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## Inspiration and what it does As smart as our homes (or offices) become, they do not fully account for the larger patterns in electricity grids and weather systems. their environments. They still waste energy cooling empty buildings, or waste money by purchasing electricity during peak periods. Our project, The COOL...
## Inspiration The inspiration behind our project stems from the personal challenges we’ve faced in the past with public speaking and presentations. Like many others, we often found ourselves feeling overwhelmed by nerves, shaky voices, and the pressure of presenting in front of peers. This anxiety would sometimes mak...
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## Inspiration We were inspired to create this as being computer science students we are always looking for opportunities to leverage our passion for technology by helping others. ## What it does Think In Sync is a platform that uses groundbreaking AI to make learning more accessible. It has features that enable it ...
## Inspiration We were inspired by hard working teachers and students. Although everyone was working hard, there was still a disconnect with many students not being able to retain what they learned. So, we decided to create both a web application and a companion phone application to help target this problem. ## What ...
## Inspiration The inspiration for **Insightbot** came from the growing demand for personalized learning and productivity tools that can support users in managing their tasks and goals more effectively. As students, we often found ourselves struggling to balance multiple responsibilities, while searching for tailored ...
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## 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 call them heroes, **but the support we give them is equal to the one of a slave.** Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of medics have to keep track of their patient's history, symptoms, and possible diseases. However, we've talked with a lot of medics, and almost all of them share the same...
## Inspiration Have you ever lost a valuable item that’s really important to you, only for it to never be seen again? * Over **60% of people** have lost something in their lifetime. * In the **US alone**, over **400 million items** are lost and found every year. * The average person loses up to **nine items** every d...
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## Inspiration Bill - "Blindness is a major problem today and we hope to have a solution that takes a step in solving this" George - "I like engineering" We hope our tool gives nonzero contribution to society. ## What it does Generates a description of a scene and reads the description for visually impaired people...
## What it does "ImpromPPTX" uses your computer microphone to listen while you talk. Based on what you're speaking about, it generates content to appear on your screen in a presentation in real time. It can retrieve images and graphs, as well as making relevant titles, and summarizing your words into bullet points. #...
## Inspiration: Whenever people are on the car, especially for long-distance road trips, people get bored. Many people are motion sick, and constantly staring at texts on a book will cause motion sickness. As such, our app enables anyone who prefers the book to be read to them instead of reading the book themselves to...
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## Inspiration Cargo ships are the primary ways of transporting produce across oceans. However, their sensitive nature makes them sensitive to degrading in transit -- resulting in unnecessary waste. About 33% of global fresh produce is thrown away due to their quality degrading during shipment. Additionally, every yea...
## Inspiration Almost 2.2 million tonnes of edible food is discarded each year in Canada alone, resulting in over 17 billion dollars in waste. A significant portion of this is due to the simple fact that keeping track of expiry dates for the wide range of groceries we buy is, put simply, a huge task. While brainstormi...
## Inspiration We wanted to make a computer vision user app that detected if a fruit was good to eat or not based on its discolouration/irregularities after picking up a few discoloured/bruised oranges at lunch on the first day of McHacks. ## What it does It uses scikit-image to detect edges using the canny algorith...
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The Book Reading Bot (brb) programmatically flips through physical books, and using TTS reads the pages aloud. There are also options to download the pdf or audiobook. I read an article on [The Spectator](http://columbiaspectator.com/) how some low-income students cannot afford textbooks, and actually spend time at th...
## What it does "ImpromPPTX" uses your computer microphone to listen while you talk. Based on what you're speaking about, it generates content to appear on your screen in a presentation in real time. It can retrieve images and graphs, as well as making relevant titles, and summarizing your words into bullet points. #...
## Inspiration In recent years, especially post-COVID, online shopping has become extremely common. One big issue when shopping online is that users are unable to try on clothes before ordering them. This results in people getting clothes that end up not fitting or not looking great, which is something nobody wants. I...
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## Inspiration As enrollment season approached, one of our team members found themselves endlessly scrolling through Reddit, desperately seeking insights into specific Math 104 professors. Their exhaustive search left them empty-handed, prompting us to consider how valuable the wealth of knowledge and firsthand experi...
## Inspiration Loneliness affects countless people and over time, it can have significant consequences on a person's mental health. One quarter of Canada's 65+ population live completely alone, which has been scientifically connected to very serious health risks. With the growing population of seniors, this problem on...
## **Inspiration:** Our inspiration stemmed from the realization that the pinnacle of innovation occurs at the intersection of deep curiosity and an expansive space to explore one's imagination. Recognizing the barriers faced by learners—particularly their inability to gain real-time, personalized, and contextualized ...
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## Inspiration Our team focuses primarily on implementing innovative technologies to spark positive change. In line with these ideals, we decided to explore the potential impact of a text reading software that not only provided an additional layer of accessibility for blind and deafblind individuals. Through these eff...
## Inspiration We wanted to create a device that ease the life of people who have disabilities and with AR becoming mainstream it would only be proper to create it. ## What it does Our AR Headset converts speech to text and then displays it realtime on the monitor to allow the user to read what the other person is t...
## Inspiration We created this app to address a problem that our creators were facing: waking up in the morning. As students, the stakes of oversleeping can be very high. Missing a lecture or an exam can set you back days or greatly detriment your grade. It's too easy to sleep past your alarm. Even if you set multiple...
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## Inspiration & Instructions We wanted to somehow guilt people into realizing the state of their bank accounts by showing them progressive picture reminders as their wallpaper. Hopefully, the people who use our app will want to save more and also maybe increase their earnings by investing in stocks, SPROUTING persona...
## 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 We wanted to build a technical app that is actually useful. Scott Forestall's talk at the opening ceremony really spoke to each of us, and we decided then to create something that would not only show off our technological skill but also actually be useful. Going to the doctor is inconvenient and not usu...
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## Inspiration Current study resources for classrooms are not built to support long-term content retention through active learning and effective memory retrieval techniques. This is a detriment for both students and teachers. ### How does this affect students? With the combination of the rise of social media and the...
## Inspiration Wanting to create an application that would benefit as many of our peers as possible ## What it does Tracks and manages various information about jobs the user has applied to. Various sorting algorithms and easy to use forms to track new applications ## How I built it Created an Express server conne...
## My Samy helps: **Young marginalized students** * Anonymous process: Ability to ask any questions anonymously without feeling judged * Get relevant resources: More efficient process for them to ask for help and receive immediately relevant information and resources * Great design and user interface: Easy to use pla...
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## 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...
## Inspiration As our lives continue, it is apparent that communication and presentation skills are required and valued, starting from a young age at school, to up until after graduation, hopping from interview to interview. Thus, our current reality of the need for certain abilities to succeed inspired us to develop ...
## Inspiration Us college students all can relate to having a teacher that was not engaging enough during lectures or mumbling to the point where we cannot hear them at all. Instead of finding solutions to help the students outside of the classroom, we realized that the teachers need better feedback to see how they ca...
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## Inspiration The inspiration came from a scene in a TV show where the hospital had a sensor on people which they tracked and if the sensor detected an emergency, the person would be called and after confirming that there was indeed an emergency, 911 would be called. ## What it does Our idea is to build a medical i...
We're fortunate enough to have access to medication but in developing countries, not everyone has the same privilege that we do. Two of the four members of our group have physical medical conditions that they must take medication for. One of our members has the most common congenital heart disease, Tetrology of Fallot,...
## 💫 Inspiration Love online shopping, but tired of the deliveries arriving when you're not home? Or perhaps how you're continuously checking when you're package arrives, only to delay your plans out of worry? Lovers of Online shopping and E-commerce. We present to you, **pacs**. ## 😮 What **pacs** does **pacs** i...
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## Inspiration In response to recent tragic events in Turkey, where the rescue efforts for the Earthquake have been very difficult. We decided to use Qualcomm’s hardware development kit to create an application for survivors of natural disasters like earthquakes to send out distress signals to local authorities. ## W...
## Inspiration This project was a response to the events that occurred during Hurricane Harvey in Houston last year, wildfires in California, and the events that occurred during the monsoon in India this past year. 911 call centers are extremely inefficient in providing actual aid to people due to the unreliability of...
## Inspiration How many times have you been in a lecture in person or online and wished that you could discuss the current topic with someone since you're having a hard time understanding in real-time? How many times have you taken a picture of the whiteboard to look at it later but never ended up studying from it? Wh...
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## Inspiration Because of covid-19 and the holiday season, we are getting increasingly guilty over the carbon footprint caused by our online shopping. This is not a coincidence, Amazon along contributed over 55.17 million tonnes of CO2 in 2019 alone, the equivalent of 13 coal power plants. We have seen many carbon fo...
