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## Inspiration
There is a growing number of people sharing gardens in Montreal. As a lot of people share apartment buildings, it is indeed more convenient to share gardens than to have their own.
## What it does
With that in mind, we decided to create a smart garden platform that is meant to make sharing gardens as ... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration behind LeafHack stems from a shared passion for sustainability and a desire to empower individuals to take control of their food sources. Witnessing the rising grocery costs and the environmental impact of conventional agriculture, we were motivated to create a solution that not only add... | ## Inspiration
Before the hackathon started, we noticed that the oranges were really tasty so we desired to make a project about oranges, but we also wanted to make a game so we put the ideas together.
## What it does
Squishy Orange is a multiplayer online game where each user controls an orange. There are two game ... | winning |
# Context
Twitter has recently implemented a feature that allows its premium users (via Twitter Blue) to display a Non-Fungible Token from their personal collection as their profile picture. Such a picture is displayed with an hexagonal shape, whereas a regular profile picture keeps the usual circle shape. This option... | ## Problem Statement
Background:
In our increasingly digital world, the desire for meaningful connections and learning from past generations has never been stronger. Despite the wealth of information available online, individuals often feel disconnected from history, cultural heritage, and, most poignantly, loved ones... | ## Inspiration
NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens are a new form of digital assets stored on blockchains. One particularly popular usage of NFTs is to record ownership of digital art. NFTs offer several advantages over traditional forms of art including:
1. The ledger of record which is a globally distributed database, mean... | losing |
## Inspiration
The project was inspired by looking at the challenges that artists face when dealing with traditional record labels and distributors. Artists often have to give up ownership of their music, lose creative control, and receive only a small fraction of the revenue generated from streams. Record labels and ... | ## Inspiration
Learning a new instrument is hard. Inspired by games like Guitar Hero, we wanted to make a fun, interactive music experience but also have it translate to actually learning a new instrument. We chose the violin because most of our team members had never touched a violin prior to this hackathon. Learning... | ## Inspiration
Over the past year I'd encountered plenty of Spotify related websites that would list your stats, but none of them allowed me to compare my taste with my friends, which I found to be the most fun aspect of music. So, for this project I set out to make a website that would allow users to compare their mu... | winning |
## welcome to Catmosphere!
we wanted to make a game with (1) cats and (2) cool art. inspired by the many "cozy indie" games on steam and on social media, we got working on a game where the cat has to avoid all the obstacles as it attempts to go into outer space.
**what it does**: use the WASD keys to navigate our cat... | Worldwide, there have been over a million cases of animal cruelty over the past decade. With people stuck at home, bottling up their frustrations. Moreover, due to COVID, these numbers aren’t going down anytime soon. To tackle these issues, we built this game, which has features like:
* Reminiscent of city-building si... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by the genetic-algorithm-based Super Mario AI known as MarI/O made by SethBling. MarI/O uses genetic algorithms to teach a neural net to beat levels of Super Mario by maximizing an objective function. Inspired by this, we wanted to create a game that maximizes an objective function usin... | winning |
## Inspiration
A revolutionary application meticulously crafted for HACK THE VALLEY 8. Aimed at simplifying transactions, it is the epitome of convenience and efficiency for groups who engage in shared expenses. Whether dining out, organizing events, or planning trips, Split The Bill seamlessly divides expenses, ensur... | ## Inspiration
Members of our hackathon team are from different states in the U.S.: Washington, Illinois, and Indiana. We came here to meet up and live together for four days. During the four days, we have a LOT of expenses - from paying for Airbnb to buying water and snacks. It's difficult and inconvenient to make al... | ## Problem
In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult.
#... | losing |
## Inspiration
With the Berkeley enrollment time just around the corner, everyone is stressed about what classes to take. Recently, we had a conversation with one of our friends who was especially stressed about taking CS 162 next semester, with her main concern being that the course has so much content and it will be... | ## 💡 Inspiration
You have another 3-hour online lecture, but you’re feeling sick and your teacher doesn’t post any notes. You don’t have any friends that can help you, and when class ends, you leave the meet with a blank document. The thought lingers in your mind “Will I ever pass this course?”
If you experienced a ... | ## 💡 Inspiration
Whenever I was going through educational platforms, I always wanted to use one website to store everything. The notes, lectures, quizzes and even the courses were supposed to be accessed from different apps. I was inspired by how to create a centralized platform that acknowledges learning diversity. ... | partial |
## Inspiration
We love cooking and watching food videos. From the Great British Baking Show to Instagram reels, we are foodies in every way. However, with the 119 billion pounds of food that is wasted annually in the United States, we wanted to create a simple way to reduce waste and try out new recipes.
## What it d... | ## Inspiration
In the work from home era, many are missing the social aspect of in-person work. And what time of the workday most provided that social interaction? The lunch break. culina aims to bring back the social aspect to work from home lunches. Furthermore, it helps users reduce their food waste by encouraging ... | ## Inspiration
Decrease study time
## What it does
Amax can be used to strengthen one's understanding of information by quizzing themselves, reviewing the summary and inquiring about the important words.
## How I built it
## Challenges I ran into
## Accomplishments that I'm proud of
## What I learned
## What's ... | winning |
## Inspiration
One In every 250 people suffer from cerebral palsy, where the affected person cannot move a limb properly, And thus require constant care throughout their lifetimes. To ease their way of living, we have made this project, 'para-pal'.
The inspiration for this idea was blended with a number of research p... | ## Inspiration
More than **2 million** people in the United States are affected by diseases such as ALS, brain or spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and numerous other diseases that impair muscle control. Many of these people are confined to their wheelchairs, some may be luc... | ## Inspiration
Millions of people around the world are either blind, or partially sighted. For those who's vision is impaired, but not lost, there are tools that can help them see better. By increasing contrast and detecting lines in an image, some people might be able to see clearer.
## What it does
We developed an... | winning |
## Inspiration
We wanted to ease the complicated prescription medicine process, especially for elderly people who have to juggle multiple prescriptions at the same time.
## What it does
The AutoMed dispenses medication, at the right time, in the right quantity for the patient. It prevents the patient from taking the... | ## Inspiration
Every member of our team has needed medicine in the middle of the night, and realized that we’d run out. This might be okay for over-the-counter medicine like Tylenol, but for prescription medicines - especially those that offer critical, life-saving functionalities and must be taken on time - this is a... | ## Inspiration
Amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses around the world found themselves overwhelmed with demanding workloads, leading to instances where they struggled to accurately identify and administer the right medications to patients at specific times of the day. This collective experience un... | partial |
# Hungr.ai Hungr.ai Hippos
Our HackWestern IV project which makes hungry hungry hippo even cooler.
## Milestones
![Hippos eat the balls for the first time!! Yipee!](https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0xeljtvMFDP0po2c/gi... | # Don't Dis My Ability
## 💡 Inspiration
Post pandemic has seen a tremendous surge in people's inclination towards solo traveling and "workstation" and the era of solo traveling has also experienced a rise in specially-abled solo travelers stepping out and exploring the world. In researching the solo travel experienc... | ## Inspiration
* Home pets
## What it does
* Can be toggled to move based on user-based joystick direction
* Performs tricks (spinning around, wags tail) based on user's hand gestures
* Serves as runaway alarm clock in the morning by backing away (wags tail after caught by user)
* Displays daily schedule and reminde... | partial |
## Inspiration
We wanted to be able to connect with mentors. There are very few opportunities to do that outside of LinkedIn where many of the mentors are in a foreign field to our interests'.
## What it does
A networking website that connects mentors with mentees. It uses a weighted matching algorithm based on ment... | ## Inspiration
In 2020, Canada received more than 200,000 refugees and immigrants. The more immigrants and BIPOC individuals I spoke to, the more I realized, they were only aiming for employment opportunities as cab drivers, cleaners, dock workers, etc. This can be attributed to a discriminatory algorithm that scraps ... | ## Problem
In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult.
#... | partial |
**Previously named NeatBeat**
## Inspiration
We wanted to make it easier to understand your pressure, so you **really** are not pressured about what your heart deserves.
## What it does
**Track and chart blood pressure readings** 📈❤️
* Input your systolic and diastolic to be stored on the cloud
* See and compare ... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration for ECG comes form the tremendous labor shortage Canada is currently having in the medical industry and the desire to make safety and security accessible to everyone whos staying in medical facilities.
## What it does
ECG uses a ML model we trained and python OpenCV to be able to detec... | ## Inspiration
Most of us have had to visit loved ones in the hospital before, and we know that it is often not a great experience. The process can be overwhelming between knowing where they are, which doctor is treating them, what medications they need to take, and worrying about their status overall. We decided that... | losing |
## Inspiration
Alzheimer's is a very interesting, scary disease. There's no decided cause for the neuro-degenerative disease among scientists, and neither is there any cure. And on a personal level, we've all met people before who have had family members either currently or previously suffering from Alzheimer's. Inspi... | ## Inspiration
There are approximately **10 million** Americans who suffer from visual impairment, and over **5 million Americans** suffer from Alzheimer's dementia. This weekend our team decided to help those who were not as fortunate. We wanted to utilize technology to create a positive impact on their quality of li... | 
# What is gitStarted?
GitStarted is a developer tool to help get projects off the ground in no time. When time is of the essence, devs hate losing time to setting up repositories. GitStarted streamlines the repo crea... | partial |
## Inspiration
The need for faster and more reliable emergency communication in remote areas inspired the creation of FRED (Fire & Rescue Emergency Dispatch). Whether due to natural disasters, accidents in isolated locations, or a lack of cellular network coverage, emergencies in remote areas often result in delayed r... | ## Inspiration
In response to recent tragic events in Turkey, where the rescue efforts for the Earthquake have been very difficult. We decided to use Qualcomm’s hardware development kit to create an application for survivors of natural disasters like earthquakes to send out distress signals to local authorities.
