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## Inspiration
Vision is perhaps our most important sense; we use our sight every waking moment to navigate the world safely, to make decisions, and to connect with others. As such, keeping our eyes healthy is extremely important to our quality of life. In spite of this, we often neglect to get our vision tested regul... | ## 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
Toronto being one of the busiest cities in the world, is faced with tremendous amounts of traffic, whether it is pedestrians, commuters, bikers or drivers. With this comes an increased risk of crashes, and accidents, making methods of safe travel an ever-pressing issue, not only for those in Toronto, bu... | partial |
## 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
As college students more accustomed to having meals prepared by someone else than doing so ourselves, we are not the best at keeping track of ingredients’ expiration dates. As a consequence, money is wasted and food waste is produced, thereby discounting the financially advantageous aspect of cooking an... | ## Inspiration
* None of my friends wanted to do an IOS application with me so I built an application to find friends to hack with
* I would like to reuse the swiping functionality in another personal project
## What it does
* Create an account
* Make a profile of skills, interests and languages
* Find matches to ha... | winning |
## Inspiration
The California wildfires have proven how deadly fires can be; the mere smoke from fireworks can set ablaze hundreds of acres. What starts as a few sparks can easily become the ignition for a fire capable of destroying homes and habitats. California is just one example; fires can be just as dangerous in ... | As a response to the ongoing wildfires devastating vast areas of Australia, our team developed a web tool which provides wildfire data visualization, prediction, and logistics handling. We had two target audiences in mind: the general public and firefighters. The homepage of Phoenix is publicly accessible and anyone ca... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration comes from the Telemarketing survey. We want to create a sort of "prank call" to people, especially to our friends where the call will be a super-realistic voice presenting a survey to them. At the end, we have decided to program a chatbot that will conduct a survey via phone and ask the... | winning |
## Inspiration
Imagine this: you are at an event with your best friends and want some great jams to play. However, you have no playlist on hand that represents this energy-filled moment. After several years of struggling to find the perfect playlist for various occasions, we finally developed a solution to meet all ne... | ## Inspiration
Taking our initial approach of web-app development and music, we wanted to make something that was useful and applicable to real life such as playing music with your friends. So, we came upon the idea of this web-app that will serve as a virtual DJ that will learn the party's favourite songs while gener... | ## Inspiration
Fall lab and design bay cleanout leads to some pretty interesting things being put out at the free tables. In this case, we were drawn in by a motorized Audi Spyder car. And then, we saw the Neurosity Crown headsets, and an idea was born. A single late night call among team members, excited about the po... | losing |
## 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
Nowadays, the payment for knowledge has become more acceptable by the public, and people are more willing to pay to these truly insightful, cuttting edge, and well-stuctured knowledge or curriculum. However, current centalized video content production platforms (like YouTube, Udemy, etc.) take too much ... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to build an app that could replicate the background blur in professional pictures
## What it does
Import a photo from the library or camera and let you select the zone you want to keep in focus
## How we built it
We used Xcode and did most of the code in Swift
## Challenges we ran into
E... | winning |
## Inspiration
Rewind back to the beginning of this hackathon. Our group was stuck brainstorming a wide variety of ideas, and like any young group, we were spending so much time talking and weren't able to keep track of ideas. But what if all we had to do was speak and have our ideas written down? That's when we thoug... | ## Inspiration
Oftentimes when we find ourselves not understanding the content that has been taught in class and rarely remembering what exactly is being conveyed. And some of us have the habit of mismatching notes and forgetting where we put them. So to help all the ailing students, there was this idea to make an app... | ## Inspiration
Inspired by the challenges posed by complex and expensive tools like Cvent, we developed Eventdash: a comprehensive event platform that handles everything from start to finish. Our intuitive AI simplifies the planning process, ensuring it's both effortless and user-friendly. With Eventdash, you can easi... | losing |
## Inspiration
With the rise of climate change but lack in the change of public policy, the greatest danger is not only natural disasters, but it is also the public not understand what is actually causing devasting weather events throughout the world. Since public policy and getting people to change would be the best ... | ## Inspiration
Diseases in monoculture farms can spread easily and significantly impact food security and farmers' lives. We aim to create a solution that uses computer vision for the early detection and mitigation of these diseases.
## What it does
Our project is a proof-of-concept for detecting plant diseases usin... | ## Inspiration
Since the breakout of the pandemic, we saw a surge in people’s need for an affordable, convenient, and environmentally friendly way of transportation. In particular, the main pain points in this area include taking public transportation is risky due to the pandemic, it’s strenuous to ride a bike for lon... | losing |
## Hack The Valley 4
Hack the Valley 2020 project
## On The Radar
**Inspiration**
Have you ever been walking through your campus and wondered what’s happening around you, but too unmotivated to search through Facebook, the school’s website and where ever else people post about social gatherings and just want to see... | ## Inspiration
As first-year students, we have experienced the difficulties of navigating our way around our new home. We wanted to facilitate the transition to university by helping students learn more about their university campus.
## What it does
A social media app for students to share daily images of their camp... | ## Inspiration
Have you ever wished to give a memorable dining experience to your loved ones, regardless of their location? We were inspired by the desire to provide our friends and family with a taste of our favorite dining experiences, no matter where they might be.
## What it does
It lets you book and pay for a m... | partial |
## Away From Keyboard
## Inspiration
We wanted to create something that anyone can use AFK for chrome. Whether it be for accessibility reasons -- such as for those with disabilities that can't use the keyboard -- or for daily use when you're cooking, our aim was to make scrolling and Chrome browsing easier.
## What ... | ## Inspiration
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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... | ## Inspiration
Ever wish you could hear your baby cry where you are in the world? Probably not, but it's great to know anyways! Did you know that babies often cry when at least one of their needs is not met? How could possibly know about baby's needs without being there watching the baby sleep?
## What it does
Our t... | partial |
## Our Inspiration
Designer clothing and high-fashion are extremely expensive luxuries. These clothes and dresses tend to be worn just for a few times, if at all worn more than once. A cheaper way to experience luxury clothing is not prevalent today. The fact that expensive clothing is usually worn less times by the o... | ## Inspiration & What it does
You're walking down the road, and see a belle rocking an exquisite one-piece. *"Damn, that would look good on me (or my wife)"*.
You go home and try to look for it: *"beautiful red dress"*. Google gives you 110,000,000 results in 0.54 seconds. Well that helped a lot. You think of checkin... | ## Inspiration
Being second years, we all related to finding it difficult connecting with people and making support/study groups, especially due to the transition onto online learning. StudyBuddy is a way to connect you with people taking the same courses as you, in hope of forming these friend/study groups.
## What ... | partial |
## Inspiration
As roommates, we found that keeping track of our weekly chore schedule and house expenses was a tedious process, more tedious than we initially figured.
Though we created a Google Doc to share among us to keep the weekly rotation in line with everyone, manually updating this became hectic and cumbersom... | ## Inspiration
We were tired of the same boring jokes that Alexa tells. In an effort to spice up her creative side, we decided to implement a machine learning model that allows her to rap instead.
## What it does
Lil 'lexa uses an LSTM machine learning model to create her own rap lyrics based on the input of the use... | ## Inspiration
In a world where finance is extremely important, everyone needs access to **banking services**. Citizens within **third world countries** are no exception, but they lack the banking technology infrastructure that many of us in first world countries take for granted. Mobile Applications and Web Portals d... | partial |
## Inspiration
As college students, one of the biggest issues we face in our classes is finding a study group we love and are comfortable in. We created this project to solve this problem.
## What it does
Our website provides an interface for students to create and join study groups, as well as invite their friends ... | ## Inspiration
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
Our inspiration for developing this tool stemmed from the challenges we faced with handling large files. Whether it was struggling to process extensive datasets for model training, grappling with unwieldy CSVs during data cleaning without a concise summary, or uploading files to the cloud for basic imag... | partial |
## Evaluating accents and improving pronunciation
In the digital age, it has become increasingly important to be able to communicate across cultural, national, and linguistic barriers. Although sites like DuoLingo exist to help you learn the vocabulary and sentence structure of a new language, no such site yet exists ... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration for the creation of PlanIt came from the different social circles we spend
time in. It seemed like no matter the group of people, planning an event was always
cumbersome and there were too many little factors that made it annoying.
## What it does
PlanIt allows for quick and easy const... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to build an application that would make university students lives less stressful.