## Inspiration 🌎 On Average, each person produces 4.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year worldwide. This is roughly the size of an adult African elephant in just CO₂ gas. Carbon dioxide is the main greenhouse gas which causes global warming. Since 1961 humanity’s carbon footprint has increased over eleven times. This...
## Inspiration We wanted to reduce global carbon footprint and pollution by optimizing waste management. 2019 was an incredible year for all environmental activities. We were inspired by the acts of 17-year old Greta Thunberg and how those acts created huge ripple effects across the world. With this passion for a gree...
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## Inspiration The summer before college started, all of us decided to take trips to different parts of the world to live our last few days before moving out to the fullest. During these trips, we all figured that there were so many logistics and little things that we needed to worried about in order to have a success...
## 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...
## Inspiration Partially inspired by the Smart Cities track, we wanted our app to have the direct utility of ordering food, while still being fun to interact with. We aimed to combine convenience with entertainment, making the experience more enjoyable than your typical drive-through order. ## What it does You inter...
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## Inspiration During the second wave of covid in India, I witnessed the unthinkable amount of suffering unleashed on the people. During the peak, there were around 400,000 positive cases per day that were reported, according to various media reports a significant amount of positive cases went unreported. Images of pi...
## Inspiration Retinal degeneration affects 1 in 3000 people, slowly robbing them of vision over the course of their mid-life. The need to adjust to life without vision, often after decades of relying on it for daily life, presents a unique challenge to individuals facing genetic disease or ocular injury, one which ou...
## Inspiration About one third of the elder population over the age of 65 falls each year, and the risk of falls increases proportionately with age. But these statistics fall short of the actual numbers since many incidents are unreported by seniors and unrecognized by their caregivers. Falls are the leading cause of ...
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## 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...
**Inspiration** Inspiration came from the growing concern about environmental sustainability and waste management. We were particularly struck by the amount of waste generated by single-use packaging and products from large corporations like PepsiCo. We wanted to find a way to inspire people to think creatively about t...
## Inspiration The inspiration for this project came during a chaotic pre-hackathon week, when two of us missed an important assignment deadline. Despite having taken pictures of the syllabus on a whiteboard, we simply forgot to transfer the dates to our calendars manually. We realized that we weren't alone in this – ...
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## What it is 🕵️ MemoryLane is a unique and innovative mobile application designed to help users capture and relive their precious moments. Instead of being the one to curate an image for others, with a nostalgic touch, the app provides a personalized space for friends to document and remember shared memories ~ creat...
## Inspiration In many developed countries across the world, the population is rapidly aging. This poses a variety of issues to senior citizens, including social isolation, an overburdened healthcare system unable to meet their needs, and the widespread effects of neurodegenerative conditions. We aimed to build a solu...
## Inspiration Behind DejaVu 🌍 The inspiration behind DejaVu is deeply rooted in our fascination with the human experience and the power of memories. We've all had those moments where we felt a memory on the tip of our tongues but couldn't quite grasp it, like a fleeting dream slipping through our fingers. These frag...
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## Inspiration It can be tough coming up with a unique recipe each and every week. Sometimes there are good deals for specific items (especially for university students) and determining what to cook with those ingredients may not be known. *Rad Kitchen says goodbye to last-minute trips to the grocery store and hello t...
## Inspiration In the fast-paced world of networking and professional growth, connecting with students, peers, mentors, and like-minded individuals is essential. However, the need to manually jot down notes in Excel or the risk of missing out on valuable follow-up opportunities can be a real hindrance. ## What it doe...
## Inspiration Partially inspired by the Smart Cities track, we wanted our app to have the direct utility of ordering food, while still being fun to interact with. We aimed to combine convenience with entertainment, making the experience more enjoyable than your typical drive-through order. ## What it does You inter...
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## Our Project Our project aims to solve the problem of unavailability of parking spaces in crowded areas. Live feed is taken from a camera in the parking lot and is fed to a python code which uses opencv to detect any empty slots in parking lots. Then, information about the availability of parking spots is uploaded t...
## Inspiration In India, there are a lot of cases of corruption in the medicine industry. Medicines are generally expensive and not accessible to people from financially backward households. As a result, there are many unnecessary deaths caused by lack of proper treatment. People who buy the medicines at high costs ar...
## Inspiration The quest for finding parking in a busy city has never been harder. Do you drive around hoping to find an open spot, or do you finesse your way into a spot and hope you don't get towed? Our team wanted an Airbnb style service for street parking to alleviate the woes of the common driver, and thus InDema...
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## Inspiration We wanted to make energy monitoring accessible and simple and allow the user to develop greater total control over their energy consumption. ## What it does We have built a cloud-enabled meter that measures energy consumption per appliance. It allows all the ## How we built it We have built the mete...
## Inspiration With IoT becoming more popular, we wanted to create a way for users of all types to be able to connect their home to the internet cheaply. Particle Photons run about ~$20 each, which can add up quickly when connecting multiple devices. ## What it does PickyHome aims to allow users to connect multiple ...
## Inspiration Throughout high school, our team and other friends regularly called each other for many purposes. However, our parents coming into our rooms for various reasons would always lead to embarrassing moments in the call. Moving forward into university and starting our careers, the concurrent Covid-19 pandemi...
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## Inspiration Research has shown us that new hires, women and under-represented minorities in the workplace could feel intimidated or uncomfortable in team meetings. Since the start of remote work, new hires lack the in real life connections, are unable to take a pulse of the group and are fearful to speak what’s on ...
## Inspiration It's easy to zone off in online meetings/lectures, and it's difficult to rewind without losing focus at the moment. It could also be disrespectful to others if you expose the fact that you weren't paying attention. Wouldn't it be nice if we can just quickly skim through a list of keywords to immediately...
## Inspiration Our goal as a team was to use emerging technologies to promote a healthy living through exclaiming the importance of running. The app would connect to the user’s strava account track running distance and routes that the user runs and incentivise this healthy living by rewarding the users with digital ar...
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## Inspiration As our climate changes, we need to continue adopting sustainable technologies for energy conversion. As materials scientists, we want to leverage cutting-edge scientific approaches to find the right materials for these needs. To mitigate carbon pollution, industries need to transition to batteries, the ...
## Inspiration While we were thinking about the sustainability track, we realized that one of the biggest challenges faced by humanity is carbon emissions, global warming and climate change. According to Dr.Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director - *"Global carbon emissions are set to jump by 1.5 billion tonnes this year....
# LLaMP - Large Language model Made Powerful 🦙🔮 ### **Introducing LLaMP: Large Language model Made Powerful 🚀** We are sorry! LLaMP is actually a homonym of **Large Language model [Materials Project](https://materialsproject.org)**. 😉 It empowers LLMs with scientific knowledge and reduces the likelihood of halluc...
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## Inspiration Our idea was inspired by our group's shared interest in musical composition, as well as our interests in AI models and their capabilites. The concept that inspired our project was: "*What if life had a soundtrack?*" ## What it does AutOST generates and produces a constant stream of original live music...
## Inspiration Small scale braille printers cost between $1800 and $5000. We think that this is too much money to spend for simple communication and it has acted as a barrier for many blind people for a long time. We plan to change this by offering a quick, affordable, precise solution to this problem. ## What it doe...
## Motivation Our motivation was a grand piano that has sat in our project lab at SFU for the past 2 years. The piano was Richard Kwok's grandfathers friend and was being converted into a piano scroll playing piano. We had an excessive amount of piano scrolls that were acting as door stops and we wanted to hear these ...
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## Inspiration To make workers at banks have easy access to calculations for taxes ## What it does calculates the taxes for clients who earn a certain income ## How we built it we start it off with a calculator that does basic operations ## Challenges we ran into the code was not working even after getting it ch...
## Inspiration Many students (including us) are worried about their finances such as student loans and how/where to save money. ## What it does Web app that allows you to log your spending and input your monthly income and savings plan into your portfolio. Using this it will provide a summary of your transactions as...
## Inspiration Data analytics can be **extremely** time-consuming. We strove to create a tool utilizing modern AI technology to generate analysis such as trend recognition on user-uploaded datasets.The inspiration behind our product stemmed from the growing complexity and volume of data in today's digital age. As busi...
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## Inspiration We are all a fan of Carrot, the app that rewards you for walking around. This gamification and point system of Carrot really contributed to its success. Carrot targeted the sedentary and unhealthy lives we were leading and tried to fix that. So why can't we fix our habit of polluting and creating greenh...
