Coire

COIRE is a fully offline natural disaster tool keeping communities connected through community messaging for shared resources and skills, ai assistance, and mapped resource points.

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Inspiration

Our inspiration comes from seeing how many solutions aim to address issues while causing a backwards or even more negative impact. There are several solutions that utilize AI without also considering the impact that AI has in water and energy usage which often leads to more disasters we're then trying to mitigate with even more solutions. Additionally, several solutions fail to consider individual needs and use a one-size-fits-all approach, and while almost impossible to provide a personalized solution on a wide scale, that's where we found that utilizing existing resources comes in powerfully. Our inspiration is in utilizing existing resources without significantly adding to the crisis in any way possible.

Additionally our inspiration additionally our inspiration largely comes from work together to pool together resources rather than individuals all doubling up on work and costs to survive separately.

What it does

COIRE is a decentralized, offline platform designed to transform neighborhood residents into an immediate lifeline when traditional infrastructure fails. By bypassing the internet and cellular towers entirely, it uses Peer-to-Peer mesh networking to keep communities connected through their own devices. Unlike existing reactive tools, COIRE automatically maps local resources and specialized skills (such as medical training or emergency equipment) the moment a user registers, ensuring that help is sourced from the house next door rather than a distant warehouse. This approach goes on top of generic, "one-size-fits-all" aid with local intelligence, empowering communities, particularly Native and Indigenous groups, to lead their own recovery with full autonomy. By hosting our Edge AI locally on each smartphone, COIRE provides high-speed, reliable coordination that is both internet-independent and environmentally sustainable.

How we built it

We had initially spent a day working on the solution and ensuring that we clearly know what problem we aim to resolve as well as what the solution we're building is. This involved looking at existing solutions to see where the gaps are and speaking to stakeholders to understand real-world experiences. The team worked on creating a fully functional application using flutter. We used FireBase for the database, and xcode for the programming. Additionally, our offline communication is based on Peer to Peer bluetooth sharing.

Challenges we ran into

Our biggest challenge was finding the balance between high-tech impact and environmental sustainability; ensuring our AI didn't become part of the climate problem we’re trying to solve. We also had to navigate the complexities of under-developed peer-to-peer tech and decide exactly where to 'stop' our development to avoid an over-generic solution or massive scope creep. Finally, we focused on making this more than just a passion project; we worked hard to build a business model that makes COIRE a self-sustaining, long-term solution.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Proud of is being able to develop a fully functional minimum viable product during the time of this hackathon we went from spending a day developing the solution to ensure that it is bulletproof and well developed and then within the next day we spent creating a fully functional prototype that demonstrates our functionality and even works offline as intended.

What we learned

The biggest thing we learned is in terms of how how important it is to talk to stakeholders when developing a solution for a problem that you find it's not only about finding the numbers to support your problem but also finding the actual people and understanding the intricacies of the solution for example with disaster management and preparation one thing that solutions often fail to consider is the lack of internet access or the existing tools already available without actually talking to stakeholders and understanding the issue firsthand we wouldn't be able to see what's missing and how we can fill that gap. It's easy to come up with an innovative solution; however, it's also important to ensure that the actual need is met by the solution.

What's next for Coire

If you are interested, please consider joining our mailing list to keep up with updates regarding Coire as we continue to develop our product. https://v0-coming-soon-page-nine-pi.vercel.app/

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