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## Inspiration Originally intended to be a quick way to send a message to someone, but evolved into the solution to your fears of calling. ## What it does Ringman does the calling and the texting for you when you're too nervous to pick up the phone ## How I built it Nexmo API running on node.js server. Client sid...
## Inspiration We felt the world could always use more penguins, so we decided to bring more penguins to the world. ## What it does It spawns penguins. ## How we built it We compiled over 40 images of penguins from the internet. ## Challenges we ran into We fell asleep :( ## Accomplishments that we're proud of ...
## Inspiration The idea for VenTalk originated from an everyday stressor that everyone on our team could relate to; commuting alone to and from class during the school year. After a stressful work or school day, we want to let out all our feelings and thoughts, but do not want to alarm or disturb our loved ones. Relea...
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## Inspiration As STEM students, many of us have completed online certification courses on various websites such as Udemy, Codeacademy, Educative, etc. Many classes on these sites provide the user with a unique certificate of completion after passing their course. We wanted to take the authentication of these digital ...
## Inspiration As students, we have found that there are very few high-quality resources on investing for those who are interested but don't have enough resources. Furthermore, we have found that investing and saving money can be a stressful experience. We hope to change this for those who want to save better with the...
## Team Members * Chaitanya Chaurasia - chait0318 * Jawad Chowdhury - 8et * Daniel Chen - daniel297 * Riyan Ahmed - R.A#7406 ## Inspiration **DocChain**, powered by the robust technology of **blockchain**, is here to alleviate the anxiety and stress associated with **document-intensive processes** like immigration o...
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### Refer this (<https://youtu.be/Ne9Xw_kj138>) for intro and problem statement. # Brief ### Features 1. Automatic essay grading 2. Facial recognition 3. Text detection from image **It's becoming harder for teachers to mark hundreds of students work within their limited free time hours that they should be using for...
## Inspiration Our inspiration came from how we are all relatively new drivers and terrified of busy intersections. Although speed is extremely important to transport from one spot to another, safety should always be highlighted when it comes to the road because car accidents are the number one cause of death in the w...
## 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...
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## What it does This project aims to generate detailed interview question prompts based on the user's input of job title, description, and require job skills. It can take a file of the user's verbal answer, turn it into text, and process it to be analyzed. ## How we built it We used Google Cloud's Speech-To-Text and...
## Inspiration Our inspiration for this project came from the issue we had in classrooms where many students would ask the same questions in slightly different ways, causing the teacher to use up valuable time addressing these questions instead of more pertinent and different ones. Also, we felt that the bag of words ...
## Inspiration An abundance of qualified applicants lose their chance to secure their dream job simply because they are unable to effectively present their knowledge and skills when it comes to the interview. The transformation of interviews into the virtual format due to the Covid-19 pandemic has created many challen...
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## Inspiration: The BarBot team came together with such diverse skill sets. We wanted to create a project that would highlight each member's various expertise. This expertise includes Internet of Things, hardware, and web development. After a long ideation session, we came up with BarBot. This robotic bartender will se...
## Inspiration DeliverAI was inspired by the current shift we are seeing in the automotive and delivery industries. Driver-less cars are slowly but surely entering the space, and we thought driverless delivery vehicles would be a very interesting topic for our project. While drones are set to deliver packages in the n...
## 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...
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## Commander Commander, the command launcher for the web. Install it for Firefox [here](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/commander/) and press F2 or Ctrl+E to open it! ## Motivation Having to switch between the keyboard and mouse is painful and wastes time. Commander is an extension to control your br...
## Inspiration Almost everyone has felt the effects of procrastination at least one time in their life. Procrastination pushes projects and assignments back, leaving little to no time to finish the project. One of the largest parts of an assignment is the research, which requires tons of reading in order to connect an...
## Inspiration Nobody wants to pay $1.00 for an avocado one week, and $1.25 for the same avocado the very next week. Unfortunately, this is not a rare occurrence -- due to the widespread problem of cargo theft in the trucking industry, driving up the prices for consumer goods (as well as the larger supply chain). Truc...
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## Inspiration Eve the robot from WALL-E for its intelligence. ## What it does It serves as a virtual assistant to help EV drivers plan their trip ahead, and will understand your habits and knows how to improve their driving experience. In case they need to stop somewhere on the road for charging, it also provides t...
## Inspiration As more and more people embrace the movement toward a greener future, there still remain many concerns surrounding the viability of electric vehicles. In order for complete adoption of these greener technologies, there must be incentives toward change and passionate communities. ## What it does EVm co...
## Inspiration Too many times have broke college students looked at their bank statements and lament on how much money they could've saved if they had known about alternative purchases or savings earlier. ## What it does SharkFin helps people analyze and improve their personal spending habits. SharkFin uses bank sta...
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Try it out at <https://covid-aware-301221.web.app/>. ## Description This app provides an effective and quick way to implement contact tracing for local businesses and busy locations. After an initial sign in with Google, all it takes is a quick QR scan to record the locations someone has visited. The app will notify ...
## Inspiration We were inspired by the development of foldscope, a very low-cost, high-resolution foldable microscope (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldscope>) capable of imaging blood cells. We wanted to create tools that can integrate with this microscope and, more generally, other applications and better improve ...
## Inspiration When the first experimental COVID-19 vaccine became available in China, hundreds of people started queuing outside hospitals, waiting to get that vaccine. Imagine this on a planetary scale when the whole everybody has to be vaccinated all around the world. There's a big chance while queuing they can spr...
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# Value Proposition How do you inspire action within your community? Petitions never really work, and there seems to be no motivating drive to incentivize attacking issues that are at the core of our society's problems. We decided to center our project around the United Nations' 17 sustainable global development init...
## Inspiration Pranit and Sashank are a part of Boy Scouts, and we both spend a lot of time helping our community and giving back. We have had personal accounts with the organizations we aim to help. Krish is also a local advocate for sustainability, he regularly looks for opportunities to help. We saw a need and we ...
## Inspiration It's an infamous phenomena that riddles modern society - camera galleries filled with near-similar group and self portraits. With burst shutter shots and the general tendency to take multiple photos of a gathered group out of fear that one image may be cursed with a blink, misdirected gaze, or perhaps e...
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## Inspiration * Students who have ADHD * Traditional web content can overwhelm them with dense text and distracting visuals * We wanted to create a tool that simplifies reading for students with ADHD by allowing them to control their reading experience ## What it does * Customizable text options like font size, lin...
## Inspiration As a rower, I've found that my performance on the erg greatly fluctuates with the music being played. Whenever I'm in sync with the tempo at a given stroke rating, my erg scores are fantastic; out of sync, not so much. Striving to consistently perform my best during erg practices, I figured that develop...
## Inspiration snore or get pourd on yo pores Coming into grade 12, the decision of going to a hackathon at this time was super ambitious. We knew coming to this hackathon we needed to be full focus 24/7. Problem being, we both procrastinate and push things to the last minute, so in doing so we created a project to he...
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## Inspiration VibeCare was inspired by our team's common desire for a sense of health, well-being, and general good feelings among young people today - Vibes! ## What it does VibeCare provides a unique twist on a health app by incentivizing users to log their habits through the implementation of game design mechani...
## Inspiration --- Through extensive research into health management applications and a comprehensive competitor analysis, it became evident that these applications predominantly emphasize physical health and are often overly generalized, lacking broad applicability. Subsequent discussions between our development tea...
## 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...
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## 💭 Inspiration Throughout our Zoom university journey, our team noticed that we often forget to unmute our mics when we talk, or forget to mute it when we don't want others to listen in. To combat this problem, we created speakCV, a desktop client that automatically mutes and unmutes your mic for you using computer...
## Inspiration Badminton boosts your overall health and offers mental health benefits. Doing sports makes you [happier](https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/runners-high-is-it-for-real#1) or less stressed. Badminton is the fastest racket sport. The greatest speed of sports equipment, which is given accelera...
## Inspiration At reFresh, we are a group of students looking to revolutionize the way we cook and use our ingredients so they don't go to waste. Today, America faces a problem of food waste. Waste of food contributes to the acceleration of global warming as more produce is needed to maintain the same levels of demand...
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## Inspiration We can make customer support so, so much better, for both customers and organizations alike. This project was inspired by the frankly terrible wait times and customer support information that the DriveTest centres across Ontario have. ## What it does From a high-level, our platform integrates analytic...