## Overview We created a Smart Glasses hack called SmartEQ! This unique hack leverages the power of machine learning and facial recognition to determine the emotion of the person you are talking to and conducts sentiment analysis on your conversation, all in real time! Since we couldn’t get a pair of Smart Glasses (*h...
## Inspiration **DronAR** was inspired by a love of cool technology. Drones are hot right now, and the question is, why not combine it with VR? The result is an awesome product that allows for drone management to be more **visually intuitive** letting users interact with drones in ways never done before. ## What it d...
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## What it does Savings.io is a webapp designed to strategically help students and others set aside a small amount of money each month towards an emergency savings fund through the use of an extensive cost-of-living dataset. It also advocates for financial investment education by providing resources and links to guide...
## Inspiration Many students (including us) are worried about their finances such as student loans and how/where to save money. ## What it does Web app that allows you to log your spending and input your monthly income and savings plan into your portfolio. Using this it will provide a summary of your transactions as...
## Overview We created a Smart Glasses hack called SmartEQ! This unique hack leverages the power of machine learning and facial recognition to determine the emotion of the person you are talking to and conducts sentiment analysis on your conversation, all in real time! Since we couldn’t get a pair of Smart Glasses (*h...
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## Inspiration While there are several applications that use OCR to read receipts, few take the leap towards informing consumers on their purchase decisions. We decided to capitalize on this gap: we currently provide information to customers about the healthiness of the food they purchase at grocery stores by analyzin...
## Inspiration We recognized how much time meal planning can cause, especially for busy young professionals and students who have little experience cooking. We wanted to provide an easy way to buy healthy, sustainable meals for the week, without compromising the budget or harming the environment. ## What it does Sim...
​​## Inspiration Donating to food banks can be challenging, especially when most rely on canned goods that leave communities without access to fresh food. Our platform changes that by allowing charities to request fresh foods and enabling users to scan their extra food to see if it's needed. Together, we **reduce**wast...
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## Inspiration The bitalino system is a great new advance in affordable, do-it-yourself biosignals technology. Using this technology, we want to make an application that provides an educational tool to exploring how the human body works. ## What it does Currently, it uses the ServerBIT architecture to get ECG signal...
## Inspiration * The COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered an epidemic of anxiety among students * Frequent **panic attacks** are a symptom of anxiety * In the moment, panic attacks are frightening and crippling * In a time of isolation, Breeve is designed to improve users' mental health by identifying and helping them when...
## Inspiration We wanted to create a hack that involved IOT with a medical-centric hack where we can learn more about Arduino and backend technologies. ## What it does Detects and collects a pulse and displays a BPM measurement ## How we built it WE built it with an ESP8266(Arduino IDE) and heartbeat sensor, used ...
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## Inspiration When coming up with the idea for our hack, we realized that as engineering students, and specifically first year students, we all had one big common problem... time management. We all somehow manage to run out of time and procrastinate our work, because it's hard to find motivation to get tasks done. Ou...
# mantis-ocr A Chrome web extension that uses Microsoft Azure's computer vision API to help people who are visually impaired use images on the internet. This extension does two main things: * read the text in an image -- this is done using Microsoft Azure's OCR API * offer a brief description of what's in the image ...
## Inspiration We are part of a generation that has lost the art of handwriting. Because of the clarity and ease of typing, many people struggle with clear shorthand. Whether you're a second language learner or public education failed you, we wanted to come up with an intelligent system for efficiently improving your ...
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# The project HomeSentry is an open source platform that turns your old phones or any devices into a distributed security camera system. Simply install our app on any mobile device and start monitoring your home (or any other place). HomeSentry gives a new life to your old devices while bringing you the peace of mind ...
## Inspiration I was walking down the streets of Toronto and noticed how there always seemed to be cigarette butts outside of any building. It felt disgusting for me, especially since they polluted the city so much. After reading a few papers on studies revolving around cigarette butt litter, I noticed that cigarette ...
## Inspiration Ever join a project only to be overwhelmed by all of the open tickets? Not sure which tasks you should take on to increase the teams overall productivity? As students, we know the struggle. We also know that this does not end when school ends and in many different work environments you may encounter the...
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## Inspiration Poor Economics by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo ## What it does Uses blockchain technology to build a consumer-centric peer-to-peer insurance system. ## How I built it Solidity, Flask, React, MongoDB ## Challenges I ran into Deploying solidity, integrating solidity contracts with the flask web...
## Inspiration Our inspiration stems from a fundamental realization about the critical role food plays in our daily lives. We've observed a disparity, especially in the United States, where the quality and origins of food are often overshadowed, leading to concerns about the overall health impact on consumers. Severa...
## Inspiration The sparkling bay and rolling hills captivated us as our plane descended into the Bay Area. We were excited to see the beauty of the Golden State on the ground, but as we rode the Cal train from the SFO airport to Stanford, we saw many highway underpasses and beat-up towns littered with trash. We couldn...
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## Inspiration DermaDetect was born out of a commitment to improve healthcare equity for underrepresented and economically disadvantaged communities, including seniors, other marginalized populations, and those impacted by economic inequality. Recognizing the prohibitive costs and emotional toll of traditional skin c...
## Inspiration We want to make healthcare more accessible through our skINsight app. ## What it does Identifies skin condition using picture of affected skin area. Chatbot to get help and information on treating the skin condition. ## How we built it App using react-native and node.js. Custom classifier model wi...
# Project Inspiration Our project was inspired by the innovative work showcased at an Intel workshop, which harnessed the power of image recognition for wildfire prediction and even the identification of ancient fossils. This ingenuity sparked our desire to create a groundbreaking skin model. Our goal was to develop a...
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## Inspiration Many of us had class sessions in which the teacher pulled out whiteboards or chalkboards and used them as a tool for teaching. These made classes very interactive and engaging. With the switch to virtual teaching, class interactivity has been harder. Usually a teacher just shares their screen and talks,...
# 4Course: Revolutionizing Collaborative Learning 🏆 #### Inspiration Empowering students to excel together and innovate in the realm of education. #### What it does 🚀 4Course facilitates seamless collaboration among students, allowing them to share Google Docs links for class materials. Additionally, it offers a ...
We drew our first kindling of inspiration from the global success of Pokemon Go as an AR gaming platform that managed to have a significant social impact. Brainstorming possible ways to retool its AR/geolocation base, we immediately realized its immense potential to be used for social good due to its ability to meaning...
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## 💡Inspiration💡 According to statistics, hate crimes and street violence have exponentially increased and the violence does not end there. Many oppressed groups face physical and emotional racial hostility in the same way. These crimes harm not only the victims but also people who have a similar identity. Aside fro...
## Contributors Andrea Tongsak, Vivian Zhang, Alyssa Tan, and Mira Tellegen ## Categories * **Route: Hack for Resilience** * **Route: Best Education Hack** ## Inspiration We were inspired to focus our hack on the rise of instagram accounts exposing sexual assault stories from college campuses across the US, includ...
Inspiration Our project is driven by a deep-seated commitment to address the escalating issues of hate speech and crime in the digital realm. We recognized that technology holds immense potential in playing a pivotal role in combating these societal challenges and nurturing a sense of community and safety. ## What It ...
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## Inspiration 💡 *An address is a person's identity.* In California, there are over 1.2 million vacant homes, yet more than 150,000 people (homeless population in California, 2019) don't have access to a stable address. Without an address, people lose access to government benefits (welfare, food stamps), healthcare,...
## Inspiration 1 in 2 Canadians will personally experience a mental health issue by age 40, with minority communities at a greater risk. As the mental health epidemic surges and support at its capacity, we sought to build something to connect trained volunteer companions with people in distress in several ways for con...
## Inspiration With an increasing amount of homeless people on the street there are more and more people that need food water and shelter. Our hope was to create something that helps Organizations and Charities find and help homeless people more efficiently. ## What it does The user when they spot a homeless person ...
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## Inspiration Carscendo’s mission is to empower non-musical people to be creators, with a new medium for music composition. We aim to revolutionise **accessibility and fun in music creation**. *From real-world users:* **1. Learning music isn’t fun, getting good takes >10,000 hours:** Our parents forced 2 members of...
## Inspiration We really enjoy Virtual Reality and wanted to work with the Oculus DK2. Combining this with our love for music, we thought it would be interesting and fun to find a way to visualize music in a three - dimensional context. ## What it does HearVR is a program that combines Machine Learning with Virtual ...
## Inspiration Online typing races like Nitro Type and Type Racer can be fun activities with a group of friends or simply when procrastinating on work. The challenge of performing better than others makes players completely forget that they're actually improving their typing ability. Imagine if learning piano could be...
