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## MoodBox
### Smart DJ'ing using Facial Recognition
You're hosting a party with your friends. You want to play the hippest music and you’re scared of your friends judging you for your taste in music.
You ask your friends what songs they want to listen to… And only one person replies with that one Bruno Mars song th... | ## 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 ... | # Picify
**Picify** is a [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org) application that converts your photos into Spotify playlists that can be saved for later listening, providing a uniquely personal way to explore new music. The experience is facilitated by interacting and integrating a wide range of services. Try it [here](http:... | winning |
## Inspiration
Hospital pain rating charts show the severity of pain, but when we spoke to medical professionals they wanted a greater level of detail. A single pain level datapoint doesn't let doctors follow trends when they change their treatment plan.
## What it does
Pulse allows a patient in hospital care or che... | ## Inspiration
We were walking outside the colliseum when the idea hit us, a community driven Lost and Found that could help people come together when it came to losing items regardless of where they lost it.
## What it does
After you log into our system, you either be looking for an item or posting one to the commu... | ## Problem Statement
As the number of the elderly population is constantly growing, there is an increasing demand for home care. In fact, the market for safety and security solutions in the healthcare sector is estimated to reach $40.1 billion by 2025.
The elderly, disabled, and vulnerable people face a constant risk ... | losing |
## Inspiration
Every year, millions of people around the world choose not to recycle because they don't know how! We wanted to simplify recycling for the public.
## What it does
Robot Recycler uses a Kinect to search for recyclables, then either puts things in the trash, or the recycling! It's that easy!
## How I b... | # Welcome to TrashCam 🚮🌍♻️
## Where the Confusion of Trash Sorting Disappears for Good
### The Problem 🌎
* ❓ Millions of people struggle with knowing how to properly dispose of their trash. Should it go in compost, recycling, or garbage?
* 🗑️ Misplaced waste is a major contributor to environmental pollution and ... | ## Inspiration
At many public places, recycling is rarely a priority. Recyclables are disposed of incorrectly and thrown out like garbage. Even here at QHacks2017, we found lots of paper and cans in the [garbage](http://i.imgur.com/0CpEUtd.jpg).
## What it does
The Green Waste Bin is a waste bin that can sort the it... | partial |
## Inspiration
Covid crisis is the biggest inspiration for my project
## What it does
## How I built it
## Challenges I ran into
## Accomplishments that I'm proud of
## What I learned
## What's next for Medhack | ## Inspiration
When ideating on Friday, we were inspired by the topics around providing more accessibility using bleeding edge technologies. We knew that we wanted to make something genuinely cool and technically challenging, but also something that provides real value to underserved users. We decided to target impair... | # Baby Whisperer
The Baby Whisperer is a revamped baby monitor that uses voice enabled technology to identify variable crying patterns for infants. TensorFlow was used to process convolutional neural networks of the Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient of the infant cries audio files, and categorize them with a predicti... | losing |
# Nexus, **Empowering Voices, Creating Connections**.
## Inspiration
The inspiration for our project, Nexus, comes from our experience as individuals with unique interests and challenges. Often, it isn't easy to meet others with these interests or who can relate to our challenges through traditional social media plat... | ## Inspiration 🍪
We’re fed up with our roommates stealing food from our designated kitchen cupboards. Few things are as soul-crushing as coming home after a long day and finding that someone has eaten the last Oreo cookie you had been saving. Suffice it to say, the university student population is in desperate need o... | # Athena **Next Generation CMS Tooling Powered by AI**
## Inspiration
The inspiration for our project, Athena, comes from our experience as students with busy lives. Often, it isn't easy to keep track of the vast amounts of media we encounter (Lectures, webinars, TedTalks, etc).
With Athena, people can have one AI-p... | winning |
## Inspiration
Our inspiration stemmed from the desire to implement a machine learning / A.I. API.
## What it does
Taper analyzes images using IBM's Watson API and our custom classifiers. This data is used to query the USDA food database and return nutritional facts about the product.
## How we built it
Using andr... | ## Inspiration
Research shows that maximum people face mental or physical health problems due to their unhealthy daily diet or ignored symptoms at the early stages. This app will help you track your diet and your symptoms daily and provide recommendations to provide you with an overall healthy diet. We were inspired b... | ## Inspiration
The motivation for creating this application came from a lazy evening when we opened our refrigerator and took a thorough look. We realized that much of our groceries were expired. Two cans of milk were one week out of date, the chicken that we bought from Whole foods smelt really bad and the mushrooms ... | partial |
## Inspiration
One of the biggest challenges faced by families in war effected countries was receiving financial support from their family members abroad. High transaction fees, lack of alternatives and a lack of transparency all contributed to this problem, leaving families struggling to make ends meet.
According to... | ## Inspiration
In large corporations, such as RBC, the help desk gets called hundreds phone calls every hour, lasting about 8 minutes on average and costing the company $15 per hour. We thought this was both a massive waste of time and resources, not to mention it being quite ineffective and inefficient. We wanted to ... | ## Inspiration
Our main inspiration behind this product was to reduce the amount of time it takes for international wire transfer from one bank to another. Since we're all international students, we've experiences the frustration of slow and costly tuition payments of international wire transfers, often risking late p... | winning |
## Inspiration
When you are going through a tough time, it's comforting when a friend sends you a virtual hug. Even if they are not there physically, you can see that they care. Wave is inspired by these little things in life that make a huge difference. Sometimes, even the smallest gestures can be enough to keep frie... | ## Inspiration
Many people have the habit of rubbing eyes, scratching, pulling hair etc., subconsciously. We wanted to help people overcome such habits by making them aware.
## What it does
It is trained to recognise certain gestures and alert the person.
## How we built it
We built a prototype of this device usin... | ## Inspiration
As college students more accustomed to having meals prepared by someone else than doing so ourselves, we are not the best at keeping track of ingredients’ expiration dates. As a consequence, money is wasted and food waste is produced, thereby discounting the financially advantageous aspect of cooking an... | losing |
## TLDR
A web app that walks the user through starting a business, then helps them maintain financial wellbeing by tracking different metrics over time, all while educating the user on finance terms.
## Understanding of Financial Wellbeing
I understand financial wellbeing to be how well someone is managing their mon... | ## Inspiration
In today's digital world, financial tools of the wealthy should be accessible to everybody. However, this is not the case as many people, especially marginalized communities, do not have access to financial resources. In fact, more than 29%\* of Canada's indigenous live in poverty and this is due to the... | ## 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... | losing |
## Inspiration
The inspiration for the application was simple, the truth is many people especially young people
simply don’t find saving money for their emergency fund that interesting. Incrementum aims to
change that by adding a gamification element to saving money into an emergency fund so users
are not only reminde... | ## Inspiration
Inspired by the Making the Mundane Fun prize category, our team immediately focused on helping users achieve long-term goals. We observed a surge in cooking at the start of lockdown, and wanted to keep that momentum going with a simple yet entertaining app to inspire users to enjoy cooking in the long t... | ## Inspiration
We started with the idea of creating an app that incentivized environmental volunteering, and the idea quickly grew into an app that offers incentives for any type of volunteering in your local community. The whole goal is to increase local community engagement while contributing to the common good.
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## Inspiration
My inspiring was really just my daily life. I use apps like my fitness pal and libre link to keep track of all these things but I feel like it doesn't paint the whole picture for someone with my condition. I'm really making this app for people like myself who have a challenging time dealing with diabete... | ## Inspiration
Managing diabetes is often cumbersome and many wearables output data across multiple devices. This is often coupled with the fact that it is quite hard to understand and find patterns in fluctuating glucose levels and other essential diabetic metrics at a simple glance. Often when diabetics meet with th... | ## Inspiration
Research shows that maximum people face mental or physical health problems due to their unhealthy daily diet or ignored symptoms at the early stages. This app will help you track your diet and your symptoms daily and provide recommendations to provide you with an overall healthy diet. We were inspired b... | losing |
RadLit was conceived with a singular mission in mind: to demystify the complex medical jargon of radiology reports, making them accessible and understandable to patients. The impetus for this project stemmed from a common problem observed in healthcare settings worldwide: patients often find their radiology reports inc... | ## Inspiration
Electronic health records provide valuable data that can be used to improve the quality of patient care. However, a majority of that data consists of free-form text notes written by doctors, which is difficult to analyze using traditional tools. We wanted to change that by developing a prediction tool t... | ## Inspiration
40 million people in the world are blind, including 20% of all people aged 85 or older. Half a million people suffer paralyzing spinal cord injuries every year. 8.5 million people are affected by Parkinson’s disease, with the vast majority of these being senior citizens. The pervasive difficulty for the... | losing |
## Inspiration
As college students, one of the biggest issues we face in our classes is finding a study group we love and are comfortable in. We created this project to solve this problem.