A common issue we heard about from students is navigating changes to their degree, whether it be courses, modules, or the entire degree itself. Students would have to go through multiple sources to figure out how... | partial |
## Inspiration
Nowadays, we have been using **all** sorts of development tools for web development, from the simplest of HTML, to all sorts of high-level libraries, such as Bootstrap and React. However, what if we turned back time, and relived the *nostalgic*, good old times of programming in the 60s? A world where th... | ## Inspiration
The whiteboard or chalkboard is an essential tool in instructional settings - to learn better, students need a way to directly transport code from a non-text medium to a more workable environment.
## What it does
Enables someone to take a picture of handwritten or printed text converts it directly to ... | ## Inspiration
AO3 Enhanced was inspired by the need for trashy, easily-digestible content in conjunction with thoughtful, thematic works of fiction based on popular media. It was also inspired by a crippling existentialism and a desire to escape our reality into the realm of the fictional. Take that as you will - the... | winning |
## Inspiration
*Inspired by the burning hunger that resides in the stomachs of all university students, comes UBC FeedMe.*
## What it does
Scrounges UBC Facebook groups and event pages for events, gatherings, and celebrations that offer any free food or refreshments. Using a keyword searcher in the description of th... | ## Inspiration for the project
I love free food at school club events.
## Goal of project
Connects Berkeley students to free food and gives them the opportunity to discover new clubs on campus. Helps people realize that though we all have many different recreational and intellectual differences, we can all connect o... | ## Inspiration
In a world where finance is extremely important, everyone needs access to **banking services**. Citizens within **third world countries** are no exception, but they lack the banking technology infrastructure that many of us in first world countries take for granted. Mobile Applications and Web Portals d... | losing |
## Inspiration
We're 4 college freshmen that were expecting new experiences with interactive and engaging professors in college; however, COVID-19 threw a wrench in that (and a lot of other plans). As all of us are currently learning online through various video lecture platforms, we found out that these lectures some... | ## Inspiration
At the University of Toronto, accessibility services are always in demand of more volunteer note-takers for students who are unable to attend classes. Video lectures are not always available and most profs either don't post notes, or post very imprecise, or none-detailed notes. Without a doubt, the best... | # [SwitchVR](http://getswitchvr.com)
A super cool mini game built for the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion controller.
## Inspiration
Coming into QHacks, we didn't really have an idea for what we wanted to build so we decided to have a little fun and play with tech many of us have never used before! So we ended up gr... | winning |
## Inspiration
During the fall 2021 semester, the friend group made a fun contest to participate in: Finding the chonkiest squirrel on campus.
Now that we are back in quarantine, stuck inside all day with no motivation to do exercise, we wondered if we could make a timer like in the app [Forest](https://www.forestapp... | ## Inspiration
Save the World is a mobile app meant to promote sustainable practices, one task at a time.
## What it does
Users begin with a colorless Earth prominently displayed on their screens, along with a list of possible tasks. After completing a sustainable task, such as saying no to a straw at a restaurant, ... | ## Inspiration
The three of us love lifting at the gym. We always see apps that track cardio fitness but haven't found anything that tracks lifting exercises in real-time. Often times when lifting, people tend to employ poor form leading to gym injuries which could have been avoided by being proactive.
## What it doe... | partial |
## Inspiration
This project was heavily inspired by CANBus and its unique network arbitration method for devices on the network. However while CANBus requires a specialised circuit to be a part of the network, Monopoly Bus does not, and moreover only requires a single wire.
## What it does
Monopoly Bus allows device... | ## Inspiration
Our team always get knocks on our residence doors and we can't hear it because we are typically wearing headphones in our room. To resolve this issue, we created a wireless doorbell made for dorm rooms that give us an audible and visual notification when someone is at our door.
## What it does
A perso... | The goal of the project was to create a hyper-casual game for players of all ages to enjoy. Two players each control a bird and make them fly around the forest, collecting fruits while dodging bombs. The cherries can in turn be used as currency to buy different bird skins, levels, or upgrades.
Player one uses the A ke... | losing |
## 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
In the United States, every 11 seconds, a senior is treated in the emergency room for a fall. Every 19 minutes, an older adult dies from a fall, directly or indirectly. Deteriorating balance is one of the direct causes of falling in seniors. This epidemic will only increase, as the senior population wil... | ## Inspiration
IoT devices are extremely useful; however, they come at a high price. A key example of this is a smart fridge, which can cost thousands of dollars. Although many people can't afford this type of luxury, they can still greatly benefit from it. A smart fridge can eliminate food waste by keeping an invento... | partial |
## Inspiration
Between 1994 and 2013 there were 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives or almost 68,000 lives on average each year. In many of these disasters, people don't know where to go, and where is safe. For example, during Hurricane Harvey, many people learned about dangers such as ... | ## 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... | ## What it does
Vaccinate MI (a work in progress project started at TreeHacks 2021) aims to serve as a simple informational resource for individuals confused by the vaccination process in the state of Michigan.
## How we built it
React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
## What's next for Vaccinate MI
Adding content and a fil... | winning |
## Inspiration
Whenever you get takeout or coffee, using a single use container is the only option. The single use, linear economy is not sustainable and I wanted to change that with a reusable item share system.
## What it does
ShareIT is a borrowing system that can be implemented securely anywhere, without fear of... | ## Inspiration
As students, we personally wanted a better way of handling group projects. There were many times where we had difficulties in dividing up work in classes, and figuring out the best time where everyone was able to meet up and collaborate.
## What it does
Unit is an iOS application that allows users to ... | ## Inspiration
Given the increase in mental health awareness, we wanted to focus on therapy treatment tools in order to enhance the effectiveness of therapy. Therapists rely on hand-written notes and personal memory to progress emotionally with their clients, and there is no assistive digital tool for therapists to ke... | losing |
# ***One of the Top 6 Hacks at McHacks 6!***
## Inspiration
**Hasn't it happened to us all at least once that we've realized too late that our groceries have expired.** We waste goods because we don't have a way to keep track of when our items will expire. We also often forget what to buy when we reach grocery stores... | The goal of this app is to help consumers keep track of the expiration dates of their groceries and reduce food waste.
We began by conducting research on common pain points for grocery shoppers, such as difficulty keeping track of expiration dates and not realizing items were expired until it was too late. From there,... | ## Inspiration
Our main inspiration for the idea of the Lead Zeppelin was a result of our wanting to help people with physical disorders still be able to appreciate and play music with restricted hand movements. There are countless--hundreds upon thousands of people who suffer from various physical disorders that prev... | losing |
## Inspiration
Jay, one of the members of our team, has volunteered for the Suicide Helpline in Calgary for 5 years. He is personally very attached and committed to this field and is really passionate about it. The rest of the team has all been affected directly and/or indirectly by depression and suicide.
## What it... | ## 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
As students who study away from home, we often find ourselves relying on public transit to get from place to place. While this was often perfectly acceptable, there was one thing we always hated about public transit: transfers. To us, the only purpose of a transfer was to make it take longer to get from... | winning |
## Why Soundscape
Hacking for the hack of it. It is a great mantra, and one that we often take to heart. While there is significant value in hackathon projects that offer aid in difficult and demanding tasks, sometimes the most interesting hacks are those that exist for their own sake. Soundscape takes a novel approac... | ## Inspiration
Music has become a crucial part of people's lives, and they want customized playlists to fit their mood and surroundings. This is especially true for drivers who use music entertain themselves on their journey and to stay alert.
Based off of personal experience and feedback from our peers, we realized t... | ## Inspiration
In recent history, waste misplacement and ignorance has harmed countless animal, degraded our environment and health, and has costed us millions of dollars each year. Even with our current progressive education system, Canadians are still often unsure as to what their waste is categorized by. For this r... | partial |
## Inspiration
Athena is an author and games are fun so we put it together with distributed systems to get this madness!
## What it does
Two player choose your adventure game in which players can either split off on their own paths or continue through the story together. There are certain parts in the story where th... | ## Inspiration
Arriving into new places always means starting all over again, including with friends and socializing. It was one lonely night when I had the idea to do something, but didn't ask anyone thinking they would be busy. Turns out they were thinking the same way too! We needed a way to communicate effectively... | ## 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... | losing |
## Inspiration
One of our team members is a community manager for a real estate development group that often has trouble obtaining certifications in their attempts to develop eco-friendly buildings. The trouble that they go through, leaves them demotivated because of the cost and effort, leading them to avoid the proc... | ## 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... | ## Inspiration
Food wastage, that sends more than a third of our food supply to rot is also major contributor to climate change. We at “Shafoo” realizing the impact of food wastage have come up with a novel solution to tackle food mismanagement. We plan on connecting every individual in the locality in order to promot... | partial |
## Sales and Customer service IS HARD!
People spend thousands of dollars in Sales and Customer service to understand see what is happening with their deals and customers. 59.2% of companies have a dedicated sales enablement initiative or function. Sales managers and specialists spend thousands of hours manually examin... | # 🚗 InsuclaimAI: Simplifying Insurance Claims 📝
## 🌟 Inspiration
💡 After a frustrating experience with a minor fender-bender, I was faced with the overwhelming process of filing an insurance claim. Filling out endless forms, speaking to multiple customer service representatives, and waiting for assessments felt l... | ## Inspiration
Our team’s mission is to create a space of understanding, compassion, and curiosity through facilitating cross-cultural conversations.