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## Inspiration We admired the convenience Honey provides for finding coupon codes. We wanted to apply the same concept except towards making more sustainable purchases online. ## What it does Recommends sustainable and local business alternatives when shopping online. ## How we built it Front-end was built with Re...
## Inspiration How many clicks does it take to upload a file to Google Drive? TEN CLICKS. How many clicks does it take for PUT? **TWO** **(that's 1/5th the amount of clicks)**. ## What it does Like the name, PUT is just as clean and concise. PUT is a storage universe designed for maximum upload efficiency, reliabili...
## Inspiration I got to talking with one of the participants at the pre-hackathon mixer and became intrigued about playing with commoditizing and regulating social reform. Twitter and Facebook have, unfortunately, commoditized social interaction in a sense, the Steam gaming community has commoditized gaming with its h...
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## Inspiration We are very interested in the intersection of the financial sector and engineering, and wanted to find a way to speed up computation time in relation to option pricing through simulations. ## What it does Bellcrve is a distributed computing network that simulates monte carlo methods on financial instr...
## Inspiration In traditional finance, banks often swap cash flows from their assets for a fixed period of time. They do this because they want to hold onto their assets long-term, but believe their counter-party's assets will outperform their own in the short-term. We decided to port this over to DeFi, specifically U...
## Inspiration: The team was inspired by bats who use echolocation to "see" the world. Bats are blind so they have to rely on sound to map the world around them to navigate the world, we are trying to use technology to enable blind people to do a similar thing. ## What it does: Echolocation uses distance sensors and...
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## Inspiration The inspiration behind Smart Passcode stemmed from the desire to enhance accessibility and security for visually impaired individuals, empowering them to independently access secure spaces with ease. ## What it does In seek of devising a smart home and accessibility device that enhances access to a sa...
## Inspiration What inspired us was we wanted to make an innovative solution which can have a big impact on people's lives. Most accessibility devices for the visually impaired are text to speech based which is not ideal for people who may be both visually and auditorily impaired (such as the elderly). To put yourself...
## Inspiration In a world in which we all have the ability to put on a VR headset and see places we've never seen, search for questions in the back of our mind on Google and see knowledge we have never seen before, and send and receive photos we've never seen before, we wanted to provide a way for the visually impaire...
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## Inspiration We had a chat with the engineers at the Jump booth and brainstormed some ideas, particularly in regards to building an explorer for Wormhole cross-chain events. Additionally, since wormhole has a limit for the amount of value allowed to be bridged in a given time (as an additional protection after the h...
## Inspiration We are very interested in the intersection of the financial sector and engineering, and wanted to find a way to speed up computation time in relation to option pricing through simulations. ## What it does Bellcrve is a distributed computing network that simulates monte carlo methods on financial instr...
We present a blockchain agnostic system for benchmarking smart contract execution times. To do this we designed a simple programming language capable of running small performance benchmarks. We then implemented an interpreter for that language on the Ethereum, Solana, and Polkadot blockchains in the form of a smart con...
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## Inspiration We have all been there, stuck on a task, with no one to turn to for help. We all love wikiHow but there isn't always a convenient article there for you to follow. So we decided to do something about it! What if we could leverage the knowledge of the entire internet to get the nicely formatted and entert...
## Inspiration 💡 Our inspiration for this project was to leverage new AI technologies such as text to image, text generation and natural language processing to enhance the education space. We wanted to harness the power of machine learning to inspire creativity and improve the way students learn and interact with edu...
## Inspiration We are part of a generation that has lost the art of handwriting. Because of the clarity and ease of typing, many people struggle with clear shorthand. Whether you're a second language learner or public education failed you, we wanted to come up with an intelligent system for efficiently improving your ...
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![BulletinVR Logo](https://github.com/k3vnchen/bulletin-webvr/blob/master/project/static/assets/blong_large.png?raw=true) ## Inspiration Social anxiety affects hundreds of thousands of people and can negatively impact social interaction and mental health. Around campuses and schools, we were inspired by bulletin boar...
## Inspiration No one likes waiting around too much, especially when we feel we need immediate attention. 95% of people in hospital waiting rooms tend to get frustrated over waiting times and uncertainty. And this problem affects around 60 million people every year, just in the US. We would like to alleviate this prob...
## Inspiration Our focus is to connect people around the globe by building a platform that hosts conferences in virtual reality. Imagine the convenience of meeting anyone, from anywhere, and at any time -- all from the comfort of your home or office. Large, popular, and influential events like Google I/O, Grace Hopper...
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## Inspiration During modern times, the idea underlying a facemask is simple--if more people wear them, less people will get sick. And while it holds true, this is an oversimplification: the number of lives saved is dependent not only on the quantity, but also on the quality of the masks which people wear (as evidence...
## Inspiration Since its emergence in December of 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the lives of the global population. In Canada, the daily case rate has increased eightfold since last October. Financial security and physical health have became the top priorities of people around the world. We are aimin...
## Inspiration Grip strength has been shown to be a powerful biomarker for numerous physiological processes. Two particularly compelling examples are Central Nervous System (CNS) fatigue and overall propensity for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). The core idea is not about building a hand grip strengthening tool, as this...
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## Inspiration Whether it's at a college party, a public outing, or during a simple stroll downtown, individuals often find themselves in uncomfortable, unwanted situations due to unwanted attention. In these moments, a discreet way to seek help is crucial. In the bartending world, this concept is known as an "**ange...
## Inspiration During the day, universities around the world feature the brightest minds, most challenging ideas, and greatest opportunities to grow as both a person and an intellectual. At night, however, such campuses can feel nearly foreign or frightening as the streets lack the normal bustle of students and the li...
## DEMO WITHOUT PRESENTATION ## **this app would typically be running in a public space** [demo without presentation (judges please watch the demo with the presentation)](https://youtu.be/qNmGr1GJNrE) ## Inspiration We spent **hours** thinking about what to create for our hackathon submission. Every idea that we ha...
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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...
## Inspiration 2 days before flying to Hack the North, Darryl forgot his keys and spent the better part of an afternoon retracing his steps to find it- But what if there was a personal assistant that remembered everything for you? Memories should be made easier with the technologies we have today. ## What it does A ...
## Inspiration Due to the recent unanticipated spread of wildfires, especially across Canada, the air quality has worsened in the most affected regions, causing breathing difficulties in the most affected areas, such as Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Yellowknife. Thus, we were inspired to create an application that al...
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## Inspiration Coming into this hackathon I wanted to create a project that I found interesting and one that I could see being used. Many of my projects I have done in the past were interesting, but there were factors that would always keep them from being widely used. Often this is a barrier to entry. They required e...
## Inspiration memes have become a cultural phenomenon and a huge recreation for many young adults including ourselves. for this hackathon, we decided to connect the sociability aspect of the popular site "twitter", and combine it with a methodology of visualizing the activity of memes in various neighborhoods. we hop...
## Inspiration When a new semester begins, we often ask our friends for their new schedules and we manually match the course name, course code, and check the section of courses we have together (which takes a lot of time, is mentally exhausting, and laborious). Sometimes, we find ourselves hopeless, in need help with ...
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## Inspiration As we accelerate further into the digital age, the amount of information we are confronted with increases, and it becomes harder to sort though the noise. As we advance as a civilization, it’s crucial that we get the information issue right - we need to know how to talk to each other honestly and need a...
## Inspiration With multiple members of our team having been a part of environmental conservation initiatives and even running some of our own, an issue we have continually recognized is the difficulty in reaching out to community members that share the same vision. Outside of a school setting, it's difficult to easil...
## Inspiration Want to see how a product, service, person or idea is doing in the court of public opinion? Market analysts are experts at collecting data from a large array of sources, but monitoring public happiness or approval ratings is notoriously difficult. Usually, focus groups and extensive data collection is r...
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TCP Network chat server Server installation instructions: The components for the server are all in the chat.go file. Download Go version 1.9 from <https://golang.org/dl/>. Set up the development environment and compile the files with 'go build'. Then run the executable that results Client installation instructions: ...
## Inspiration As fellow students currently attending UC Berkeley, we often are put into situations of potential danger or harm when walking back from class late at night or attending a fun party. We face over 200 "WarnMe" emails sent to students each semester, signaling prevalent safety concerns. As well as, consider...
## Inspiration We were working with 1and1's servers as a team for another app, but we realized that it was a pain to collaborate on editing the server. ## What it does Hence we decided to make a chatbot that allows us to edit servers using messaging apps. ## How we built it We used Facebook's messenger services to...