## What it does
Our website provides an interface for students to create and join study groups, as well as invite their friends ... | ## Inspiration
As university students, we have been noticing issues with very large class sizes. With lectures often being taught to over 400 students, it becomes very difficult and anxiety-provoking to speak up when you don't understand the content. As well, with classes of this size, professors do not have time to a... | ## 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... | partial |
## Inspiration
Presentation inspired by classic chatbots
## What it does
Interfaces with gpt through mindsdb, and engineers the prompt to lead towards leading questions. Saves the query's entered by the user and on a regular interval generates a quiz on topics related to the entries, at the same skill level.
## How... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by the **protégé effect**, a psychological phenomenon where teaching others helps reinforce the student's own understanding. This concept motivated us to create a platform where users can actively learn by teaching an AI model, helping them deepen their comprehension through explanation... | ## Inspiration
In a world where people are continually faced with complicated decisions, our team wanted to see if the latest AI models would be capable of navigating complex social and moral landscapes of the modern day. This inspired our central focus for this project: exploring the intersection of AI and ethical de... | losing |
```
var bae = require('love.js')
```
## Inspiration
It's a hackathon. It's Valentine's Day. Why not.
## What it does
Find the compatibility of two users based on their Github handles and code composition. Simply type the two handles into the given text boxes and see the compatibility of your stacks.
## How I buil... | ## Inspiration
When thinking about how we could make a difference within local communities impacted by Covid-19, what came to mind are our frontline workers. Our doctors, nurses, grocery store workers, and Covid-19 testing volunteers, who have tirelessly been putting themselves and their families on the line. They are... | ## Inspiration: Many people that we know want to get more involved in the community but don't have the time for regular commitments. Furthermore, many volunteer projects require an extensive application, and applications for different organizations vary so it can be a time-consuming and discouraging process. We wanted ... | partial |
## Inspiration
There are thousands of people worldwide who suffer from conditions that make it difficult for them to both understand speech and also speak for themselves. According to the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, the loss of a personal form of expression (through speech) has the capability to impact... | ## 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
Augmented reality can breathe new life into the classroom, bringing extra creativity, interactivity and engagement to any subject. AR learning helps students by decreasing the time it takes to grasp complex topics.
Augmented reality in education can serve a number of purposes. It helps the students easi... | partial |
## 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
The inspiration for our Auto-Teach project stemmed from the growing need to empower both educators and learners with a **self-directed and adaptive** learning environment. We were inspired by the potential to merge technology with education to create a platform that fosters **personalized learning exper... | ## Inspiration
Although each of us came from different backgrounds, we each share similar experiences/challenges during our high school years: it was extremely hard to visualize difficult concepts, much less understand the the various complex interactions. This was most prominent in chemistry, where 3D molecular model... | partial |
## Inspiration
I initially got the basic idea for this project from one of my own experiences during the lockdown period. I had a lot of free time then because everything was work-from-home so I decided to pick up new hobbies like learning a new language. However I quickly lost motivation, and it wasn't very fruitful.... | ## Inspiration
America's unhoused have been underserved by financial technology developments and are in an increasingly difficult situation as the world transitions to electronic payments. We wanted to build the financial infrastructure to support our homeless populations and meet them at their tech level. That's why ... | ## Inspiration
Arcade Bank was inspired by a passion to help people save money or spend it on things that make their lives better instead of impulse buys they later regret.
## What it does
The machine will prompt you to set-up a goal you would like to reach and every time you deposit money into your piggy bank you a... | losing |
# coTA
🐒👀 Monkey see Monkey Learn 🙉🧠 -- scroll and absorb lectures! 📚
## 💡 Inspiration
Do you spend hours on social media platforms? Have you noticed the addictive nature of short-form videos? Have you ever found yourself remembering random facts or content from these videos? Do you ever get lost in those subw... | ## Inspiration
The number of new pharmaceutical drugs approved by the FDA has been declining steadily whilst the cost and timeframe required to deliver new drugs to market have exponentially increased. In response to the increasingly difficult task of discovering new drugs for life-threatening diseases, we propose an ... | # PotholePal
## Pothole Filling Robot - UofTHacks VI
This repo is meant to enable the Pothole Pal proof of concept (POC) to detect changes in elevation on the road using an ultrasonic sensor thereby detecting potholes. This POC is to demonstrate the ability for a car or autonomous vehicle to drive over a surface and ... | partial |
## Inspiration..
This web-app was inspired by our group's interest in internal combustion engines. We are a group of Mechanical Engineering students and in our major course dealing with Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Internal Combustion Engines, it has been difficult for us to visualize the effects of various inpu... | ## 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... | ## Inspiration
A very useful website called when2meet
## What it does
Finds an equally accessible venue for all parties who join the event via share-link
## How we built it
We used Node.js, Google Map APIs and deployed using Google App Engine
## Challenges we ran into
Coming up with a feasible idea for our group... | winning |
You can check out our slideshow [here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tdBm_dqoSoXJAuXFBFdgPqQJ76uBXM1uGz6vjoJeMCc)!
## About
Many people turn to technology, especially dating apps, to find romantic interests in their lives.
One telling sign two people will get along is their interests. However, many people w... | ## Inspiration
Nowadays, large corporations are spending more and more money nowadays on digital media advertising, but their data collection tools have not been improving at the same rate. Nike spent over $3.03 billion on advertising alone in 2014, which amounted to approximately $100 per second, yet they only receiv... | # Tender - watch our video!
## Inspiration
Online dating is frustrating. This because 1) dating strangers is overrated — we are looking in the wrong place and 2) current algorithms value quantity over quality. There are no apps that match people within your network. This is where Tender comes in.
## What it does
Fi... | partial |
## Inspiration
With the debates coming up, we wanted to come up with a way of involving everyone. We all have topics that we want to hear the candidates discuss most of all, and we realised that we could use markov chains to do it!
## What it does
Enter a topic, and watch as we generate a conversation between Hillar... | ## Inspiration
The idea arose from the current political climate. At a time where there is so much information floating around, and it is hard for people to even define what a fact is, it seemed integral to provide context to users during speeches.
## What it does
The program first translates speech in audio into te... | ## Inspiration
To make an app that will help our company, and other companies, gain productivity and save money.
## What it does
Vertask increases employee productivity, and therefore company productivity, by providing an all-inclusive task and scheduling system with tractable metrics. It allows for managers and emp... | partial |
## Intro
Not many people understand Cryptocurrencies - let alone the underlying technology behind most of them, the Blockchain. Using an immersive and friendly UI, we built a easy to understand, realtime visualization of the blockchain in VR space with the Oculus Rift.
## How We Built It
The models in Unreal Engine,... | ## Inspiration
Blockchain has a lot of interesting applications for secure payment and a strong impact on how information is shared. After learning about how Uber sells the location data and travel patterns of passengers for a profit, we wanted to allow each rider and driver to have their own privacy and rights. Talki... | ## Inspiration
We set out to create a fascinating visual art experience for the user. Our work was inspired by “A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style” by Gatys, Ecker, and Bethge. We hope the project will inspire the user to seek artwork in real life, but if they are unable, we have created a way for anyone to enrich t... | partial |
## Inspiration
The inspiration for this project came from my passion for decentralized technology.
One particular niche of decentralization
I am particularly fond of is NFT's and how they
can become a great income stream for artists.
With the theme of the hackathon being
exploration and showing a picture of a rocket
... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration was to provide a robust and user-friendly financial platform. After hours of brainstorming, we decided to create a decentralized mutual fund on mobile devices. We also wanted to explore new technologies whilst creating a product that has several use cases of social impact. Our team used ... | ## Inspiration
As college students, our lives are often filled with music: from studying at home, partying, to commuting. Music is ubiquitous in our lives. However, we find the current process of listening to music and controlling our digital music player pretty mechanical and boring: it’s either clicking or tapping. ... | winning |
## Inspiration
Mental health and depression are some of the most pressing concerns today, especially in teenagers. Consider these alarming facts: Every 100 minutes, a teen takes their own life. 20% of all teens experience depression before adulthood. Only 30% of depressed teens are being treated for it. *(Source: Disc... | ## We got inspired by the lack of motivation household participation in local recycling programs. Many households have the ability to participate in curbside recycling and all have the ability to drop off recycling at a local recycling collection center. We thought if we provide a financial incentive or some form of ga... | ## Inspiration
Mental health is a big issue in society, specifically for millennials. It is still a quite stigmatized topic and our goal was to provide an unobtrusive and subtle tool to help improve your mental health
## What it does
Our application is a journal-writing application where the goal is for the user to ... | partial |
## 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
To do our part to spread awareness and inspire the general public to make adjustments that will improve everyone's air quality. Also wanted to demonstrate that these adjustments are not as challenging and in our simulator, it shows that frequent small top ups go a long way.