At a time where a pandemic and social media algorithms keep us tightly wound in our own homes and echo chambers, we’ve made a platform to push people out of their comfo... | partial |
# About Us
Discord Team Channel: #Team-25
secretage001#6705, Null#8324, BluCloos#8986
<https://friendzr.tech/>
## Inspiration
Over the last year the world has been faced with an ever-growing pandemic. As a result, students have faced increased difficulty in finding new friends and networking for potential job offe... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration for the creation of PlanIt came from the different social circles we spend
time in. It seemed like no matter the group of people, planning an event was always
cumbersome and there were too many little factors that made it annoying.
## What it does
PlanIt allows for quick and easy const... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration was Find My by Apple. It allows you to track your Apple devices and see them on a map giving you relevant information such as last time pinged, distance, etc.
## What it does
Picks up signals from beacons using the Eddystone protocol. Using this data, it will display the beacon's possi... | partial |
## Inspiration
Essential workers are needed to fulfill tasks such as running restaurants, grocery shops, and travel services such as airports and train stations. Some of the tasks that these workers do include manual screening of customers entering trains and airports and checking if they are properly wearing masks. H... | ## Inspiration
The lack of good music at parties is criminal. Pretty rare to find the DJs that are not absorbed in their playlist as well. Someone had to do it, so we did it.
## What it does
It looks at the movement of the crowd using computer vision and using Spotify's data-set of over 42000 songs we find the song ... | ## Inspiration
Ordering delivery and eating out is a major aspect of our social lives. But when healthy eating and dieting comes into play it interferes with our ability to eat out and hangout with friends. With a wave of fitness hitting our generation as a storm we have to preserve our social relationships while allo... | losing |
## Motivation
Coding skills are in high demand and will soon become a necessary skill for nearly all industries. Jobs in STEM have grown by 79 percent since 1990, and are expected to grow an additional 13 percent by 2027, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey. This provides strong motivation for educators to ... | ## Inspiration
Across the globe, a critical shortage of qualified teachers poses a significant challenge to education. The average student-to-teacher ratio in primary schools worldwide stands at an alarming **23:1!** In some regions of Africa, this ratio skyrockets to an astonishing **40:1**. [Research 1](https://data... | ## Inspiration
When going to eat out with friends or simply craving something at home, we all had the common experience of not knowing what to eat and where to go. With Food Mood we hoped to solve this problem and alleviate the pains of indecisiveness.
## What it does
Food Mood uses a questionnaire algorithm to dete... | winning |
## Inspiration
The inspiration comes from Politik - this is a version 2.0 with significant improvements! We're passionate about politics and making sure that others can participate and more directly communicate with their politicians.
## What it does
We show you the bills your House representative has introduced, an... | ## Inspiration
Wanting to build an FPS VR game.
## What it does
Provides ultra fun experience to all players, taking older folks back to their childhood and showing younger ones the beauty of classic arcade types!
## How we built it
Unity as the game engine
Android for the platform
socket.io for multiplayer
c# for... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration for Bloom Buddy stems from the desire to create an advanced plant monitoring system that addresses the critical factors influencing plant health, such as light levels, temperature, moisture, and water levels.
## What it does
Bloom Buddy is a comprehensive plant monitoring system that e... | partial |
## Inspiration
Around 40% of the lakes in America are too polluted for aquatic life, swimming or fishing.Although children make up 10% of the world’s population, over 40% of the global burden of disease falls on them. Environmental factors contribute to more than 3 million children under age five dying every year. Pol... | ## Inspiration
Between 1994 and 2013 there were 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives or almost 68,000 lives on average each year. In many of these disasters, people don't know where to go, and where is safe. For example, during Hurricane Harvey, many people learned about dangers such as ... | ## Inspiration
When you go out with your friends, it is essential to now your friend's location. For example, you have a meeting with your friend in SF. And you can not just call your friend to update his/her current location (maybe your friend is driving). LocationShare helps you to solve this problem.
## What it do... | winning |
## Inspiration
We were inspired by how there were many instances of fraud with regards to how donations were handled. It is heartbreaking to see how mismanagement can lead to victims of disasters not receiving the help that they desperately need.
## What it does
TrustTrace introduces unparalleled levels of transpare... | # Inspiration
Traditional startup fundraising is often restricted by stringent regulations, which make it difficult for small investors and emerging founders to participate. These barriers favor established VC firms and high-networth individuals, limiting innovation and excluding a broad range of potential investors. ... | ## 💡 Inspiration
Catching us off guard with a sudden global attack, the pandemic has placed excessive pressure on our medical system. It became extremely difficult to access the optimal choice when facing medical issues. Meanwhile, the pre-assessment for medical diagnosis would usually require one to line up for 2 ho... | winning |
## Inspiration
Our project, "**Jarvis**," was born out of a deep-seated desire to empower individuals with visual impairments by providing them with a groundbreaking tool for comprehending and navigating their surroundings. Our aspiration was to bridge the accessibility gap and ensure that blind individuals can fully ... | ## Inspiration
Imagine a world where your best friend is standing in front of you, but you can't see them. Or you go to read a menu, but you are not able to because the restaurant does not have specialized brail menus. For millions of visually impaired people around the world, those are not hypotheticals, they are fac... | ## Inspiration
More than 4.5 million acres of land have burned on the West Coast in the past month alone
Experts say fires will worsen in the years to come as climate change spikes temperatures and disrupts precipitation patterns
Thousands of families have been and will continue to be displaced by these disasters
## ... | winning |
## Inspiration
The amount of data in the world today is mind-boggling. We are generating 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day at our current pace, but the pace is only accelerating with the growth of IoT.
We felt that the world was missing a smart find-feature for videos. To unlock heaps of important data from vid... | ## Inspiration
Knowtworthy is a startup that all three of us founded together, with the mission to make meetings awesome. We have spent this past summer at the University of Toronto’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery’s incubator executing on our vision. We’ve built a sweet platform that solves many of the issues surrounding ... | ## Inspiration
We sat down and thought: okay, we will come back home from CalHacks. And what's the very next action? One of us will want to go play soccer, another teammate may want to go to the bar and talk about Machine Learning with someone. And we understood there are tons of wonderful and interesting people out t... | winning |
## Inspiration
Every musician knows that moment of confusion, that painful silence as onlookers shuffle awkward as you frantically turn the page of the sheet music in front of you. While large solo performances may have people in charge of turning pages, for larger scale ensemble works this obviously proves impractica... | ## Inspiration
I've always been fascinated by the complexities of UX design, and this project was an opportunity to explore an interesting mode of interaction. I drew inspiration from the futuristic UIs that movies have to offer, such as Minority Report's gesture-based OS or Iron Man's heads-up display, Jarvis.
## Wh... | ## Inspiration
We were frustrated with downloading the Hack Western Android app every time it updates. We figured it would be nice if there has an open-source library so that developer can change content in real-time; therefore, users don't have to re-download the app everytime it updates.
## What it does
DynamoUI i... | winning |
## What Inspired Us
A good customer experience leaves a lasting impression across every stage of their journey. This is exemplified in the airline and travel industry. To give credit and show appreciation to the hardworking employees of JetBlue, we chose to scrape and analyze customer feedback on review and social med... | ## 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... | # Campus UBC ([Try It](https://campus.fn.lc/))
The existing "wayfinding" site for the University of British Columbia is awful, and thus a more modern replacement is needed. This is designed to be similar to the amazing internal Google app "Campus".
This allows you to easily find any room on the University of British ... | partial |
Electric boogaloo lights up the fret/string combo to play for different chords, and can show you how to play songs in realtime by lighting up the banjo neck.
