iFound is an application created in the context of the human brain and its memory capacity presenting several flaws. Forgetfulness is a part of adult life for various reasons such as worry, stress, fatigue, possible health issues like depression, dementia, etc., and it can even be genetic.

According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom, the five most commonly lost items, in descending order, are: mobile phones, house keys, car keys, important documents (related to work/studies), and finally, prescription glasses and sunglasses. The average number of lost items per respondent was nine, which corresponds to nearly 3,300 lost items per year.

By publishing a post about the lost item and offering a reward to whoever finds it, the app encourages other users to contribute to a common good: returning the item to the person who lost it.

To complement our application, its second core feature is functioning as a reminder—encouraging the user, as often as they wish, to perform a check-up of all important items they carry with them. This way, if something does go missing, the search area becomes smaller, significantly increasing the chances of finding the item while reducing the effort and energy required.

Another complementary feature of the app is a “pop-up” alert, sending real-time notifications to all users in the network to highlight “red alert” situations. This becomes a powerful social tool for scenarios such as missing children, car thefts, or missing pets.

In this way, our application not only expresses a strong sense of responsibility and social life improvement, but it can also assist in critical and high-interest situations, contributing to a better society.

iFound is an application that was created in the context in which the human brain and its memory capacity present several flaws. Forgetfulness is part of adult life for several reasons such as worry, stress, fatigue, possible health problems such as depression, dementia, etc., and it can even be genetic. According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom, the 5 most commonly lost items, in descending order, are: mobile phones, house keys, car keys, important papers (related to work/studies) and finally glasses and sunglasses. The average number of items lost per person surveyed was 9 items, which corresponds to almost 3,300 items lost per year. By publishing a post about the lost item, with a reward for whoever finds it, you will encourage other users to take action for a common good: returning the item to the person who lost it. In order to complement our application, the second inherent utility of the app is to serve as a reminder, that is, to try to get the user, as often as possible within their will, to “check up” all the important items they carry with them. When the items in question go missing, the search spectrum for the items becomes smaller, significantly increasing the chances of finding them, thus limiting the effort and energy spent on finding the lost items. Another option to complement the application is a “pop-up” alert, through notifications to all users in the network in real time, in order to highlight “red alert cases”, being a very powerful social tool for cases such as: missing children, car theft/robbery or even missing pets. With this, our application, in addition to expressing a great deal of responsibility and improving social life, may come to help in critical situations and of general interest, contributing to a better society.