## W... | ## Inspiration
This project was heavily inspired by the poor experience of software used in university to view our courses, specifically, Avenue (D2L). As university students, navigating through these platforms proved to be cumbersome and time-consuming, impacting our overall productivity and hindering our ability to ... | winning |
## Inspiration
Music has become a crucial part of people's lives, and they want customized playlists to fit their mood and surroundings. This is especially true for drivers who use music entertain themselves on their journey and to stay alert.
Based off of personal experience and feedback from our peers, we realized t... | ## Team
Hello and welcome to our project! We are Ben Wiebe, Erin Hacker, Iain Doran-Des Brisay, and Rachel Smith. We are all in our third year of computer engineering at Queen’s University.
## Inspiration
Something our team has in common is a love of road trips. However, road trips can be difficult to coordinate, an... | ## Inspiration
Disasters can strike quickly and without notice. Most people are unprepared for situations such as earthquakes which occur with alarming frequency along the Pacific Rim. When wifi and cell service are unavailable, medical aid, food, water, and shelter struggle to be shared as the community can only comm... | partial |
## Inspiration
As university students, we often struggled to manage our own finances. A lot of money was spent without even realizing it, and small costs started to add up quickly. Recognizing this challenge, we thought of a solution that could help students like us take control of their spending. Presenting WealthHac... | # 💭Inspiration💭
In a world where money is complicated, people have never had a bigger need for easy-to-find, personalized, and useful financial advice. We set out on a journey to make WealthCare because we wanted to give people more control over their money. Our goal was to change how people understand and handle th... | # Feta
***40% of all food in the United States goes to waste.*** … but you’re still randomly hungry for literally anything at 11pm. What if there was an app that would let anyone share their free food tips across campuses, boardrooms, and cities?
**Feta** lets you do this, providing a way for socially-verifiable, liv... | losing |
## Inspiration
Partially inspired by the Smart Cities track, we wanted our app to have the direct utility of ordering food, while still being fun to interact with. We aimed to combine convenience with entertainment, making the experience more enjoyable than your typical drive-through order.
## What it does
You inter... | ## Inspiration
A couple of weeks ago, 3 of us met up at a new Italian restaurant and we started going over the menu. It became very clear to us that there were a lot of options, but also a lot of them didn't match our dietary requirements. And so, we though of Easy Eats, a solution that analyzes the menu for you, to s... | ## Inspiration
With the world in a technology age, it is easy to lose track of human emotions when developing applications to make the world a better place. Searching for restaurants using multiple filters and reading reviews is often times inefficient, leading the customer to give up searching and settle for somethin... | winning |
## What it does
We made 2 front ends to demonstrate the capabilities of alexaMD. Being able to extrapolate input from users to determine the likelihood of various diseases with confidence scores.
## How we built it
By scraping Mayo Clinic, a comprehensive medical database, we were able to compile information associa... | ## Inspiration
Our team identified two intertwined health problems in developing countries:
1) Lack of easy-to-obtain medical advice due to economic, social and geographic problems, and
2) Difficulty of public health data collection in rural communities.
This weekend, we built SMS Doc, a single platform to help sol... | ## Inspiration
Everywhere we hear, "(data) is the new currency." And yet our understanding of it is limited. As developers, we have decided to make it more accessible to the people we think need it most: people who have an illness. Often, medical information is not explicit to the general public, and we cannot grasp i... | winning |
## Inspiration
Swap was inspired by COVID-19 having an impact on many individuals’ daily routines. Sleep schedules were shifted, more distractions were present due to working from home, and being away from friends and family members was difficult. Our team wanted to create a solution that would help others add excitem... | ## Inspiration 💡
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I've played the game ricochet robots before and thought it would be a cool project to try to replicate-- but with a twist!
## What it does
Given a pre-designed game board layout (in the form of a txt file), a player can choose a player character (a dot for example!) They can then choose a starting pos... | partial |
## Inspiration
A couple of years ago the American elections took the world by surprise when the unexpected happened. In the aftermath of the election, a lot of people talked about fraud in the polls, and that the number might have been tampered with. From those events and with the growing popularity of blockchain, we ... | ## Inspiration
The counterfeiting industry is anticipated to grow to $2.8 trillion in 2022 costing 5.4 million jobs. These counterfeiting operations push real producers to bankruptcy as cheaper knockoffs with unknown origins flood the market. In order to solve this issue we developed a blockchain powered service with ... | ## Inspiration
To introduce the most impartial and ensured form of voting submission in response to controversial democratic electoral polling following the 2018 US midterm elections. This event involved several encircling clauses of doubt and questioned authenticity of results by citizen voters. This propelled the id... | partial |
## Inspiration
The prominence of the Corona Virus in social media, as well as the spread of misinformation concerning the topic, lead our team to develop a web app that serves to dispell miscommunication regarding common diseases around the world.
## What it does
ViralConnection is a web app that features a variety ... | ## Inspiration
Coming from life science related background, we see a lot of unreliable information circulating on our social media and in news articles. Often the information that could help clear out misinformation is not very accessible.
## What it does
We want to create a convenient application to guide people to... | ## Inspiration
Kingston's website is the place to go when having questions about having life in Kingston or when searching for events going on in the city, but navigating through the hundreds of the city's webpages for an answer can be gruesome. We were all interested in AI and wanted to challenge ourselves to build a... | losing |
## Inspiration
While using ridesharing apps such as Uber and Lyft, passengers, particularly those of marginalized identities, have reported feeling unsafe or uncomfortable being alone in a car. From user interviews, every woman has mentioned personal safety as one of their top concerns within a rideshare. About 23% of... | ## 💡Inspiration💡
According to statistics, hate crimes and street violence have exponentially increased and the violence does not end there. Many oppressed groups face physical and emotional racial hostility in the same way. These crimes harm not only the victims but also people who have a similar identity. Aside fro... | ## Introduction
We present to you SafeInNet, a dynamic social network to help women determine the safest roads and prevent their journey from being full of despair. We are a community of users who support each other and make sure all of us feel safe and can live without fear. Utilizing intent analysis and location map... | partial |
## Inspiration
I really enjoy playing puzzle games, so I wanted to utilize my skills to recreate one
## What it does
When run, the user can play the puzzle game Mastermind on the command line.
## How we built it
This program was created using python and uses the command line to take in user input and display resul... | ## Inspiration
The eagerness to use code interactive applications/games and to create something that is visualy appealing represents my core inspiration. I havent been fortunate enough to be exposed to multiple coding languages and framework in university ( we have only been taught python in First Year Engineering), b... | ## Inspiration
We are a team of goofy engineers and we love making people laugh. As Western students (and a stray Waterloo engineer), we believe it's important to have a good time. We wanted to make this game to give people a reason to make funny faces more often.
## What it does
We use OpenCV to analyze webcam inpu... | losing |
## Inspiration
We all subscribe to things. Whether its music, movies, or two-day shipping, it always gets difficult to keep track.
We made Notsub (!Sub) because many of us accidentally overpay for items we didn't remember to unsubscribe from, and because it never hurts to have a little extra pocket money.
## What it... | ## Problem Definition
Students have a hard time searching for short term rent near the university. Existing solutions include facebook groups to message buyers and sellers but it is cluttered and easy for students to get tricked into paying more for the residence than it is worth.
## Solution
Bidding + Sublet = Bidl... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration for our project stems from the increasing trend of online shopping and the declining foot traffic in physical stores. Our goal was to provide a unique and engaging experience for customers, encouraging them to visit physical stores and rediscover the joy of in-person shopping. We wanted ... | losing |
# We'd love if you read through this in its entirety, but we suggest reading "What it does" if you're limited on time
## The Boring Stuff (Intro)
* Christina Zhao - 1st-time hacker - aka "Is cucumber a fruit"
* Peng Lu - 2nd-time hacker - aka "Why is this not working!!" x 30
* Matthew Yang - ML specialist - aka "What... | ## Inspiration
Pusheen + Psychology + Nativescript = healthier living! Obesity is one of the leading causes of preventable death, and we wanted to help address this growing crisis.
## What it does
We wrote an iOS/Android mobile application based on psychology/neuroscience lab research dialogues that have been demons... | ## ✨ Inspiration
Quarantining is hard, and during the pandemic, symptoms of anxiety and depression are shown to be at their peak 😔[[source]](https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/the-implications-of-covid-19-for-mental-health-and-substance-use/). To combat the negative effects of isolation and social a... | partial |
## Inspiration
One of our teammates works part time in Cineplex and at the end of the day, he told us that all their extra food was just throw out.This got us thinking, why throw the food out when you can you earn revenue and some end of the day sales for people in the local proxmity that are looking for something to ... | # Omakase
*"I'll leave it up to you"*
## Inspiration
On numerous occasions, we have each found ourselves staring blankly into the fridge with no idea of what to make. Given some combination of ingredients, what type of good food can I make, and how?