It's also an electronic banjo, as opposed to an electric banjo, meaning that instead of just an amplifier on regular string audio, it knows which string is being... | ## Inspiration
Our main inspiration for the idea of the Lead Zeppelin was a result of our wanting to help people with physical disorders still be able to appreciate and play music with restricted hand movements. There are countless--hundreds upon thousands of people who suffer from various physical disorders that prev... | ## Inspiration
It takes a significant amount of effort just to schedule a hangout or a brief meeting. Current scheduling methods involve typing up when you're available, drafting tedious When2Meets, or comparing calendars. These inefficiencies add unnecessary complexity to our lives, which we can resolve through softw... | winning |
## 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... | ## Inspiration
Lectures all around the world last on average 100.68 minutes. That number goes all the way up to 216.86 minutes for art students. As students in engineering, we spend roughly 480 hours a day listening to lectures. Add an additional 480 minutes for homework (we're told to study an hour for every hour in ... | ## Inspiration
In recent years, the advancement of AI technology has revolutionised the landscape of different sector. Our team is inspired by the popular ChatGPT technology and want to use it to break down the education barriers of kids, hence promoting education equality.
## What it does
KidsPedia is an online enc... | partial |
## Inspiration
When thinking about how we could make a difference within local communities impacted by Covid-19, what came to mind are our frontline workers. Our doctors, nurses, grocery store workers, and Covid-19 testing volunteers, who have tirelessly been putting themselves and their families on the line. They are... | ## Inspiration
Traffic is a pain and hurdle for everyone. It costs time and money for everyone stuck within it. We wanted to empower everyone to focus on what they truly enjoy instead of having to waste their time in traffic. We found the challenge to connect autonomous vehicles and enable them to work closely with ea... | ## As first-year graduate students at The University of Chicago (who are ironically brand new students to CS), we faced problems with allocating our tasks properly! With students who come from many backgrounds and levels of experience, it's quite the shift to ensure you are completing your work, projects, and leaving e... | partial |
## Inspiration
Today, computer programmers all over the world have one of the highest rates of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Studies have shown that greater than 30% of adults experience sensory symptoms due to typing on a regular basis. This has necessitated many programmers to spend large portions of time attempting to bu... | ## Inspiration
I realized that as I work, I tend to open up a lot of tabs on Google Chrome. As I go through more and more links, I forget to clean up the old tabs, which clutters up my view and overall organization.
## What it does
I created Smarter Tabs to do all of my organization for me. Smarter Tabs is a Chrome ... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to find a way to use music to help users with improving their mental health. Music therapy is used to improve cognitive brain functions like memory, regulate mood, improve the quality of sleep, managing stress and it can even help with depression. What's more is that music therapy has been pro... | losing |
## Inspiration 💡
**Due to rising real estate prices, many students are failing to find proper housing, and many landlords are failing to find good tenants**. Students looking for houses often have to hire some agent to get a nice place with a decent landlord. The same goes for house owners who need to hire agents to ... | ## FLEX [Freelancing Linking Expertise Xchange]
## Inspiration
Freelancers deserve a platform where they can fully showcase their skills, without worrying about high fees or delayed payments. Companies need fast, reliable access to talent with specific expertise to complete jobs efficiently. "FLEX" bridges the gap, e... | ## Inspiration
You can't get through college without getting sick. Between densely populated living areas and generally unhygienic college students, taking care of your own health is nearly impossible. Recently in UMD, we've had quite a few struggles with health - one student sadly passed away from an adenovirus strai... | winning |
## Inspiration
As post secondary students, our mental health is directly affected. Constantly being overwhelmed with large amounts of work causes us to stress over these large loads, in turn resulting in our efforts and productivity to also decrease. A common occurrence we as students continuously endure is this notio... | ## Inspiration
The other day when we were taking the train to get from New Jersey to New York City we started to talk about how much energy we are saving by taking the train rather than driving, and slowly we realized that a lot of people always default to driving as their only mode of transit. We realized that becaus... | ## Inspiration
Our journey with PathSense began with a deeply personal connection. Several of us have visually impaired family members, and we've witnessed firsthand the challenges they face navigating indoor spaces. We realized that while outdoor navigation has seen remarkable advancements, indoor environments remain... | partial |
## 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
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
A huge issue in healthcare nowadays is the **weakened relationship between patients and physicians due to the lack of communication technologies and overload on the system**; this was our focus for this hack
Prescriptions written by doctors for retrieving medication is often not intuitive to decode for... | winning |
## Inspiration
As university students, we stare at screens 24/7. This exposes us to many habits unhealthy for the eyes, such as reading something too close for too long, or staring at something too bright for too long. We built the smart glasses to encourage healthy habits that reduce eye strain.
## What it does
In ... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration for this idea came as we are becoming of age to drive and as we recognize the importance of safety on the road. We decided to address the topic of driver safety, specifically, distractions while driving, and crash detection. We are bombarded with countless distractions while driving, and... | ## Inspiration
Ricky and I are big fans of the software culture. It's very open and free, much like the ideals of our great nation. As U.S. military veterans, we are drawn to software that liberates the oppressed and gives a voice to those unheard.
**Senate Joint Resolution 34** is awaiting ratification from the Pres... | losing |
## Inspiration
For any STEM major, writing with LaTeX is a must. There's no other tool as powerful for formatting documents, but with the steep learning curve and complex commands, it's incredibly frustrating to learn. We wanted a tool that would allow people to use LaTeX without necessarily knowing LaTeX, making it e... | ## Inspiration
The genesis of this project was an extra credit opportunity in a discrete mathematics course, where the challenge was to transcribe class notes into LaTeX format. Having experienced firsthand the tediousness and time-consuming nature of manually converting these notes, I was inspired to develop a soluti... | ## Inspiration
Beautiful stationery and binders filled with clips, stickies, and colourful highlighting are things we miss from the past. Passing notes and memos and recognizing who it's from just from the style and handwriting, holding the sheet in your hand, and getting a little personalized note on your desk are be... | losing |
## Inspiration
Blockchain has created new opportunities for financial empowerment and decentralized finance (DeFi), but it also introduces several new considerations. Despite its potential for equitability, malicious actors can currently take advantage of it to launder money and fund criminal activities. There has bee... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by how there were many instances of fraud with regards to how donations were handled. It is heartbreaking to see how mismanagement can lead to victims of disasters not receiving the help that they desperately need.
## What it does
TrustTrace introduces unparalleled levels of transpare... | ## Inspiration
With the flurry of new tech developments and media tools, people have access to an incredibly large amount of news and information about the world. To assist in keeping up with current events, we built Squeeze, a web-app that takes top stories from major news outlets and summarizes + highlights keywords... | winning |
If we take a moment to stop and think of those who can't speak or hear, we will realize and be thankful for what we have. To make the lives of these differently ables people, we needed to come up with a solution and here we present you with Proximity.
Proximity uses the Myo armband for sign recognition and an active v... | ## 💡 Inspiration
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How many times have you created an epic web app for a hackathon but couldn't deploy it to show publicly? At my first hackathon, my team worked hard on a Django + React a... | ## Inspiration
According to the Canadian Centre for Injury Prevention and Control, in Canada, an average of 4 people are killed every day as a result of impaired driving. In 2019, there were 1,346 deaths caused by impaired driving, which represents approximately 30% of all traffic-related deaths in Canada. Impaired dr... | winning |
## 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
We as a team shared the same interest in knowing more about Machine Learning and its applications. upon looking at the challenges available, we were immediately drawn to the innovation factory and their challenges, and thought of potential projects revolving around that category. We started brainstormin... | ## Inspiration
With the onset of COVID19 our education, work, and quality time with others have been moved to a virtual format increasing screen time globally. The truth is that we spend three hours and 23 minutes of our waking day staring at a screen. This has an impact on our mental and physical health. Screen time ... | winning |
## \*\* Internet of Things 4 Diabetic Patient Care \*\*
## The Story Behind Our Device
One team member, from his foot doctor, heard of a story of a diabetic patient who almost lost his foot due to an untreated foot infection after stepping on a foreign object. Another team member came across a competitive shooter who... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration comes from people who require immediate medical assistance when they are located in remote areas. The project aims to reinvent the way people in rural or remote settings, especially seniors who are unable to travel frequently, obtain medical assistance by remotely connecting them to medi... | ## Inspiration
As university students, we stare at screens 24/7. This exposes us to many habits unhealthy for the eyes, such as reading something too close for too long, or staring at something too bright for too long. We built the smart glasses to encourage healthy habits that reduce eye strain.
## What it does
In ... | winning |
## Inspiration
Globally, over 92 million tons of textile waste are generated annually, contributing to overflowing landfills and environmental degradation. What's more, the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions, with fast fashion being a significant contributor due to its rapid production ... | ## Inspiration
One of our groupmates, *ahem* Jessie *ahem*, has an addiction to shopping at a fast fashion retailer which won't be named. So the team collectively came together to come up with a solution: BYEBUY. Instead of buying hauls on clothing that are cheap and don't always look good, BYEBUY uses the power of st... | ## Inspiration
Have you wondered where to travel or how to plan your trip more interesting?