# Ether on a Stick Max Fang and Philip Hayes ## What it does Ether on a Stick is a platform that allows participants to contribute economic incentives for the completion of arbitrary tasks. More specifically, it allows participants to pool their money into a smart contract that will pay out to a specified target if ...
## Inspiration We help businesses use Machine Learning to take control of their brand by giving them instant access to sentiment analysis for reviews. ## What it does Reviews are better when they are heard. We scrape data from Yelp, run the reviews through our ML model and allow users to find and access these proces...
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## Inspiration The Office Of The President of the University of Ottawa challenged us to think about the social in online learning. Our team always found that the best learning is done gathered around a whiteboard in a group, so we committed to replicating that environment in a virtual all-in-one space ## What it does...
## 💡 Inspiration💡 According to the City of Toronto, "contaminated recycling is currently costing the City millions annually. Approximately one third of what is put in the Blue Bin doesn’t belong there or was ruined as a result of the wrong items being put into the bin." Missing out on being able to recycle one third...
## Inspiration Many of us had class sessions in which the teacher pulled out whiteboards or chalkboards and used them as a tool for teaching. These made classes very interactive and engaging. With the switch to virtual teaching, class interactivity has been harder. Usually a teacher just shares their screen and talks,...
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## Inspiration I like to analyze stuff ## What it does It uses rev.ai api to get a transcript of your conversation with someone. After that, it highlights important keywords and computes the sentiment over time. ## How I built it I used rev.ai streaming api for speech to text. I also used python and spacy to detec...
## Inspiration Transitioning from high school to college was pretty difficult for us, and figuring out which classes we needed to complete as prerequisites for upper-division classes turned out to be quite the hassle given the vast size of both high school and college course catalogs. We wanted to find a way to simpli...
## Inspiration Us college students all can relate to having a teacher that was not engaging enough during lectures or mumbling to the point where we cannot hear them at all. Instead of finding solutions to help the students outside of the classroom, we realized that the teachers need better feedback to see how they ca...
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## Inspiration: During the COVID-19 pandemic, people were stuck in their homes. As social beings, many people started suffering from depression, anxiety, and other mental health problems. Speaking up about mental health is still stigmatized, and we must address this issue more seriously. Later, OpenAI came up with the...
## Inspiration Hearing a Huawei representative discuss the issues of mental health resonated strongly with our group. Younger generations are increasingly affected by mental health issues, especially as many of us experience the impacts of isolation and loneliness due to COVID-19. We were also inspired by the challeng...
## Inspiration We're all told that stocks are a good way to diversify our investments, but taking the leap into trading stocks is daunting. How do I open a brokerage account? What stocks should I invest in? How can one track their investments? We learned that we were not alone in our apprehensions, and that this probl...
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## Inspiration As college students, we didn't know anything, so we thought about how we can change that. One way was by being smarter about the way we take care of our unused items. We all felt that our unused items could be used in better ways through sharing with other students on campus. All of us shared our items ...
**Elevate your foreign language fluency with tailored guidance and individualized verbal conversation practice on Ekko.** ## Inspiration Multilingualism is in. In today’s interconnected world, the ability to communicate in multiple languages is not only valuable, but imperative to personal and professional success. W...
## Inspiration As a team, we had a collective interest in sustainability and knew that if we could focus on online consumerism, we would have much greater potential to influence sustainable purchases. We also were inspired by Honey -- we wanted to create something that is easily accessible across many websites, with r...
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## Inspiration We've always thought it would be fun to run our own coffee shop. However, the barriers to opening our own shop are too high at the moment, specifically because we don't have enough funding to lease a space for an entire year. It would be so much easier and less financially risky if we could rent out spa...
## Inspiration The process of renting is often tedious, repetitive, and exhausting for both renters and landlords. Why not make it efficient, fun, and enjoyable instead? For renters, no more desperately sifting through Marketplace, Craigslist, and shooting messages and applications into an abyss. For landlords, no mor...
## 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 ...
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## Inspiration We wanted to build a user-friendly app that allows users from diverse backgrounds to explore Morse Code. ## What it does Supports translation to and from Morse code. ## How we built it Android studio ## Challenges I ran into Working with the Android Studio camera API and ensuring consistent result...
## Inspiration Our inspiration was accessibility of language learning around the globe. We wanted to create an app that would allow the user to scan an item into the app through the camera, allowing the user to learn about the objects right in front of them. We also planned on mapping routes for people to follow to le...
## Inspiration ``` We had multiple inspirations for creating Discotheque. Multiple members of our team have fond memories of virtual music festivals, silent discos, and other ways of enjoying music or other audio over the internet in a more immersive experience. In addition, Sumedh is a DJ with experience performing f...
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### Refer this (<https://youtu.be/Ne9Xw_kj138>) for intro and problem statement. # Brief ### Features 1. Automatic essay grading 2. Facial recognition 3. Text detection from image **It's becoming harder for teachers to mark hundreds of students work within their limited free time hours that they should be using for...
## Inspiration **Students** will use AI for their school work anyway, so why not bridge the gap between students and teachers and make it beneficial for both parties? **1** All of us experienced going through middle school, high school, and now college surrounded by AI-powered tools that were strongly antagonizedanta...
## Inspiration: We thought that it takes a lot of time for teachers and professors to grade hundreds of assignments and we wanted to make it less time-consuming so that they can use this time doing something more efficient. ## What it does: We have a professor view homepage where they submit the answer key and we have...
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## Inspiration Let’s face it: getting your groceries is hard. As students, we’re constantly looking for food that is healthy, convenient, and cheap. With so many choices for where to shop and what to get, it’s hard to find the best way to get your groceries. Our product makes it easy. It helps you plan your grocery tr...
## Inspiration Among our group, we noticed we all know at least one person, who despite seeking medical and nutritional support, suffers from some unidentified food allergy. Seeing people struggle to maintain a healthy diet while "dancing" around foods that they are unsure if they should eat inspired us to do somethin...
## Inspiration We have two bitcoin and cryptocurrency enthusiasts on our team, and only of us made money during its peak earlier this month. Cryptocurrencies are just too volatile, and its value depends too much on how the public feels about it. How people think and talk about a cryptocurrency affects it price to a la...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for this project came from the fact that all of us would send each other pictures of our outfits in the morning, asking "thoughts on this fit?" We thought there was a better way to do this. ## What it does A user can upload his/her fit to our platform, and get feedback from other users...
## Inspiration We wanted to find a good way to make fashion more accessible and eco-friendly at the same time. The fast fashion industry generates a lot of packaging and clothing waste, so we wanted to find a more sustainable alternative to conventional online shopping. ## What it does Our site allows the user to br...
## Inspiration Our team was united in our love for animals, and our anger about the thousands of shelter killings that happen every day due to overcrowding. In order to raise awareness and educate others about the importance of adopting rather than shopping for their next pet, we framed this online web application fro...
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## Inspiration With the effects of climate change becoming more and more apparent, we wanted to make a tool that allows users to stay informed on current climate events and stay safe by being warned of nearby climate warnings. ## What it does Our web app has two functions. One of the functions is to show a map of th...
## Inspiration We were interested in disaster relief for those impacted by Hurricances like Dorian and Maria for people that don't know what areas are affected and for first responders that don't know what infrastructure works are damaged and can't deliver appropriate resources in time. ## What it does This website ...
## Inspiration Looking around at the younger generations can be saddening. Everyone is so attached to their phones, needing to be connected. Needing to update their status, needing to update their followers, needing to send questionable images on SnapChat. Being **so** connected can remove you from reality and all tha...
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# InstaQuote InstaQuote is an SMS based service that allows users to get a new car insurance quote without the hassle of calling their insurance provider and waiting in a long queue. # What Inspired You We wanted a more convenient way to get a quote on auto-insurance in the event of a change within your driver profi...
## Inspiration Currently the insurance claims process is quite labour intensive. A person has to investigate the car to approve or deny a claim, and so we aim to make the alleviate this cumbersome process smooth and easy for the policy holders. ## What it does Quick Quote is a proof-of-concept tool for visually eval...
## Inspiration We were inspired by the sheer amount of data and what mysterious we could find. ## What it does Our project involves a summary of different features we considered during data analysis. These involve interesting discussions of very unusual and unexpected trends in the Life Insurance Quoting data. We us...
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## Inspiration Our inspiration came from our own experiences, our friend's experiences, and experiences we found online about traveling. We came to the conclusion that young adults of our generation are prioritizing different aspects of their travel experiences than what current tech tools help us find. A few aspects ...