## What It Does
We have built an app that recommends recipes base... | ## Inspiration
It feels like elections are taking up an increasing portion of our mindshare, with every election cycle it only gets more insane. Constantly flooded by news, by opinions – it's like we never get a break. And yet, paradoxically, voters feel increasingly less connected to their politicians. They hear soli... | partial |
## Inspiration
The internet is filled with user-generated content, and it has become increasingly difficult to manage and moderate all of the text that people are producing on a platform. Large companies like Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit leverage their massive scale and abundance of resources to aid in their modera... | ## Inspiration
Companies lack insight into their users, audiences, and marketing funnel.
This is an issue I've run into on many separate occasions. Specifically,
* while doing cold marketing outbound, need better insight onto key variables of successful outreach
* while writing a blog, I have no idea who reads it
* ... | ## Inspiration
We love sharing information with each other online, and quite frankly, user generated information has become the major news source for us. Websites, such as Reddit, Twitter and etc. provide us with a unconventional and extremely existing perspective of the world and deliver the most unexpected informati... | winning |
## 💡 Inspiration
Manga are Japanese comics, considered to form a genre unique from other graphic novels. Similar to other comics, it lacks a musical component. However, their digital counterparts (such as sites like Webtoons) have innovated on their take on the traditional format with the addition of soundtracks, pla... | ## Inspiration
Alex K's girlfriend Allie is a writer and loves to read, but has had trouble with reading for the last few years because of an eye tracking disorder. She now tends towards listening to audiobooks when possible, but misses the experience of reading a physical book.
Millions of other people also struggle... | ## Initial Idea
There were two ideas at first. One was to construct a Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithm to look at successfulness of treatments in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), accessible via PubMed, and the other was to analyze properties of scientific literature published within a certain time perio... | winning |
## Inspiration
Indecision is a problem a lot of people face at meal times, and we wanted to create a way to help people *decide* what meals to make at home while also being able to make use of the food they **already** have laying around. This helps to minimize food waste, while also saving you a trip to the grocery s... | ## Inspiration
One of the hardest aspects of learning a new language is remembering the vocabulary. Therefore, we wanted to use common modern technologies to create an innovative, interactive, and affective way to learn a new language. Hands-on learning is one the most affective ways to learn something new. This is bi... | ## Inspiration
We recognized how much time meal planning can cause, especially for busy young professionals and students who have little experience cooking. We wanted to provide an easy way to buy healthy, sustainable meals for the week, without compromising the budget or harming the environment.
## What it does
Sim... | losing |
# INSPIRATION
Never before than now, existed something which can teach out about managing your money the right way practically. Our team REVA brings FinLearn, not another budgeting app.
Money has been one thing around which everyone’s life revolves. Yet, no one teaches us how to manage it effectively. As much as earn... | ## Inspiration
I, Jennifer Wong, went through many mental health hurdles and struggled to get the specific help that I needed. I was fortunate to find a relatable therapist that gave me an educational understanding of my mental health, which helped me understand my past and accept it. I was able to afford this access ... | ## Inspiration
As students who are soon going to be start living on our own, handling our finances and budgeting are important tasks to learn. We decided to make this app in order to make all this budgeting easier.
## What it does
Provides an easy way to organize and budget your finances.
## How we built it
This w... | partial |
## Inspiration
I really like to make game using programming ang wanted to became a game developer in future
## What it does
This is a fun game made using python. In this game we have to help ninja to no to collide with obstacles so that it can pass easily ..
## How I built it
I built it using various modules of py... | ## Inspiration
Reflecting on 2020, we were challenged with a lot of new experiences, such as online school. Hearing a lot of stories from our friends, as well as our own experiences, doing everything from home can be very distracting. Looking at a computer screen for such a long period of time can be difficult for man... | immerse yourself in a platformer with eye-gaze tracking and eye blinking detection with cute graphics
### inspiration
celeste, sky, spiritfarer, and the constancy of the feeling that anywhere would be better than now
### what it does
its a game with a unique gimmick and a story and theme we really like!
### how we... | partial |
# Fake Bananas
Fake news detection made simple and scalable for real people.
## Getting Started
I would strongly recommend a `conda` environment in order to easily install our older version of TensorFlow. We used `TensorFlow 0.12.1` for backwards compatibility with previous work in the field.
Newer versions of Tenso... | ## Inspiration
The most important part in any quality conversation is knowledge. Knowledge is what ignites conversation and drive - knowledge is the spark that gets people on their feet to take the first step to change. While we live in a time where we are spoiled by the abundance of accessible information, trying to ... | ## Inspiration
In a sense, social media has democratized news media itself -- through it, we have all become "news editors" to some degree, shaping what our friends read through our shares, likes, and comments. Is it any wonder, then, that "fake news" has become such a widespread problem? In such partisan times, it is... | winning |
## Inspiration
Our inspiration was to look at the world of gaming in a *different* way, little did we know that we would literally be looking at it in a **different** way. We inspired to build a real time engine that would allow for the quick development of keyboard games.
## What it does
Allows users to use custom ... | ## Inspiration
**We love to play D&D**
It just has everything! Friends, food, fun, and a whole lot of writing down numbers in the margins of a sheet of notebook paper while you try and figure out who had the highest initiative roll. As a DM (Dungeon Master, or game manager) and a player, we've tried using all sorts o... | ## Inspiration
We are all software/game devs excited by new and unexplored game experiences. We originally came to PennApps thinking of building an Amazon shopping experience in VR, but eventaully pivoted to Project Em - a concept we all found mroe engaging. Our swtich was motivated by the same force that is driving u... | partial |
## Inspiration
In August, one of our team members was hit by a drunk driver. She survived with a few cuts and bruises, but unfortunately, there are many victims who are not as lucky. The emotional and physical trauma she and other drunk-driving victims experienced motivated us to try and create a solution in the probl... | # Echo Chef
### TreeHacks 2016 @ Stanford
#### <http://echochef.net/>
Ever wanted a hands-free way to follow recipes while you cook?
Echo Chef can guide you through recipes interactively, think of it as your personal assistant in the kitchen.
Just add your favorite recipes to our web interface and they'll be availab... | ## Inspiration
Car theft is a serious issue that has affected many people in the GTA. Car theft incidents have gone up 60% since 2021. That means thousands of cars are getting stolen PER WEEK, and right in front from their driveway. This problem is affecting middle class communities, most evidently at Markham, Ontario... | winning |
## Inspiration
Frustrated university students in need of a safe space to scream and vent.
## What it does
Let a little guy represent you in a scream world fearlessly, along with other fellow screamers.
## How we built it
We used Unity, C# scripting, Blender and Adobe Photoshop.
## Challenges we ran into
Learning... | ## Inspiration
We noticed there were a ton of mental health websites and resources available to students, but they were marketed in a boring and patronizing way (or not at all). Also, there were so many websites and apps that it could get overwhelming for someone seeking help. Our game hoped to be an interface that gr... | ## Inspiration
Living in the big city, we're often conflicted between the desire to get more involved in our communities, with the effort to minimize the bombardment of information we encounter on a daily basis. NoteThisBoard aims to bring the user closer to a happy medium by allowing them to maximize their insights i... | losing |
## Inspiration
We meet hundreds of people throughout our lifetimes, from chance encounters at cafes, to teammates at school, to lifelong friends. With so many people bumping into and out of our lives, it may be hard to keep track of them all. Individuals with social disabilities, especially those who have a difficult ... | ## Inspiration
While a member of my team was conducting research at UCSF, he noticed a family partaking in a beautiful, albeit archaic, practice. They gave their grandfather access to a google doc, where each family member would write down the memories that they have with him. Nearly every day, the grandfather would s... | ## Inspiration
Have you ever met someone, but forgot their name right afterwards?
Our inspiration for INFU comes from our own struggles to remember every detail of every conversation. We all deal with moments of embarrassment or disconnection when failing to remember someone’s name or details of past conversations.
W... | partial |
## Inspiration
This project was inspired by the healthcare community throughout North America. We wanted to help make the lives of caretakers' and others who have underlying health conditions easier by creating an app that can help remind and track the data of ones medical conditions.
## What it does
Wellness check ... | ## Inspiration
Medication adherence is can prevent up to 125,000 deaths/year and reduce hospitalizations by 10%, equating to a $100B reduction in healthcare costs. To tackle this challenge, we were inspired by the minimalistic yet fun nature of useful apps such as Forest and wanted to create a similar layout through t... | ## Inspiration
Amidst the hectic lives and pandemic struck world, mental health has taken a back seat. This thought gave birth to our inspiration of this web based app that would provide activities customised to a person’s mood that will help relax and rejuvenate.
## What it does
We planned to create a platform that... | losing |
## Inspiration
By now, we're all well-accustomed to the kinds of stress, expectations, and environment students and adults alike have to go through each and every day. But what's alarming is that the extent of these burdens never seemed to have been higher. In 2019, a study showed that approximately 1/5 Canadians suff... | ## Inspiration
Our group was dissatisfied with the quality and selection of food on campus. We wanted to cook our own meals, but did not want to spend the time to search for recipes and learn how to cook them. So we decided to create CookingU, a platform for University students to find and learn simple recipes.