Wanna make trips more adventerous ?
## What it does
Xplore is an **AI based-travel application** that allows you to experience destinations in a whole new way. It keeps your adrenaline pumping by keeping your vacation destina... | partial |
## Inspiration
All four of us are university students and have had to study remotely due to the pandemic. Like many others, we have had to adapt to working from home and were inspired to create something to improve WFH life, and more generally life during the pandemic. The pandemic is something that has affected and c... | ## Inspiration
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I recently read Ben Sheridan's paper on Human Centered Artificial Intelligence where he argues that Ai is best used as a tool that accelerates humans rather than trying to *replace* them. We wanted to design a "super-tool" that meaningfully augmented a user's workday. We felt that current calendar ... | ## Inspiration
I've always wanted to learn to DANCE. But dance teachers cost money and I'm a bad dancer :( We made DanceBuddy so we could learn to dance :)
## What it does
It breaks down poses from a dancing video into a step-by-step tutorial. Once you hit a pose, it will move on.
We break down the movements for you... | losing |
## Inspiration
Course selection is an exciting but frustrating time to be a Princeton student. While you can look at all the cool classes that the university has to offer, it is challenging to aggregate a full list of prerequisites and borderline impossible to find what courses each of them leads to in the future. We ... | **DO YOU** hate standing at the front of a line at a restaurant and not knowing what to choose? **DO YOU** want to know how restaurants are dealing with COVID-19? **DO YOU** have fat fingers and hate typing on your phone's keyboard? Then Sizzle is the perfect app for you!
## Inspiration
We wanted to create a fast way... | ## Inspiration
It’s Friday afternoon, and as you return from your final class of the day cutting through the trailing winds of the Bay, you suddenly remember the Saturday trek you had planned with your friends. Equipment-less and desperate you race down to a nearby sports store and fish out $$$, not realising that the... | partial |
## 💫 Inspiration
It all started when I found VCR tapes of when I was born! I was simply watching the videos fascinated with how much younger everyone looked when I noticed someone unknown, present in the home videos, helping my mom!
After asking my mom, I found out there used to be a program where Nurses/Caretakers w... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to create a convenient, modernized journaling application with methods and components that are backed by science. Our spin on the readily available journal logging application is our take on the idea of awareness itself. What does it mean to be aware? What form or shape can mental health aware... | # Stegano
## End-to-end steganalysis and steganography tool
#### Demo at <https://stanleyzheng.tech>
Please see the video before reading documentation, as the video is more brief: <https://youtu.be/47eLlklIG-Q>
A technicality, GitHub user RonanAlmeida ghosted our group after committing react template code, which ha... | losing |
## Inspiration
The idea for AI Packaging sprouted from the trending topic of AI Art, paired with the relatively few business use cases currently active in the market. As such, we are thinking about how to get AI Art benefitting people and business owners alike.
We then had the idea of helping small business (e-commer... | ## Inspiration
Every restaurant ever has the most concise and minimalistic menus. We always found ourselves having to manually research the food and drinks provided, as the only thing we see is text. We wanted a way to automate this process to make it more friendly and less bloated, and we believed we could provide cl... | ## Inspiration
Recently we have noticed an influx in elaborate spam calls, email, and texts. Although for a native English and technologically literate person in Canada, these phishing attempts are a mere inconvenience, to susceptible individuals falling for these attempts may result in heavy personal or financial los... | losing |
# Hungr.ai Hungr.ai Hippos
Our HackWestern IV project which makes hungry hungry hippo even cooler.
## Milestones
 crisis.
And while staying up to date on local and national ne... | winning |
## Inspiration
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic ruined most of our social lives. ARoom presents an opportunity to boost your morale by supporting you to converse with your immediate neighbors and strangers in a COVID safe environment.
## What it does
Our app is designed to help you bring your video chat exp... | # Catch! (Around the World)
## Our Inspiration
Catch has to be one of our most favourite childhood games. Something about just throwing and receiving a ball does wonders for your serotonin. Since all of our team members have relatives throughout the entire world, we thought it'd be nice to play catch with those relat... | 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,... | partial |
## Inspiration
While there are plenty of language-learning apps out there that provide resources to help language-learners learn/practice reading and writing, speaking a new language is a difficult yet incredibly applicable aspect of learning a new language that can often be overlooked by learning resources. Additiona... | ## Inspiration
Software engineering and development have been among the most dynamically changing fields over the years. Our voice is one of our most powerful tools, and one which we often take for granted - we share ideas and inspiration and can communicate instantly on a global scale. However, according to recent st... | ### Overview
Resililink is a node-based mesh network leveraging LoRa technology to facilitate communication in disaster-prone regions where traditional infrastructure, such as cell towers and internet services, is unavailable. The system is designed to operate in low-power environments and cover long distances, ensuri... | losing |
Fujifusion is our group's submission for Hack MIT 2018. It is a data-driven application for predicting corporate credit ratings.
## Problem
Scholars and regulators generally agree that credit rating agency failures were at the center of the 2007-08 global financial crisis.
## Solution
\*Train a machine learning mod... | ## Inspiration
To any financial institution, the most valuable asset to increase revenue, remain competitive and drive innovation, is aggregated **market** and **client** **data**. However, a lot of data and information is left behind due to lack of *structure*.
So we asked ourselves, *what is a source of unstructure... | ## Inspiration
I will have the opportunity to participate in biology field research in Peru, so I thought I'd come up with a solution to a relevant problem there related to ML. I learned that researchers spend months labeling camera trap data from wildlife reserves before they can perform analysis on it. This means th... | winning |
## Inspiration
As students who have lived through both the paper and digital forms of notes, there were many aspects of note-taking from our childhoods that we had missed out on with the newer applications for notes. To relive these nostalgic experiences, we created a note-taking application that reenacts the efficien... | ## What Inspired Us
The main goal of this project was to learn more about machine learning and its practical applications. Having little to no experience on machine learning between team members, we decided to go simple and build a classification model based on existing neural nets. After settling on machine learning,... | ## Inspiration
Inspired by leap motion applications
## What it does
User can their gesture to control motor, speaker, and led matrix.
## How we built it
Use arduino to control motor, speaker, led matrix and use Bluetooth to connect with computer that is connected to Oculus and leap-motion.
## Challenges we ran in... | losing |
### Inspiration
The way research is funded is harmful to science — researchers seeking science funding can be big losers in the equality and diversity game. We need a fresh ethos to change this.
### What it does
Connexsci is a grant funding platform that generates exposure to undervalued and independent research thr... | Ever wonder where that video clip came from? Probably some show or movie you've never watched. Well with RU Recognized, you can do a reverse video search to find out what show or movie it's from.
## Inspiration
We live in a world rife with movie and tv show references, and not being able to identify these references ... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration for this project came from newfound research stating the capabilities of models to perform the work of data engineers and provide accurate tools for analysis. We realized that such work is impactful in various sectors, including finance, climate change, medical devices, and much more. We... | winning |
## Inspiration
Sexual assault survivors are in tremendously difficult situations after being assaulted, having to sacrifice privacy and anonymity to receive basic medical, legal, and emotional support. And understanding how to proceed with one's life after being assaulted is challenging due to how scattered informatio... | ## Inspiration
Our inspiration came from a common story that we have been seeing on the news lately - the wildfires that are impacting people on a nationwide scale. These natural disasters strike at uncertain times, and we don't know if we are necessarily going to be in the danger zone or not. So, we decided to ease t... | ## Inspiration
We got the idea for this app after one of our teammates shared that during her summer internship in China, she could not find basic over the counter medication that she needed. She knew the brand name of the medication in English, however, she was unfamiliar with the local pharmaceutical brands and she ... | partial |
## Inspiration
researching at hackathons is really tiring, so we wanted to spice up our screens with some color
## What it does
users have the option to change their webpage into four different colors
## How we built it
using JS & HTML,
## Challenges we ran into
we did not know how to use Javascript. we were pla... | ## Inspiration
Every student has experienced the difficulties that arise with a sudden transition to an online learning medium. With a multitude of assignments, midterms, extra-curriculars, etc, time is of the essence. We strived to create a solution that enables any individual to be able to focus on their productivit... | ## 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... | losing |
## Inspiration
This project was inspired by providing a solution to the problem of users with medical constraints. There are users who have mobility limitations which causes them to have difficulty leaving their homes. PrescriptionCare allows them to order prescriptions online and have them delivered to their homes on... | ## Inspiration
As students, we’ve all heard it from friends, read it on social media or even experienced it ourselves: students in need of mental health support will book counselling appointments, only to be waitlisted for the foreseeable future without knowing alternatives. Or worse, they get overwhelmed by the proce... | # eleos
## Inspiration
In times of hardships, generosity is needed in order to overcome barriers, and with technology connecting the world, helping someone should be simple. Though technology is readily available, information regarding different not-for-profits can be less apparent, as someone may be interested in a ... | partial |
### Inspiration
A general liking of watching Twitch streams led me to try and make this. When a streamer gets too big, it can be hard to keep track of questions, reactions, subscriber notifications, and more. This application is meant to help streamline the process of broadcaster and chat interaction.