## What it does
Our website... | We created this app in light of the recent wildfires that have raged across the west coast. As California Natives ourselves, we have witnessed the devastating effects of these fires first-hand. Not only do these wildfires pose a danger to those living around the evacuation area, but even for those residing tens to hund... | partial |
## Inspiration
InstantGram was born from Wanrong's experience building a consumer product called AI Anywhere. We acquired over 50,000 users without investing in marketing, only through creating social media posts and videos. Although it’s very effective for user acquisition and building customer relationships, we just... | ## Inspiration
Decided to make something easy but fun in a time frame I got to invest
## What it does
It's a simple Computer Vision project using Python OpenCV to doodle on air. It's a fun way to try doodling.
## How we built it
Using Python, numpy, opencv
## What's next for Air Doodle
Improving accuracy and ai ... | ## 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... | losing |
# Privileged
This app was made during nwHacks 2018.
## Proposal
A web application for conducting a ‘privilege walk’. The questions are tailored towards the tech community in North America.
## Social Issue
The Privilege of Not Understanding Privilege.
## Links
The demo app can be found here: [Privileged](http://w... | ## Why we made Time Capsule
Traditional physical photo albums & time capsules are not easily accessible or sharable and are limited in storage capabilities. And while cloud-based photo album services offer remote access, collaborative sharing, and automatic backup, you are not in full control of your photos, there is ... | ## Inspiration
Minority groups in the US and in the world bear the brunt of so much discrimination, hate, harassment, and unfair treatment. The longstanding issues of racial profiling, as well as the rising Asian resentment that is triggered by the ravaging global pandemic, tell us exactly why these groups need streng... | partial |
## Overview
Shelf turns your home pantry into a "smart" pantry--helping you keep track of food items, warning you of items to buy, and making shopping trips simple.
## Motivation
Home automation provides many avenues for improving people's daily lives by performing many small acts that humans often are not well equi... | ## Inspiration
It all started a couple days ago when my brother told me he'd need over an hour to pick up a few items from a grocery store because of the weekend checkout line. This led to us reaching out to other friends of ours and asking them about the biggest pitfalls of existing shopping systems. We got a whole v... | ## Inspiration
As sophomores learning to live independently, we often struggle with finding time for buying **groceries**, choosing **recipes**, and **cooking**. Most of the time, we’ve been very confused about what to make with a limited set of ingredients and a limited budget, and so, much of our food ultimately **g... | partial |
## Aperture
*Share your moments effortlessly*
## Inspiration
Motivated by our personal experiences, we have realized that the current state of the social network app... | ## Inspiration'
One of our team members saw two foxes playing outside a small forest. Eager he went closer to record them, but by the time he was there, the foxes were gone. Wishing he could have recorded them or at least gotten a recording from one of the locals, he imagined a digital system in nature. With the help ... | ## Inspiration
I wanted a platform that incentivizes going outside and taking photos. This also helps with people who want to build a portfolio in photography
## What it does
Every morning, a random photography prompt will appear on the app/website. The users will be able to then go out and take a photo of said prom... | partial |
## Inspiration
There should be an effective way to evaluate company value by examining the individual values of those that make up the company.
## What it does
Simplifies the research process of examining a company by showing it in a dynamic web design that is free-flowing and easy to follow.
## How we built it
It... | ## Inspiration
As University of Waterloo students who are constantly moving in and out of many locations, as well as constantly changing roommates, there are many times when we discovered friction or difficulty in communicating with each other to get stuff done around the house.
## What it does
Our platform allows r... | ## Inspiration
The expense behavior of the user, especially in the age group of 15-29, is towards spending unreasonably amount in unnecessary stuff. So we want them to have a better financial life, and help them understand their expenses better, and guide them towards investing that money into stocks instead.
## What... | winning |
## Inspiration
In today's always-on world, we are more connected than ever. The internet is an amazing way to connect to those close to us, however it is also used to spread hateful messages to others. Our inspiration was taken from a surprisingly common issue among YouTubers and other people prominent on social media... | ## Inspiration
As victims, bystanders and perpetrators of cyberbullying, we felt it was necessary to focus our efforts this weekend on combating an issue that impacts 1 in 5 Canadian teens. As technology continues to advance, children are being exposed to vulgarities online at a much younger age than before.
## What ... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration for T-Error came from the common frustration that tech leads and developers face when debugging problems. Errors can occur frequently, but understanding their patterns and seeing what is really holding your team up can be tough. We wanted to create something that captures these errors in... | winning |
## Inspiration
We believe current reCAPTCHA v.3 has few problems. First, it is actually hard to prove myself to be not robot. It is because Machine Learning is advancing everyday, and ImageToText's (Computer Vision) accuracy is also skyrocketing. Thus, CAPTCHA question images have to be more difficult and vague. Secon... | ## Inspiration
During our brainstorming phase, we cycled through a lot of useful ideas that later turned out to be actual products on the market or completed projects. After four separate instances of this and hours of scouring the web, we finally found our true calling at QHacks: building a solution that determines w... | In the public imagination, the year 1956 brings to mind a number of things – foremost the Hungarian Revolution, and its subsequent bloody suppression. Those of a certain vintage would recall the Suez Crisis, or the debut album of Elvis Presley.
But those in the know would associate 1956 with the Dartmouth workshop, of... | winning |
# 🎯 The Project Story
### 🔍 **About Vanguard**
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, **cybersecurity** is not just important—it's essential! As threats multiply and evolve, security teams need tools that are **agile**, **compact**, and **powerful**. Enter **Vanguard**, our groundbreaking Raspberry Pi-powered vul... | ## Inspiration'
With the rise of IoT devices and the backbone support of the emerging 5G technology, BVLOS drone flights are becoming more readily available. According to CBInsights, Gartner, IBISworld, this US$3.34B market has the potential for growth and innovation.
## What it does
**Reconnaissance drone software ... | ## 💡 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 ... | partial |
## Our Vision
Canada, without a doubt, is one of the greatest countries to live in. Maple Syrup. Hockey. Tim Hortons. Exceptional nice-ness. But perhaps what makes us most Canadian, is our true appreciation of multiculturalism.
Many of us are or have families which have traveled far and wide to be a part of this grea... | ## Inspiration
One of our teammate’s grandfathers suffers from diabetic retinopathy, which causes severe vision loss.
Looking on a broader scale, over 2.2 billion people suffer from near or distant vision impairment worldwide. After examining the issue closer, it can be confirmed that the issue disproportionately affe... | ## Inspiration
The estimated rate of Autism Spectrum Disorder among 5-17 year olds in Canada is 1 in 66. One challenge individuals on the Autism Spectrum face is difficulty detecting emotions on peoples faces. We wanted to build a learning tool that will aid in mapping faces to emotions, in real-time and leveraging in... | winning |
## The Idea Behind the App
When you're grabbing dinner at a restaurant, how do you choose which meal to order?
Perhaps you look at the price, calorie count, or, if you're trying to be environmentally-conscious, the carbon footprint of your meal.
COyou is an Android app which reveals the carbon footprint of the meals... | ## Inspiration
A couple of weeks ago, 3 of us met up at a new Italian restaurant and we started going over the menu. It became very clear to us that there were a lot of options, but also a lot of them didn't match our dietary requirements. And so, we though of Easy Eats, a solution that analyzes the menu for you, to s... | ## Inspiration
What's the best way to get over a road block? To create new solutions? To find a bug in one's code?
We believe it's a fresh pair of eyes. However we live in a world where everyone is incredibly busy and getting personalized attention or tutoring is expensive and time-consuming. We built Plato to bridge ... | winning |
## Inspiration
We love music and we wanted to make a fun game about music.
## What it does
When you open up our app, a random word is chosen from a list of not too common and not too uncommon words. You are given 60 seconds to find as many songs as possible which have that random word in it's lyrics. You are given i... | ## Inspiration
During the early stages of the hackathon, we were listening to music as a group, and were trying to select some songs. However, we were all in slightly different moods and so were feeling different kinds of music. We realized that our current moods played a significant impact in the kind of music we lik... | ## Inspiration
The Riff Off idea comes from the movie series Pitch Perfect. Our game works similar to the Riff Off in the movie, except players select the songs from our song bank and play from there to earn points instead of sing.
## What it does
It is a multiplayer mobile application that works on both iOS and And... | losing |
## Inspiration
The first step of our development process was conducting user interviews with University students within our social circles. When asked of some recently developed pain points, 40% of respondents stated that grocery shopping has become increasingly stressful and difficult with the ongoing COVID-19 pandem... | ## Inspiration
We know the struggles of students. Trying to get to that one class across campus in time. Deciding what to make for dinner. But there was one that stuck out to all of us: finding a study spot on campus. There have been countless times when we wander around Mills or Thode looking for a free space to stud... | ## Inspiration
As university students, we often find that we have groceries in the fridge but we end up eating out and the groceries end up going bad.
