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# Slacker created by Albert Lai, Hady Ibrahim, and Varun Kothandaraman github : *[Slacker Github](https://github.com/albertlai431/slacker-chore)* ## Inspiration Among shared housing, chores are a major hassle for most people to deal with organizing to ensure everyone is doing their fair share of the work. In most ca...
# Mental-Health-Tracker ## Mental & Emotional Health Diary This project was made because we all know how much of a pressing issue that mental health and depression can have not only on ourselves, but thousands of other students. Our goal was to make something where someone could have the chance to accurately assess a...
## Inspiration STEM was inspired by our group members, who all experienced failure of a personal health goal. We believed that setting similar goals with our friends and seeing their progress will indeed inspire us to work harder towards completing our goal. We also agreed that this may encourage us to start challenge...
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## Inspiration With the ubiquitous and readily available ML/AI turnkey solutions, the major bottlenecks of data analytics lay in the consistency and validity of datasets. **This project aims to enable a labeller to be consistent with both their fellow labellers and their past self while seeing the live class distribut...
## Inspiration During extreme events such as natural disasters or virus outbreaks, crisis managers are the decision makers. Their job is difficult since the right decision can save lives while the wrong decision can lead to their loss. Making such decisions in real-time can be daunting when there is insufficient infor...
## Inspiration We started off by thinking, "What is something someone needs today?". In light of the stock market not doing so well, and the amount of false information being spread over the Internet these days, we figured it was time to get things right by understanding the stock market. We know that no human could a...
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## Inspiration Every student knows the struggle that is course registration. You're tossed into an unfamiliar system with little advice and all these vague rules and restrictions to follow. All the while, courses are filling up rapidly. Far too often students—often underclassmen— are stuck without the courses they nee...
## Inspiration As a team of post-secondary students, we’ve all been through the torment of realising that the courses you intended to take have times that conflict with each other. But if there’s one thing AI can do, it’s making decisions in a short period of time (provided they have the data). Rather than having stud...
# Are You Taking It's the anti-scheduling app. 'Are You Taking' is the no-nonsense way to figure out if you have class with your friends by comparing your course schedules with ease. No more screenshots, only good vibes! ## Inspiration The fall semester is approaching... too quickly. And we don't want to have to be ...
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## Inspiration JetBlue challenge of YHack ## What it does Website with sentiment analysis of JetBlue ## How I built it Python, Data scraping, used textblob for sentiment analysis ## Challenges I ran into choosing between textblob and nltk ## Accomplishments that I'm proud of Having a finished product ## What ...
## Inspiration We got our inspiration from looking at the tools provided to us in the Hackathon. We saw that we cold use the Google API’s effectively when analyzing the sentiment of the customers review on social media platforms. With the wide range of possibilities, it gave us we got the idea of using programs to see...
## 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...
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MediBot: Help us help you get the healthcare you deserve ## Inspiration: Our team went into the ideation phase of Treehacks 2023 with the rising relevance and apparency of conversational AI as a “fresh” topic occupying our minds. We wondered if and how we can apply conversational AI technology such as chatbots to ben...
## Inspiration No one likes waiting around too much, especially when we feel we need immediate attention. 95% of people in hospital waiting rooms tend to get frustrated over waiting times and uncertainty. And this problem affects around 60 million people every year, just in the US. We would like to alleviate this prob...
## Inspiration As the amount of Internet users grows, there is an increasing need for online technical support. We asked ourselves, what would a help desk look like 30 years from now? Would there be human-to-human interaction? Perhaps the user's problem could be solved before it even happens. While we aren't currently...
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## Inspiration Due to a lot of work and family problems, People often forget to take care of their health and food. Common health problems people know a day's faces are BP, heart problems, and Diabetics. Most people face mental health problems, due to studies, jobs, or any other problems. This Project can help people ...
## Inspiration Over 70 million people around the world use sign language as their native form of communication. 70 million voices who were unable to be fully recognized in today’s society. This disparity inspired our team to develop a program that will allow for real-time translation of sign language into a text displ...