## Inspiration The inspiration for **Voyago** came from the desire to create a personalized travel assistant that makes trip planning easy and fun. We noticed that many people struggle to plan trips that cater to both their budget and preferences, especially when traveling in groups. We wanted to build a tool that sim...
## 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...
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## The problem it solves : During these tough times when humanity is struggling to survive, **it is essential to maintain social distancing and proper hygiene.** As a big crowd now is approaching the **vaccination centres**, it is obvious that there will be overcrowding. This project implements virtual queues which w...
## 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 We can make customer support so, so much better, for both customers and organizations alike. This project was inspired by the frankly terrible wait times and customer support information that the DriveTest centres across Ontario have. ## What it does From a high-level, our platform integrates analytic...
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## Inspiration Growing up in the early 2000s, communiplant's founding team knew what it was like to grow up in vibrant communities, interconnected interpersonal and naturally. Today's post-covid fragmented society lacks the community and optimism that kept us going. The lack of optimism is especially evident through ...
## Inspiration Across the globe, a critical shortage of qualified teachers poses a significant challenge to education. The average student-to-teacher ratio in primary schools worldwide stands at an alarming **23:1!** In some regions of Africa, this ratio skyrockets to an astonishing **40:1**. [Research 1](https://data...
## Inspiration The inspiration for this project comes from my town back in New York. There was an environmental committee in my town that would create projects and clean-ups, where the community can work together to increase sustainability in the community. An example of this, would be every month EcoPel (the environm...
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## Inspiration Toronto is famous because it is tied for the second longest average commute time of any city (96 minutes, both ways). People love to complain about the TTC and many people have legitimate reasons for avoiding public transit. With our app, we hope to change this. Our aim is to change the public's perspec...
## Inspiration My inspiration for creating CityBlitz was getting lost in Ottawa TWO SEPARATE TIMES on Friday. Since it was my first time in the city, I honestly didn't know how to use the O-Train or even whether Ottawa had buses in operation or not. I realized that if there existed an engaging game that could map hots...
## Inspiration Our frustrations with the lack of transparency regarding where a package "in-transit" actually is. ## What it does PackageHound is a device that improves Canada Post's "in-transit" parcel tracking state to show more accurate status as well as allow better delivery time estimates. Our project is a comb...
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## our why Dialects, Lingoes, Creoles, Acrolects are more than just words, more than just languages - there are a means for cultural immersion, intangible pieces of tradition and history passed down through generations. Remarkably two of the industry giants lag far behind - Google Translate doesn't support translatio...
## What it does Eloquent has two primary functions, both influenced by a connection between speaking and learning The first is a public speaking coach, to help people practice their speeches. Users can import a speech or opt to ad-lib — the app will then listen to the user speak. When they finish, the app will presen...
## Inspiration We both are interested in linguistics and learning languages, but one of the biggest roadblocks to regular practice was that we couldn't find enough entertaining media to watch in a given language. We wanted to build software that could automatically translate the audio of a given video into another lan...
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## Inspiration This project was inspired by a deep dive into Kanye West's unreleased discography. I discovered two interesting things that would form the main use cases for my project: 1. Your favorite songs' original samples are so far removed from the listening experience they might as well not exist 2. Linear play...
## Inspiration By defining Nostalgia 'a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations', we (former team) believed that by working backwards – we can find a way to trigger these emotions via music. When listening to music, our brains release sero...
## Motivation Our motivation was a grand piano that has sat in our project lab at SFU for the past 2 years. The piano was Richard Kwok's grandfathers friend and was being converted into a piano scroll playing piano. We had an excessive amount of piano scrolls that were acting as door stops and we wanted to hear these ...
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# ReactOnFly ## Inspiration Everyone wants to browse through their Facebook newsfeed, reacting to different kinds of posts. Even though clicking may seem easy, wouldn't it be easier if all you had to do was smile? We thought it'd be cool to work with Microsoft's Emotion API and with a bit of facial detection we could...
## Inspiration Our goal was to implement a social feature that would attract students to Radish's services. We were inspired by McGill's Engineering building ice cream store. They give out free ice cream when you fail an exam. ## What it does It asks for the person to submit proof that they failed, checks it, and gi...
## Inspiration In the current media landscape, control over distribution has become almost as important as the actual creation of content, and that has given Facebook a huge amount of power. The impact that Facebook newsfeed has in the formation of opinions in the real world is so huge that it potentially affected the...
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Handling personal finances can be a challenging task, and there doesn't exist a natural user experience for engaging with your money. Online banking portals and mobile apps are one-off interactions that don't help people manage their money over the long term. We solved this problem with Alex. We built Alex with the go...
## Inspiration Our inspiration came from seeing how overwhelming managing finances can be, especially for students and young professionals. Many struggle to track spending, stick to budgets, and plan for the future, often due to a lack of accessible tools or financial literacy. So, we decided to build a solution that...
## Inspiration Most users do not get the optimal use of their banking account plans and they are unaware of better choices in the market. If a user does not need more than 35 transactions per month, s/he will save up to $200.00 annually without sacrificing anything. We hereby design BankingCat which analyzes user beha...
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## Inspiration This project came about because I have very limited data on my phone plan and when I'm outdoors I still need to get access to transit information and do quick searches. ## What it does Guardian SMS allows you to access the powerful Google Assistant through SMS. You can send your searches to a phone nu...
## Inspiration *"I have an old Nokia mobile phones, that doesn't have internet access nor acess to download & install the Lyft app; How can I still get access to Lyft?"* > > Allow On-Demand Services Like Uber, Lyft to be more mainstream in developing world where there is limitied to no internet access. Lyft-powered S...
## Inspiration We were inspired to create this project because of our own personal experiences with public transportation. As frequent users, we often missed important announcements or our stop due to unclear audio or distractions. This realization made us imagine how much more challenging this must be for deaf indivi...
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### Inspiration Quizcribe is inspired by the problem that many students face in retaining the knowledge that they learned from class lectures or open-course videos. Through AI-powered summaries and interactive quizzes, we hope to make learning more effective and expand the effectiveness of self-regulated learning. ##...
## Inspiration Through meeting hundreds and hundreds of learners from all over the world in our time as university students, we have slowly realized over time the variability that exists in education systems around the world. After many conversations, it is apparent that in many areas, teenagers and young adults do no...
## Inspiration Video games evolved when the Xbox Kinect was released in 2010 but for some reason we reverted back to controller based games. We are here to bring back the amazingness of movement controlled games with a new twist- re innovating how mobile games are played! ## What it does AR.cade uses a body part det...
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## Inspiration Seeing the increased government surveillance and internet crackdown in Iran, we sought to provide a platform that supports the protestors by granting them increased anonymity and privacy. ## What it does We make use of the unique properties of web3 and blockchain technology to drive a decentralized an...
Inspiration Our project is driven by a deep-seated commitment to address the escalating issues of hate speech and crime in the digital realm. We recognized that technology holds immense potential in playing a pivotal role in combating these societal challenges and nurturing a sense of community and safety. ## What It ...
## We wanted to help the invisible people of Toronto, many homeless people do not have identification and often have a hard time keeping it due to their belongings being stolen. This prevents many homeless people to getting the care that they need and the access to resources that an ordinary person does not need to thi...
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## Inspiration Because many language-learning applications are geared towards a specific kind of user, we wanted to make an application that takes into account people's various affinities for different methods of learning. ## What it does The app asks the user a series of questions to discern their learning type, th...
## Inspiration for Green Been A Yale Research Team found that organic waste occupied the largest percentage of what’s being dumped into landfills. Compost in landfills is not only harmful environmentally, but also economically. For example, it costs New York City over $400 million to collect and dispose the trash it c...
## Inspiration Conventional language learning apps like Duolingo don’t offer the ability to have freeform and dynamic conversations. Additionally, finding a language partner can be difficult and costly. Lingua Franca tackles this head-on by offering intermediate to advanced language learners an immersive, interactive...
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## 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...
## Inspiration Sustainability is one of the core pillars of modern progress. We wanted to address this challenge by thinking about how we could allow for substantial improvement in sustainability by optimizing an existing system. That's why we landed on LLMs: their **meteoric rise in popularity** has changed the way m...
**Inspiration** The inspiration behind Block Touch comes from the desire to create an interactive and immersive experience for users by leveraging the power of Python computer vision. We aim to provide a unique and intuitive way for users to navigate and interact with a simulated world, using their hand movements to pl...
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## Inspiration We really are passionate about hardware, however many hackers in the community, especially those studying software-focused degrees, miss out on the experience of working on projects involving hardware and experience in vertical integration. To remedy this, we came up with modware. Modware provides the t...