## What It Does
After you buy groceries from supermarkets, you can use our app to take a picture of your receipt. Our app will parse through the items in the receipts... | winning |
## Inspiration
Back when I was a freshman, I started working at Rangeview, an aerospace manufacturing startup. There I handled operations, which included accounting. I had absolutely no clue how to do taxes or accounting so I decided to hire an accounting firm. But the process was all very confusing to me. They would ... | ## Inspiration
As students and working professionals, we spend many hours writing essays about our background and qualifications when applying for jobs, accelerators, clubs, and other opportunities. Especially as students at UC Berkeley, we found it is common for students to spend more than 15 hours in a single week s... | ## 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... | losing |
## Inspiration
I was hungry af, and there was a cool post online about NFC cards.
## What it does
Each NFC card is mapped to a topping available from Domino's pizza. Scan each topping you want on an NFC sensor attached to a Raspberry Pi to build your own pizza. Then scan the "end" card, and the Raspberry Pi uses Dom... | Inspiration
The genesis of LeaseEase lies in the escalating housing crisis in Canada, where landlords have increasingly exploited students and other vulnerable groups. Recognizing the urgent need for accessible legal resources, we envisioned LeaseEase as a beacon of support and empowerment. Our goal was to create a too... | # Overview
Ever wish you didn't have to carry those bulky keys around? Well now you can with the super advanced Shrek Swiping System! Designed to take in an RFID Card and automatically open a door for you, we have added a scary Shrek mechanism to make sure nobody will ever try to enter your home or dorm unauthorized e... | partial |
## Inspiration
Yearly millions of dollars in scholarships and financial aid go unclaimed, because students find it difficult to hear about these opportunities. We wanted to create a product that made hearing about financial aid and other opportunities, such as internships, more accessible. We also wanted to combat the... | ## Inspiration
We care about weather and we care about you
## What it does
This is a follower and a reactor to the weather at any moment. Just simply put down the name of a city, you will not only get the basic **weather information** including current temperature, how it feels like, wind speed, humidity, sun rise t... | ## 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... | losing |
## Members
Kara Huynh - choerry#0882
Annabel Chao - Avnapurna#0895
Aayush Shrestha - hawtori#0666
Josh Thomas - AbominableCow#0995
## Inspiration
Since *zoom* university started up, many students (especially those in tech) such as ourselves rely on discord to keep in touch with classmates, or show up to events and h... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to ease the workload and and increase the organization of students when it comes to scheduling and completing tasks. This way, they have one, organized platform where they can store all of the tasks they need to get done, and they can have fun with it by earning points and purchasing features!... | ## **opiCall**
## *the line between O.D. and O.K. is one opiCall away*
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## What it does
Private AMBER alerts for either 911 or a naloxone carrying network
## How we built it
We used Twilio & Dasha AI to send texts and calls, and Firebase & Swift for the iOS app's database and UI itself.
## Challenges we ran i... | losing |
## Inspiration
From news reports on rising domestic medical costs to economic research reports on US healthcare systems, the element of equity in medical costs has been at the forefront of scrutiny and concern amongst government agencies, public health groups, and the general public.
Indeed, the pricing of healthcare... | 🌸 What if patient data could be democratized? Let's restore transparency within bureaucratic medical practices.
## 💡 Inspiration
The fundamental issue with current Electronic Health Records is that they exist in the ownership of completely different practices (ie physicians, specialists, etc...) ~ without universal... | ## Inspiration
Our team firmly believes that a hackathon is the perfect opportunity to learn technical skills while having fun. Especially because of the hardware focus that MakeUofT provides, we decided to create a game! This electrifying project places two players' minds to the test, working together to solve variou... | losing |
## Inspiration
On the trip to HackWestern, we were looking for ideas for the hackathon. We were looking for things in life that can be improved and also existing products which are not so convenient to use.
Jim was using Benjamin's phone and got the inspiration to make a dedicated two factor authentication device, si... | ## 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... | # About Our Project
## Inspiration:
Since forming our group, we identified early that the majority of our team's strengths were in back-end development. David told us about his interest in cybersecurity and shared some interesting resources regarding it, from there we had an idea, we just had to figure out what we co... | partial |
## Inspiration
In times of disaster, the capacity of rigid networks like cell service and internet dramatically decreases at the same time demand increases as people try to get information and contact loved ones. This can lead to crippled telecom services which can significantly impact first responders in disaster str... | ## Inspiration
We've all heard horror stories of people with EVs running out of battery during a trip and not being able to find a charging station. Then, even if they do find one they have to wait so long for their car ot charge it throws off their whole trip. We wanted to make that process better for EV owners.
## ... | ## 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... | partial |
## Inspiration
We were inspired to make Anchor in hopes to promote positive, healthy mental and physical health. Being in the middle of the pandemic, we were also inspired to add virtual collaborative features to still encourage active living but in the safety of our homes.
## What it does
Anchor is a personal worko... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration of our game came from the arcade game Cyclone, where the goal is to click the button when the LED lands on a signaled part of the circle.
## What it does
The goal of our game is to click the button when the LED reaches a designated part of the circle (the very last LED). Upon successfu... | ## Inspiration
Feeling major self-doubt when you first start hitting the gym or injuring yourself accidentally while working out are not uncommon experiences for most people. This inspired us to create Core, a platform to empower our users to take control of their well-being by removing the financial barriers around f... | losing |
## Inspiration
In a world where the voices of the minority are often not heard, technology must be adapted to fit the equitable needs of these groups. Picture the millions who live in a realm of silence, where for those who are deaf, you are constantly silenced and misinterpreted. Of the 50 million people in the Unite... | ## Inspiration
Alex K's girlfriend Allie is a writer and loves to read, but has had trouble with reading for the last few years because of an eye tracking disorder. She now tends towards listening to audiobooks when possible, but misses the experience of reading a physical book.
Millions of other people also struggle... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by the fact that **diversity in disability is often overlooked** - individuals who are hard-of-hearing or deaf and use **American Sign Language** do not have many tools that support them in learning their language. Because of the visual nature of ASL, it's difficult to translate between... | winning |
## Inspiration
Inspired by pickup sports and a desire to have an easy interface to see where games may be.
## What it does
Allows people to start 'events' on a map which will be visible to the other users of the app. The other users can then join the 'lobby' of the first users event, showing the other users that two... | ## Inspiration
"*Agua.*" These four letters dropped Coca-Cola's market value by $4 billion dollars in just a few minutes. In a 2021 press conference, Cristiano Ronaldo shows just how much impact public opinion has on corporate finance. We all know about hedge fund managers who have to analyze and trade stocks every wa... | ## Inspiration
The only thing worse than no WiFi is slow WiFi. Many of us have experienced the frustrations of terrible internet connections. We have too, so we set out to create a tool to help users find the best place around to connect.
## What it does
Our app runs in the background (completely quietly) and maps o... | losing |
## Inspiration
The internet is filled with user-generated content, and it has become increasingly difficult to manage and moderate all of the text that people are producing on a platform. Large companies like Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit leverage their massive scale and abundance of resources to aid in their modera... | ## Inspiration
Companies lack insight into their users, audiences, and marketing funnel.
This is an issue I've run into on many separate occasions. Specifically,
* while doing cold marketing outbound, need better insight onto key variables of successful outreach
* while writing a blog, I have no idea who reads it
* ... | ## Inspiration
This past year, we've seen the effects of uncontrolled algorithmic amplification on society. From widespread [riot-inciting misinformation on Facebook](https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21183341/facebook-misinformation-report-nathalie-marechal) to the explosive growth of TikTok - a platform that serves... | winning |
## Inspiration
Kimoyo is named after the kimoyo beads in Black Panther-- they're beads that allow you to start a 3D video call right in the palm of your hand. Hologram communication, or "holoportation" as we put it, is not a new idea in movies. Similar scenes occur in Star Wars and in Kingsman, for example. However, h... | ## Inspiration
Save plate is an app that focuses on narrowing the equity differences in society.It is made with the passion to solve the SDG goals such as zero hunger, Improving life on land, sustainable cities and communities and responsible consumption and production.
