Helping the world of science reach the everday person

Use the mobile app to view the content

The app auto-populates with information uploaded to the dashboard and displays the information for users to read and digest. The app includes Grey Matters articles, podcasts, events, and videos, with a learning section and glossary aimed at supporting the viewers learning and understanding of the material. Overall, this app is designed to make scientific content less intimidating to read.

Use the dashboard to upload the content

The dashboard allows Grey Matters to upload their content to the connected app in an easily understood and manageable way. They can upload and manage articles, podcasts, events, glossary terms, and users. Overall, the dashboard allows groups to easily update their apps content and make intelligent desicions based on the analytics from their content.

Superb Features

Analytics

The analytics on the dashboard allows Grey Matters to see how users are using the app and make decisions on their content based on if they think users are liking and understanding the content

Articles and Podcasts

We've included articles and podcasts written and recorded by members of Grey Matters. They cover a variety neuroscience topics and lots of pictures (to make reading easier/more fun!)

Learning Section

The learning section allows users to learn about the basics of the brain before learning the more detailed ins and outs covered in the articles and podcasts

Glossary

The glossary allows users to look up terms they may not be familiar with (directly from the articles too!) and add their own definitions to make the words more memorable for the future

Simple

The navigation across the app and the dahsboard is simple, letting admins, writers, and users focus on the most important thing: their experience.

Events

Keep up to date on all events related to Grey Matters, including their weekly meetings so you can contribute as a writer or artist and quartely events involving a panel of nueroscientists

We are a team of four Informatics Students at the University of Washington, brought together by the 2018 Informatics Capstone. For our project, we worked in conjunction with the on campus neuroscience journal, Grey Matters. Together, we identified the problem of the communication gap between the scientific communtiy and the general public. Our solution is the design and development of a content management system that made it easy for scientists to upload content and for users to consume the content. At the end of our project, we passed off the system to the Grey Matters journal, where they could use the system with the content they create.
In a world full of information, it can be hard to find exactly what you want in an easily understood and readable format. The Grey Matters app displays neuroscience content in various forms, including articles, podcasts, stories of the brain (with pictures, glossary terms, and videos, in a way that the "common person" can understand. They cover a variety of topics including alzheimers, the power of the octopus, depression, learning, and more. Using this app, you can learn more about how you and the people around you work.
The dashboard allows members of Grey Matters to easily see the content that their users are liking (analytics section), and upload and manage their content (CMS). The list feature shows the specific information that is currently on the app, the information that has been uploaded, general analytics per item, and allows the admins of the team to edit, delete, publish, and unpublish content with the click of a button. For those who don't have the technical background to update manage their apps, we created the dashboard to do that work for them.
The API allows for easy customization after handoff and also allows other developers to use our content to create their own dashboard and app tailored to their needs. This connection between the dashboard and the app allows for a seamless transition from blocks of information to well-displayed and accessed content.

Grey Matters App and Dashboard

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Meet the Team

We are the team that created Grey Matters