## Wh... | ## Inspiration
While we were doing preliminary research, we had found overwhelming amounts of evidence of mental health deterioration as a consequence of life-altering lockdown restrictions. Academic research has shown that adolescents depend on friendship to maintain a sense of self-worth and to manage anxiety and de... | losing |
## Inspiration
The upcoming election season is predicted to be drowned out by mass influx of fake news. Deepfakes are a new method to impersonate famous figures saying fictional things, and could be particularly influential in the outcome of this and future elections. With international misinformation becoming more co... | ## Inspiration
There were two primary sources of inspiration. The first one was a paper published by University of Oxford researchers, who proposed a state of the art deep learning pipeline to extract spoken language from video. The paper can be found [here](http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/%7Evgg/publications/2018/Afouras1... | ## Inspiration
In a world so focused on constant change and innovation, it is easy to get caught up in all the noise and lose sight of the precious memories of old friendships and simpler times. What we love about photo albums is that they invite us to slow down and revisit these cherished memories. Photo albums remin... | winning |
## Inspiration
When people think of overdosing, they usually think of heroin or cocaine. However, there is an ongoing prescription drug epidemic that shadows behind illegal drugs. Commonly abused prescription drugs include oxycodone and hydrocodone, pain relievers often prescribed after major accidents. Not only do th... | ## Inspiration
This project was inspired by the rising issue of people with dementia. Symptoms of dementia can be temporarily improved by regularly taking medication, but one of the core symptoms of dementia is forgetfulness. Moreover, patients with dementia often need a caregiver, who is often a family member, to man... | ## Inspiration
There were two primary sources of inspiration. The first one was a paper published by University of Oxford researchers, who proposed a state of the art deep learning pipeline to extract spoken language from video. The paper can be found [here](http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/%7Evgg/publications/2018/Afouras1... | partial |
## Inspiration + Problem
Criminals gravitate toward blockchain and cryptocurrencies due to their reputation of complete privacy. Although the full ledger of transactions is publicly available, the information is anonymous, so it is difficult to identify the nefarious actors. To date, most blockchain forensics research... | ## Inspiration
On our way to Hack Harvard, we lost way too much time hunting for parking near the library. Being from NYC, we thought we could outsmart the system, but nope. After realizing there’s no app for finding free street parking, we decided to create one ourselves—because no one should have to endure that pain... | ## Inspiration
In traditional finance, banks often swap cash flows from their assets for a fixed period of time. They do this because they want to hold onto their assets long-term, but believe their counter-party's assets will outperform their own in the short-term. We decided to port this over to DeFi, specifically U... | losing |
## Inspiration
We wanted to create a new way to interact with the thousands of amazing shops that use Shopify.
## What it does
Our technology can be implemented inside existin... | ## Inspiration
The first step of our development process was conducting user interviews with University students within our social circles. When asked of some recently developed pain points, 40% of respondents stated that grocery shopping has become increasingly stressful and difficult with the ongoing COVID-19 pandem... | ## Inspiration
eCommerce is a field that has seen astronomical growth in recent years, and shows no signs of slowing down. With a forecasted growth rate of 10.4% this year, up to $6.3 trillion in global revenues, we decided to tackle Noibu’s challenge to develop an extension to aide ecommerce developers with the impos... | winning |
## Inspiration
As musicians, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our ability to physically perform pieces together in bands, orchestras, and small ensembles. Meeting in online video calls to perform is also difficult due to issues with audio lag. Another option is to record videos individually and then manually edit t... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration was to look at the world of gaming in a *different* way, little did we know that we would literally be looking at it in a **different** way. We inspired to build a real time engine that would allow for the quick development of keyboard games.
## What it does
Allows users to use custom ... | ## Inspiration
After stopping music classes for many years we felt like our playing wasn't improving as we weren't 100% sure what we were messing up on. We wanted to make something that would be beneficial to all musicians whether they be beginners or intermediate players. It would be they're personal music teacher th... | partial |
## Inspiration
We were frustrated with downloading the Hack Western Android app every time it updates. We figured it would be nice if there has an open-source library so that developer can change content in real-time; therefore, users don't have to re-download the app everytime it updates.
## What it does
DynamoUI i... | ## Inspiration
Team member's father works in the medical field and he presented the problem to us. We wanted to try to create a tool that he could actually use in the workplace.
## What it does
Allows users to create requests for air ambulances (medically equipped helicopters) and automatically prioritizes and dispa... | ## Inspiration
As college students learning to be socially responsible global citizens, we realized that it's important for all community members to feel a sense of ownership, responsibility, and equal access toward shared public spaces. Often, our interactions with public spaces inspire us to take action to help othe... | partial |
## Inspiration
Gun violence is a dire problem in the United States. When looking at case studies of mass shootings in the US, there is often surveillance footage of the shooter *with their firearm* **before** they started to attack. That's both the problem and the solution. Right now, surveillance footage is used as a... | ## Inspiration
We want to make everyone impressed by our amazing project! We wanted to create a revolutionary tool for image identification!
## What it does
It will identify any pictures that are uploaded and describe them.
## How we built it
We built this project with tons of sweats and tears. We used Google Visi... | ## Inspiration
### There have been 289 mass shootings in the US so far in 2019.
### 313 deaths and 1209 injuries have occurred from mass shootings alone since January.
**Source: Gun Violence Archive**
This is insane. What is more insane, is that is nearly impossible to protect yourself against an active shooter. Th... | winning |
## Inspiration
Time and time again, calendar apps have shown to not be effective, at least not for more than a week. Essence was founded from the idea that there is a better way to organize your daily necessities.
## What it does
Essence is a user-friendly manager that helps keep people on top of their eating, drink... | ## Inspiration
All four of us are university students and have had to study remotely due to the pandemic. Like many others, we have had to adapt to working from home and were inspired to create something to improve WFH life, and more generally life during the pandemic. The pandemic is something that has affected and c... | ## Inspiration
It took us a while to think of an idea for this project- after a long day of zoom school, we sat down on Friday with very little motivation to do work. As we pushed through this lack of drive our friends in the other room would offer little encouragements to keep us going and we started to realize just ... | losing |
# HistoryManager
Ever has those pesky webside that find their way in your browser's history ?
Tired of having to always check if there is unwanted activity in you history ?
The History Manager extension is made for you ! It will prevent any website related to a concept that you choose from even entering the history. ... | ## Inspiration
We saw a Wikipedia link game in the wild and thought that it would be cool to be able to visualize the links you go through as a graph.
We then thought about Wikipedia rabbitholes, and it all fit together.
## What it does
When you start a session, rabb1thole tracks the Wikipedia pages that you visit a... | ## Inspiration
With all the new films (DEADPOOL) that come out recently and the amount of spoiler leaked by tweeter and reddit, we wanted to do something about it to have a Web spoiler free save environment.
## What it does
Our Chrome extension parse the webpage you are browsing and hide potential spoiler from you b... | losing |
## TLDR
Duolingo is one of our favorite apps of all time for learning. For DeerHacks, we wanted to bring the amazing learning experience from Duolingo even more interactive by bringing it to life in VR, making it more accessible by offering it for free for all, and making it more personalized by offering courses beyon... | ## Our Inspiration
We were inspired by apps like Duolingo and Quizlet for language learning, and wanted to extend those experiences to a VR environment. The goal was to gameify the entire learning experience and make it immersive all while providing users with the resources to dig deeper into concepts.
## What it doe... | # So Many Languages
Web application to help convert one programming language's code to another within seconds while also enabling the user to generate code using just logic.
## Inspiration
Our team consists of 3 developers and all of us realised that we face the same problem- it's very hard to memorise all syntaxes ... | winning |
Sit up straight !!
## Inspiration
We set out on our journey to help people fix their postures after spending our first year of university turning our backs into parabolas. After doing some research, we found various studies linking bad posture to orthopedic problems such as pain in the joints, neck, shoulders and low... | ## Inspiration
Virtually every classroom has a projector, whiteboard, and sticky notes. With OpenCV and Python being more accessible than ever, we wanted to create an augmented reality entertainment platform that any enthusiast could learn from and bring to their own place of learning. StickyAR is just that, with a su... | ## Inspiration
FroggyFlow is inspired by the constant bother of bad posture, back, and shoulder pain which hampers one's productivity. We want to renovate the way people are sitting in front of their laptop, desktop, or other devices while improving their productivity and health through a series of connected activitie... | winning |
## Inspiration
Machine learning is changing the world on a daily basis- from cars that drive themselves, AI capable of beating humans in our best games, and perhaps most important, predicting and classifying disease (e.g. strokes, seizures, or even cancer). It's possibilities are nothing but promising.
That being sai... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to build a technical app that is actually useful. Scott Forestall's talk at the opening ceremony really spoke to each of us, and we decided then to create something that would not only show off our technological skill but also actually be useful. Going to the doctor is inconvenient and not usu... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration of this project came from one of the sponsors in **HTN (Co:here)**. Their goal is to make AI/ML accessible to devs, which gave me the idea, that I can build a platform, where people who do not even know how to code can build their own Machine Learning models.