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## Inspiration During quarantine, a new show, called Squid Game, appeared on my screen on Netflix. I clicked on it, and I was soon hooked to the show. One of the games I remember was Red Light Green Light. Because of this experience, I wanted to recreate this game somehow, but how? ## What it does My game, Red Light...
immerse yourself in a platformer with eye-gaze tracking and eye blinking detection with cute graphics ### inspiration celeste, sky, spiritfarer, and the constancy of the feeling that anywhere would be better than now ### what it does its a game with a unique gimmick and a story and theme we really like! ### how we...
## Inspiration * COVID-19 is impacting all musicians, from students to educators to professionals everywhere * Performing physically together is not viable due to health risks * School orchestras still need a way to perform to keep students interested and motivated * A lot of effort is required to put together separat...
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## Inspiration As high school seniors on the cusp of a new academic journey, we realized the looming academic expenses that are associated with attending college. In order to simplify navigating the maze of college finances we created **‘brokemenot.us’**, a website for college students to explore the financial space. ...
## Inspiration Students are often put into a position where they do not have the time nor experience to effectively budget their finances. This unfortunately leads to many students falling into debt, and having a difficult time keeping up with their finances. That's where wiSpend comes to the rescue! Our objective is ...
## Inspiration We wanted to get home safe ## What it does Stride pairs you with walkers just like UBC SafeWalk, but outside of campus grounds, to get you home safe! ## How we built it React Native, Express JS, MongoDB ## Challenges we ran into Getting environment setups working ## Accomplishments that we're pro...
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## Inspiration Retinal degeneration affects 1 in 3000 people, slowly robbing them of vision over the course of their mid-life. The need to adjust to life without vision, often after decades of relying on it for daily life, presents a unique challenge to individuals facing genetic disease or ocular injury, one which ou...
## Inspiration 1.3 billion People have some sort of vision impairment. They face difficulties in simple day to day task like reading, recognizing faces, objects, etc. Despite the huge number surprisingly there are only a few devices in the market to aid them, which can be hard on the pocket (5000$ - 10000$!!). These d...
## Inspiration We realized how visually-impaired people find it difficult to perceive the objects coming near to them, or when they are either out on road, or when they are inside a building. They encounter potholes and stairs and things get really hard for them. We decided to tackle the issue of accessibility to supp...
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## 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 ...
OUR VIDEO IS IN THE COMMENTS!! THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING (WIFI ISSUES) ## Inspiration As a group of four students having completed 4 months of online school, going into our second internship and our first fully remote internship, we were all nervous about how our internships would transition to remote work. When remin...
## Inspiration As students who live in student housing, we realized there are a lot of things that needs to be organized around the house. Assigning chores, creating reminder notes and drafting an availability calendar can difficult to balance when accommodating the busy lives of university students. We decided to put...
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## 💫 Inspiration Inspired by our grandparents, who may not always be able to accomplish certain tasks, we wanted to create a platform that would allow them to find help locally . We also recognize that many younger members of the community might be more knowledgeable or capable of helping out. These younger members m...
**In times of disaster, there is an outpouring of desire to help from the public. We built a platform which connects people who want to help with people in need.** ## Inspiration Natural disasters are an increasingly pertinent global issue which our team is quite concerned with. So when we encountered the IBM challen...
## Inspiration Homelessness, food insecurity & mental health problems are on the rise in our post Covid 19 world. Community shelters in major cities do not have the resources or vacancies to accommodate the growing number of vulnerable populations. Addressing these issues and seeking to mitigate the fallout before th...
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## What it does Tickets is a secure, affordable, and painless system for registration and organization of in-person events. It utilizes public key cryptography to ensure the identity of visitors, while staying affordable for organizers, with no extra equipment or cost other than a cellphone. Additionally, it provides ...
## Inspiration There are 1.1 billion people without Official Identity (ID). Without this proof of identity, they can't get access to basic financial and medical services, and often face many human rights offences, due the lack of accountability. The concept of a Digital Identity is extremely powerful. In Estonia, for...
## 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...
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# Pitch Every time you throw trash in the recycling, you either spoil an entire bin of recyclables, or city workers and multi-million dollar machines separate the trash out for you. We want to create a much more efficient way to sort garbage that also trains people to sort correctly and provides meaningful data on sor...
## Inspiration McMaster's SRA presidential debate brought to light the issue of garbage sorting on campus. Many recycling bins were contaminated and were subsequently thrown into a landfill. During the project's development, we became aware of the many applications of this technology, including sorting raw materials, ...
## 💡 Inspiration 💯 Have you ever faced a trashcan with a seemingly endless number of bins, each one marked with a different type of recycling? Have you ever held some trash in your hand, desperately wondering if it can be recycled? Have you ever been forced to sort your trash in your house, the different bins taking...
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## Inspiration A deep and unreasonable love of xylophones ## What it does An air xylophone right in your browser! Play such classic songs as twinkle twinkle little star, ba ba rainbow sheep and the alphabet song or come up with the next club banger in free play. We also added an air guitar mode where you can play a...
## Bringing your music to life, not just to your ears but to your eyes 🎶 ## Inspiration 🍐 Composing music through scribbling notes or drag-and-dropping from MuseScore couldn't be more tedious. As pianists ourselves, we know the struggle of trying to bring our impromptu improvisation sessions to life without forgett...
## Inspiration ``` We had multiple inspirations for creating Discotheque. Multiple members of our team have fond memories of virtual music festivals, silent discos, and other ways of enjoying music or other audio over the internet in a more immersive experience. In addition, Sumedh is a DJ with experience performing f...
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## 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 Have you ever had to wait in long lines just to buy a few items from a store? Not wanted to interact with employees to get what you want? Now you can buy items quickly and hassle free through your phone, without interacting with any people whatsoever. ## What it does CheckMeOut is an iOS application t...
## Inspiration We all love learning languages, but one of the most frustrating things is seeing an object that you don't know the word for and then trying to figure out how to describe it in your target language. Being students of Japanese, it is especially frustrating to find the exact characters to describe an objec...
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## Inspiration We are both the type to see the world through numbers. Throughout the pandemic, articles would consistently be released touting the rising case numbers and with catchy headlines would off little in the way of data. We were both afraid but didn't know how worried we should be. Personally, I (Ben) looked ...
## Inspiration The Google Map API has features that display the crowdedness of locations. But it does not provide an efficient way to explore the alternative trip plans, nor does it take into account regional COVID cases. We hope this tool provides a safe and quick way to minimize COVID exposure for people who need to...
## Inspiration We hear stories about crimes happening around us everyday. It's especially terrifying since we're students and we just want to enjoy our college experience. While discussing ideas to hack, we realized this problem **resonated with all of us**. We immediately realized that we need to work on this. ## Wh...
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## 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 There were two primary sources of inspiration. The first one was a paper published by University of Oxford researchers, who proposed a state of the art deep learning pipeline to extract spoken language from video. The paper can be found [here](http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/%7Evgg/publications/2018/Afouras1...
## Inspiration 1.3 billion People have some sort of vision impairment. They face difficulties in simple day to day task like reading, recognizing faces, objects, etc. Despite the huge number surprisingly there are only a few devices in the market to aid them, which can be hard on the pocket (5000$ - 10000$!!). These d...
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We were inspired by the daily struggle of social isolation. Shows the emotion of a text message on Facebook We built this using Javascript, IBM-Watson NLP API, Python https server, and jQuery. Accessing the message string was a lot more challenging than initially anticipated. Finding the correct API for our needs an...
## Inspiration One of the most exciting parts about Hackathons is the showcasing of the final product, well-earned after hours upon hours of sleep-deprived hacking. Part of the presentation work lies in the Devpost entry. I wanted to build an application that can rate the quality of a given entry to help people write ...
## Inspiration A passion for crypto currencies and AI! ## What it does Allows users to have a conversation with an AI chatbot that supports information for over 5000 cryptocurrencies. It gives users a conversational assistant that can get realtime market updates. ## How we built it We used React to build out the f...
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## Inspiration While tackling our university courses, we were faced with the task of implementing (and debugging) various data structures. We found that using traditional debuggers or print statements obscures the structure of the data, making testing and debugging code tedious and unintuitive. We were determined to 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...
## Problem In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult. #...
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## 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 women ourselves, we have always been aware that there are unfortunately additional measures we have to take in order to stay safe in public. Recently, we have seen videos emerge online for individuals to play in these situations, prompting users to engage in conversation with a “friend” on the other ...
## Inspiration We aim to reduce the impact of such problems by introducing singulARity and redefining how people interact online. We strive to motivate a healthy, positive, and fun augmented reality environment. ## What it does SingulARity will be a platform that always protects its core value, which is an anonymous...