## Inspiration We're avid hackers, and every hack we've done thus far has involved hardware. The hardest part is always setting up communication between the various hardware components it's -- like reinventing the internet protocol everytime you make an IoT device. Except the internet protocol is beautiful, and your c...
## Inspiration As students with busy lives, it's difficult to remember to water your plants especially when you're constantly thinking about more important matters. So as solution we thought it would be best to have an app that centralizes, monitors, and notifies users on the health of your plants. ## What it does T...
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## Inspiration With COVID-19 forcing many public spaces and recreational facilities to close, people have been spending time outdoors more than ever. It can be boring, though, to visit the same places in your neighbourhood all the time. We created Explore MyCity to generate trails and paths for London, Ontario locals ...
## Inspiration I dreamed about the day we would use vaccine passports to travel long before the mRNA vaccines even reached clinical trials. I was just another individual, fortunate enough to experience stability during an unstable time, having a home to feel safe in during this scary time. It was only when I started t...
## Inspiration We all moved to Hamilton from around Ontario, and were looking for things to do when we first started at McMaster. Unfortunately whenever we found fun activities they were often too far (for student without cars) or the weather was terrible and we were unable to attend. Hamilton Tourism cites a need for...
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## Overview We made a gorgeous website to plan flights with Jet Blue's data sets. Come check us out!
## Inspiration As Engineering students, we tend to spend a lot of our time outside classes in the library working away on assignments. In the days following, we might even brag about how much time we spent working, and how much we were able to get done. However, up until now, there wasn't any concrete way to show this...
## Inspiration [Nam's jetBlue Flight Price Tracker](http://flights.kevinnam.me/jetblue/) is the perfect website for users who want to regularly checkup on deals on flights in one easy and simple page. Other sites are often too hectic and messy, pushing users and potential customers away. It is usually by word of mouth...
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## Inspiration 1. Affordable pet doors with simple "flap" mechanisms are not secure 2. Potty trained pets requires the door to be manually opened (e.g. ring a bell, scratch the door) ## What it does The puppy *(or cat, we don't discriminate)* can exit without approval as soon as the sensor detects an object within t...
## 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 We wanted to create a website that provides both entertainment for people and contributes to social good. We were inspired by both the Jackbox game Tee K.O. and the website freerice.com in that every time a game is completed an item of clothing is donated to people who cannot afford clothing. ## What i...
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## Inspiration Lots of applications require you to visit their website or application for initial tasks such as signing up on a waitlist to be seen. What if these initial tasks could be performed at the convenience of the user on whatever platform they want to use (text, slack, facebook messenger, twitter, webapp)? #...
## Inspiration Rates of patient nonadherence to therapies average around 50%, particularly among those with chronic diseases. One of my closest friends has Crohn's disease, and I wanted to create something that would help with the challenges of managing a chronic illness. I built this app to provide an on-demand, supp...
## ⭐ Inspiration We've all been there—sitting in a quiet room with a mountain of notes, textbooks sprawled open, and suddenly a nagging question pops into your mind. You're tempted to pick up your phone, but you know one search might lead to an hour on social media. Then there's that longing for a little treat after a...
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## 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...
## Inspiration <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxuOxQzDN3Y> Robbie's story stuck out to me at the endless limitations of technology. He was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy which prevented him from having full control of his arms and legs. He was gifted with a Google home that crafted his home into a voice controlle...
# The Word on the Streets ## Installation ###### pip install -r requirements.txt ## Run ###### python Guardian\_API.py ###### Fill in the entire form, select Show and then click Next Sentiment Analysis of Twitter and Guardian News. Used Natural Language Processing (Vader Sentiment Analysis techniques) and Micros...
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## Inspiration Self-motivation is hard. It’s time for a social media platform that is meaningful and brings a sense of achievement instead of frustration. While various pro-exercise campaigns and apps have tried inspire people, it is difficult to stay motivated with so many other more comfortable distractions around ...
## Inspiration Being sport and fitness buffs, we understand the importance of right form. Incidentally, suffering from a wrist injury himself, Mayank thought of this idea while in a gym where he could see almost everyone following wrong form for a wide variety of exercises. He knew that it couldn't be impossible to ma...
## Inspiration **Read something, do something.** We constantly encounter articles about social and political problems affecting communities all over the world – mass incarceration, the climate emergency, attacks on women's reproductive rights, and countless others. Many people are concerned or outraged by reading abou...
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Beverly is a dynamic, real-time sentiment analysis tool that links the Twitter world's emotions with current events. Any keyword can be analyzed and visualized upon a map of the United States to gain insight into how the population is feeling. ## Built With * [stdlib](https://stdlib.com/) - The 'serverless' web funct...
## Inspiration As teammates, we're doing off-season internships, and one thing we agreed on is that it's **sooooo** tough to both break the ice and find engaging activities during team meetings. And what we got out of that was......**27 hours of planning**, \*\*96 different ideas from ChatGPT (*yeah, even this failed...
## Inspiration COVID revolutionized the way we communicate and work by normalizing remoteness. **It also created a massive emotional drought -** we weren't made to empathize with each other through screens. As video conferencing turns into the new normal, marketers and managers continue to struggle with remote communi...
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## 💡 Inspiration The objective of our application is to devise an effective and efficient written transmission optimization scheme, by converting esoteric text into an exoteric format. If you read the above sentence more than once and the word ‘huh?’ came to mind, then you got my point. Jargon causes a problem when ...
## Overview We created a Smart Glasses hack called SmartEQ! This unique hack leverages the power of machine learning and facial recognition to determine the emotion of the person you are talking to and conducts sentiment analysis on your conversation, all in real time! Since we couldn’t get a pair of Smart Glasses (*h...
## Inspiration We were motivated to tackle linguistic challenges in the educational sector after juxtaposing our personal experience with current news. There are currently over 70 million asylum seekers, refugees, or internally-displaced people around the globe, and this statistic highlights the problem of individual...
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## Inspiration Around 40% of the lakes in America are too polluted for aquatic life, swimming or fishing.Although children make up 10% of the world’s population, over 40% of the global burden of disease falls on them. Environmental factors contribute to more than 3 million children under age five dying every year. Pol...
## Inspiration How many times have you forgotten to take your medication and damned yourself for it? It has happened to us all, with different consequences. Indeed, missing out on a single pill can, for some of us, throw an entire treatment process out the window. Being able to keep track of our prescriptions is key i...
## See our pitch for the app here: [Pitch](https://pitch.com/v/audiodine_pitch_deck-4rww5h)! ## 💡 Inspiration Imagine you're heading home after a long, exhausting day. You’re hungry, craving something quick and easy. A fast food drive-thru sounds perfect. You pull up, but the speaker crackles. The employee struggles...
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Team channel #43 Team discord users - Sarim Zia #0673, Elly #2476, (ASK), rusticolus #4817, Names - Vamiq, Elly, Sarim, Shahbaaz ## Inspiration When brainstorming an idea, we concentrated on problems that affected a large population and that mattered to us. Topics such as homelessness, food waste and a clean environm...
## Inspiration While looking for genuine problems that we could solve, it came to our attention that recycling is actually much harder than it should be. For example, when you go to a place like Starbucks and are presented with the options of composting, recycling, or throwing away your empty coffee, it can be confusi...
## Inspiration Our team wanted to build an application with social impact. We believe that change starts within a community, therefore, we brainstormed ways that people can make a change within the local community. We realized that homelessness and food insecurity is a large issue within the Hamilton community, and we...
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View presentation at the following link: <https://youtu.be/Iw4qVYG9r40> ## Inspiration During our brainstorming stage, we found that, interestingly, two-thirds (a majority, if I could say so myself) of our group took medication for health-related reasons, and as a result, had certain external medications that result ...
## Inspiration Imagine you broke your EpiPen but you need it immediately for an allergic reaction. Imagine being lost in the forest with cut wounds and bleeding from a fall but have no first aid kit. How will you take care of your health without nearby hospitals or pharmacies? Well good thing for you, we have **MediFl...
## Inspiration This project was inspired by a team member’s family, his grandparents always have to take medicine but often forget about it. Not only his grandparents forget the medicine also his mom. Although, his mom is very young but in a very fast paced society nowadays people always forget to do small things like...
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## Inspiration The pandemic has ruined our collective health. Since its onset, rates of depression amongst teens and adults alike have risen to unprecedented levels. In a world where we are told for our own safety to keep distance from those who we cherish, how do we maintain these relationships and with it, our wellb...