Coding is a great skill to h... | partial |
## Inspiration
The inspiration for our application stemmed from the desire to solve an issue we, our friends, and our families have experienced. We noticed that hospitals work individually to combat the issue of long patient wait times, and the Canadian government has spent over 100 million dollars to fix it in the pa... | ## Inspiration
Every year hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths occur due to the lack of first aid knowledge in our societies. Many lives could be saved if the right people are in the right places at the right times. We aim towards connecting people by giving them the opportunity to help each other in times of m... | ## 💡 Inspiration
The ongoing emergency service and the healthcare crisis in Canada at this time have been contributing issues to how our project came to be. We have seen reports of hospitals being short-staffed and exhausted and decided to attempt to mitigate some of the stress. Knowing emergency first aid can save m... | winning |
## Inspiration
In light of the ongoing global conflict between war-torn countries, many civilians face hardships. Recognizing these challenges, LifeLine Aid was inspired to direct vulnerable groups to essential medical care, health services, shelter, food and water assistance, and other deprivation relief.
## What it... | ## Inspiration
In the “new normal” that COVID-19 has caused us to adapt to, our group found that a common challenge we faced was deciding where it was safe to go to complete trivial daily tasks, such as grocery shopping or eating out on occasion. We were inspired to create a mobile app using a database created complet... | ## Inspiration
In times of disaster, access to necessary supplies make a world of difference. This is limited not only by what aid is available but also the information channels of who needs what. The Red Cross will know what to bring to you, or better yet someone around the block could have exactly the formula your b... | partial |
## Inspiration
We wanted to build something that help people in tourist situations or when they are in a city they are unfamiliar with.
## What it does
It tests different routes (graph traversal) to score how safe it is based on past crime incidents in the areas near the route and then returns a route that is safe a... | ## Inspiration
Parker was riding his bike down Commonwealth Avenue on his way to work this summer when a car pulled out of nowhere and hit his front tire. Lucky, he wasn't hurt, he saw his life flash before his eyes in that moment and it really left an impression on him. (His bike made it out okay as well, other than ... | ## Inspiration
Our team wanted to make a smart power bar device to tackle the challenge of phantom power consumption. Phantom power is the power consumed by devices when they are plugged in and idle, accounting for approximately 10% of a home’s power consumption. [1] The best solution for this so far has been for user... | partial |
## Context & Problem
HackHarvard’s website is the main hub of information. However, after doing landscape research, there are more visually pleasing and more legible ways to present this information.
Question: How can we make HackHarvard’s website a frictionless user experience, so that hackers can quickly acquire al... | ## Inspiration
One Bad Apple is inspired by one of the United Nations 17 Sustainable development goals, specifically: Good Health and Well-Being.
## What it does
One Bad Apple is a website that allows users to take a picture of a fruit (either an apple, a banana, or an orange), and tells the user whether or not thei... | ## Problem
In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult.
#... | losing |
## Inspiration
When transitioning from high school to university, one thing you notice is that the newfound responsibility greatly outweighs the sense of freedom you gain. For many incoming students, it's their first time living independently and having to manage their schedules and chores on their own which can be ov... | ## Inspiration
Frustration about having to navigate McGill's website when creating a course plan as a first year student.
## What it does
Asks user for a Bachelor of Science Program. It then generates a network displaying the required classes connected to their perquisites in an almost tree like structure. On each n... | # Annotate.io
## Inspiration 💡
With school being remote, and online lectures being prominent. It is sometimes hard making clear and concise notes because profs may have a hard accent you are not used to, or perhaps your audio on your laptop is not the best or even because the house is too loud! What if there was an ... | losing |
### UNFINISHED
## What is it? What does it do?
It's a full-stack application that allows you to quickly get a summary of any document you wish.
Could be a university paper, a textbook, a novel, or divorce papers, the possibilities are endless.
With our shrinking attention span, reading is too hard for many now.
Plen... | ## Inspiration
Coming from South Texas, two of the team members saw ESL (English as a Second Language) students being denied of a proper education. Our team created a tool to break down language barriers that traditionally perpetuate socioeconomic cycles of poverty by providing detailed explanations about word problem... | ## Inspiration
On social media, most of the things that come up are success stories. We've seen a lot of our friends complain that there are platforms where people keep bragging about what they've been achieving in life, but not a single one showing their failures.
We realized that there's a need for a platform where... | losing |
## About the Project
### TLDR:
Caught a fish? Take a snap. Our AI-powered app identifies the catch, keeps track of stats, and puts that fish in your 3d, virtual, interactive aquarium! Simply click on any fish in your aquarium, and all its details — its rarity, location, and more — appear, bringing your fishing memori... | Live Demo Link: <https://www.youtube.com/live/I5dP9mbnx4M?si=ESRjp7SjMIVj9ACF&t=5959>
## Inspiration
We all fall victim to impulse buying and online shopping sprees... especially in the first few weeks of university. A simple budgeting tool or promising ourselves to spend less just doesn't work anymore. Sometimes we ... | ## Inspiration
Homelessness is a rampant problem in the US, with over half a million people facing homelessness daily. We want to empower these people to be able to have access to relevant information. Our goal is to pioneer technology that prioritizes the needs of displaced persons and tailor software to uniquely add... | winning |
## Inspiration
We as a team shared the same interest in knowing more about Machine Learning and its applications. upon looking at the challenges available, we were immediately drawn to the innovation factory and their challenges, and thought of potential projects revolving around that category. We started brainstormin... | ## Inspiration
Want to take advantage of the AR and object detection technologies to help people to gain safer walking experiences and communicate distance information to help people with visual loss navigate.
## What it does
Augment the world with the beeping sounds that change depending on your proximity towards o... | ## Inspiration
We hear stories about crimes happening around us everyday. It's especially terrifying since we're students and we just want to enjoy our college experience. While discussing ideas to hack, we realized this problem **resonated with all of us**. We immediately realized that we need to work on this.
## Wh... | winning |
## Inspiration
Two of our teammates, Archna and Anirudh, had witnessed serious accidents at previous concerts and noticed how delayed the medical response was.
On discussing this with teammates, we were appalled to find out the number of deaths and injuries at concerts each year due to crowd surges and stampedes, whi... | ## Inspiration
Transform the platform into a real-time, all-in-one research and media assistant. Users could upload or link various types of content—videos, images, PDFs—and get instant, cross-referenced insights. For instance, imagine a student preparing for a presentation who can extract key points from research pap... | ## Inspiration
45% of Vancouver's population live in residential high-rise buildings (a residential building = 5 stories or higher). Most of these buildings still use paper notices to communicate to residents, but what if you never pass by the lobby to read them? Or what if you don't have time to stand there to read t... | partial |
## The ultimate visualization method with your Roomba
With the ever-increasing proliferation of data comes the need to understand and visualize it in new and intuitive ways. Wolfram's Mathematica allows mathematicians and physicists to calculate and plot their data with functions like Plot and Plot3D. Now with PlotRoo... | ## Inspiration
Ideas for interactions from:
* <http://paperprograms.org/>
* <http://dynamicland.org/>
but I wanted to go from the existing computer down, rather from the bottom up, and make something that was a twist on the existing desktop: Web browser, Terminal, chat apps, keyboard, windows.
## What it does
Maps ... | ## Inspiration
It takes over 9 months to train a guide dog. The issue is: dogs can't talk (sorry). What if your favorite furry friend could not only guide you, but also talk to you — and understand exactly where you need to go? This was the founding idea behind Rex. We were inspired to create a fantastically helpful p... | winning |
## Inspiration
How many clicks does it take to upload a file to Google Drive? TEN CLICKS. How many clicks does it take for PUT? **TWO** **(that's 1/5th the amount of clicks)**.
## What it does
Like the name, PUT is just as clean and concise. PUT is a storage universe designed for maximum upload efficiency, reliabili... | ## Inspiration
Partially inspired by the Smart Cities track, we wanted our app to have the direct utility of ordering food, while still being fun to interact with. We aimed to combine convenience with entertainment, making the experience more enjoyable than your typical drive-through order.
## What it does
You inter... | ## Inspiration
One of the most exciting parts about Hackathons is the showcasing of the final product, well-earned after hours upon hours of sleep-deprived hacking. Part of the presentation work lies in the Devpost entry. I wanted to build an application that can rate the quality of a given entry to help people write ... | winning |
## Inspiration
It can be tough coming up with a unique recipe each and every week. Sometimes there are good deals for specific items (especially for university students) and determining what to cook with those ingredients may not be known. *Rad Kitchen says goodbye to last-minute trips to the grocery store and hello t... | ## Inspiration
Everyone loves to eat. But whether you’re a college student, a fitness enthusiast trying to supplement your gains, or have dietary restrictions, it can be hard to come up with meal ideas. LetMeCook is an innovative computer vision-powered web application that combines a scan of a user’s fridge or cupboa... | ## Inspiration
The Distillery District in Toronto with historical buildings.
## What it does
This is a game about how to make whiskey in the old distillery district. Following the process of whiskey-making with manual labor, you have to find out the perfect formula to make the best whiskey.
## How we built it
We b... | partial |
# DeeR: AI-Powered Study Companion 🦌
## Inspiration
Jumping from study habit to study habit is a loop hole, and I had been stuck in it for a long time! I wanted to build something which had intersection in the domains of studying, neuroscience, and computer science, so I built DeeR. I can finally scrap all the usele... | ## Inspiration
A study recently done in the UK learned that 69% of people above the age of 65 lack the IT skills needed to use the internet. Our world's largest resource for information, communication, and so much more is shut off to such a large population. We realized that we can leverage artificial intelligence to ... | ## Inspiration
Globally, one in ten people do not know how to interpret their feelings. There's a huge global shift towards sadness and depression. At the same time, AI models like Dall-E and Stable Diffusion are creating beautiful works of art, completely automatically. Our team saw the opportunity to leverage AI ima... | partial |
Can you save a life?