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## 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 We wanted to build a technical app that is actually useful. Scott Forestall's talk at the opening ceremony really spoke to each of us, and we decided then to create something that would not only show off our technological skill but also actually be useful. Going to the doctor is inconvenient and not usu...
## Inspiration Unhealthy diet is the leading cause of death in the U.S., contributing to approximately 678,000 deaths each year, due to nutrition and obesity-related diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes. Let that sink in; the leading cause of death in the U.S. could be completely nullified if o...
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## Inspiration When you're in a mental health crisis, taking care of yourself and remembering your coping strategies is difficult. Texting your friends for help is exhausting and impossible. Under Wraps allows you send messages for help to your friends in a time of crisis (no stress, all at just the click of a button!...
## Inspiration Inspired by mental health needs and the popular app BeReal, we thought it was important for users to have a space to look inwards and reflect on their feelings and support themselves. ## What it does It prompts users to say how they're doing and complete one self care activity. Once that is completed,...
## Inspiration The idea for VenTalk originated from an everyday stressor that everyone on our team could relate to; commuting alone to and from class during the school year. After a stressful work or school day, we want to let out all our feelings and thoughts, but do not want to alarm or disturb our loved ones. Relea...
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## We began thinking about this idea the night before the competition, while we were all frantically trying to finish homework since we would be at Calhacks over the entire weekend. Additionally, a few members of our team have ADHD, and focusing for extended periods of time can be difficult. We looked at some other web...
## Inspiration We were originally considering creating an application that would take a large amount of text and summarize it using natural language processing. As well, Shirley Wang feels an awkward obligation to incorporate IBM's Watson into the project. As a result, we came up with the concept of putting in an imag...
## Inspiration💡 As exam season concludes, we came up with the idea for our hackathon project after reflecting on our own experiences as students and discussing common challenges we face when studying. We found that searching through long textbooks and PDFs was a time-consuming and frustrating process, even with searc...
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## Inspiration Over the past 30 years, the percentage American adults who read literature has dropped about 14%. We found our inspiration. The issue we discovered is that due to the rise of modern technologies, movies and other films are more captivating than reading a boring book. We wanted to change that. ## What i...
## Inspiration We explored IBM Watson and realized its potentials and features that enable people to make anything they want using its cloud skills. We all read and we always want to read books/articles which suites our taste. We made this easier using our web app. Just upload the pdf file and get detailed entities, k...
## Inspiration = I wanted to have something of this time, so a young audience would be attracted to it. ## What it does = click buttons on the website to hear different popular Soulja Boy phrases ## How I built it - HTML and CSS, and adobe illustrator for the drawing ## Challenges I ran into - I tried to use android...
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## Inspiration We're a trio of a violinist, a cellist, and an calligrapher who all met in Stanford's intro CS course last fall. We loved it so much that we knew we had to keep going, and TreeHacks was the perfect opportunity to immerse ourselves in our first hackathon. We knew we wanted to combine our interests in mus...
## ABOUT OUR PROJECT Our project is Chromatisound, a collection of audio visualization APIs intended to be used by the Hearing Impaired and in music education. Our inspiration for this project came from our desire to share our interest in music with the world in a new and exciting way. We realized that we could accomp...
> > Domain.com domain: IDE-asy.com > > > ## Inspiration Software engineering and development have always been subject to change over the years. With new tools, frameworks, and languages being announced every year, it can be challenging for new developers or students to keep up with the new trends the technological in...
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## Inspiration Companies lack insight into their users, audiences, and marketing funnel. This is an issue I've run into on many separate occasions. Specifically, * while doing cold marketing outbound, need better insight onto key variables of successful outreach * while writing a blog, I have no idea who reads it * ...
## Inspiration We hate making resumes and customizing them for each employeer so we created a tool to speed that up. ## What it does A user creates "blocks" which are saved. Then they can pick and choose which ones they want to use. ## How we built it [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) [Express](https://expressjs.c...
## Inspiration The inspiration for this project was the recent wildfires in Canada, which have polluted and damaged the air quality throughout the world. With this website, we strive to raise awareness of the environment, which has been getting damaged throughout the years, and educate people about the air quality. #...
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When I went to college I noticed that so many people were into retro gaming. Why? I don't know, and I could care less. It's awesome. Anyone who follows video games knows what Pong is, and after seeing so many recreations (or ripoffs) of classic games on mobile I was surprised that nobody recreated it. It's aesthetical...
## Inspiration We didn't know where to go and nobody wanted the pressure of picking. ## What it does It automatically books a Lyft for you to go to a random nearby restaurant. We also built a dashboard for restaurants to pay for a premium service where they get feedback from their users and have more customers route...
## Inspiration After looking at the Hack the 6ix prizes, we were all drawn to the BLAHAJ. On a more serious note, we realized that one thing we all have in common is accidentally killing our house plants. This inspired a sense of environmental awareness and we wanted to create a project that would encourage others to ...
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## Inspiration Personal Immunization Records - small, yellow accordion cards. These important immunization tracking documentations are easily lost when families move, doctors retire and are frequently misplaced. Additionally, records are only kept in the clinics' databases for a certain number of years - if this card ...
## Inspiration Blog Post about parent who was unable to get resources to check color vision impairment in child. Every 1 in 10 people have colorblindness. ## What it does There are two parts to this website. One is the actual test which tests if a person has color blindness. The second is a game mode which is an int...
## Inspiration 💭 With the current staffing problem in hospitals due to the lingering effects of COVID-19, we wanted to come up with a solution for the people who are the backbone of healthcare. **Personal Support Workers** (or PSWs) are nurses that travel between personal and nursing homes to help the elderly and dis...
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Plenty of people hope to travel and explore the world, and it's no surprise that traveling often ends up on bucket lists. However, flights are expensive, and trying to figure out when and to where airline tickets will be cheapest is exhausting. Our project, Dream-Flight, hopes to make this process easier. By creating ...
## Inspiration Planning vacations can be hard. Traveling is a very fun experience but often comes with a lot of stress of curating the perfect itinerary with all the best sights to see, foods to eat, and shows to watch. You don't want to miss anything special, but you also want to make sure the trip is still up your a...
## Inspiration We love to travel and have found that we typically have to use multiple sources in the process of creating an itinerary. With Path Planner, the user can get their whole tripped planned for them in one place. ## What it does Build you an itinerary for any destination you desire ## How we built it Usi...
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## Inspiration Technology in schools today is given to those classrooms that can afford it. Our goal was to create a tablet that leveraged modern touch screen technology while keeping the cost below $20 so that it could be much cheaper to integrate with classrooms than other forms of tech like full laptops. ## What i...
## Inspiration We wanted to explore what GCP has to offer more in a practical sense, while trying to save money as poor students ## What it does The app tracks you, and using Google Map's API, calculates a geofence that notifies the restaurants you are within vicinity to, and lets you load coupons that are valid. #...
# Inspiration The turn of the new year was accompanied by the news of fire ravaging most of Australia. In total, an estimated of over 1 billion animals are estimated to have died along with over 25 million acres of land. The effects of the fire left a lasting impression on our views of how technology can be used for g...
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## We are DonSafe, a Blockchain and AI based organ donation interface, aimed at patient-centric care ### DonSafe provides a platform for organisations, donors and recipients to ethically source and donate organs. ## Inspiration The transplantation of healthy organs into persons whose own organs have failed, improves...
## Inspiration With the increase in Covid-19 cases, the healthcare sector has experienced a shortage of PPE supplies. Many hospitals have turned to the public for donations. However, people who are willing to donate may not know what items are needed, which hospitals need it urgently, or even how to donate. ## What i...
## Inspiration While talking to Mitt from the CVS booth, he opened my eyes to a problem that I was previously unaware - counterfeits in the pharmaceutical industry. After a good amount of research, I learned that it was possible to make a solution during the hackathon. A friendly interface with a blockchain backend co...
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## Inspiration The idea for SlideForge came from the struggles researchers face when trying to convert complex academic papers into presentations. Many academics spend countless hours preparing slides for conferences, lectures, or public outreach, often sacrificing valuable time they could be using for research. We wa...
## Inspiration Virtually every classroom has a projector, whiteboard, and sticky notes. With OpenCV and Python being more accessible than ever, we wanted to create an augmented reality entertainment platform that any enthusiast could learn from and bring to their own place of learning. StickyAR is just that, with a su...
# Inspiration ✨ It's a universally acknowledged truth that memories are the tapestries of our lives, yet, tragically, many of these vibrant threads fade over time, leaving us with a canvas that feels incomplete. This realization hit us hard, echoing the sentiment that the essence of our experiences, the laughter, the ...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for our project came from three of our members being involved with Smash in their community. From one of us being an avid competitor, one being an avid watcher and one of us who works in an office where Smash is played quite frequently, we agreed that the way Smash Bro games were matched...
