Issues :
- People shy to buy contraception/pads from medicine store
- Sometimes the medicine stores are far from the location
- Maximum medicine store not operate 24x7
- In case of online delivery, discrete delivery is not available max time and also it can’t be ensured who is going to receive the parcel.
- When people go to different places, they can’t even know nearby medicine stores.
Unavailability of contraception : Unavailability of proper contraception at places resulting in unwanted pregnancies or different health issues.
Unavailability of Sanitary pads : Unavailability of Sanitary pads for women at places and taboo restricting their use resulting in infections and other genital issues.
Our Solution –
InstaAid is an IoT based solution which avail essential healthcare items and remove social awkwardness.
- The vending machine can be distributed in many locations.
- Users can search their nearest vending machines on map and purchase healthcare items 24x7.
- Users can check the availability of items from the vending machine, beforehand visit the machine location.
- The system works digitally and relies on digital payment [Card, Netbanking, UPI, PayLater..], so there is no headache of cash collection
- The users can be restricted to purchase limited items per day. So that illegal business moves can be prohibited
For more details, check the presentatiion : Click to view
We face the problem of adding markers in the map and also communication between the machine and our servers. Later we solved the communication issue with a polling method.