## What it does
It helps give a platform to fo... | ## Inspiration
The idea addresses a very natural curiosity to live and experience the world as someone else, and out of the progress with the democratization of VR with the Cardboard, we tried to create a method for people to "upload" their life to others. The name is a reference to Sharon Creech's quote on empathy in... | partial |
## Inspiration
Merely a week into freshman year, my teammates and I had realized how difficult it was to find classmates to work on problem sets together. Many of our classes had hundreds of students, and it wasn’t easy to find people who lived near us to work with. For each person talking about how happy they were th... | ## 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
As university students, we have been noticing issues with very large class sizes. With lectures often being taught to over 400 students, it becomes very difficult and anxiety-provoking to speak up when you don't understand the content. As well, with classes of this size, professors do not have time to a... | losing |
## Inspiration
Jessica here - I came up with the idea for BusPal out of expectation that the skill has already existed. With my Amazon Echo Dot, I was already doing everything from checking the weather to turning off and on my lights with Amazon skills and routines. The fact that she could not check when my bus to sch... | ## Inspiration
One of our teammate’s grandfathers suffers from diabetic retinopathy, which causes severe vision loss.
Looking on a broader scale, over 2.2 billion people suffer from near or distant vision impairment worldwide. After examining the issue closer, it can be confirmed that the issue disproportionately affe... | ## Inspiration
Since the beginning of the hackathon, all of us were interested in building something related to helping the community. Initially we began with the idea of a trash bot, but quickly realized the scope of the project would make it unrealistic. We eventually decided to work on a project that would help eas... | winning |
## Intro
Not many people understand Cryptocurrencies - let alone the underlying technology behind most of them, the Blockchain. Using an immersive and friendly UI, we built a easy to understand, realtime visualization of the blockchain in VR space with the Oculus Rift.
## How We Built It
The models in Unreal Engine,... | ## Inspiration
We are a group of friends who are interested in cryptography and Bitcoin in general but did not have a great understanding. However, attending Sonr's panel gave us a lot of inspiration because they made the subject more digestible and easier to understand. We also wanted to do something similar but add ... | ## Inspiration
We are all software/game devs excited by new and unexplored game experiences. We originally came to PennApps thinking of building an Amazon shopping experience in VR, but eventaully pivoted to Project Em - a concept we all found mroe engaging. Our swtich was motivated by the same force that is driving u... | partial |
## Inspiration
The idea for SafeOStroll came from those moments of unease many of us experience while walking alone at night. Imagine heading home after a long day or en route to meet friends. You pass through an area that feels unsafe, glancing over your shoulder, alert to every sound. That lingering sense of vulnera... | ## Inspiration
As college kids who often have late classes and extracurricular activities, we wanted to create an app that reassures our safety.
## What it does
SafeRoute allows the user to enter their start and end location. The app then tracks the user's location as they walk along the route. If the user deviates ... | ## Inspiration
One of our teammate’s grandfathers suffers from diabetic retinopathy, which causes severe vision loss.
Looking on a broader scale, over 2.2 billion people suffer from near or distant vision impairment worldwide. After examining the issue closer, it can be confirmed that the issue disproportionately affe... | losing |
## Inspiration
Have you ever run into the situation where you are trying to find a roommate that you are compatible with and that your current roommates will like as well? Are you tired of having the same discussion with each other roommate trying to pick the best candidate, whether it is online or offline?
## What i... | ## Inspiration
As roommates, we found that keeping track of our weekly chore schedule and house expenses was a tedious process, more tedious than we initially figured.
Though we created a Google Doc to share among us to keep the weekly rotation in line with everyone, manually updating this became hectic and cumbersom... | ## Inspiration
We have to make a lot of decisions, all the time- whether it's choosing your next hackathon project idea, texting your ex or not, writing an argumentative essay, or settling a debate. Sometimes, you need the cold hard truth. Sometimes, you need someone to feed into your delusions. But sometimes, you nee... | partial |
## Inspiration
In an era of endless short-form content, it's easy to become overwhelmed. Our inspiration springs from a desire to use this attention-capturing format for good. We believe that short-form content is not just a trend but a powerful tool for education, one that can adapt to the fast-paced lifestyle of mod... | ## Inspiration
It took way too long to add a new friend on every single social media upon one encounter. So I wanted to eliminate all this time waste every single time I wanted to connect with someone.
## What it does
It saves users time connecting by selecting exactly which social medias they want to connect with a... | ## Inspiration
**With the world producing more waste then ever recorded, sustainability has become a very important topic of discussion.** Whether that be social, environmental, or economic, sustainability has become a key factor in how we design products and how we plan for the future. Especially during the pandemic,... | losing |
## Inspiration
**Affordable Delivery to every Canadian**
## What it does
The USP of this application is affordable delivery for every Canadian. The cost of home delivery of items ranges from about $10 - $20, however using this application the delivery cost can be brought down to about $2-$3. The reason being the del... | ## 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... | ## Inspiration
These days, Emergency Response times for Ambulances have hiked to a whopping **150%** with **Covid19** positive patients asked to stay home for more than 2-3 days. Patients dealing with real emergencies often are receiving their ambulances late. Every second matters, and we can’t afford to lose a life b... | losing |
## Inspiration
Presentation inspired by classic chatbots
## What it does
Interfaces with gpt through mindsdb, and engineers the prompt to lead towards leading questions. Saves the query's entered by the user and on a regular interval generates a quiz on topics related to the entries, at the same skill level.
## How... | With months spent at home, many of us have spent many hours curating various playlists to reflect our moods. For this hackathon, we decided to streamline this process, and create a web app that can offer new playlists for people to listen to.
Our project, moodify, can detect the user's mood through auditory or written... | ## Inspiration
Imagine you're sitting in your favorite coffee shop and a unicorn startup idea pops into your head. You open your laptop and choose from a myriad selection of productivity tools to jot your idea down. It’s so fresh in your brain, you don’t want to waste any time so, fervently you type, thinking of your ... | losing |
## Inspiration
Our inspiration was Find My by Apple. It allows you to track your Apple devices and see them on a map giving you relevant information such as last time pinged, distance, etc.
## What it does
Picks up signals from beacons using the Eddystone protocol. Using this data, it will display the beacon's possi... | # F.I.R.E.N.E.T: The Life-Saving Mission
## Inspiration 🎯
We were inspired by the growing threat of wildfires like the recent Maui and California fires. Quick, informed decision-making during evacuations is critical, and the need for a reliable, real-time system became evident. Thus, F.I.R.E.N.E.T was born.
## What... | ## Inspiration
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains unacceptably low worldwide, and it is the leading cause of death in developed countries. Sudden cardiac arrest takes more lives than HIV and lung and breast cancer combined in the U.S., where survival from cardiac arrest averages about 6% overall, tak... | losing |
# DashLab
DashLab is a way for individuals and businesses to share and collaborate within a data-driven environment through a real-time data visualization dashboard web application.
# The Overview
Within any corporate environment you'll find individuals working on some sort of analysis or analytics projects in gener... | ### FOR EVALUATORS/SPONSORS:
Scroll down for a handy guide to navigating our repository and our project's assets.
## 💥 How it all started
I'm sure we're all well aware that having an informed response to an epidemic is crucial. The viral outbreak simulations that currently inform these responses are largely rules an... | ## BLOODHOUND MASK
**What it does**
The Bloodhound Mask was developed to increase safety in consumer grade breathing masks. By using an array of sensors, we're able to measure the quality of the air the user is breathing while wearing the mask. If unsafe air is being breathed, a buzzer is set off to alert the user to... | partial |
## How the internet of things can build more healthy, livable, and walkable cities
**The dream of walkable cities and livable downtown areas.**
* Desire by cities to transform themselves into modern high density living environments.
* Long commutes, concerns about the environment, and changing cultural attitudes are ... | ## Inspiration
Air pollution events––both large scale and small––have a daily impact on our lives. From the recent fires in California to everyday vehicle exhaust, there's often a lot more in what we breath than just air. After consulting with professors, we learned that current sensor products can't often account for... | ## Inspiration
We got lost so many times inside MIT... And no one could help us :( No Google Maps, no Apple Maps, NO ONE. Since now, we always dreamed about the idea of a more precise navigation platform working inside buildings. And here it is. But that's not all: as traffic GPS usually do, we also want to avoid the ... | partial |
## Inspiration
The name of our web app, Braeburn, is named after a lightly colored red apple that was once used with green Granny Smith apples to test for colorblindness. We were inspired to create a tool to benefit individuals who are colorblind by helping to make public images more accessible. We realized that thing... | ## Inspiration
One of our teammate’s grandfathers suffers from diabetic retinopathy, which causes severe vision loss.
Looking on a broader scale, over 2.2 billion people suffer from near or distant vision impairment worldwide. After examining the issue closer, it can be confirmed that the issue disproportionately affe... | ## Inspiration
Our project aims to democratize algorithmic trading and the data associated with it to capture a 150 billion dollar a month trade volume and aim it towards transparency and purpose. Our project is a culmination of the technical depth and breadth of a new step forward in technology. We really wanted to o... | winning |
## Inspiration
The biggest irony today is despite the advent of the internet, students and adults are more oblivious than ever to world events, and one can easily understand why. Of course, Facebook, YouTube, and League will be more interesting than reading Huffington Post; coupled with the empirical decrease in the a... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to allow financial investors and people of political backgrounds to save valuable time reading financial and political articles by showing them what truly matters in the article, while highlighting the author's personal sentimental/political biases.