## Inspiration The idea for VenTalk originated from an everyday stressor that everyone on our team could relate to; commuting alone to and from class during the school year. After a stressful work or school day, we want to let out all our feelings and thoughts, but do not want to alarm or disturb our loved ones. Relea...
## Inspiration We spend roughly [1.5-2 hours](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/smartphone-usage-estimates_us_5637687de4b063179912dc96) staring at our **phone screens** everyday. Its not uncommon to hear someone complain about neck pain or to notice a progressive slouching and hunchback developing among adults and t...
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## Inspiration /<http://www.firmoo.com/answer/tag_img/blurry-eyes.jpg> You know that someone is clearly in front of you. Who is it? You know that both Emily and Jane have shortish hair, a roundish face, but the world is much too blurry for you to correctly discern what is happening You wish there were a way for you t...
## Inspiration Inspired by expensive and bulky machinery, we sought out to find a way for individuals suffering from Parkinsons disease and other hand tremor conditions to have an affordable and easy to use therapy to manage their conditions. We built a game that gives user the task of drawing a straight line on thei...
## Vision vs Reality We originally had a much more robust idea for this hackathon: an open vision doorbell to figure out who is at the door, without needing to go to the door. The plan was to use an Amazon Echo Dot to connect our vision solution, a Logitech c270 HD webcam, with our storage, a Firebase database. This f...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for our project mainly stems from past as well as recent events involving sexual harassment, robbery, violence and several other forms of misconduct. The rate at which these misconducts happen is enormously high all over the world, and as students we receive 2-3 emails per day on an aver...
## Inspiration When police are looking for a criminal through monitors and cameras records. The information is far separate from each other. A criminal could appear in distinct camera in the building or city. This inspired us to create an efficient application to trace and predict the future direction of criminal. ##...
## The Gist We combine state-of-the-art LLM/GPT detection methods with image diffusion models to accurately detect AI-generated video with 92% accuracy. ## Inspiration As image and video generation models become more powerful, they pose a strong threat to traditional media norms of trust and truth. OpenAI's SORA mod...
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## Inspiration Education is extremely important and especially for kids who are still developing their basic skills. When it comes to school, many kids dislike the idea of doing homework and solving math problems, but kids love to play games. Introducing Excel Beyond, a game where you solve math questions to earn poin...
## Inspiration I was inspired by the website that we all know and love, CoolMathGames.com. While it seems like there are multiple apps designed to elevate our brain and cognitive skills, I felt like going back to the roots- the origin- of it all. ## What it does Through engaging mini-games, the player is able to acc...
## Inspiration We wanted to make an app that helped people to be more environmentally conscious. After we thought about it, we realised that most people are not because they are too lazy to worry about recycling, turning off unused lights, or turning off a faucet when it's not in use. We figured that if people saw how...
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## Inspiration We have to wait 4-5 years to elect an official or person in power who may potentially not achieve anything meaningful during his time. This simple addition to Envel puts the power and ownership of the community back into their hands. A single dollar may not achieve much, but a million one dollars will. ...
## Inspiration This project was inspired by the Professional Engineering course taken by all first year engineering students at McMaster University (1P03). The final project for the course was to design a solution to a problem of your choice that was given by St. Peter's Residence at Chedoke, a long term residence car...
## Inspiration Our inspiration, we all have very busy and fast paced lives, sometimes it can be hard to make time for doing things that we care about like giving back to the community and donating to charity. We wanted to make donating to a charity of your choice simple and painless. ## What it does Our app takes th...
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## About the Project NazAR is an educational tool that automatically creates interactive visualizations of math word problems in AR, requiring nothing more than an iPhone. ## Behind the Name *Nazar* means “vision” in Arabic, which symbolizes the driving goal behind our app – not only do we visualize math problems fo...
## Inspiration Cliff is dyslexic, so reading is difficult and slow for him and makes school really difficult. But, he loves books and listens to 100+ audiobooks/yr. However, most books don't have an audiobook, especially not textbooks for schools, and articles that are passed out in class. This is an issue not only fo...
## Inspiration We all love learning languages, but one of the most frustrating things is seeing an object that you don't know the word for and then trying to figure out how to describe it in your target language. Being students of Japanese, it is especially frustrating to find the exact characters to describe an objec...
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# 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 ...
## Inspiration With a variety of language learning resources out there, we set out to create a tool that can help us practice a part of language that keeps things flowing -- conversation! LanguaLine aims to empower users to speak their foreign language by helping them develop their conversational skills. ## What it d...
## Inspiration Our inspiration for developing the Hospital Inventory Manager stemmed from the pressing need for efficient healthcare resource management and improved patient outcomes, particularly in the context of organ donation and allocation. ## What it does The Hospital Inventory Manager is a comprehensive platf...
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## Inspiration Struggling with a hackathon concept made our team realize the importance of gathering inspiration and connecting ideas. This led us to further research products in the market that are aimed towards this space, and we found many pain points that made the process less efficient, including an influx of onb...
## Inspiration We remembered Google's offline dinosaur game and were able to re-discover Google Photos from our childhood in this hackathon. Since the overall theme this year was nostalgia, we thought: why not make a fun memory gallery in this fashion? ## What it does Users can upload photos to the Rexflection softw...
## Inspiration We wanted to watch videos together as a social activity during the pandemic but were unable as many platforms were hard to use or unstable. Therefore our team decided to create a platform that met our needs in terms of usability and functionality. ## What it does Bubbles allow people to create viewing...
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# Inspiration When we ride a cycle we to steer the cycle towards the direction we fall, and that's how we balance. But the amazing part is we(or our brain) compute a complex set of calculations to balance ourselves. And that we do it naturally. With some practice it gets better. The calculation in our mind that goes o...
## 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 We were inspired to learn Arduino and get familiar with microcontrollers and electronics. Some members have a goal of doing embedded programming, and we agreed this would be a great start before moving on to more complex architectures like STM32. At first we wanted to build a quadcopter, but we decided ...
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# 4Course: Revolutionizing Collaborative Learning 🏆 #### Inspiration Empowering students to excel together and innovate in the realm of education. #### What it does 🚀 4Course facilitates seamless collaboration among students, allowing them to share Google Docs links for class materials. Additionally, it offers a ...
## Inspiration Many of us had class sessions in which the teacher pulled out whiteboards or chalkboards and used them as a tool for teaching. These made classes very interactive and engaging. With the switch to virtual teaching, class interactivity has been harder. Usually a teacher just shares their screen and talks,...
# Course Connection ## Inspiration College is often heralded as a defining time period to explore interests, define beliefs, and establish lifelong friendships. However the vibrant campus life has recently become endangered as it is becoming easier than ever for students to become disconnected. The previously guarant...
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# Flare ## A mobile app that helps students stay safe by mapping out crimes nearby campuses. ### Inspiration As a team of USC students, we were shocked when we arrived at TreeHacks to see hundreds of hackers’ laptops and backpacks just lying around Huang unattended with no security guards checking the doors. Thankfu...
## 📞 The problem at hand. How might we leverage an alert agent to ensure **24/7 student safety** from school shootings? ## 🗝️ Where did this stem from? **School shootings. There are 2 per week**…and this number is NOT decreasing. Students are now worried about their safety but have no way to indicate potential dan...
## Inspiration The beauty of a hackathon revolves around creating something uniquely powerful and innovative. But a whole segment of the population disproportionately misses out on this experience. This isn't because they don't want to, or because they are uninterested, but because they can't or, even worse, we don't ...
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## What it does The app loads virtual pellets and ghosts in a small area around the Kaiser building, which a player can collect by running around with their phone. ## How we built it We used the Google Maps API for Android inside an Android application, using the GPS sensors for the player's location data. ## Accom...
## Inspiration As students, we know all too well the struggle of having to study for our classes by tackling a seemingly never-ending mountain of textbooks and other course notes. This studying method would frequently lead to information going through one ear and out the next, making it detrimental for unfortunate stu...
## Inspiration The vicarious experiences of friends, and some of our own, immediately made clear the potential benefit to public safety the City of London’s dataset provides. We felt inspired to use our skills to make more accessible, this data, to improve confidence for those travelling alone at night. ## What it do...
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## Inspiration Customer reward loyalty programs are becoming more and more centralized, with reduced use of paper coupons that were able to be traded among people and the creation of more app-based claiming platforms (think Starbucks, Chipotle, Snackpass). In addition, with the pandemic, customers and the businesses t...