## Inspiration Amidst the hectic lives and pandemic struck world, mental health has taken a back seat. This thought gave birth to our inspiration of this web based app that would provide activities customised to a person’s mood that will help relax and rejuvenate. ## What it does We planned to create a platform that...
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## Inspiration There are many scary things in the world ranging from poisonous spiders to horrifying ghosts, but none of these things scare people more than the act of public speaking. Over 75% of humans suffer from a fear of public speaking but what if there was a way to tackle this problem? That's why we created Str...
## Inspiration It is nearly a year since the start of the pandemic and going back to normal still feels like a distant dream. As students, most of our time is spent attending online lectures, reading e-books, listening to music, and playing online games. This forces us to spend immense amounts of time in front of a la...
## Inspiration The inspiration behind our project stems from the personal challenges we’ve faced in the past with public speaking and presentations. Like many others, we often found ourselves feeling overwhelmed by nerves, shaky voices, and the pressure of presenting in front of peers. This anxiety would sometimes mak...
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## Inspiration Inspired by [SIU Carbondale's Green Roof](https://greenroof.siu.edu/siu-green-roof/), we wanted to create an automated garden watering system that would help address issues ranging from food deserts to lack of agricultural space to storm water runoff. ## What it does This hardware solution takes in mo...
## Inspiration As the world progresses into the digital age, there is a huge simultaneous focus on creating various sources of clean energy that is sustainable and affordable. Unfortunately, there is minimal focus on ways to sustain the increasingly rapid production of energy. Energy is wasted everyday as utility comp...
# see our presentation [here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AWFR0UEZ3NBi8W04uCgkNGMovDwHm_xRZ-3Zk3TC8-E/edit?usp=sharing) ## Inspiration Without purchasing hardware, there are few ways to have contact-free interactions with your computer. To make such technologies accessible to everyone, we created one of t...
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## Inspiration Aravind doesn't speak Chinese. When Nick and Jon speak in Chinese Aravind is sad. We want to solve this problem for all the Aravinds in the world -- not just for Chinese though, for any language! ## What it does TranslatAR allows you to see English (or any other language of your choice) subtitles when...
## Our Inspiration We were inspired by apps like Duolingo and Quizlet for language learning, and wanted to extend those experiences to a VR environment. The goal was to gameify the entire learning experience and make it immersive all while providing users with the resources to dig deeper into concepts. ## What it doe...
## Inspiration Our inspiration for this project was to empower individuals, enabling them to make well-informed financial choices effortlessly. Our goal was to eliminate the need for extensive hours of sifting through intricate credit card terms and conditions, making financial decision-making accessible to everyone. ...
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## Inspiration Our inspiration came from the challenge proposed by Varient, a data aggregation platform that connects people with similar mutations together to help doctors and users. ## What it does Our application works by allowing the user to upload an image file. The image is then sent to Google Cloud’s Document...
## Inspiration The inspiration for this project came from UofTHacks Restoration theme and Varient's project challenge. The initial idea was to detect a given gene mutation for a given genetic testing report. This is an extremely valuable asset for the medical community, given the current global situation with the COVI...
## Inspiration ## What it does PhyloForest helps researchers and educators by improving how we see phylogenetic trees. Strong, useful data visualization is key to new discoveries and patterns. Thanks to our product, users have a greater ability to perceive depth of trees by communicating widths rather than lengths. T...
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## Inspiration I'm taking a class called How To Make (Almost) Anything that will go through many aspects of digital fabrication and embedded systems. For the first assignment we had to design a model for our final project trying out different modeling software. As a beginner, I decided to take the opportunity to learn...
## Inspiration We wanted to create something that helped other people. We had so many ideas, yet couldn't stick to one. Luckily, we ended up talking to Phoebe(?) from Hardware and she talked about how using textiles would be great in a project. Something clicked, and we started brainstorming ideas. It ended up with us...