We also wanted to promote objectivity and ne... | ## Inspiration
Due to COVID-19, millions of students across the world have been forced to quickly adapt to video lectures and online education. To ease this transition and make studying more efficient, we wanted to help students by summarizing their lecture transcripts while also capturing the full lecture transcript ... | winning |
## Inspiration
The inspiration behind our innovative personal desk assistant was ignited by the fond memories of Furbys, those enchanting electronic companions that captivated children's hearts in the 2000s. These delightful toys, resembling a charming blend of an owl and a hamster, held an irresistible appeal, becomi... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by Katie's 3-month hospital stay as a child when she had a difficult-to-diagnose condition. During that time, she remembers being bored and scared -- there was nothing fun to do and no one to talk to. We also looked into the larger problem and realized that 10-15% of kids in hospitals d... | ## Inspiration
Imagine a world where learning is as easy as having a conversation with a friend. Picture a tool that unlocks the treasure trove of educational content on YouTube, making it accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or expertise. This is exactly what our hackathon project brings to life.
*... | winning |
## Inspiration
Our inspiration for this project came from our strong interest in real estate finance. After searching for rental investment opportunities and other ways to profit off real estate, we realized that there was no centralized source that generated the financial information we were looking for. For this rea... | # Introducing Our Groundbreaking Wearable Tech Device
In our quest to revolutionize the future, we've developed an innovative wearable tech device that goes beyond conventional solutions. Our device is meticulously crafted to empower individuals with accessibility requirements and their caregivers with advanced featur... | ## 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... | losing |
## Discord contact
* Nand Vinchhi - vinchhi
* Advay Choudhury - pdy.gn
* Rushil Madhu - rushil695
## Inspiration
Over the past few years, social media platforms like Tiktok and Instagram reels have used short-form content to take over the entertainment industry. Though this hyper-optimized form of content is engagin... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration for Hivemind stemmed from personal frustration with the quality of available lectures and resources, which were often insufficient for effective learning. This led us to rely entirely on ChatGPT to teach ourselves course material from start to finish. We realized the immense value of tai... | ## Inspiration
Inspired by a team member's desire to study through his courses by listening to his textbook readings recited by his favorite anime characters, functionality that does not exist on any app on the market, we realized that there was an opportunity to build a similar app that would bring about even deeper ... | partial |
## 🌍 Background
Unlike the traditional profit-orientated approach in financial investing, responsible investing is a relatively new concept that expressly recognizes the importance of environmental, social, and governance aspects to the investor and the long-term health and stability of the market (Cambridge Institut... | ## Inspiration
As the world grapples with challenges like climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality, it has become imperative for organizations to not only understand their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts but also to benchmark and improve upon them. However, one of the most signific... | ## Inspiration
We have a problem! We have a new generation of broke philanthropists.
The majority of students do not have a lot of spare cash so it can be challenging for them to choose between investing in their own future or the causes that they believe in to build a better future for others.
On the other hand, la... | partial |
## Inspiration
Learning a new instrument is hard. Inspired by games like Guitar Hero, we wanted to make a fun, interactive music experience but also have it translate to actually learning a new instrument. We chose the violin because most of our team members had never touched a violin prior to this hackathon. Learning... | # Megafind
## Summary
Megafind is a webapp based platform for hosting live lecture sessions. Professors can begin a session that students in the lecture can join using some provided passcode. Upon joining the live session, students gain access to multiple features that provide an enhanced lecture experience. The dash... | ## 💡 Inspiration 💡
Music has always been inspirational in our lives, it breaks down barriers and unifies people all around the world. The combination of harmony and sound stimulates brain activity. We wanted to use this as a method of helping people overcome physical challenges in a fun and interactive way. These ph... | winning |
## Inspiration
With a vision to develop an innovative solution for portable videography, Team Scope worked over this past weekend to create a device that allows for low-cost, high-quality, and stable motion and panoramic photography for any user. Currently, such equipment exists only for high-end dslr cameras, is expe... | ## 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 ... | ## Inspiration
Currently, personal health data transfer is a very tedious process. It could hardly be transferred between different medical systems. Patients and doctors would have to go through heavy paperwork which often takes up a lot of time. Moreover, the healthcare industry is dominated by big firms which would ... | partial |
## Inspiration 🤔
The brain, the body's command center, orchestrates every function, but damage to this vital organ in contact sports often goes unnoticed. Studies show that 99% of football players are diagnosed with CTE, 87% of boxers have experienced at least one concussion, and 15-30% of hockey injuries are brain-r... | ## 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
Inspired by wearable technology and smart devices, RollX introduces a new way to control everyday technology using the familiar platform of a wristwatch.
## What it does
RollX is a custom built wearable controller with an embedded accelerometer and gyroscope. The embedded software takes the sensor inf... | winning |
## Inspiration 💡
What should I cook with what’s left in the fridge? What should I eat to meet my fitness goals? How can I prepare simple and nutritious meals? Our team recognizes that these are struggles that many people, especially university students, have in their everyday life.
To address this issue with modern ... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to bring Augmented Reality technologies to an unexpecting space; challenging ourselves to think outside of the box. We were looking for somewhere where user experience could be dramatically improved.
## What it does
Our AR mobile application recognizes DocuSigns QR codes and allows you to ei... | # Omakase
*"I'll leave it up to you"*
## Inspiration
On numerous occasions, we have each found ourselves staring blankly into the fridge with no idea of what to make. Given some combination of ingredients, what type of good food can I make, and how?
## What It Does
We have built an app that recommends recipes base... | losing |
## Inspiration
In 2012 in the U.S infants and newborns made up 73% of hospitals stays and 57.9% of hospital costs. This adds up to $21,654.6 million dollars. As a group of students eager to make a change in the healthcare industry utilizing machine learning software, we thought this was the perfect project for us. Sta... | ## Inspiration
We were heavily focused on the machine learning aspect and realized that we lacked any datasets which could be used to train a model. So we tried to figure out what kind of activity which might impact insurance rates that we could also collect data for right from the equipment which we had.
## What it ... | ## Inspiration
In the United States, every 11 seconds, a senior is treated in the emergency room for a fall. Every 19 minutes, an older adult dies from a fall, directly or indirectly. Deteriorating balance is one of the direct causes of falling in seniors. This epidemic will only increase, as the senior population wil... | winning |
## Inspiration
Social-distancing is hard, but little things always add up.
What if person X is standing too close to person Y in the c-mart, and then person Y ends up in the hospital for more than a month battling for their lives? Not finished, that c-mart gets shut down for contaminated merchandise.
All this happen... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration comes from many of our own experiences with dealing with mental health and self-care, as well as from those around us. We know what it's like to lose track of self-care, especially in our current environment, and wanted to create a digital companion that could help us in our journey of u... | ## Inspiration
Integration for patients into society: why can't it be achieved? This is due to the lack of attempts to combine medical solutions and the perspectives of patients in daily use. More specifically, we notice fields in aid to visual disabilities lack efficiency, as the most common option for patients with ... | partial |
## Inspiration
Currently, physical therapy is not easily accessible to underrepresented segmentations such as rural patients, elderly patients, cost sensitive patients, disabled patients, and patients with a language barrier.
Additionally, as a physical therapist, you will teach your patients the proper form for their... | # Motion's Creation: Bringing Precision to Yoga
## Inspiration
While exploring potential ideas, MoveNet caught our attention with its capabilities for accurately tracking human movement. We recognized an opportunity: to provide wellness within reach for all through real-time feedback. Motion aspires to make wellness ... | ## Inspiration
JAGT Move originally came forth as an idea after one of our members injured himself trying to perform a basic exercise move he wasn't used to. The project has pivoted around over time, but the idea of applying new technologies to help people perform poses has remained.
## What it does
The project comp... | losing |
## Inspiration
We wanted to make the world a better place by giving patients control over their own data and allow easy and intelligent access of patient data.
## What it does
We have built an intelligent medical record solution where we provide insights on reports saved in the application and also make the personal... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired to create our product because of one of our teammate's recent experience in our healthcare system. After a particularly bad bike accident, he went to the emergency department to be checked on but faced egregious wait times due to inefficiencies within the hospital. Unfortunately, the me... | ## Inspiration
We have a desire to spread awareness surrounding health issues in modern society. We also love data and the insights in can provide, so we wanted to build an application that made it easy and fun to explore the data that we all create and learn something about being active and healthy.