## Inspiration When the word “police” is typed into the Google search bar, the third suggestion to come up is police brutality. While tragic, this is unsurprising to most of us. After seeing a few hashtags on Twitter, we became numb to the pain caused by the disconnect between civilians and the police. It’s worth noti...
## Inspiration Small businesses have suffered throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to help them get back on track once life comes back to normal, this app can attract new and loyal customers alike to the restaurant. ## What it does Businesses can sign up and host their restaurant online, where users can search...
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## Inspiration There’s two fundamental issues we want to address: a) Research is not generally accessible to the public. Most people don’t want to spend hours trying to decipher jargon and figure out why a paper is important. b) Presenting research and making it accessible is a very tedious task. Authors have to com...
## Inspiration Fortnite. While talking with the Radish team, they mentioned wanting to appeal to more of a Gen Z audience, so we began a process of intensive market research whereby we realized that gamification with a familiar, Fortnite-inspired twist is a great strategy for driving youth engagement. ## What it does...
## Inspiration Our team members had just barely scratched the surface of the research world and we already felt overwhelmed. Reading research is a beast within the beast of research itself. What if, like a new-age Reader’s Digest, we could make reading research both easy for leisure and scalable for research student u...
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## Inspiration Cards Against Humanity is pretty cool, but what if it had gifs? We wanted to create this new take on the classic card game, and thought we could make things interesting by randomizing reaction gifs to create a "hand" that will be used to answer a prompt! ## What it does Players join the room and are d...
## Inspiration We were extremely inspired by all the computer vision projects circulating around, and decided to use it to make a very fun duelling 1v1 game. ## What it does You can 1v1 against another player! You can move your arm around to dodge incoming bullets and shoot your own bullets at the opponent with diff...
Bet for Bit is a premium, high-security Bitcoin betting service for dedicated sports fans. It is built with Python, Django, and the CoinBase api. Our platform scrapes live sports stats, and allows users to place bitcoin bets on their sports teams.
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**We are bringing people together over their favorite meal!** After working in restaurants for years, we saw how restaurants’ biggest problem is filling empty seats during off-peak hours. Happy Hour is an app that lets customers book a meal during an off peak hour, for a discount on their total bill. It makes the mea...
## Inspiration In response to the recent sexual assault cases on campus, we decided that there was a pressing need to create an app that would be a means for people to seek help from those around them, mitigating the bystander effect at the same time. ## What it does Our cross-platform app allows users to send out a...
## Inspiration Being frugal students, we all wanted to create an app that would tell us what kind of food we could find around us based on a budget that we set. And so that’s exactly what we made! ## What it does You give us a price that you want to spend and the radius that you are willing to walk or drive to a res...
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## Inspiration When struggling to learn HTML, and basic web development. The tools provided by browsers like google chrome were hidden making hard to learn of its existence. As an avid gamer, we thought that it would be a great idea to create a game involving the inspect element tool provided by browsers so that more ...
## 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 ...
## Inspiration We began this project with the Datto challenge in mind: what's the coolest thing we can do in under 4kb? It had to be something self contained, efficient, and optimized. Graphics came to mind at first, specifically for a game of some sort, but doing that requires some pretty bulky libraries being tosse...
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## Inspiration At companies that want to introduce automation into their pipeline, finding the right robot, the cost of a specialized robotics system, and the time it takes to program a specialized robot is very expensive. We looked for solutions in general purpose robotics and imagining how these types of systems can...
## Inspiration We realized how visually-impaired people find it difficult to perceive the objects coming near to them, or when they are either out on road, or when they are inside a building. They encounter potholes and stairs and things get really hard for them. We decided to tackle the issue of accessibility to supp...
## Inspiration Assistive Tech was our asigned track, we had done it before and knew we could innovate with cool ideas. ## What it does It adds a camera and sensors which instruct a pair of motors that will lightly pull the user in a direction to avoid a collision with an obstacle. ## How we built it We used a came...
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## Inspiration Last week, one of our team members was admitted to the hospital with brain trauma. Doctors hesitated to treat them because of their lack of insight into the patient’s medical history. This prompted us to store EVERYONE’s health records on a single, decentralized chain. The catch? The process is end-to-e...
## 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...
# flora Flora is a community-based website dedicated to breaking the taboo around womxn’s sexual & reproductive health. We believe that womxn should be able to get the care they need without fear of judgment from others. We know how embarrassing and difficult it can be to talk about these topics - trust us, we’ve been...
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## What it does Remix allows users to select ingredients they have on hand and presents them with corresponding smoothie recipe options. It also allows users to browse smoothie recipes. The app boasts a crisp, elegant UI and is designed to be both fun and accessible for users of all skill levels. The app allows users...
## Inspiration We wanted to tackle the challenge of left-over ingredients. ## What it does We want people to have access to a wide selection of recipes when they are not sure what to do with them ## How we built it We used HTML, CSS and JS to create the front-end. Our database is using a local json file that ## C...
## Inspiration We live in increasingly polarizing times. A poll published by CNN in 2017 showed that around two thirds of Democrats and one half of Republicans have either a few, or no friends in the opposite party. Doozy seeks to improve political discourse by allowing for conversation surrounding differences while s...
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## Inspiration Only a small percentage of Americans use ASL as their main form of daily communication. Hence, no one notices when ASL-first speakers are left out of using FaceTime, Zoom, or even iMessage voice memos. This is a terrible inconvenience for ASL-first speakers attempting to communicate with their loved one...
## Inspiration Over **15% of American adults**, over **37 million** people, are either **deaf** or have trouble hearing according to the National Institutes of Health. One in eight people have hearing loss in both ears, and not being able to hear or freely express your thoughts to the rest of the world can put deaf pe...
## Inspiration Our inspiration for developing the Hospital Inventory Manager stemmed from the pressing need for efficient healthcare resource management and improved patient outcomes, particularly in the context of organ donation and allocation. ## What it does The Hospital Inventory Manager is a comprehensive platf...
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## Inspiration EV vehicles are environment friendly and yet it does not receive the recognition it deserves. Even today we do not find many users driving electric vehicles and we believe this must change. Our project aims to provide EV users with a travel route showcasing optimal (and functioning) charging stations to...
## Inspiration One charge of the average EV's battery uses as much electricity as a house uses every 2.5 days. This puts a huge strain on the electrical grid: people usually plug in their car as soon as they get home, during what is already peak demand hours. At this time, not only is electricity the most expensive, b...
## Inspiration Recognizing the disastrous effects of the auto industry on the environment, our team wanted to find a way to help the average consumer mitigate the effects of automobiles on global climate change. We felt that there was an untapped potential to create a tool that helps people visualize cars' eco-friendl...
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## Inspiration Currently the insurance claims process is quite labour intensive. A person has to investigate the car to approve or deny a claim, and so we aim to make the alleviate this cumbersome process smooth and easy for the policy holders. ## What it does Quick Quote is a proof-of-concept tool for visually eval...
## Inspiration As a team, we've all witnessed the devastation of muscular-degenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's, on the family members of the afflicted. Because we didn't have enough money or resources or time to research and develop a new drug or other treatment for the disease, we wanted to make the medicine al...
## Inspiration We are inspired by how Machine Learning can streamline a lot of our lives and minimize possible errors which occurs. In the healthcare and financial field, one of the issues which happens the most in the Insurance field is how to best evaluate a quote for the consumer. Therefore, upon seeing the challen...
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Our web application, Econvert, is a web-based tool that allows the user to select any currency (euros, mexican pesos, pounds, yen, etc), any ancient currencies (shekels, romanian currency, silver coins, etc), and even in-game currencies (vbucks, robux, rocket league credits, etc). The application frontend and backend i...
## Inspiration It's very difficult to accurately estimate how much food is going into your stomach. Many existing apps provide inaccurate calorie counts since the food items are largely generalized. ## What it does Our app allows users to take pictures of food items and it returns the amount of calories, what they m...
## Inspiration Remember the thrill of watching mom haggle like a pro at the market? Those nostalgic days might seem long gone, but here's the twist: we can help you carry out the generational legacy. Introducing our game-changing app – it's not just a translator, it’s your haggling sidekick. This app does more than br...
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## Inspiration We, as passionate tinkerers, understand the struggles that come with making a project come to life (especially for begineers). **80% of U.S. workers agree that learning new skills is important, but only 56% are actually learning something new**. From not knowing how electrical components should be wired...
## Inspiration We wanted to tackle a problem that impacts a large demographic of people. After research, we learned that 1 in 10 people suffer from dyslexia and 5-20% of people suffer from dysgraphia. These neurological disorders go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed often leading to these individuals constantly struggling t...
