features could be realised within the project timeline, the successful implementation of the core functionality and positive user feedback validate the potential of "Drizzle" to empower older adults in managing their hydration effectively. Future iterations will focus on incorporating additional features that have been identified to further enhance user engagement and promote long-term adherence to healthy hydration practices.

This project contributes to the growing body of research on leveraging technology to promote healthy aging and demonstrates the potential of mobile applications to address specific health needs of adults aged 50 and over.

Download and see Drizzle on Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

• Ensure you have the latest version of Flutter installed on your device.
• Install Android Studio and set up an emulator that can be used in VSCode to view the mobile application.
• On VSCode, install the extensions required to run Flutter.
• Type flutter pub get in the terminal to get all the packages used for this project.
• Run the main.dart file without debugging to view the mobile application on the emulator.