## Inspiration
For the past several years heart disease has remained the second leading cause of death in Canada. Many know how to prevent it, but many don’t know how to deal with cardiac events that have the potential to end your life. What if you can change this?
## What it does
Can You Save ... | ## Inspiration
In 2012 in the U.S infants and newborns made up 73% of hospitals stays and 57.9% of hospital costs. This adds up to $21,654.6 million dollars. As a group of students eager to make a change in the healthcare industry utilizing machine learning software, we thought this was the perfect project for us. Sta... | ## Inspiration
As students with family in West Africa, we’ve been close to personal situations in which the difference between life and death was quick access to medical aid. One call, quicker service or a nearby expert or volunteer could’ve made a big difference, preventing a life from being lost. We were inspired by... | winning |
## Inspiration
We were inspired to create a caffeine tracker because it's a tool that's directly relevant to our lives – we are both avid coffee drinkers, and wanted a better way to keep tabs on our caffeine intake. This project allowed us to merge our love for coffee with a desire to learn about web app development.
... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to create a convenient, modernized journaling application with methods and components that are backed by science. Our spin on the readily available journal logging application is our take on the idea of awareness itself. What does it mean to be aware? What form or shape can mental health aware... | ## Inspiration
In today's fast-paced world, highly driven individuals often overwork themselves without regard for how it impacts their health, only experiencing the consequences *when it is too late*. **AtlasAI** aims to bring attention to these health issues at an early stage, such that our users are empowered to li... | losing |
## Inspiration
I've been really interested in Neural Networks and I wanted to step up my game by learning deep learning (no pun intended). I built an Recurrent Neural Network that learns and predicts words based on its training. I chose Trump because I expected to get a funny outcome, but it seems that my AI is obsess... | ## Inspiration
We wanted a low-anxiety tool to boost our public speaking skills. With an ever-accelerating shift of communication away from face-to-face and towards pretty much just memes, it's becoming difficult for younger generations to express themselves or articulate an argument without a screen as a proxy.
## W... | ## Inspiration
A chatbot is often described as one of the most advanced and promising expressions of interaction between humans and machines. For this reason we wanted to create one in order to become affiliated with Natural Language Processing and Deep-Learning through neural networks.
Due to the current pandemic, w... | partial |
## Inspiration
“**Social media sucks these days.**” — These were the first few words we heard from one of the speakers at the opening ceremony, and they struck a chord with us.
I’ve never genuinely felt good while being on my phone, and like many others I started viewing social media as nothing more than a source of ... | ## Inspiration
Mental Health Alphabet was inspired by the impact the pandemic has on the population. Since it is the first pandemic in tens of years, everyone is trying to adapt to the new environment and ways of doing. For example, College and University students had to transition from in-person classes to online cla... | ## Inspiration
Sunscreen & skincare are trending -- all of us use it but found that the process is extremely tedious. Having to double-check every single ingredient in our sunscreen is clearly unrealistic and overly time-consuming. We wanted to create something that could scan extensive databases and quickly narrow do... | partial |
## Inspiration
In today's always-on world, we are more connected than ever. The internet is an amazing way to connect to those close to us, however it is also used to spread hateful messages to others. Our inspiration was taken from a surprisingly common issue among YouTubers and other people prominent on social media... | ## Inspiration
Blip emerged from a simple observation: in our fast-paced world, long-form content often goes unheard. Inspired by the success of short-form video platforms like Tiktok, we set out to revolutionize the audio space.
## What it does
Our vision is to create a platform where bite-sized audio clips could d... | ## Inspiration
As avid cyclists who are interested in wearable tech, this idea came naturally to us. After stumbling upon a news article, we were shocked to discover that nearly 8000 canadian cyclists are seriously injured each year. 1 in 3 of all cyclist deaths occur in poor lighting conditions. We knew that we could... | winning |
## Inspiration
Our goal was to create a system that could improve both a shopper's experience and a business's profit margin. People waste millions of hours every year waiting in supermarket lines and businesses need to spend a significant amount of money on upkeep, staffing, and real estate for checkout lines and sta... | ## Inspiration
Almost 2.2 million tonnes of edible food is discarded each year in Canada alone, resulting in over 17 billion dollars in waste. A significant portion of this is due to the simple fact that keeping track of expiry dates for the wide range of groceries we buy is, put simply, a huge task. While brainstormi... | # grocery\_smart
Grocery\_Smart was created to solve a common problem that second-year students face when moving into their first home. We never have anything to eat and all those vegetables we keep buying simply gets left in the fridge to go bad! Grocery\_Smart is an IoT device that can turn any fridge into a smart f... | partial |
## LiveBoard is an easy-to-use tool to live stream classroom blackboard view.
It's half past 1 and you rush into the lecture hall, having to sit in the back of class for being late. Your professor has a microphone but the board is stuck at the same size, looming farther away the higher you climb the steps to an open s... | ## Inspiration
“Pictures are worth a thousand words, but videos are worth a lot more.” - someone really smart
It’s currently peak recruiting season, and interviews are coming left and right for positions starting next summer. While lots of preparation can be done by cramming Leetcode patterns, brushing up on resume p... | ## Problem
Attendance at office hours has been shown to be positively correlated with academic standing. However, 66% of students never attend office hours. Two significant contributing factors to this lack of attendance are the time and location of the office hours. See studies [here](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/a... | losing |
Unhealthy study and work habits are common, and have only been worsened since the pandemic eliminated the social component of work and school. Furthermore, those living with ADHD may be suffering from poor mental health brought on by the lack of productivity.
We wanted to build an app that helps users regulate their s... | ## Inspiration
Living in \*Monterrey, Mexico \*, we've experienced firsthand the challenges posed by poor air quality. The city's rapid growth and industrial activity have led to increased pollution levels, impacting the health and well-being of its residents. This reality inspired us, a group of passionate individual... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by Katie's 3-month hospital stay as a child when she had a difficult-to-diagnose condition. During that time, she remembers being bored and scared -- there was nothing fun to do and no one to talk to. We also looked into the larger problem and realized that 10-15% of kids in hospitals d... | losing |
## Inspiration
We all understand how powerful ChatGPT is right now, and we thought it would be really cool to make it available to directly call ChatGPT for help. This not only saves time, it is also more convenient. People do not need to be in front of a computer to access ChatGPT, simply call a number and that is it... | ## Inspiration
Public speaking is a critical skill in our lives. The ability to communicate effectively and efficiently is a very crucial, yet difficult skill to hone. For a few of us on the team, having grown up competing in public speaking competitions, we understand too well the challenges that individuals looking ... | ## Inspiration
Vision—our most dominant sense—plays a critical role in every faucet and stage in our lives. Over 40 million people worldwide (and increasing) struggle with blindness and 20% of those over 85 experience permanent vision loss. In a world catered to the visually-abled, developing assistive technologies to... | partial |
## Inspiration
Ironman
## What it does
Move and control mouse cursor
## How I built it
Using a Microsoft Kinect for Xbox360
## Challenges I ran into
Is getting the code to compile
## Accomplishments that I'm proud of
It works
## What I learned
Many things
## What's next for The Gesture Pointer
Implement th... | ## Inspiration
The overwhelming amounts of misinformation present online.
## What it does
Welcome to InCredible Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Your world, credibly.
As Ghandi once said, "Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking."
What Ghandi co... | ## Inspiration
Inspired by leap motion applications
## What it does
User can their gesture to control motor, speaker, and led matrix.
## How we built it
Use arduino to control motor, speaker, led matrix and use Bluetooth to connect with computer that is connected to Oculus and leap-motion.
## Challenges we ran in... | losing |
## Inspiration
I love videogames. There are so many things that we can't do in the real world because we are limited to the laws of physics. There are so many scenarios that would be too horrible to put ourselves in if it were the real world. But in the virtual world of videogames, you can make the impossible happen q... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration was to look at the world of gaming in a *different* way, little did we know that we would literally be looking at it in a **different** way. We inspired to build a real time engine that would allow for the quick development of keyboard games.
## What it does
Allows users to use custom ... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to build a shooter that many friends could play together. We didn't want to settle for something that was just functional, so we added the craziest game mechanic we could think of to maximize the number of problems we would run into: a map that has no up or down, only forward. The aesthetic of... | partial |
## ✨ Try out our Figma prototype [here](https://www.figma.com/proto/UwwjiYZ9OcKncY7WsVZ3Rv/TED-Talks-Dashboard?node-id=3-712&node-type=frame&t=AiEglOMvzB3etz1W-1&scaling=min-zoom&content-scaling=fixed&page-id=0%3A1&starting-point-node-id=3%3A712)
## Inspiration
We all procrastinate a lot—especially our team. We didn'... | ## Inspiration
With the whole world being forced online, we wanted to help people connect by creating a simplistic, easy-to-use PC-building website.