## Inspiration There are many scary things in the world ranging from poisonous spiders to horrifying ghosts, but none of these things scare people more than the act of public speaking. Over 75% of humans suffer from a fear of public speaking but what if there was a way to tackle this problem? That's why we created Str...
## Inspiration Our team really wanted to create a new way to maximize productivity without the interference of modern technology. we often find ourselves reaching for our phones to scroll through social media for just a "5 minute break" which quickly turns into a 2 hours procrastination session. On top of that, we wan...
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## Inspiration We thought it would be cool to use machine learning tools on current events to get a sense of what people are thinking about a particular topic. Specifically, our interest in finance inspired us to create this tool to analyze stock tickers in real time. ## What it does This app takes in any topic or k...
## Inspiration The media we consume daily has an impact on our thinking, behavior, and emotions. If you’ve fallen into a pattern of regularly watching or listening to the news, the majority of what you’re consuming is likely about the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. And while staying up to date on local and national ne...
## Inspiration Want to see how a product, service, person or idea is doing in the court of public opinion? Market analysts are experts at collecting data from a large array of sources, but monitoring public happiness or approval ratings is notoriously difficult. Usually, focus groups and extensive data collection is r...
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## Inspiration Public speaking is a critical skill in our lives. The ability to communicate effectively and efficiently is a very crucial, yet difficult skill to hone. For a few of us on the team, having grown up competing in public speaking competitions, we understand too well the challenges that individuals looking ...
## Inspiration If you're lucky enough to enjoy public speaking, we're jealous of you. None of us like public speaking, and we realized that there are not a lot of ways to get real-time feedback on how we can improve without boring your friends or family to listen to you. We wanted to build a tool that would help us p...
## Inspiration Nowadays, as the amount of repairman scam is growing, it is extremely hard to find some quality and honest technicians that are reasonably priced. Whether people are looking for a car mechanic or a home repair handyman, many people have experienced overpriced and low-quality services. We see that differ...
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## Inspiration We wanted to create a webapp that will help people learn American Sign Language. ## What it does SignLingo starts by giving the user a phrase to sign. Using the user's webcam, gets the input and decides if the user signed the phrase correctly. If the user signed it correctly, goes on to the next phras...
## **1st Place!** ## Inspiration Sign language is a universal language which allows many individuals to exercise their intellect through common communication. Many people around the world suffer from hearing loss and from mutism that needs sign language to communicate. Even those who do not experience these condition...
## Inspiration In Canada alone, there are over 350,000 Canadians who are deaf and around another 3 million who are hard of hearing. However, picking up sign language for them can often be a challenge, especially for deaf children who are often born to hearing parents who often don't know sign language. The inability t...
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## Inspiration Epidemiology is critical in figuring out how to stop the spread of diseases before it’s too late ## What it does ClassiFly uses image data to classify individuals with known disease symptoms. For demonstration purposes, we selected Yellow Fever and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and Eele...
## Inspiration We were inspired by the impact plants have on battling climate change. We wanted something that not only identifies and gives information about our plants, but also provides an indication about what others think about the plant. ## What it does You can provide an image of a plant, either by uploading ...
## Inspiration Imagine you broke your EpiPen but you need it immediately for an allergic reaction. Imagine being lost in the forest with cut wounds and bleeding from a fall but have no first aid kit. How will you take care of your health without nearby hospitals or pharmacies? Well good thing for you, we have **MediFl...
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## HouseSearch - A NWHacks 2019 Project Contributors: Stephen Yang and Justin Aujla ### Inspiration & Goals: In the hectic environment of our modern day lives, buying a home has never been a more challenging and time-consuming task... At least, so I've been told. Hopefully, HouseSearch can help expedite the process ...
## Inspiration Having experienced a language barrier firsthand, witnessing its effects in family, and reflecting on equity in services inspired our team to create a resource to help Canadian newcomers navigate their new home. Newt aims to reduce one of the most stressful aspects of the immigrant experience by promoti...
## Inspiration As a student at university, after first year it is very difficult to find all the information you need to find off campus living, we wanted to solve this problem to help students find the information that they need. There is no central website or collection of information that exists that can aid studen...
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## Inspiration For a manager of a small business -- be it a store, restaurant, gym, or even a movie theater -- improving the customer experience and understand what's going on is tremendously important. Having access to analytics of when people are entering the building, what areas they're spending time at, and what c...
## 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 ...
## Inspiration Initially, we struggled to find a project idea. After circling through dozens of ideas and the occasional hacker's block, we were still faced with a huge ***blank space***. In the midst of all our confusion, it hit us that this feeling of desperation and anguish is familiar to all thinkers and creators....
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## Inspiration During the AWS chatbot workshop, we came up with the idea of using voice recognition to solve a problem. Randomly, we came up with the idea to create a more consistent and cost efficient solution for taking restaurant orders and offering an easy-to-use platform for restaurant workers to keep track of th...
## Inspiration Physiotherapy is an important part of rehabilitation for physical injuries. A physiotherapist helps restore a patient’s mobility and prevents future injuries. However, physiotherapy can be too expensive and time-consuming to repeatedly attend sessions at the clinic. Also, because of the pandemic, many ...
## Inspiration Everyone gets tired waiting for their large downloads to complete. BitTorrent is awesome, but you may not have a bunch of peers ready to seed it. Fastify, a download accelerator as a service, solves both these problems and regularly enables 4x download speeds. ## What it does The service accepts a URL...
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**Inspiration** iSho aims to spark interest in the beauty of both the interconnectivity of global financial markets and in the field of data visualization. Using the Kensho API and the D3.js library, we wanted to visualize and transform multifaceted data about these markets by displaying connections within the same in...
## Inspiration Like most people, our team has found it difficult to adapt to e-learning during the pandemic. Among difficulties often faced by students in e-learning is dealing with the large quantity of asynchronous lecture content. By providing the ability to download sped-up copies and transcriptions of online lec...
# 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 ...
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## Inspiration Many people around the world do not know what health insurance is and how it can benefit them. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, people in India did not have access to health insurance which led to many deaths. It also caused many families to have debt due to expensive medical bills. Our hope i...
## Inspiration An important aspect of health is being able to efficiently interact with healthcare professionals in order to get much needed help. Our group aimed to create an all-in-one health tracking app that would fulfill three main use cases. Firstly, it is common for people to misremember the details of symptoms...
## Inspiration Most of us have had to visit loved ones in the hospital before, and we know that it is often not a great experience. The process can be overwhelming between knowing where they are, which doctor is treating them, what medications they need to take, and worrying about their status overall. We decided that...
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## Inspiration Not wanting to keep moving my stuff around all the time while moving between SF and Waterloo, Canada. ## What it does It will call a Postmate to pick up your items, which will then be delivered to our secure storage facility. The Postmate will be issued a one time use code for the lock to our facility...
## Inspiration We were inspired by the numerous Facebook posts, Slack messages, WeChat messages, emails, and even Google Sheets that students at Stanford create in order to coordinate Ubers/Lyfts to the airport as holiday breaks approach. This was mainly for two reasons, one being the safety of sharing a ride with oth...
## Inspiration We wanted to explore what GCP has to offer more in a practical sense, while trying to save money as poor students ## What it does The app tracks you, and using Google Map's API, calculates a geofence that notifies the restaurants you are within vicinity to, and lets you load coupons that are valid. #...
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## Inspiration We wanted to protect our laptops with the power of rubber bands. ## What it does It shoots rubber bands at aggressive screen lookers. ## How we built it Willpower and bad code. ## Challenges we ran into Ourselves. ## Accomplishments that we're proud of Having something. Honestly. ## What we lea...
## 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...
OUR VIDEO IS IN THE COMMENTS!! THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING (WIFI ISSUES) ## Inspiration As a group of four students having completed 4 months of online school, going into our second internship and our first fully remote internship, we were all nervous about how our internships would transition to remote work. When remin...
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This code allows the user to take photos of animals, and the app determines whether the photos are pleasing enough for people to see the cuteness of the animals.
## Inspiration We took inspiration from the multitude of apps that help to connect those who are missing to those who are searching for their loved ones and others affected by natural disaster, especially flooding. We wanted to design a product that not only helped to locate those individuals, but also to rescue those...
## Inspiration As certified pet owners, we understand that our pets are part of our family. Our companions deserve the best care and attention available. We envisioned the goal of simplifying and modernizing pet care, all in one convenient and elegant app. Our idea began with our longing for our pets. Being internatio...