## What it does
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## Inspiration
The theme for PennApps XVII is "retro," so we decided to dive head first into all things neon, funky, analog, and furby. We created the ultimate hyperstylized interactive jukebox. You're welcome, dad.
## What it does
FunkBud not only plays some of the greatest hits of bygone decades, but allows anyone... | ## Inspiration
A love of music production, the obscene cost of synthesizers, and the Drive soundtrack
## What it does
In its simplest form, it is a synthesizer. It creates a basic wave using wave functions and runs it through a series of custom filters to produce a wide range of sounds. Finally the sounds are bound ... | ## Inspiration
An individual living in Canada wastes approximately 183 kilograms of solid food per year. This equates to $35 billion worth of food. A study that asked why so much food is wasted illustrated that about 57% thought that their food goes bad too quickly, while another 44% of people say the food is past the... | partial |
## Inspiration
Often times we need to send a picture or an attachment from our laptop to our phone, but there is no established way of doing so. Personally, we use Facebook Messenger on one device to send said attachment in a conversation with ourself (yes, this is lonely) and open Messenger on the other device to sav... | ## Inspiration
We are fascinated by the pressing issues in environmental sustainability today. All growing up in green-driven cities in Canada, we feel almost useless in a completely different setting reading about tragic environmental events in current news. Learning about Amazon fires, consistent deforestation, poll... | ## Inspiration
Almost all undergraduate students, especially at large universities like the University of California Berkeley, will take a class that has a huge lecture format, with several hundred students listening to a single professor speak. At Berkeley, students (including three of us) took CS61A, the introductor... | losing |
## Inspiration
Due to this pandemic, quarantine is our last resort which eventually increases physical
inactivity which results in Physical and Mental problems.
So, it becomes more necessary to take care of ourselves in this time and Yoga proves to be very
helpful in getting rid of all the problems.
Since it is very i... | ## Inspiration
Last week, we read an interview of Dr. Sue Desmond, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who talked about the use of technology as a tool to improve outcomes in health.
During the opening ceremonies of YHack, a speaker prompted "What's next?" and thus, insights started developing in our minds th... | ## Inspiration
Our solution was named on remembrance of Mother Teresa
## What it does
Robotic technology to assist nurses and doctors in medicine delivery, patient handling across the hospital, including ICU’s. We are planning to build an app in Low code/No code that will help the covid patients to scan themselves a... | losing |
## Inspiration
We want to share the beauty of the [Curry-Howard isomorphism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry%E2%80%93Howard_correspondence) and automated proof checking with beginning programmers. The concepts of Types and Formal Proofs are central to many aspects of computer science. ProofLang is to Agda the way ... | ## Inspiration
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains unacceptably low worldwide, and it is the leading cause of death in developed countries. Sudden cardiac arrest takes more lives than HIV and lung and breast cancer combined in the U.S., where survival from cardiac arrest averages about 6% overall, tak... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by Xcode's Swift playground, which evaluates code live in a sidebar.
## What it does
This is an extension for Atom that evaluates Python code and presents it live next to the corresponding line in the code editor. Thus, the user can see how every variable is changed as the user is typ... | partial |
# Travel Itinerary Generator
## Inspiration
Traveling is an experience that many cherish, but planning for it can often be overwhelming. With countless events, places to visit, and activities, it's easy to miss out on experiences that could have made the trip even more memorable. This realization inspired us to creat... | ## Inspiration
We always that moment when you're with your friends, have the time, but don't know what to do! Well, SAJE will remedy that.
## What it does
We are an easy-to-use website that will take your current location, interests, and generate a custom itinerary that will fill the time you have to kill. Based aro... | ## Inspiration
Living in the big city, we're often conflicted between the desire to get more involved in our communities, with the effort to minimize the bombardment of information we encounter on a daily basis. NoteThisBoard aims to bring the user closer to a happy medium by allowing them to maximize their insights i... | partial |
## Inspiration
In recent years, particularly during the pandemic, thrifted fashion has experienced a resurgence in popularity. The rise of #ThriftTok, amassing over 1.6 billion views, and the unprecedented foot traffic in thrift stores have played a pivotal role in promoting sustainable practices such as upcycling and... | ## 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 is saddened by the fact that so many people think that COVID-19 is obsolete when the virus is still very much relevant and impactful to us. We recognize that there are still a lot of people around the world that are quarantining—which can be a very depressing situation to be in. We wanted ... | losing |
## Inspiration
As a college student, it's easy to constantly eat out and forget what we're putting in our bodies.
## What it does
## How we built it
## Challenges we ran into
## Accomplishments that we're proud of
## What we learned
## What's next for SudoChef | TBD, still a work in progress
## Inspiration
## What it does
## How I built it
## Challenges I ran into
## Accomplishments that I'm proud of
## What I learned
## What's next for Dodge The React | # ✨ Inspiration | partial |
## Inspiration
We wanted to ease the complicated prescription medicine process, especially for elderly people who have to juggle multiple prescriptions at the same time.
## What it does
The AutoMed dispenses medication, at the right time, in the right quantity for the patient. It prevents the patient from taking the... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration behind Sampson is the abuse and overuse of prescription drugs. This can come in both the form of accidental and on purpose. Our team’s main focus is on assisting patients that are not able responsibly manage their own medication. Often this is a big issue with Alzheimer's or Dementia pat... | ## 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... | partial |
## Inspiration
In a world full of so much info but limited time as we are so busy and occupied all the time, we wanted to create a tool that helps students make the most of their learning—quickly and effectively. We imagined a platform that could turn complex material into digestible, engaging content tailored for a f... | ## Inspiration
Today, anything can be learned on the internet with just a few clicks. Information is accessible anywhere and everywhere- one great resource being Youtube videos. However accessibility doesn't mean that our busy lives don't get in the way of our quest for learning.
TLDR: Some videos are too long, and s... | ## Inspiration
We know the struggles of students. Trying to get to that one class across campus in time. Deciding what to make for dinner. But there was one that stuck out to all of us: finding a study spot on campus. There have been countless times when we wander around Mills or Thode looking for a free space to stud... | partial |
## Inspiration
Have you ever wondered what's actually in your shampoo or body wash? Have you ever been concerned about the toxicity of certain chemicals in them on your body and to the environment?
If you answered yes, you came to the right place. Welcome to the wonderful world of Goodgredients! 😀
Goodgredients pro... | ## Inspiration
The majority of cleaning products in the United States contain harmful chemicals. Although many products pass EPA regulations, it is well known that many products still contain chemicals that can cause rashes, asthma, allergic reactions, and even cancer. It is important that the public has easy access t... | ## Inspiration
Memory athletes retain large amounts of information using mnemonics, story-telling, and visualizations. Picture Pathway aims to emulate this studying methodology and bring it into the classroom!
## What it does
Picture Pathway is a student-teacher platform. Teachers submit the problem they would like ... | partial |
## Inspiration
Aravind doesn't speak Chinese. When Nick and Jon speak in Chinese Aravind is sad. We want to solve this problem for all the Aravinds in the world -- not just for Chinese though, for any language!
## What it does
TranslatAR allows you to see English (or any other language of your choice) subtitles when... | ## Inspiration
Want to take advantage of the AR and object detection technologies to help people to gain safer walking experiences and communicate distance information to help people with visual loss navigate.
## What it does
Augment the world with the beeping sounds that change depending on your proximity towards o... | ## Inspiration
We've all been in situations where we can't understand what someone is saying. What if you want to talk to someone but your ears are full or you're hard of hearing? We set out to make an easier way to hear someone in person: real-time subtitles using augmented reality.
## What it does
Now with this ap... | winning |
## Inspiration
Sharing a meal with others has always been a powerful mode of connecting people together, transcending historically divisive cultural and social constructs. Digging deep into “the making of a meal” is what served as our food for thought.
In a rapidly accelerating digital world, loneliness has become an... | ## 🌍 Inspiration Behind visioncraft.ai 🚀
When staring at the increasing heaps of discarded gadgets and electronics, a question invariably arose in our minds: "Can we make a difference here?" 🤔❓
Introducing... the tech waste dilemma. It's no secret that our world is swamped with discarded tech. These devices, once ... | ## Inspiration
“**Social media sucks these days.**” — These were the first few words we heard from one of the speakers at the opening ceremony, and they struck a chord with us.
I’ve never genuinely felt good while being on my phone, and like many others I started viewing social media as nothing more than a source of ... | losing |
## Inspiration
The three of us all love music and podcasts. Coming from very diverse backgrounds, we all enjoy listening to content from a variety of places all around the globe. We wanted to design a platform where users can easily find new content from anywhere to enable cultural interconnectivity.
