Six tracks, head to toe.

Stress, sleep, focus and loneliness shape everything else in a life. Build tools that help people understand their own minds and get support sooner.

Topics include mental health, sleep, focus & learning, loneliness, memory & aging, and neuroscience.

Questions to start with

• Could AI notice burnout or stress before you do?
• What would make it easier to ask for help when you’re struggling?
• How could a study tool adapt to the way your brain actually works?
• What would help someone fix their sleep without another lecture?
• How could a grandparent with memory loss stay independent for longer?

Projects you could build

• Daily check-in Beginner
  A one-minute mood check-in that spots patterns over weeks and points to real help when it matters.
• Focus coach Beginner
  A study planner for ADHD brains that breaks big assignments into small, doable steps.
• Sleep forecast Intermediate
  Predicts how tired you’ll be tomorrow from tonight’s habits, and suggests one small fix.
• Memory companion Intermediate
  A voice assistant that helps someone with early dementia keep track of people, pills and plans.
• Seizure early warning Advanced
  A model trained on public EEG recordings that flags the patterns that come before a seizure.

Your phone can already see, listen and describe. Point that power at the people who need it most: people who are blind or low-vision, Deaf or hard of hearing, or who communicate in different ways.

Topics include accessibility, vision, hearing, speech, sign language, and eye health.

Questions to start with

• What would a blind student need to get through a school day on their own?
• How could a phone camera read the world out loud: signs, menus, money, faces?
• Can AI help sign language and speech meet in the middle?
• How could you catch vision or hearing problems early, at home, for free?
• How could someone with a stutter be understood by voice assistants?

Projects you could build

• Scene narrator Beginner
  Point your camera and hear what’s in front of you: a crosswalk signal, a menu, a bus number.
• Classroom captions Beginner
  Live captions with speaker labels and an end-of-class summary for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
• Fingerspelling reader Intermediate
  Hand tracking that turns ASL fingerspelling into text in real time.
• Home eye check Intermediate
  A screen-based vision and color test that tells you clearly when to see an eye doctor.
• Retina screener Advanced
  Spots signs of diabetic eye disease in public retina images and explains the result simply.

Asthma, wildfire smoke, vaping, busy roads: what ends up in our lungs depends on where we live and what’s around us. Build tools that help people breathe easier.

Topics include asthma, air quality, wildfire smoke, vaping, climate & health, and respiratory illness.

Questions to start with

• How could you warn someone with asthma before the air turns bad?
• Could a phone tell a normal cough from one that needs a doctor?
• Which streets near your school have the worst air, and what would fix them?
• What would help a teen who wants to quit vaping actually stick with it?
• How could a family plan a safe day when wildfire smoke rolls in?

Projects you could build

• Smoke-day planner Beginner
  Combines live air-quality data with your schedule to suggest safer times to be outside.
• Inhaler buddy Beginner
  Logs inhaler use and triggers, spots patterns, and helps you explain them at your next appointment.
• Quit-vape coach Intermediate
  A craving tracker and coach that meets teens where they are, without the lecture.
• Clean-air routes Intermediate
  Walking and biking directions that steer you away from the most polluted streets.
• Cough classifier Advanced
  An audio model trained on public cough recordings that flags coughs worth checking.

Your heart, blood pressure and breathing send signals all day, and phones and watches can now read many of them. Build tools that turn those signals into the right action at the right moment.

Topics include heart health, vital signs, wearables, first aid & CPR, blood pressure, and emergencies.

Questions to start with

• Could your phone’s camera measure your heart rate, and what would you do with it?
• How could a bystander be coached through CPR in the scariest minute of their life?
• What would help a grandparent keep their blood pressure in check?
• How could an athlete know they’re overheating before it’s dangerous?
• When a smartwatch flags something, what should it say next?

Projects you could build

• Blood pressure buddy Beginner
  Snap a photo of a cuff reading. It logs the number, spots trends and explains them in plain words.
• Heat check Beginner
  Combines the weather and heart rate to warn athletes and coaches about heat illness.
• CPR coach Intermediate
  Uses the camera to check compression speed and depth, and talks a bystander through it.
• Pulse from a selfie Advanced
  Estimates heart rate from tiny changes in skin color on video.
• ECG explainer Advanced
  Classifies heart rhythms in public ECG recordings and explains each one simply.

What we eat shapes our energy, mood and long-term health, and not everyone has the same choices. Build tools that make eating well easier, safer and more affordable.

Topics include nutrition, food allergies, diabetes, gut health, food access, and food waste.

Questions to start with

• How could a photo of a meal tell you something useful, without making you feel judged?
• What would make eating out with a food allergy less scary?
• How could a teen with type 1 diabetes spend less time doing math in their head?
• How could a family on a tight budget eat better this week?
• Could AI help a school cafeteria or food bank waste less food?

Projects you could build

• Allergy scanner Beginner
  Snap a menu or label to flag allergens and get questions to ask your server.
• Budget meal planner Beginner
  A week of healthy meals built from local prices, food-bank items and what’s already in the fridge.
• Carb counter Intermediate
  Estimates carbs from a meal photo to help people with diabetes plan their insulin.
• Food-bank matcher Intermediate
  Predicts surplus from stores and cafeterias and routes it to the pantries that need it.
• Gut-feeling journal Intermediate
  Finds links between meals and symptoms to help people spot their triggers.

Moving well matters at every age: in sports, after an injury, or when getting around gets harder. Build tools that help people move more, recover faster and stay independent.

Topics include fitness, sports injuries, physical therapy, posture, falls & aging, and mobility.

Questions to start with

• Could your webcam tell you your squat form is about to hurt you?
• What would make at-home physical therapy less boring, so people actually do it?
• How could we spot fall risk early for an older adult who lives alone?
• How could a wheelchair user find a route that actually works?
• What would get someone who hates gym class to move more?

Projects you could build

• Form check Beginner
  Pose tracking that counts reps and catches bad form before it causes an injury.
• Rehab quest Intermediate
  Turns physical therapy exercises into a game and shares progress with the therapist.
• Fall guard Intermediate
  Detects falls with a phone or camera and alerts family right away.
• Step-free routes Intermediate
  Accessible directions built from crowd-sourced ramps, elevators and curb cuts.
• Injury risk radar Advanced
  Uses training load and sports data to flag athletes at risk of overuse injuries.

Skin, caregiving, medical bills, a confusing visit to the doctor. If it shapes how people live, it counts. The six tracks are starting points, not limits.

Topics include skin, caregiving, healthcare access, medicines, misinformation, and language barriers.

Questions to start with

• How could someone understand their lab results or a doctor’s note in plain language?
• What would help a teen who’s caring for a parent or sibling?
• How could a family that doesn’t speak English get through a hospital visit?
• How do you stop health misinformation from spreading in a group chat?

Projects you could build

• Lab report translator Beginner
  Turns a confusing lab report into plain language and a list of questions for the doctor.
• Medicine helper Intermediate
  Reminders, pill identification and interaction checks for grandparents juggling prescriptions.
• Visit interpreter Intermediate
  Live translation and a written summary for families at medical appointments.
• Rash check Advanced
  A careful skin-photo tool that says when to see a doctor, tested across skin tones.