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Meghan's ideas - Rough rank from most interest or realism (to least and less)

Proposal ONE: Apopo - sniffers

## Objective: Support 1-3 of Apopo's mission using sniffer animals with geo-data, physio- and enviro-monitoring, and emerging tech
    ### Purpose - Improve their use and support of animals

    ### Target Audience - Apopo animal handlers, trainers, and support staff

## Revenue Model: Freeware (towards grants and hackathons for later development stages)

More info [^1]

Proposal TWO: Dog (and Cat) Nutrition - Crowd-Sourced Data Collection

## Objective: Collect crowd-sourced data to contribute to a LLM or other analysis using emerging tech

    ### Purpose: Exponentially improve the volume of data that contributes to pet owner and veternarian knowledge of pet food, health, and behavior [^2]

    ### Target Audience: Pet food producers, pet food and treat suppliers, pet owners and veternarians

## Revenue Model: Subscription

    ### Charge a minimal monthly fee for pet owners, but consider charging companies and doctors larger fees for access to subsets of data

Proposal THREE: OpenExo - Open-Source Modular Exoskeleton to Augment Human function

## Objective: Collaborate with SweetBio for diabetes wound care and/or Dr. Karl Zelik or another researcher for scoliosis support

    ### Purpose: Use resorurces from this university to begin to investigate how coding can take the next step forward for one of the above objectives: theopenexo.nau.edu

    ### Target Audience: Biomedical community - Test patients, researchers, and doctors

## Revenue Model: Freeware (towards grants and hackathons for later development stages)

Proposal FOUR: Micro-location for Apopo

## Objective: Support Apopo's mission to find landmines using sniffer animals with geo-data

    ### Purpose - Improve their use and support of animals

    ### Target Audience - Apopo animal handlers, trainers, and support staff

 ## Revenue Model: Freeware (towards grants and hackathons for later development stages, then into Purchase or Subscriptions (sell once ready for...) Retail, such as grocery)

More info [^1]

Proposal FIVE: Code Crew - App for Program-long job search guide and activities

## Objective - Provide better info and timeline for students to be interview- and application-ready with steps starting in Module 1, so likelihood of start dates within 4 weeks of graduation greatly improves

    ### Purpose: Provide better info and timeline for students to be interview- and application-ready with steps starting in Module 1, so likelihood of start dates within 4 weeks of graduation greatly improves

    ### Target Audience: CodeCrew HS and adult students and CC staff members for activity enhancement or replacement

## Revenue Model: Freeware (towards grants and hackathons for later development stages, expand to Tech 901, TCAT, Moore Tech, Crosstown HS, East T-STEM, and other in Memphis, then into Purchase or Subscriptions (sell once ready for...) one ready for 3rd for 4th development stage)

Proposal SIX Outdoor Afro app (OA) boost for Memphis content (and ratings)

## Objective: Showcase Memphis' outdoor and health resources to the African American community by boosting Memphis content (and ratings) in the Outdoor Afro app (OA) [^3]

    ### Purpose: Showcase Memphis' outdoor and health resources to the African American community by boosting Memphis content (and ratings) in the Outdoor Afro app (OA)

    ### Target Audience: Metro Memphis' African American community and nation-wide Outdoor Afro app users considering where to vacation

## Revenue Model: Donation from developers to Outdoor Afro in return for LinkedIn, website, and other review displays for other uses

Proposal SEVEN: Zooniverse

MC notes

[^1] Support Apopo's mission for mines, illegal wildlife trade, or tuberculosis with micro-locational data and ML or AI for possible interpretations and variables; geo-data, physio- and enviro-monitoring, and emerging tech

[^2] Professional, experienced nutritionist supports idea

Brainstorming sub-sections or roles

  • Crowd-source collection by form into data files;
  • QR to website with engaging intro to gain pet owner to download app or register;
  • short and long survey for initial info collection from pet owners;
  • branding with CSS;
  • image and other short-form to submit can content - amount/weight;
  • consistency (pate, stew, etc.), smell rating; pet reaction;
  • Gamification or other ways to encourage more data from pet owners;

[^3] Outdoor Afro app (OA) boost for Memphis content (and ratings)

  • Provide initial info from surveys of CC staff, students, alumni, and trusted sources to provide example info or agentic reference data to AI and/or ML and/or LLM
  • Scrape internet for locations and activities (not events, but regular or open access)
  • Scrape social media for ratings and other feedback on experiences by African Americans, then suggest initial rating
  • Transition form "suggested rating" with formula for transitioning to direct ratings in OA having 5:1 weight and minimum for transition to OA-only rating