Many PC building websites tend to use terms that beginners would not be able to understand while also either having the user select all their parts themselves or to have ... | ## Inspiration
Old school bosses don't want want to see you slacking off and always expect you to be all movie hacker in the terminal 24/7. As professional slackers, we also need our fair share of coffee and snacks. We initially wanted to create a terminal app to order Starbucks and deliver it to the E7 front desk. Th... | losing |
Inspiration:
Standup meetings can be hell at worst and a slight waste of time at best. What if you can fully automate yourself out of the process - and get a transcript of the resulting call?
How we built it:
We first take a picture of the subject we are trying to automate. To get the other party's speech input, we us... | ## Inspiration
In high school, a teacher of ours used to sit in the middle of the discussion to draw lines from one person to another on paper to identify the trends of the discussion. It's a very meaningful activity as we could see how balanced the discussion is, allowing us to highlight to people who had less chance... | ## Inspiration
Many of us have a hard time preparing for interviews, presentations, and any other social situation. We wanted to sit down and have a real talk... with ourselves.
## What it does
The app will analyse your speech, hand gestures, and facial expressions and give you both real-time feedback as well as a c... | losing |
## Inspiration
It feels like elections are taking up an increasing portion of our mindshare, with every election cycle it only gets more insane. Constantly flooded by news, by opinions – it's like we never get a break. And yet, paradoxically, voters feel increasingly less connected to their politicians. They hear soli... | ## Inspiration
Social media today is focused on connecting users who share similar friend circles and interests. The recommendations that show up on users' feeds are geared towards their current beliefs, leading to increasingly polarized iterations of the information in the hopes of keeping them online for extended pe... | ## Our Project - CounterPoint
**What**: To hack for a social good, we created a website that uses GoogleCloud's AI services to bridge the divide, whether the debate is political or scientific!
**How**: You give our site a link to an article that you agree with(ex. a FoxNews Anti climate-change article) and we use nat... | winning |
## Inspiration
As more and more blockchains transition to using Proof of Stake as their primary consensus mechanism, the importance of validators becomes more apparent. The security of entire digital economies, people's assets, and global currencies rely on the security of the chain, which at its core is guaranteed by... | ## Inspiration
My Grandmother is from Puerto Rico, and she only speaks Spanish. She recently tried applying for passport, but she could not fill out the document because she does not understand English. After doing some research, there are about 45 million people in America alone with a similar issue. And in the world... | ## Inspiration
After the political unrest in Catalonia, Spain, where voting for the independence referendum was disrupted by police, we decided that the polling system of today needs a dramatic overhaul. Traditional voting systems are 1) centralized, 2) non-anonymous, and 3) vulnerable to fraud. Blockchain technology,... | winning |
## Inspiration
Despite being a global priority in the eyes of the United Nations, food insecurity still affects hundreds of millions of people. Even in the developed country of Canada, over 5.8 million individuals (>14% of the national population) are living in food-insecure households. These individuals are unable to... | ## Inspiration
It’'s pretty common that you will come back from a grocery trip, put away all the food you bought in your fridge and pantry, and forget about it. Even if you read the expiration date while buying a carton of milk, chances are that a decent portion of your food will expire. After that you’ll throw away f... | ## Inspiration
The both of us study in NYC and take subways almost everyday, and we notice the rampant food insecurity and poverty in an urban area. In 2017 40 million people struggled with hunger (source Feeding America) yet food waste levels remain at an all time high (“50% of all produce in the United States is thr... | winning |
## Inspiration
Have you ever tried learning the piano but never had the time to do so? Do you want to play your favorite songs right away without any prior experience? This is the app for you. We required something like this even for our personal use. It helps an immense lot in building muscle memory to play the piano... | ## Inspiration
Pianos are usually heavy and expensive, so a keyboard made from cheap and portable materials like paper can be very useful. That's why we came up with the paper piano idea. With a paper piano, it's natural to connect it to a computer and achieve multiple purposes like composing. While most composers rel... | ## Inspiration
Online typing races like Nitro Type and Type Racer can be fun activities with a group of friends or simply when procrastinating on work. The challenge of performing better than others makes players completely forget that they're actually improving their typing ability. Imagine if learning piano could be... | winning |
## Inspiration
<https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/?attachment_id=34762>
Pew Research Center lists barbers as among the groups of workers whose day-to-day job has the least exposure to AI.
To solve this problem, we propose an AI-powered mobile app which would allow users to preview potential haircuts together ... | ## Inspiration
Initially, we struggled to find a project idea. After circling through dozens of ideas and the occasional hacker's block, we were still faced with a huge ***blank space***. In the midst of all our confusion, it hit us that this feeling of desperation and anguish is familiar to all thinkers and creators.... | ## Inspiration
Partially inspired by the Smart Cities track, we wanted our app to have the direct utility of ordering food, while still being fun to interact with. We aimed to combine convenience with entertainment, making the experience more enjoyable than your typical drive-through order.
## What it does
You inter... | partial |
## Inspiration
In a world where mental health and cyber security are becoming more and more important we've decided to develop and app that tries to interconnect the two issues.
## What it does
Split Mind help you keep track of various external and internal factors that affect you everyday life.
## How we built it
... | ## Inspiration
Mental Health Alphabet was inspired by the impact the pandemic has on the population. Since it is the first pandemic in tens of years, everyone is trying to adapt to the new environment and ways of doing. For example, College and University students had to transition from in-person classes to online cla... | ## Problem
In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult.
#... | partial |
## Inspiration
Being checked and looked down upon by employers due to our online persona, is something that no one should stress about. We decided to create an application that anyone can use to highlight tweets that might potentially raise a red flag in the eyes of employers.
## What it does
This application labels... | ## Inspiration
Social media has been shown in studies that it thrives on emotional and moral content, particularly angry in nature. In similar studies, these types of posts have shown to have effects on people's well-being, mental health, and view of the world. We wanted to let people take control of their feed and ga... | ## Inspiration
Partially inspired by the Smart Cities track, we wanted our app to have the direct utility of ordering food, while still being fun to interact with. We aimed to combine convenience with entertainment, making the experience more enjoyable than your typical drive-through order.
## What it does
You inter... | losing |
## Inspiration
We had a chat with the engineers at the Jump booth and brainstormed some ideas, particularly in regards to building an explorer for Wormhole cross-chain events. Additionally, since wormhole has a limit for the amount of value allowed to be bridged in a given time (as an additional protection after the h... | ## Inspiration
Blockchain has created new opportunities for financial empowerment and decentralized finance (DeFi), but it also introduces several new considerations. Despite its potential for equitability, malicious actors can currently take advantage of it to launder money and fund criminal activities. There has bee... | We present a blockchain agnostic system for benchmarking smart contract execution times. To do this we designed a simple programming language capable of running small performance benchmarks. We then implemented an interpreter for that language on the Ethereum, Solana, and Polkadot blockchains in the form of a smart con... | winning |
## Inspiration
We got really interested in building this tool because it takes a lot of time to keep track of all the classes we're taking with the course info scattered around different places - canvas, website, syllabus, etc. We want to take advantage of LLMs to help students better visualize and digest their course... | ## Inspiration
Every college student has to take Gen-Ed classes to fulfill graduation requirements. Often, this process is complicated because there are way too many options and very little information on what Gen-Eds are useful and fun. Navigating Reddit and other sites is a waste of time, and there isn’t a single pl... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to focus on education for children and knew the power of AI resources for both text and image generation. One of our members realized the lack of accessible picture books online and suggested that these stories could be generated instead. Our final idea was then DreamWeaver
## What it does
O... | losing |
Traveling is exciting - planning, not so much. We thought about different ways to improve the vacation search process and found that visuals were key in selecting the perfect location. Because of this, we created TravelAR, an augmented reality app that allows you to physically step into scenes of different cities, then... | ## Inspiration
Have you ever been on a ferris wheel and wondering what each building in your sight is? Have you ever ran into a super cool event when traveling but you just can't figure out what it is about because every piece of information is written in French? Have you ever seen a beautiful architecture on your ube... | ## Inspiration
Travel planning is a pain. Even after you find the places you want to visit, you still need to find out when they're open, how far away they are from one another, and work within your budget. With Wander, automatically create an itinerary based on your preferences – just pick where you want to go, and w... | partial |
## Inspiration
During our brainstorming phase, we cycled through a lot of useful ideas that later turned out to be actual products on the market or completed projects. After four separate instances of this and hours of scouring the web, we finally found our true calling at QHacks: building a solution that determines w... | ## Inspiration
The amount of data in the world today is mind-boggling. We are generating 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day at our current pace, but the pace is only accelerating with the growth of IoT.
We felt that the world was missing a smart find-feature for videos. To unlock heaps of important data from vid... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration for the project was our desire to make studying and learning more efficient and accessible for students and educators. Utilizing advancements in technology, like the increased availability and lower cost of text embeddings, to make the process of finding answers within educational materi... | winning |
## Inspiration
## What it does
Pincast uses Google Speech-to-Text api to transcribe audio recording between multiple speakers to get the enntire conversation in a text format with start and end times marked for each word. Furthermore, the diartization API also marks different speakers and the MeaningCloud topic respo... | ## Inspiration
I got the inspiration from the Mirum challenge, which was to be able to recognize emotion in speech and text.