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## Inspiration My father put me in charge of his finances and in contact with his advisor, a young, enterprising financial consultant eager to make large returns. That might sound pretty good, but to someone financially conservative like my father doesn't really want that kind of risk in this stage of his life. The op...
## Inspiration We were interested in machine learning and data analytics and decided to pursue a real-world application that could prove to have practical use for society. Many themes of this project were inspired by hip-hop artist Cardi B. ## What it does Money Moves analyzes data about financial advisors and their...
## Inspiration GET RICH QUICK! ## What it does Do you want to get rich? Are you tired of the man holding you down? Then, WeakLink.Ai is for you! Our app comes equipped with predictive software to suggest the most beneficial stocks to buy based off your preferences. Simply said, a personal stock broker in your pocket...
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## Inspiration We are fitness lovers ## What it does The premise of our app is that users can set daily fitness goals that last for however long they want. They could be long term goals that last for a year or short term goals that last for weeks or even days. For example, a user can commit to walking at least 5000 ...
## Inspiration Always wanted to build a hack for a social good, which is why I wanted to come to DeltaHacks! I think this project in particular is really nice because it encourages people to get out of their comfort zone, meet new people, all while living a healthier lifestyle. More than just rewarding the participant...
## 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...
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## Inspiration In today's fast-paced world, managing finances effectively has become crucial for achieving financial security and independence. We were inspired to create SpendWisely after realizing how overwhelming it can be for individuals to track expenses, manage savings, and stay on top of their financial goals i...
## Inspiration At this stage of our lives, a lot of students haven’t yet developed the financial discipline to save money and tend to be wasteful with their spending. With this app, we hope to design an interface that focuses on minimalism. The app is easy to use and provides users with a visual breakdown of where the...
## Inspiration We wanted to bring financial literacy into being a part of your everyday life while also bringing in futuristic applications such as augmented reality to really motivate people into learning about finance and business every day. We were looking at a fintech solution that didn't look towards enabling fin...
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## Inspiration Our project was conceived out of the need to streamline the outdated process of updating IoT devices. Historically, this was an unmanageable task that required manual connections to each device, a daunting challenge when deploying at scale. Moreover, it often incurs significant expenses, particularly wh...
## Inspiration The worst part about getting up in the morning is making coffee while you are half-asleep and wishing you were still in bed. This made me ask, why can't I have coffee already waiting for me right when I get out of bed? So i developed an idea, why don't I modify a coffee maker to have its own Twitter acc...
## Inspiration Toronto is famous because it is tied for the second longest average commute time of any city (96 minutes, both ways). People love to complain about the TTC and many people have legitimate reasons for avoiding public transit. With our app, we hope to change this. Our aim is to change the public's perspec...
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## Inspiration More than **2 million** people in the United States are affected by diseases such as ALS, brain or spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and numerous other diseases that impair muscle control. Many of these people are confined to their wheelchairs, some may be luc...
## Inspiration Having previously volunteered and worked with children with cerebral palsy, we were struck with the monotony and inaccessibility of traditional physiotherapy. We came up with a cheaper, more portable, and more engaging way to deliver treatment by creating virtual reality games geared towards 12-15 year ...
## Inspiration Millions of people around the world are either blind, or partially sighted. For those who's vision is impaired, but not lost, there are tools that can help them see better. By increasing contrast and detecting lines in an image, some people might be able to see clearer. ## What it does We developed an...
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## Inspiration More creators are coming online to create entertaining content for fans across the globe. On platforms like Twitch and YouTube, creators have amassed billions of dollars in revenue thanks to loyal fans who return to be part of the experiences they create. Most of these experiences feel transactional, h...
## Inspiration The project was inspired by looking at the challenges that artists face when dealing with traditional record labels and distributors. Artists often have to give up ownership of their music, lose creative control, and receive only a small fraction of the revenue generated from streams. Record labels and ...
## Inspiration Productivity is hard to harness especially at hackathons with many distractions, but a trick we software developing students found to stay productive while studying was using the “Pomodoro Technique”. The laptop is our workstation and could be a source of distraction, so what better place to implement t...
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## Inspiration We wanted to explore new technologies that had people who were comfortable with hardware experience software, and vice versa. We all explored new areas, whether it was software, hardware, or server architecture. We all learned a lot, and solved a great problem too! ## What it does Our project provides...
## Inspiration We wanted to learn about machine learning. There are thousands of sliding doors made by Black & Decker and they're all capable of sending data about the door. With this much data, the natural thing to consider is a machine learning algorithm that can figure out ahead of time when a door is broken, and h...
## Inspiration With the increase in popularity of road trips, determining the most cost-efficient route is important. It usually requires multiples websites and resources to gather all the information needed to calculate the approximate costs of a trip. The gas mileage for the vehicle, distance, fastest route, and gas...
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# Flash Computer Vision® ### Computer Vision for the World Github: <https://github.com/AidanAbd/MA-3> Try it Out: <http://flash-cv.com> ## Inspiration Over the last century, computers have gained superhuman capabilities in computer vision. Unfortunately, these capabilities are not yet empowering everyday people bec...
## Inspiration I like looking at things. I do not enjoy bad quality videos . I do not enjoy waiting. My CPU is a lazy fool. He just lays there like a drunkard on new years eve. My poor router has a heart attack every other day so I can stream the latest Kylie Jenner video blog post, or has the kids these days call it,...
## Inspiration Color vision deficiency is the reduced ability to identify or differentiate colors. People having color vision deficiency have several difficulties in performing day to day activities from basic ones like reading traffic lights and signals, purchasing groceries or clothes to advanced ones like accessing...
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## Inspiration It’s insane how the majority of the U.S. still looks like **endless freeways and suburban sprawl.** The majority of Americans can’t get a cup of coffee or go to the grocery store without a car. What would America look like with cleaner air, walkable cities, green spaces, and effective routing from plac...
# DriveWise: Building a Safer Future in Route Planning Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teens, with over a third of teen fatalities resulting from traffic accidents. This represents one of the most pressing public safety issues today. While many route-planning algorithms exist, most prioritiz...
## Inspiration Just Dance was probably my favorite game as a kid. Not only because I got to listen to Psy a million times a day, but because I loved to run and hop and dance around. At this hackathon, it was an inspiration for us to try and build something similar for everyone: a pose guiding app that helped people ge...
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## Inspiration Waiting at Berkeley cross walks. ## What it does Plays "wait" whenever the pedestrian crossing button is clicked. ## How I built it HTML, CSS, JavaScript. ## Challenges I ran into Configuring the DNS, background music. ## Accomplishments that I'm proud of It works really well! ## What I learned...
## Inspiration - When coming across a bunch of news articles of people sharing their assault stories years after the event, an idea to create a safe space where anonymous (and known) stories could be shared to help raise awareness. ## What it does - AREA is essentially a location flagger for every place. People can po...
## Inspiration Our project is inspired by the sister of one our creators, Joseph Ntaimo. Joseph often needs to help locate wheelchair accessible entrances to accommodate her, but they can be hard to find when buildings have multiple entrances. Therefore, we created our app as an innovative piece of assistive tech to i...
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Starting a conversation can be tricky. Let us Help. Introducing RizzBot, the innovative conversation starter bot that helps you break the ice and meet new people. Whether you are at a party, networking event, or just looking to make new friends, RizzBot makes it easy to initiate conversations and connect with others. S...
## Inspiration What is our first thought when we hear "health-care"? Is it an illness? Cancer? Disease? That is where we lose our focus from an exponential increasing crisis, especially in this post-COVID era. It is MENTAL HEALTH! Studying at university, I have seen my friends suffer from depression and anxiety looki...
## Inspiration We are CS majors with no game and struggle to think of pickup lines for dating apps. ## What it does Rizzer is a chrome extension that generates 3 different pickup lines based off of a match's Tinder bio. To use Rizzer, open a DM with a match on Chrome, click the Rizzer Chrome extension, and then pres...
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## Inspiration The inspiration behind HumanFT comes from the desire to revolutionize the way people receive feedback and approach personal development. The project aims to harness the power of advanced technology to provide individuals, educational institutions, and organizations with a comprehensive feedback system t...
## Inspiration🧠 Even with today’s cutting edge technology and leading scientific research that helps us develop, advance and improve in everyday life, those with rare genetic diseases are still left behind. Living with life threatening condition with little to no cure, considering, “less than 5% of more than 7,000 r...
## Inspiration The inspiration for this project came from our personal situations at home, that is, the fact that we are now always at home. We came to realize that since we spend all day at home as students with remote learning, it has become more difficult to hold our regular routines, and as such we find ourselves ...
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