### What it sho... | ## Inspiration
During the multiple COVID lockdowns last year, our team and many other people experienced a severe lack of human interaction. Doing our best to socially distance while having some fun we decided to play online board games but ran into problems trying to figure out how to communicate while playing. Certa... | ## Inspiration
Our team firmly believes that a hackathon is the perfect opportunity to learn technical skills while having fun. Especially because of the hardware focus that MakeUofT provides, we decided to create a game! This electrifying project places two players' minds to the test, working together to solve variou... | losing |
## What it does
Our site allows a user to take a picture of their outfit and receive AI-generated feedback on their style, color palette, and cohesiveness. While we are not your typical education tool, we think that dressing well has a massive boost on your confidence, your presence, and your ability to talk about you... | ## Inspiration 🛍️
In this moving world where different fashions and styles are becoming more accessible to more people, it's easy to shop online for things you think are going to look good on you. Only for you to buy and try it on, where you realize you ended up with a $50 disappointment. People want to dress to impr... | ## Inspiration
We are all software/game devs excited by new and unexplored game experiences. We originally came to PennApps thinking of building an Amazon shopping experience in VR, but eventaully pivoted to Project Em - a concept we all found mroe engaging. Our swtich was motivated by the same force that is driving u... | losing |
## Inspiration
This project is inspired by the experience of one of our group member’s transportation issues during his time living in Newfoundland. The cell reception is terrible and the only available mode of transport is a taxi (aside from public buses) which is extremely expensive. Additionally, we were also inspi... | ## 🌟 **Inspiration**
We were inspired by the story of our founder's grandfather, who suffered a stroke several years ago. Although he initially seemed to recover, his physical and mental abilities have rapidly declined since then. This deeply personal experience motivated us to develop a solution that can offer other... | ## Inspiration
It may have been the last day before an important exam, the first day at your job, or the start of your ambitious journey of learning a new language, where you were frustrated at the lack of engaging programming tutorials. It was impossible to get their "basics" down, as well as stay focused due to the ... | losing |
# Doctors Within Borders
### A crowdsourcing app that improves first response time to emergencies by connecting city 911 dispatchers with certified civilians
## 1. The Challenge
In Toronto, ambulances get to the patient in 9 minutes 90% of the time. We all know
that the first few minutes after an emergency occurs ar... | ## Inspiration
Every year hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths occur due to the lack of first aid knowledge in our societies. Many lives could be saved if the right people are in the right places at the right times. We aim towards connecting people by giving them the opportunity to help each other in times of m... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to make something create something interesting for our first time using Android-Studio.
## What it does
By sending a late text, you'll never miss that happy birthday wish or that important event reminder.
## How we built it
By researching online, we discovered how to send texts utilizing a... | winning |
### Problem and Challenge
Achieving 100% financial inclusion where all have access to financial services still remains a difficult challenge. Particularly, a huge percentage of the unbanked adults comprise of women [1]. There are various barriers worldwide that prevent women from accessing formal financial services, i... | ## Inspiration
Ever felt a shock by thinking where did your monthly salary or pocket money go by the end of a month? When Did you spend it? Where did you spend all of it? and Why did you spend it? How to save and not make that same mistake again?
There has been endless progress and technical advancements in how we de... | ## **Inspiration**
Ever have an idea for a project brewing in your head, but you're not sure where to start? Our vision for **IdeaCrowd** is to allow you to jumpstart your project by connecting you with others with shared interests and similar project ideas! You can explore through a collection of current and previous... | winning |
## Inspiration
When struggling to learn HTML, and basic web development. The tools provided by browsers like google chrome were hidden making hard to learn of its existence. As an avid gamer, we thought that it would be a great idea to create a game involving the inspect element tool provided by browsers so that more ... | ## Inspiration
After seeing the breakout success that was Pokemon Go, my partner and I were motivated to create our own game that was heavily tied to physical locations in the real-world.
## What it does
Our game is supported on every device that has a modern web browser, absolutely no installation required. You wal... | # HackMIT2019
For Speech to Text, in the python\_examples folder, run:
pip install -r requirements.txt
## Backstory
For our project, we were inspired by one of our team member's difficulty in learning Spanish. Reading a language you don't understand can be difficult. Mispronunciation is a common side effect of readi... | winning |
## Inspiration
Video games evolved when the Xbox Kinect was released in 2010 but for some reason we reverted back to controller based games. We are here to bring back the amazingness of movement controlled games with a new twist- re innovating how mobile games are played!
## What it does
AR.cade uses a body part det... | ## Inspiration
There is a growing number of people sharing gardens in Montreal. As a lot of people share apartment buildings, it is indeed more convenient to share gardens than to have their own.
## What it does
With that in mind, we decided to create a smart garden platform that is meant to make sharing gardens as ... | ## Inspiration
I've been studying and working from home ever since the pandemic began. I realized my PC has been getting really hot over time, due to the nature of the software applications I'm using. Instead of buying a PC cooler, I decided to build one!
## What it does
It's a cooler for your computer, cooling it d... | winning |
## Inspiration
As University of Waterloo students who are constantly moving in and out of many locations, as well as constantly changing roommates, there are many times when we discovered friction or difficulty in communicating with each other to get stuff done around the house.
## What it does
Our platform allows r... | ## Inspiration
An article that was published last month by the CBC talked about CRA phone scams.
The article said that “Thousands of Canadians had been scammed over the past several years, at an estimated cost of more than $10 million dollars, falling prey to the dozens of call centers using the same scheme.”
We reali... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by two key challenges: the widespread anxiety around presentations among students and the unique difficulties faced by people with hearing disabilities in developing effective presentation skills. Recognizing that 75% of students fear presentations and that individuals with hearing impa... | winning |
## Inspiration
Many students have learning disabilities that negatively impact their education. After doing some research, we learned that there were nearly 150,000 students in Ontario alone!
UofT offers note-taking services to students that are registered with accessibility services, but the service relies on the qua... | ## Inspiration
The inspiration for this app comes from the recent natural disasters and terror events that have been occurring around the United States and the globe. From our personal experience, when traveling to foreign places, there is always a sense of fear as it is difficult to get information on what is going o... | ## Inspiration
Many visually impaired individuals face challenges due to their dependence on others. They lack the ability to do things on their own and often miss out on the simple pleasures of life. We wanted to create an app that helps the visually impaired fully experience life -- on their own terms.
## What it d... | partial |
## Inspiration
Between 1994 and 2013 there were 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives or almost 68,000 lives on average each year. In many of these disasters, people don't know where to go, and where is safe. For example, during Hurricane Harvey, many people learned about dangers such as ... | ## 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
Lighting sets an appropriate atmosphere and heightens an audience's understanding of a theatrical performance. However, rehearsing and experimenting with lighting is costly and time consuming. That is why we created a virtual lighting lab that is universally accessible, affordable, and fun! :)
## What ... | winning |
## A bit about our thought process...
If you're like us, you might spend over 4 hours a day watching *Tiktok* or just browsing *Instagram*. After such a bender you generally feel pretty useless or even pretty sad as you can see everyone having so much fun while you have just been on your own.
That's why we came up wi... | ## Inspiration
On social media, most of the things that come up are success stories. We've seen a lot of our friends complain that there are platforms where people keep bragging about what they've been achieving in life, but not a single one showing their failures.