## Inspiration Behind Tangle ⚛️ The idea for Tangle emerged from a recognition that traditional networking methods, such as LinkedIn profiles, have remained static, even as large in-person events like Hack the North make a strong comeback. We saw an opportunity to reimagine how people connect by creating a more dynami...
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## Inspiration ## What it does PhyloForest helps researchers and educators by improving how we see phylogenetic trees. Strong, useful data visualization is key to new discoveries and patterns. Thanks to our product, users have a greater ability to perceive depth of trees by communicating widths rather than lengths. T...
## 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 ...
## Inspiration ## What it does ## It searches for a water Bottle! ## How we built it ## We built it using a roomba, raspberrypi with a picamera, python, and Microsoft's Custom Vision ## Challenges we ran into ## Attaining wireless communications between the pi and all of our PCs was tricky. Implementing Microsoft...
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## Inspiration COVID revolutionized the way we communicate and work by normalizing remoteness. **It also created a massive emotional drought -** we weren't made to empathize with each other through screens. As video conferencing turns into the new normal, marketers and managers continue to struggle with remote communi...
## Inspiration As someone who has always wanted to speak in ASL (American Sign Language), I have always struggled with practicing my gestures, as I, unfortunately, don't know any ASL speakers to try and have a conversation with. Learning ASL is an amazing way to foster an inclusive community, for those who are hearing...
## Story Mental health is a major issue especially on college campuses. The two main challenges are diagnosis and treatment. ### Diagnosis Existing mental health apps require the use to proactively input their mood, their thoughts, and concerns. With these apps, it's easy to hide their true feelings. We wanted to f...
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## Inspiration Being at wealthsimple, thinking of something fintech, working with chrome extensions, building a simple tool ## What it does Snag searches through twitter feeds and filters them by customized location, keyword, text, & emotion to hone in on potential customers. ## How we built it * PostgreSQL on the...
## Inspiration We set out to solve two problems with Genesis: First, the high barrier of access both financially and legally for retail investors to invest in startups. Second, founders of almost all early stage startup holds almost nothing but high risk, illiquid equity that is no different than ink on some paper. ...
## Inspiration Want to see how a product, service, person or idea is doing in the court of public opinion? Market analysts are experts at collecting data from a large array of sources, but monitoring public happiness or approval ratings is notoriously difficult. Usually, focus groups and extensive data collection is r...
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## 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...
View presentation at the following link: <https://youtu.be/Iw4qVYG9r40> ## Inspiration During our brainstorming stage, we found that, interestingly, two-thirds (a majority, if I could say so myself) of our group took medication for health-related reasons, and as a result, had certain external medications that result ...
## Inspiration The idea for Clustr came out of a problem that our friend group encountered after being sent home during the COVID-19 pandemic. We struggled to find the same rhythm that our conversations had when we were in person. Group chats were too intrusive, taking too much time to engage in and supplying an endle...
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## Inspiration Have you ever attended a networking event and felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of people, unsure of how to find the right connections? We've all been there, wishing for a more streamlined way to meet individuals who align with our goals and values. The inspiration for Aligned.ai comes from this comm...
## A bit about our thought process... If you're like us, you might spend over 4 hours a day watching *Tiktok* or just browsing *Instagram*. After such a bender you generally feel pretty useless or even pretty sad as you can see everyone having so much fun while you have just been on your own. That's why we came up wi...
## Inspiration Have you ever been lying on the bed and simply cannot fall asleep? Statistics show that listening to soothing music while getting to sleep improves sleeping quality because the music helps to release stress and anxiety accumulated from the day. However, do you really want to get off your cozy little b...
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## 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...
#### For Evaluators/Sponsors Scroll down for a handy guide to navigating our repository and our project's assets. ## 💥 - How it all started Cancer is a disease that has affected our team quite directly. All of our team members know a relative or loved one that has endured or lost their life due to cancer. This make...
[Project Link](http://blockchainvisualization.github.io) ## Inspiration I've always been very interested in different ways to represent data. When I found out that blockchain offered a websocket and data API which could give real-time bitcoin data I knew I had to do something with it. ## What it does The blockchain...
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## Inspiration Physiotherapy is expensive for what it provides you with, A therapist stepping you through simple exercises and giving feedback and evaluation? WE CAN TOTALLY AUTOMATE THAT! We are undergoing the 4th industrial revolution and technology exists to help people in need of medical aid despite not having the...
## Inspiration Members of our team know multiple people who suffer from permanent or partial paralysis. We wanted to build something that could be fun to develop and use, but at the same time make a real impact in people's everyday lives. We also wanted to make an affordable solution, as most solutions to paralysis co...
## Inspiration Physiotherapy is an important part of rehabilitation for physical injuries. A physiotherapist helps restore a patient’s mobility and prevents future injuries. However, physiotherapy can be too expensive and time-consuming to repeatedly attend sessions at the clinic. Also, because of the pandemic, many ...
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## Inspiration (<http://televisedrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mr_robot.jpg>) If you watch Mr. Robot, then you know that the main character, Elliot, deals with some pretty serious mental health issues. One of his therapeutic techniques is to write his thoughts on a private journal. They're great... they g...
## Inspiration Over the Summer one of us was reading about climate change but then he realised that most of the news articles that he came across were very negative and affected his mental health to the point that it was hard to think about the world as a happy place. However one day he watched this one youtube video ...
## 💡 Inspiration We got inspiration from or back-end developer Minh. He mentioned that he was interested in the idea of an app that helped people record their positive progress and showcase their accomplishments there. This then led to our product/UX designer Jenny to think about what this app would target as a probl...
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## Inspiration We aren't musicians. We can't dance. With AirTunes, we can try to do both! Superheroes are also pretty cool. ## What it does AirTunes recognizes 10 different popular dance moves (at any given moment) and generates a corresponding sound. The sounds can be looped and added at various times to create an ...
## Inspiration: We wanted to combine our passions of art and computer science to form a product that produces some benefit to the world. ## What it does: Our app converts measured audio readings into images through integer arrays, as well as value ranges that are assigned specific colors and shapes to be displayed o...
## Inspiration Just Dance was probably my favorite game as a kid. Not only because I got to listen to Psy a million times a day, but because I loved to run and hop and dance around. At this hackathon, it was an inspiration for us to try and build something similar for everyone: a pose guiding app that helped people ge...
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## Check out our site -> [Saga](http://sagaverse.app) ## Inspiration There are few better feelings in the world than reading together with a child that you care about. “Just one more story!” — “I promise I’ll go to bed after the next one” — or even simply “Zzzzzzz” — these moments forge lasting memories and provide i...
## Inspiration Our team is made of story lovers. For as long as we can remember, we have been seeking to consume and create stories wherever we go. As we discovered our vastly different reading methodologies due to dyslexia, varying native languages, and differentiated learning experiences, we sought to create a platf...
## Inspiration We wanted to tackle a problem that impacts a large demographic of people. After research, we learned that 1 in 10 people suffer from dyslexia and 5-20% of people suffer from dysgraphia. These neurological disorders go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed often leading to these individuals constantly struggling t...
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## 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 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...
## Inspiration: ChatTeach.io was inspired by the need for a more personalized and interactive learning experience. As college students, something we have all faced is the dreaded two-hour lecture video, where it is quite literally impossible to pay attention completely and to not get distracted. This oftentimes leads ...
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## Inspiration The world is constantly chasing after smartphones with bigger screens and smaller bezels. But why wait for costly display technology, and why get rid of old phones that work just fine? We wanted to build an app to create the effect of the big screen using the power of multiple small screens. ## What it...
## About Us Discord Team Channel: #team-64 omridan#1377, dylan28#7389, jordanbelinsky#5302, Turja Chowdhury#6672 Domain.com domain: positivenews.space ## Inspiration Over the last year headlines across the globe have been overflowing with negative content which clouded over any positive information. In addition ev...
## Inspiration In many developed countries across the world, the population is rapidly aging. This poses a variety of issues to senior citizens, including social isolation, an overburdened healthcare system unable to meet their needs, and the widespread effects of neurodegenerative conditions. We aimed to build a solu...
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## About We are team #27 on discord, team members are: anna.m#8841, PawpatrollN#9367, FrozenTea#9601, bromainelettuce#8008. Domain.com challenge: [beatparty.tech] ## Inspiration Due to the current pandemic, we decided to create a way for people to exercise in the safety of their home, in a fun and competitive manner...