## What it does
... | ## About the Project
### TLDR:
Caught a fish? Take a snap. Our AI-powered app identifies the catch, keeps track of stats, and puts that fish in your 3d, virtual, interactive aquarium! Simply click on any fish in your aquarium, and all its details — its rarity, location, and more — appear, bringing your fishing memori... | ## Inspiration
Music has become a crucial part of people's lives, and they want customized playlists to fit their mood and surroundings. This is especially true for drivers who use music entertain themselves on their journey and to stay alert.
Based off of personal experience and feedback from our peers, we realized t... | winning |
## Inspiration
In the context of the pandemic, when we've been spending more time at home and looking to watch nice movies, we've often found ourselves indecisive and wasting precious time mindlessly scrolling through lists of content. We decided to take matters into our own hands and make a website with a robust yet ... | ## Inspiration 🔥
Last year, in Canada alone:
* Over 230,000 persons were evacuated because of potential dangers to life and health.
* 6,623 wildland fires burned more than 15 million hectares of Canada’s managed forests.
[source](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/forests/wildland-fires-insec... | ## Inspiration
We know the struggles of students. Trying to get to that one class across campus in time. Deciding what to make for dinner. But there was one that stuck out to all of us: finding a study spot on campus. There have been countless times when we wander around Mills or Thode looking for a free space to stud... | losing |
## Inspiration
Business cards haven't changed in years, but cARd can change this! Inspired by the rise of augmented reality applications, we see potential for creative networking. Next time you meet someone at a conference, a career fair, etc., simply scan their business card with your phone and watch their entire onl... | ## Inspiration
The whiteboard or chalkboard is an essential tool in instructional settings - to learn better, students need a way to directly transport code from a non-text medium to a more workable environment.
## What it does
Enables someone to take a picture of handwritten or printed text converts it directly to ... | static project | winning |
## Inspiration
Where does our money go each month? Many students struggle with personal finance due to poor financial literacy skills. As business students, we wanted to help support students with an easier way to manage their finances.
## What it does
Budget Buddy is a visual dashboard that makes it easy to underst... | ## Problem | Inspiration
Vehicle theft is a serious threat to public safety and could cost up to billions of dollars on a yearly basis. In Canada, a car is stolen every 6 minutes according to the Insurance Bureau. Ontario, as it stands, was ranked first in Canada in 2020 with about 24000 car thefts (<http://www.ibc.ca... | ## Foreword
Before we begin, a **very big thank you** to the NVIDIA Jetson team for their generosity in making this project submission possible.
## Inspiration
Nearly 100% of sight-assistance devices for the blind fall into just two categories: Voice assistants for navigation, and haptic feedback devices for directi... | losing |
### Overview
Resililink is a node-based mesh network leveraging LoRa technology to facilitate communication in disaster-prone regions where traditional infrastructure, such as cell towers and internet services, is unavailable. The system is designed to operate in low-power environments and cover long distances, ensuri... | The simple pitch behind ResQ: disaster recovery and evacuation are hard.
People crowd the streets making it difficult to quickly evacuate an area. Additionally, for those who choose not to evacuate, they face the possibility of being difficult to find for rescuers. What we've built is a 3 pronged approach.
1. ResQ Re... | ## Inspiration
## What it does
ResQ is a holistic natural disaster recovery tool.
-Officials (FEMA, Red Cross, etc.) can manage their resource centers on a WebApp: by managing the distribution of resources, the location of distressed individuals, and publicly sourced alerts.
-Private Citizens can use a mobile app as... | winning |
## 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
it's really fucking cool that big LLMs (ChatGPT) are able to figure out on their own how to use various tools to accomplish tasks.
for example, see Toolformer: Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Use Tools (<https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.04761>)
this enables a new paradigm self-assembling software: m... | ## 💡 Inspiration 💡
Mental health is a growing concern in today's population, especially in 2023 as we're all adjusting back to civilization again as COVID-19 measures are largely lifted. With Cohere as one of our UofT Hacks X sponsors this weekend, we want to explore the growing application of natural language proce... | winning |
## Inspiration
I'm taking a class called How To Make (Almost) Anything that will go through many aspects of digital fabrication and embedded systems. For the first assignment we had to design a model for our final project trying out different modeling software. As a beginner, I decided to take the opportunity to learn... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to build a shooter that many friends could play together. We didn't want to settle for something that was just functional, so we added the craziest game mechanic we could think of to maximize the number of problems we would run into: a map that has no up or down, only forward. The aesthetic of... | ## Inspiration
BThere emerged from a genuine desire to strengthen friendships by addressing the subtle challenges in understanding friends on a deeper level. The team recognized that nuanced conversations often go unnoticed, hindering meaningful support and genuine interactions. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic... | losing |
## 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 ... | ## 💡 Inspiration 💡
Some of our team members have played musical instruments in the past. They know the pain of stopping or pausing while playing the music to flip over their music sheet. Using the hands to flip over a music sheet is not ideal since the hands should be on the instrument to play the music at all times... | ## 💡 Inspiration 💡
Have you ever wished you could play the piano perfectly? Well, instead of playing yourself, why not get Ludwig to play it for you? Regardless of your ability to read sheet music, just upload it to Ludwig and he'll scan, analyze, and play the entire sheet music within the span of a few seconds! Som... | partial |
# Inspiration 💡
Every day, doctors across the globe use advanced expertise and decades of medical breakthroughs to diagnose patients and craft unique prescriptions. The inspiration for this mobile application stems from the irony that the result of such precision is without fail, the chicken scratch found on a doctor... | ## Inspiration:
The human effort of entering details from a paper form to a computer led us to brainstorm and come up with this idea which takes away the hassle of the information collection phase.
## What it does?
The application accepts an image / pdf of a medical form and analyses it to find the information which... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to create a tool for positive connections through the internet - one nice message can change a life.
## Why we think this matters
We recognized the profound impact that small sayings - innocuous remarks - have had on the way we think and behave. We believe the anonymity of the authors allows... | partial |
The simple pitch behind ResQ: disaster recovery and evacuation are hard.
People crowd the streets making it difficult to quickly evacuate an area. Additionally, for those who choose not to evacuate, they face the possibility of being difficult to find for rescuers. What we've built is a 3 pronged approach.
1. ResQ Re... | ## Inspiration
In response to recent tragic events in Turkey, where the rescue efforts for the Earthquake have been very difficult. We decided to use Qualcomm’s hardware development kit to create an application for survivors of natural disasters like earthquakes to send out distress signals to local authorities.
## W... | Learning a new language doesn't happen inside an app or in front of a screen. It happens in real life.
So we created Dojo, an immersive and interactive language learning platform, powered by artificial intelligence, that supports up to 10 different languages.
Our lessons are practical. They're personalized to your ev... | winning |
TL:DR; It’s hard and important to learn machine learning and data science; we’re making it easier than ever.
## Inspiration
We’re students ranging in various levels of machine learning experience, but we all started the same way; working through infamous online courses and filling out starter code with lines we don’t... | ## What it does
Lil' Learners is a fun new alternative to learning tools for students in grades ranging from kindergarten to early elementary school. Allow for Teachers to create classes for their students and take note of the learning, strengths and weaknesses of their students as well as allowing for teachers and pa... | ## Motivation
Coding skills are in high demand and will soon become a necessary skill for nearly all industries. Jobs in STEM have grown by 79 percent since 1990, and are expected to grow an additional 13 percent by 2027, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey. This provides strong motivation for educators to ... | partial |
The website demo requires a server end. Therefore, GitHub cannot present its functions, which supports only static websites. Git clone its code and running them locally is highly recommended. All codes are open source under MIT License.
## Inspiration
Initially, I noticed HP provide go-pro camera as awards, which att... | ## Inspiration
One of our team member's father and their grandfather were both veterans. When speaking with them about the biggest problem currently facing veterans, they were unanimous in describing the inefficiencies of the healthcare and assistance systems that are available to veterans. In this way, we took on the... | ## Inspiration
There should be an effective way to evaluate company value by examining the individual values of those that make up the company.
## What it does
Simplifies the research process of examining a company by showing it in a dynamic web design that is free-flowing and easy to follow.
## How we built it
It... | losing |
## Inspiration
\_ "According to Portio Research, the world will send 8.3 trillion SMS messages this year alone – 23 billion per day or almost 16 million per minute. According to Statistic Brain, the number of SMS messages sent monthly increased by more than 7,700% over the last decade" \_
The inspiration for TextNet ... | ## Inspiration
Have you ever wanted to search something, but aren't connected to the internet? Data plans too expensive, but you really need to figure something out online quick? Us too, and that's why we created an application that allows you to search the internet without being connected.
## What it does
Text your... | ## Inspiration
After our initial hack failed, and with only 12 hours of time remaining, we decided to create a proof-of-concept that was achievable in the time remaining. As Twilio was a sponsor, we had the idea of using SMS to control a video game. We created Hackermon to demonstrate how this technology has potential... | winning |
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