We realized that there's a need for a platform where... | ## Inspiration
As the quarantine has dragged on, more than a few of us discovered the unfortunate ability of time to act like a gas, escaping the neatly ordered confines of hours and days. In fact, nearly 40% of Canadians say they experienced a mental health decline due to COVID. In order to combat this, we sought to ... | partial |
## Inspiration
Our good friend's uncle was involved in a nearly-fatal injury. This led to him becoming deaf-blind at a very young age, without many ways to communicate with others. To help people like our friend's uncle, we decided to create HapticSpeak, a communication tool that transcends traditional barriers. As we... | ## Inspiration
Over **15% of American adults**, over **37 million** people, are either **deaf** or have trouble hearing according to the National Institutes of Health. One in eight people have hearing loss in both ears, and not being able to hear or freely express your thoughts to the rest of the world can put deaf pe... | ## Inspiration
The main problem we are focusing is the inability of differently abled people to communicate with normal people or other differently abled people. Now, we are here with the combined Hardware and Software solution which is called **“EME”**, after analysing some problems. And, try to make the next generat... | partial |
## Inspiration
The EPA estimates that although 75% of American waste is recyclable, only 30% gets recycled. Our team was inspired to create RecyclAIble by the simple fact that although most people are not trying to hurt the environment, many unknowingly throw away recyclable items in the trash. Additionally, the sheer... | ## Inspiration
An Article, about 86 per cent of Canada's plastic waste ends up in landfill, a big part due to Bad Sorting. We thought it shouldn't be impossible to build a prototype for a Smart bin.
## What it does
The Smart bin is able, using Object detection, to sort Plastic, Glass, Metal, and Paper
We see all ar... | ## Inspiration 🎞️
imy draws inspiration from the universal human desire to revisit and share cherished memories. We were particularly inspired by the simplicity and addictive nature of the iconic Flappy Bird game, as well as the nostalgic appeal of an 8-bit design style. Our goal was to blend the engaging mechanics o... | winning |
## Inspiration
The inspiration for the project was thinking back to playing contact sports. Sometimes players would receive head injuries and not undergo a proper concussion examination; a concussion could then go undetected - possibly resulting in cognitive issues in the future.
## What it does
The project is a web... | ## Inspiration
According to a 2015 study in the American Journal of Infection Control, people touch their faces more than 20 times an hour on average. More concerningly, about 44% of the time involves contact with mucous membranes (e.g. eyes, nose, mouth).
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging our populati... | ## Inspiration
While we were back in school, before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was one prominent problem in our classes. While many platforms existed for teacher-to-student and student-to-teacher communication, there was nowhere for students to communicate with each other and help each other out. In fact, some of ou... | partial |
## Inspiration
Recently, one of our team members, Trevor, got his credit card information stolen and we realized how much of an issue scam calls are in today's world. We want nobody to go through the same experience. So we created ScamSlam!
## What it does
ScamSlam is a mobile app that you can sign up for which give... | ## Inspiration
With the rise of information pertaining health, specifically mental health, we felt that it would be important and wise to create a program that directs a user to next steps based on their health state.
## What it does
A website with health related information contains a bot which based on user input,... | *Everything in this project was completed during TreeHacks.*
*By the way, we've included lots of hidden fishy puns in our writeup! Comment how many you find!*
## TL; DR
* Illegal overfishing is a massive issue (**>200 billion fish**/year), disrupting global ecosystems and placing hundreds of species at risk of extinc... | losing |
## Inspiration
Every year roughly 25% of recyclable material is not able to be recycled due to contamination. We set out to reduce the amount of things that are needlessly sent to the landfill by reducing how much people put the wrong things into recycling bins (i.e. no coffee cups).
## What it does
This project is ... | ## Inspiration
Let's start by taking a look at some statistics on waste from Ontario and Canada. In Canada, only nine percent of plastics are recycled, while the rest is sent to landfills. More locally, in Ontario, over 3.6 million metric tonnes of plastic ended up as garbage due to tainted recycling bins. Tainted rec... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired to create such a project since we are all big fans of 2D content, yet have no way of actually animating 2D movies. Hence, the idea for StoryMation was born!
## What it does
Given a text prompt, our platform converts it into a fully-featured 2D animation, complete with music, lots of a... | winning |
## Inspiration
We wanted to use Magnet's real-time messaging framework to make something cool that's not exactly messaging. We thought of recreating the popular Agar.io game, but with a twist.
## What it does
We use geolocation to plot the user's position as a circle on a map, and as they walk around and collect sma... | ## Inspiration 🌟
Creative writing is hard. Like really REALLY hard. Trying to come up with a fresh story can seem very intimidating, and if given a blank page, most people would probably just ponder endlessly... "where do I even start???"
## What it does 📕
Introducing **TaleTeller**, an interactive gamified experi... | Can you save a life?
## Inspiration
For the past several years heart disease has remained the second leading cause of death in Canada. Many know how to prevent it, but many don’t know how to deal with cardiac events that have the potential to end your life. What if you can change this?
## What it does
Can You Save ... | losing |
## Inspiration
US export is a Trillion $ industry, with roughly $800+ Billion market share of Organic Food Exports.
Surprisingly, the functions of such a large scale industry are still massively manual (pen and paper ordering) between Suppliers, Exporters, Distributors & Retail Stores (mom-n-pop shops).
It is time to... | ## Inspiration
One of our teammates works part time in Cineplex and at the end of the day, he told us that all their extra food was just throw out.This got us thinking, why throw the food out when you can you earn revenue and some end of the day sales for people in the local proxmity that are looking for something to ... | ## Inspiration
Reading long articles suck. We were too lazy to do that. Why not have an app that would summarize the long boring content for us? Why not take just take a pic of the page and let the app summarize it for us ?
## What it does
Snaplify searches your images. It could tell you exactly what your image is, ... | partial |
## 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,... | ## The Gist
We combine state-of-the-art LLM/GPT detection methods with image diffusion models to accurately detect AI-generated video with 92% accuracy.
## Inspiration
As image and video generation models become more powerful, they pose a strong threat to traditional media norms of trust and truth. OpenAI's SORA mod... | ## Inspiration
Currently, there is an exponential growth of obesity in the world, leading to devastating consequences such as an increased rate of diabetes and heart diseases. All three of our team members are extremely passionate about nutrition issues and wish to educate others and promote healthy active living.
##... | winning |
## Inspiration
How do you define a sandwich? According to your definition is hotdog a sandwich? Well, according to Merriam Webster it is and so are sliders and many other food items that you might or might not consider sandwiches yourself (check out the link for more details- <https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-... | ## Inspiration
Sign Language is what majority of the people who are part of the deaf and mute community use as a part of their daily conversing. **Not everyone knows sign language** and hence this necessitates the need for a tool to help others understand Sign. This basically emphasizes the possibility for the deaf an... | ## Inspiration
In a world where finance is extremely important, everyone needs access to **banking services**. Citizens within **third world countries** are no exception, but they lack the banking technology infrastructure that many of us in first world countries take for granted. Mobile Applications and Web Portals d... | losing |
## Inspiration
Our inspiration came from the desire to address the issue of food waste and to help those in need. We decided to create an online platform that connects people with surplus food to those who need to address the problem of food insecurity and food waste, which is a significant environmental and economic ... | ## 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... | ## Inspiration:
The inspiration for Kisan Mitra came from the realization that Indian farmers face a number of challenges in accessing information that can help them improve their productivity and incomes. These challenges include:
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Limited reach of extension services
Lack of awareness of government schemes
Diffic... | partial |
## Inspiration
Our inspiration for the project stems from our experience with elderly and visually impaired people, and understanding that there is an imminent need for a solution that integrates AI to bring a new level of convenience and safety to modern day navigation tools.
## What it does
IntelliCane firstly emp... | ## Inspiration
On the bus ride to another hackathon, one of our teammates was trying to get some sleep, but was having trouble because of how complex and loud the sound of people in the bus was. This led to the idea that in sufficiently noisy environment, hearing could be just as descriptive and rich as seeing. Theref... | ## Inspiration
Our team firmly believes that a hackathon is the perfect opportunity to learn technical skills while having fun. Especially because of the hardware focus that MakeUofT provides, we decided to create a game! This electrifying project places two players' minds to the test, working together to solve variou... | partial |
# Recipe Finder - Project for NWHacks 2020
## The Problem
About 1/3 of food produced in the world is lost or wasted in the year. There are many reasons for this, including not being able to cook with said food, not having time to cook this food or cooking food that does not taste good. Albeit this, food waste is a se... | ## Inspiration
CookHack was inspired by the fact that students in university are always struggling with the responsibility of cooking their next healthy and nutritious meal. However, most of the time, we as students are always too busy to decide and learn how to cook basic meals, and we resort to the easy route and st... | ## Inspiration
Ordering delivery and eating out is a major aspect of our social lives. But when healthy eating and dieting comes into play it interferes with our ability to eat out and hangout with friends. With a wave of fitness hitting our generation as a storm we have to preserve our social relationships while allo... | partial |
## Inspiration
At Princeton, there are lots of opportunities available to students. However, sometimes these opportunities are missed because people do not know about them. We wanted to integrate the information available on certificates and on extracurriculars, so students have one place to look for all the informati... | ## Inspiration
We were inspired by the PSRJ also known as the Princeton Student for Reproductive Justice as they handed out contraceptives to students, anonymously. So we wanted to create a website that facilities the access of reproductive healthcare products to Princeton students.