## Inspiration As students who listen to music to help with our productivity, we wanted to not only create a music sharing application but also a website to allow others to discover new music, all through where they are located. We were inspired by Pokemon-Go but wanted to create a similar implementation with music fo...
## 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 ...
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## Inspiration One of our team members was stunned by the number of colleagues who became self-described "shopaholics" during the pandemic. Understanding their wishes to return to normal spending habits, we thought of a helper extension to keep them on the right track. ## What it does Stop impulse shopping at its co...
## Inspiration We admired the convenience Honey provides for finding coupon codes. We wanted to apply the same concept except towards making more sustainable purchases online. ## What it does Recommends sustainable and local business alternatives when shopping online. ## How we built it Front-end was built with Re...
## Inspiration Lyft's round up and donate system really inspired us here. We wanted to find a way to benefit both users and help society. We all want to give back somehow, but don't know how sometimes or maybe we want to donate, but don't really know how much to give back or if we could afford it. We wanted an easy ...
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## Inspiration We wanted a box that screams when you hit it because it would be funny ## What it does The box plays the first melody of the "Never Gonna Give You Up" song by Rick Astley when you hit it in piezo buzzer sounds (It is not a button, can sense force in any direction) ## How we built it We used an Ardui...
## Inspiration Learning how to communicate is one of the most critical life skills that a child needs to learn during their earliest stages of life. Additionally, monitoring a child's mental health, and providing the appropriate emotional support for a child in stressful situations are also crucial needs that parents ...
## Inspiration Currently the insurance claims process is quite labour intensive. A person has to investigate the car to approve or deny a claim, and so we aim to make the alleviate this cumbersome process smooth and easy for the policy holders. ## What it does Quick Quote is a proof-of-concept tool for visually eval...
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## What it does Flutter is a web app that brings excitement to your daily routine while promoting socializing with your friends. Each day, you'll receive a dare via text message with a deadline to complete and share with your friends. Take a picture of yourself performing the dare and check out your friends' dashboard...
## Inspiration This past year, a pandemic unlike any other has resulted in the world coming to a screeching halt. The COVID-19 virus has changed the world and interpersonal relationships as we know it. Seemingly normal occurrences like visiting friends and family, attending on-campus classes, and going to work, have b...
## Inspiration Many of us had class sessions in which the teacher pulled out whiteboards or chalkboards and used them as a tool for teaching. These made classes very interactive and engaging. With the switch to virtual teaching, class interactivity has been harder. Usually a teacher just shares their screen and talks,...
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## Inspiration An important aspect of health is being able to efficiently interact with healthcare professionals in order to get much needed help. Our group aimed to create an all-in-one health tracking app that would fulfill three main use cases. Firstly, it is common for people to misremember the details of symptoms...
## 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...
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## Inspiration Our team focuses extensively on opportunities to ignite change through innovation. In this pursuit, we began to investigate the impact of sign-language glove technology on the hard of hearing community. In this, we learned that despite previous efforts to enhance accessibility, feedback from deaf advoca...
## Inspiration In school, we were given the offer to take a dual enrollment class called Sign Language. A whole class for the subject can be quite time consuming for most children including adults. If people are interested in learning ASL, they either watch Youtube videos which are not interactive or spend HUNDREDS of...
## Inspiration We wanted to create a web application that had significant social impact, and we decided that enabling a particular group of people (i.e. deaf people/people hard of hearing) to be more self-reliant was a good starting point. ## What it does Sign2Voice is a web application that is able to recognize Ame...
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## Inspiration When we joined the hackathon, we began brainstorming about problems in our lives. After discussing some constant struggles in their lives with many friends and family, one response was ultimately shared: health. Interestingly, one of the biggest health concerns that impacts everyone in their lives comes...
## 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...
## Inspiration As students around 16 years old, skin conditions such as acne make us even more self-conscious than we already are. Furthermore, one of our friends is currently suffering from eczema, so we decided to make an app relating to skin care. While brainstorming for ideas, we realized that the elderly are affe...
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## Inspiration As a team, we've all witnessed the devastation of muscular-degenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's, on the family members of the afflicted. Because we didn't have enough money or resources or time to research and develop a new drug or other treatment for the disease, we wanted to make the medicine al...
## Inspiration Sign language is already difficult to learn; adding on the difficulty of learning movements from static online pictures makes it next to impossible to do without help. We came up with an elegant robotic solution to remedy this problem. ## What it does Handy Signbot is a tool that translates voice to s...
## Inspiration The team has exposure to senior family members, whom are currently battling against mild Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Current medical prevention methods involve extended use of a splint, forcing statuary positions. We decided to find a less assertive solution on the principle of raising awareness while retai...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for this project was a group-wide understanding that trying to scroll through a feed while your hands are dirty or in use is near impossible. We wanted to create a computer program to allow us to scroll through windows without coming into contact with the computer, for eating, chores, or...
## Inspiration We were looking at the Apple Magic TrackPads last week since they seemed pretty cool. But then we saw the price tag, $130! That's crazy! So we set out to create a college student budget friendly "magic" trackpad. ## What it does Papyr is a trackpad for your computer that is just a single sheet of pape...
## Inspiration There's a growing need for more intuitive and accessible web interfaces. Traditional methods like keyboards and mouses are limiting and cumbersome for individuals with disabilities or in situations where hands-free interactions is desired. ## What it does myEye leverages computer vision and AdHawk's e...
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## Summary OrganSafe is a revolutionary web application that tackles the growing health & security problem of black marketing of donated organs. The verification of organ recipients leverages the Ethereum Blockchain to provide critical security and prevent improper allocation for such a pivotal resource. ## Inspirati...
Discord: * spicedGG#1470 * jeremy#1472 ![patientport logo](https://i.imgur.com/qWsX4Yw.png) ## 💡 Inspiration As healthcare is continuing to be more interconnected and advanced, patients and healthcare resources will always have to worry about data breaches and the misuses of private information. While healthcare f...
Pondir is a social media platform that helps entrepreneurs connect with each other and potential investors. Through 5 key tools in the platform that are aimed towards various stages of a startup, aspiring entrepreneurs can utilize the social platform to expand their network, acquire local mentors and talent and find in...
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## Inspiration Whether we're attending general staff meetings or getting together with classmates to work on a group project, no one *ever* wants to be the note taker. You can't pay as much attention to the meeting since you have to concentrate on taking notes, and when meetings get long, it's often difficult to maint...
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## Inspiration Star Wars inspired us. ## What it does The BB-8 droid navigates its environment based on its user's gaze. The user simply has to change their gaze and the BB-8 will follow their eye-gaze. ## How we built it We built it with an RC car kit placed into a styrofoam sphere. The RC car was created with an...
## Inspiration We wanted to make something that linked the virtual and real worlds, but in a quirky way. On our team we had people who wanted to build robots and people who wanted to make games, so we decided to combine the two. ## What it does Our game portrays a robot (Todd) finding its way through obstacles that ...
## Inspiration Both Karthik and I experimented with fancy LED circuitry in high school. He wired up a poster board with a bunch of LED's arranged in shapes of letters and I created a 6x26 LED matrix display that could handle things like scrolling text. After perusing on the internet, we came across the persistence of ...
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## About the Project NazAR is an educational tool that automatically creates interactive visualizations of math word problems in AR, requiring nothing more than an iPhone. ## Behind the Name *Nazar* means “vision” in Arabic, which symbolizes the driving goal behind our app – not only do we visualize math problems fo...
## Inspiration Helping people who are visually and/or hearing impaired to have better and safer interactions. ## What it does The sensor beeps when the user comes too close to an object or too close to a hot beverage/food. The sign language recognition system translates sign language from a hearing impaired individu...
## Inspiration In modern day, **technology is everywhere**. Parents equip their children with devices at a young age, so why not take advantage of this and improve their learning! We want to help children in recognizing objects, and as well as pronouncing them (via text to speech). ## What it does *NVision* teaches ...
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## Inspiration Are you stressed about COVID-19? You're not alone. Over 50% of adults in US reported their mental health was [negatively affected due to worry and stress over the new coronavirus](https://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-lockdowns-appear-to-be-causing-more-cases-of-high-blood-pressure). Cities l...
## Inspiration Cryptocurrency and blockchain mining is very ecologically harmful ## What it does Ecoin, short for Eco-coin is an eco-friendly cryptocurrency that can mitigate the effects of traditional blockchain mining. It achieves this by placing certain restrictions on the miners based on the fuel mix of the powe...
## 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...
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