## What it does
It records speech from people for a set time, separating individual transcripts based on small pauses in between each person talking. It then transcribes this to a JSON string ... | ## Inspiration
Partially inspired by the Smart Cities track, we wanted our app to have the direct utility of ordering food, while still being fun to interact with. We aimed to combine convenience with entertainment, making the experience more enjoyable than your typical drive-through order.
## What it does
You inter... | losing |
## Inspiration
We were inspired by the idea of data privacy and ownership, and believe that everyone should have a choice whether they can own their own data. We heard about these two new technologies (Nostr decentralised social media protocol and Interplanetary File System decentralised CDN), and wanted to learn more... | ## Inspiration
As more and more blockchains transition to using Proof of Stake as their primary consensus mechanism, the importance of validators becomes more apparent. The security of entire digital economies, people's assets, and global currencies rely on the security of the chain, which at its core is guaranteed by... | ## Inspiration
Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have been extremely crucial in helping establish important political protests in nations such as Egypt during the Arab Spring, and mesh network based platforms hold importance in countries like China where national censorship prevents open communicatio... | winning |
## 💡 Inspiration💡
Our team is saddened by the fact that so many people think that COVID-19 is obsolete when the virus is still very much relevant and impactful to us. We recognize that there are still a lot of people around the world that are quarantining—which can be a very depressing situation to be in. We wanted ... | Demo: <https://youtu.be/cTh3Q6a2OIM?t=2401>
## Inspiration
Fun Mobile AR Experiences such as Pokemon Go
## What it does
First, a single player hides a virtual penguin somewhere in the room. Then, the app creates hundreds of obstacles for the other players in AR. The player that finds the penguin first wins!
## How... | ## Inspiration
We're passionate about the endless opportunities spatial computing holds for the future. For our project, we wanted to create an environment for the Vision Pro where anyone's personal space is as limitless as their imagination. Our idea was inspired by the existing Vision Pro "Environments" which allows... | winning |
## Inspiration
One day Saaz was sitting at home thinking about his fitness goals and his diet. Looking in his fridge, he realized that, on days when his fridge was only filled with leftovers and leftover ingredients, it was very difficult for him to figure out what he could make that followed his nutrition goals. This... | ## Inspiration
This week a 16 year old girl went missing outside Oslo, in Norway. Her parents posted about it on Facebook, and it was quickly shared by thousands of people. An immense amount of comments scattered around a large amount of Facebook posts consisted of people trying to help, by offering to hang up posters... | ## Inspiration
Ever feel the guilt of throwing out your leftover food? Ever find food in the back of your fridge that you totally forgot about since you didn’t know how to cook it? As students learning to cook for ourselves for the first time, many face the problem of food waste. Whether it's from food being left unus... | partial |
## Inspiration
With the advent of smartwatches, personal health data is one glance at your wrist away. With the rise of streaming, there are hundreds of playlists for every activity. Despite both of these innovations, people still waste *minutes* every day adjusting their music to their current activity. **Heartmonics... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration for this project was the technological and communication gap between healthcare professionals and patients, restricted access to both one’s own health data and physicians, misdiagnosis due to lack of historical information, as well as rising demand in distance-healthcare due to the lack ... | ## 💡Inspiration
* 2020 US Census survey showed that adults were 3x more likely to screen positive for depression or anxiety in 2020 vs 2019
* A 2019 review of 18 papers summarized that wearable data could help identify depression, and coupled with behavioral therapy can help improve mental health
* 1 in 5 americans o... | partial |
## Inspiration
COVID-19 vaccines are not easily accessible, particularly to high-risk & vulnerable populations such as elders, healthcare workers, non-English speakers, and rural communities.
On the other hand, Wall Street Journey recently reported that each state introduced its own priority criteria and handled pand... | ## Inspiration
To overcome accessibility issues and delay with prescription medication. Specifically, targeting those who are unable to receive their medication and cannot wait to receive their medication through the mail.
## How I built it
Primarily using React and Google Cloud APIs
## Challenges we ran into
We a... | ## Inspiration
Our team firmly believes that a hackathon is the perfect opportunity to learn technical skills while having fun. Especially because of the hardware focus that MakeUofT provides, we decided to create a game! This electrifying project places two players' minds to the test, working together to solve variou... | losing |
## Inspiration
Many first-year students, who have recently moved out, struggle in adjusting to living alone due to the academic pressure of university. As a result, there are times when students forget to look after themselves and spiral into an unhealthy routine.
Therefore, we wanted to create a virtual journal. So ... | ## Inspiration
According to the American Psychological Association, one in three college freshmen worldwide suffer from mental health disorders. As freshmen, this issue is close to our hearts as we witness some of our peers struggle with adjusting to college life. We hope to help people understand how their daily acti... | ## Inspiration
Whether you’re thriving in life or really going through it, research shows that writing down your thoughts throughout the day has many benefits. We wanted to add a social element to this valuable habit and build a sense of community through sharing and acknowledging each other’s feelings. However, even ... | losing |
## What it does
MemoryLane is an app designed to support individuals coping with dementia by aiding in the recall of daily tasks, medication schedules, and essential dates.
The app personalizes memories through its reminisce panel, providing a contextualized experience for users. Additionally, MemoryLane ensures time... | ## Inspiration
When you think of the word “nostalgia”, what’s the first thing you think of? Maybe it’s the first time you tried ice cream, or the last concert you’ve been to. It could even be the first time you’ve left the country. Although these seem vastly different and constitute unique experiences, all of these ev... | ## Inspiration
This project was inspired by the rising issue of people with dementia. Symptoms of dementia can be temporarily improved by regularly taking medication, but one of the core symptoms of dementia is forgetfulness. Moreover, patients with dementia often need a caregiver, who is often a family member, to man... | winning |
## Source Code
<https://github.com/khou22/SoFly-Scanner>
## Inspiration
The motivation for our application came when we realized how much our college uses flyers to advertise events. From dance recitals, to scientific talks, events are neatly summarized and hung on campus in visible areas. A huge part of our sense o... | ## Inspiration
A project online detailing the "future cities index," a statistic that aims to calculate the viability of building a future city. After watching the Future Cities presentation, we were interested to see *where* Future Cities would be built, if a project like the one we saw was funded in the US. This pro... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by the WhenToMeet website (when2meet.com), a webapp that helps people plan events by having coordinating users' schedules. The UI/UX for WhenToMeet is far from perfect, and we thought that we could do it better while solving a problem that our group had - coordinating meals. Eating out ... | winning |
## Inspiration
My girlfriend was in Venice navigating the streets using Google maps - one huge problem she faced is that Google maps suggests the fastest routes but they aren't necessarily safe. We set out to tackle this problem and help recommend people safe walking routes.
## What it does
We aim to help people fin... | ## Instago
Instago! Your goto **travel planner app**! We're taking the most annoying parts about planning for a trip and leaving only the funnest parts to you! Just give us your destination and we'll quickly generate you a trip to the 5 most attractive tourist destinations starting at the most ideally located hotel at... | ## Inspiration
The only thing worse than no WiFi is slow WiFi. Many of us have experienced the frustrations of terrible internet connections. We have too, so we set out to create a tool to help users find the best place around to connect.
## What it does
Our app runs in the background (completely quietly) and maps o... | losing |
## Inspiration
Swap was inspired by COVID-19 having an impact on many individuals’ daily routines. Sleep schedules were shifted, more distractions were present due to working from home, and being away from friends and family members was difficult. Our team wanted to create a solution that would help others add excitem... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration comes from many of our own experiences with dealing with mental health and self-care, as well as from those around us. We know what it's like to lose track of self-care, especially in our current environment, and wanted to create a digital companion that could help us in our journey of u... | ## Inspiration
Charles had a wonderfully exciting (lol) story about how he got to Hack the North, and we saw an opportunity for development ^-^! We want to capitalize on the idea of communal ridesharing, making it accessible for everyone. We also wanted to build something themed around data analytics and sustainabilit... | partial |
## Inspiration
During this summer, I did an internship with Tabata Amaral, a federal deputy in Brazil who graduated from Harvard, she is an activist for education, marginalized populations, and women's rights. In her office, I was on the Territory team that has direct contact with the population and its demands, and i... | ## Inspiration
● Phone provides addition security against malicious acts
● Organizes license information clearly, points on licenses, endorsements, restrictions, organ donor, under 21 before, expiration and etc…
● Faster information updates
● Adaptable and extensible standard
## What it does
● The state’s DMV cre... | ## Inspiration
Everyone learns in a different way. Whether it be from watching that YouTube tutorial series or scouring the textbook, each person responds to and processes knowledge very differently. We hoped to identify students’ learning styles and tailor educational material to the learner for two main reasons: one... | losing |
## Inspiration
How much carbon does farming really sequester ? This is one question that inspired us to create this solution. With rising interest of governments around the world to start taxing farmers for their emissions, we wanted to find a way to calculate them.
## What it does
A drone with a variety of sensors ... | ## Inspiration
Ever wish you didn’t need to purchase a stylus to handwrite your digital notes? Each person at some point hasn’t had the free hands to touch their keyboard. Whether you are a student learning to type or a parent juggling many tasks, sometimes a keyboard and stylus are not accessible. We believe the futu... | ## Inspiration
I noticed that one of the major things that have frustrated me and other students at my school was how they handled the school residences. Communication to staff or maintenance was difficult and inconvenient. I wanted to build a platform optimized for school and commercial residence management.
## What... | winning |
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