## What it does
Our website allow... | ## 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... | losing |
## Inspiration
Trump's statements include some of the most outrageous things said recently, so we wanted to see whether someone could distinguish between a fake statement and something Trump would say.
## What it does
We generated statements using markov chains (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain>) that are... | ## Inspiration
I'm lazy and voice recognition / nlp continues to blow my mind with its accuracy.
## What it does
Using Voice recognition and Natural Language Processing you can talk to your browser and it will do your bidding, no hands required!
I also built in "Demonstration" so if ever the AI doesn't do what you w... | ## Inspiration
With everything going on nowadays, people are starting to feel less connected. While we are focused on physical illnesses during these times, we tend to forget to take care of our mental health. Our team wanted to make a game that would show a bit about how hard it is to live with depression to give a c... | partial |
## Inspiration
Learning about some environmental impact of the retail industry led us to wonder about what companies have aimed for in terms of sustainability goals. The textile industry is notorious for its carbon and water footprints with statistics widely available. How does a company promote sustainability? Do peo... | #### HackPrinceton - Clean Tech Category: **Tetra** ♻️
## Inspiration ✨♻️
We were inspired to create this project after reading ongoing [**news**](https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/luxury/luxury-brands-burn-unsold-goods-what-should-they-do-instead) about famous luxury clothing brands yearly burning their uns... | ## Inspiration
Determined to create a project that was able to make impactful change, we sat and discussed together as a group our own lived experiences, thoughts, and opinions. We quickly realized the way that the lack of thorough sexual education in our adolescence greatly impacted each of us as we made the transiti... | partial |
## Inspiration
Berkeley is a competitive school and many course offerings are well known for their academic rigor. in order to plan their class schedules, Berkeley students regularly rely on unit values of the courses to estimate the weekly time commitment they require. The Academic Senate defines one unit as three ho... | ## Inspiration
Lectures all around the world last on average 100.68 minutes. That number goes all the way up to 216.86 minutes for art students. As students in engineering, we spend roughly 480 hours a day listening to lectures. Add an additional 480 minutes for homework (we're told to study an hour for every hour in ... | ## Inspiration
Today we live in a world that is all online with the pandemic forcing us at home. Due to this, our team and the people around us were forced to rely on video conference apps for school and work. Although these apps function well, there was always something missing and we were faced with new problems we ... | partial |
## 1. Inspiration
The *SmartCaliper* is a fresh approach to caliper design disrupting a stagnant market. We designed the SmartCaliper after seeing firsthand in the industry the limitations that modern calipers have; hence we present a fresh vision for a technology that can reduce error and increase productivity for en... | ## Inspiration
The other day, I heard my mom, a math tutor, tell her students "I wish you were here so I could give you some chocolate prizes!" We wanted to bring this incentive program back, even among COVID, so that students can have a more engaging learning experience.
## What it does
The student will complete a ... | ## Inspiration
There are many productivity apps that each serve a single function, like blocking unwanted websites or tracking tasks. We wanted to create an all in one extension that you could use to manage all of your productivity needs
## What it does
Our extension has a pomodoro timer, a task manager, site blocki... | partial |
## Inspiration
We have to wait 4-5 years to elect an official or person in power who may potentially not achieve anything meaningful during his time. This simple addition to Envel puts the power and ownership of the community back into their hands. A single dollar may not achieve much, but a million one dollars will.
... | ## Inspiration
With the recent Corona Virus outbreak, we noticed a major issue in charitable donations of equipment/supplies ending up in the wrong hands or are lost in transit. How can donors know their support is really reaching those in need? At the same time, those in need would benefit from a way of customizing w... | ## Inspiration
We wanted to build something interactive and fun, so we combined our interests in art, technology, and health to create Fricasso!
## What it does
Control a digital painting through dance! As you move your arms around, the Fitbit will recognize certain gestures to change the color of your paintbrush, d... | winning |
## Background
Being a team of four first year computer science students who are all participating in a Hackathon for their first times, we had no idea what to expect going in. Our only goals in mind were to make friends, learn things, and get some stickers.
## The Journey
For a solid few hours after the hacking star... | ## Inspiration
As university students, we often find that we have groceries in the fridge but we end up eating out and the groceries end up going bad.
## What It Does
After you buy groceries from supermarkets, you can use our app to take a picture of your receipt. Our app will parse through the items in the receipts... | ## 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... | partial |
## Inspiration
We were going to build a themed application to time portal you back to various points in the internet's history that we loved, but we found out prototyping with retro looking components is tough. Building each component takes a long time, and even longer to code. We started by automating parts of this p... | ## Inspiration
We, as passionate tinkerers, understand the struggles that come with making a project come to life (especially for begineers). **80% of U.S. workers agree that learning new skills is important, but only 56% are actually learning something new**. From not knowing how electrical components should be wired... | ## Inspiration
Everybody eats and in college if you are taking difficult classes it is often challenging to hold a job. Therefore as college students we have no income during the year. Our inspiration came as we have moved off campus this year to live in apartments with full kitchens but the lack of funds to make comp... | winning |
## Inspiration
For physical therapy patients, doing your home exercise program is a crucial part of therapy and recovery. These exercises improve the body and allow patients to remain pain-free without having to pay for costly repeat visits. However, doing these exercises incorrectly can hinder progress and put you ba... | ## Inspiration
Peripheral nerve compression syndromes such as carpal tunnel syndrome affect approximately 1 out of every 6 adults. They are commonly caused by repetitive stress and with the recent trend of working at home due to the pandemic it has become a mounting issue more individuals will need to address. There e... | ## Inspiration
**Substandard** food at a **5-star** rated restaurants? We feel you! Yelp or TripAdvisor do not tell the whole story - the ratings you see on these websites say very little about how particular dishes at a restaurant taste like. Therefore, we are here to satisfy your cravings for REAL good dishes.
## W... | winning |
## Inspiration
The need for driver monitoring in autonomous vehicle research has greatly improved computer vision and Human Activity Recognition (HAR). We realized that there was huge opportunity for computer vision in another area of life where focus and concentration are the primary concern: work productivity.
## W... | ## Inspiration
2020 has definitely been the year of chess. Between 2020 locking everyone indoors, and Netflix's Queen Gambit raking in 62 million viewers, everyone is either talking about chess, or watching others play chess.
## What it does
**Have you ever wanted to see chess through the eyes of chess prodigy Beth ... | ## ✨ Inspiration
Quarantining is hard, and during the pandemic, symptoms of anxiety and depression are shown to be at their peak 😔[[source]](https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/the-implications-of-covid-19-for-mental-health-and-substance-use/). To combat the negative effects of isolation and social a... | partial |
## Inspiration
There are approximately **10 million** Americans who suffer from visual impairment, and over **5 million Americans** suffer from Alzheimer's dementia. This weekend our team decided to help those who were not as fortunate. We wanted to utilize technology to create a positive impact on their quality of li... | ## Inspiration
Old school bosses don't want want to see you slacking off and always expect you to be all movie hacker in the terminal 24/7. As professional slackers, we also need our fair share of coffee and snacks. We initially wanted to create a terminal app to order Starbucks and deliver it to the E7 front desk. Th... | # Echo Chef
### TreeHacks 2016 @ Stanford
#### <http://echochef.net/>
Ever wanted a hands-free way to follow recipes while you cook?
Echo Chef can guide you through recipes interactively, think of it as your personal assistant in the kitchen.
Just add your favorite recipes to our web interface and they'll be availab... | partial |
## Inspiration
In today’s day and age, there are countless datasets available containing valuable information about any given location. This includes analytics based on urban infrastructures (dangerous intersections), traffic, and many more. Using these datasets and recent data analytics techniques, a modernized appro... | ## Inspiration
One of the biggest problems during this COVID-19 pandemic and these awful times in general is that thousands of people are filing for property and casualty insurance. As a result, insurance companies are receiving an influx of insurance claims, causing longer processing times. These delays not only hurt... | # Fake Bananas
Fake news detection made simple and scalable for real people.
## Getting Started
I would strongly recommend a `conda` environment in order to easily install our older version of TensorFlow. We used `TensorFlow 0.12.1` for backwards compatibility with previous work in the field.
Newer versions of Tenso... | partial |
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