HealthBuddy SG: AI-Powered Wellness for Singapore’s Tropics
This is a submission for the Google AI Studio Multimodal Challenge
What I Built
HealthBuddy SG is a next-generation health and wellness applet designed specifically for Singaporeans and anyone living in a humid, tropical climate. It empowers users to:
- Check their health with natural voice interaction (symptom analyzer and recommendations)
- Scan and analyze local food for nutrition and climate-adapted advice
- Track personal progress and receive daily, hyper-local, climate-aware guidance
My goal: bring personalized, practical AI health support to the palm of every Singapore resident, helping users thrive amidst heat, humidity, and busy urban life.
Demo
🔗 Live Applet: https://healthbuddy-sg-ver1-192629822894.us-west1.run.app/
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Demo:
🎥 Click here to watch HealthBuddy SG’s main features in action
How I Used Google AI Studio
Google AI Studio was the backbone for:
- Rapidly building and refining prompts for symptom descriptions (English/Singapore-style)
- Testing and iterating on voice/audio input, food image recognition, and text-based queries
- Using the “Get code” feature to scaffold web endpoints and integrate Gemini in my workflow
Gemini’s multimodal APIs made it possible to interconnect speech, text, and image understanding, enabling truly natural, cross-modal user experiences.
Cloud Run allowed frictionless, scalable deployment, making the applet ready for public use and further enhancements.
Multimodal Features
HealthBuddy SG leverages the following Google AI multimodal capabilities:
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Voice Symptom Analysis
- Users describe how they feel by speaking naturally; Gemini listens, analyzes, and provides health recommendations with Singapore context: “Is it haze related?”, “Possible dengue?”, “Stay hydrated advice”, etc.
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Food Scanner for Local Cuisine
- Upload food photos; Gemini identifies local dishes (laksa, roti prata, etc.), assesses their nutrition, and gives “heat/hydration” tips specific to Singapore’s climate.
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Personalized Progress Dashboard
- Visualizes health data, voice check-ins, and food analysis over time with clear cards and charts inspired by leading health apps.
- Delivers actionable, climate-adapted suggestions to boost user wellbeing.
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Singapore-Specific Health Guidance
- Every result is enhanced with real tips for local concerns (haze, dengue, humidity, heatstroke).
- Smart recommendations for when to seek help from nearby clinics, polyclinics, or pharmacies.
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Professional, Responsive UI
- Consistent card-based design, friendly mascot, easily navigable for mobile or desktop, ensuring a joyful user journey.
Why This Matters
Singaporeans face unique health challenges—tropical illnesses, heat, and rapid urban pace. HealthBuddy SG uses state-of-the-art Google AI multimodal technology to provide support that’s context-aware and actionable, helping every user make smarter daily wellness choices.
Solo submission by Joshua Cymon Gomez (@joshyfruit ), using open source and original code/UX—starter voice assistant, new modules, pro-level UI, and code structured for future growth.
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