## Inspiration I was inspired to make this device while sitting in physics class. I really felt compelled to make something that I learned inside the classroom and apply my education to something practical. Growing up I always remembered playing with magnetic kits and loved the feeling of repulsion between magnets. #...
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## What it does Khaledifier replaces all quotes and images around the internet with pictures and quotes of DJ Khaled! ## How we built it Chrome web app written in JS interacts with live web pages to make changes. The app sends a quote to a server which tokenizes words into types using NLP This server then makes a ca...
## Inspiration Inspired by a team member's desire to study through his courses by listening to his textbook readings recited by his favorite anime characters, functionality that does not exist on any app on the market, we realized that there was an opportunity to build a similar app that would bring about even deeper ...
## Inspiration What if you could automate one of the most creative performances that combine music and spoken word? Everyone's watched those viral videos of insanely talented rappers online but what if you could get that level of skill? Enter **ghostwriter**, freestyling reimagined. ## What it does **ghostwriter** a...
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## Why we made Time Capsule Traditional physical photo albums & time capsules are not easily accessible or sharable and are limited in storage capabilities. And while cloud-based photo album services offer remote access, collaborative sharing, and automatic backup, you are not in full control of your photos, there is ...
## Inspiration According to Statistics Canada, nearly 48,000 children are living in foster care. In the United States, there are ten times as many. Teenagers aged 14-17 are the most at risk of aging out of the system without being adopted. Many choose to opt-out when they turn 18. At that age, most youths like our tea...
## 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...
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## Inspiration The Canadian winter's erratic bouts of chilling cold have caused people who have to be outside for extended periods of time (like avid dog walkers) to suffer from frozen fingers. The current method of warming up your hands using hot pouches that don't last very long is inadequate in our opinion. Our goa...
## Inspiration Noise sensitivity is common in autism, but it can also affect individuals without autism. Research shows that 50 to 70 percent of people with autism experience hypersensitivity to everyday sounds. This inspired us to create a wearable device to help individuals with heightened sensory sensitivities mana...
## Inspiration Our goal as a team was to use emerging technologies to promote a healthy living through exclaiming the importance of running. The app would connect to the user’s strava account track running distance and routes that the user runs and incentivise this healthy living by rewarding the users with digital ar...
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## 💡 INSPIRATION 💡 Many students have **poor spending habits** and losing track of one's finances may cause **unnecessary stress**. As university students ourselves, we're often plagued with financial struggles. As young adults down on our luck, we often look to open up a credit card or take out student loans to hel...
## Inspiration Our inspiration came from the annoying amount of times we have had to take out a calculator after a meal with friends and figure out how much to pay each other, make sure we have a common payment method (Venmo, Zelle), and remember if we paid each other back or not a week later. So to answer this questi...
## Inspiration Everyone on our team comes from a family of newcomers and just as it is difficult to come into a new country, we had to adapt very quickly to the Canadian system. Our team took this challenge as an opportunity to create something that our communities could deeply benefit from when they arrive in Canada....
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## Inspiration Fully homomorphic computing is a hip new crypto trick that lets you compute on encrypted data. It's pretty wild, so I wanted to try something wild with it. FHE has been getting getting super fast - boolean operations now only take tens of milliseconds, down from minutes or hours just a few years ago. M...
## Inspiration We want to share the beauty of the [Curry-Howard isomorphism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry%E2%80%93Howard_correspondence) and automated proof checking with beginning programmers. The concepts of Types and Formal Proofs are central to many aspects of computer science. ProofLang is to Agda the way ...
## Inspiration We enjoyed playing the computer party game [*Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes*](http://www.keeptalkinggame.com/) with our friends and decided that a real-life implementation would be more accessible and interesting. It's software brought to life. ## What it does Each randomly generated "bomb" has seve...
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## Inspiration As college students, our lives are often filled with music: from studying at home, partying, to commuting. Music is ubiquitous in our lives. However, we find the current process of listening to music and controlling our digital music player pretty mechanical and boring: it’s either clicking or tapping. ...
## Inspiration The inspiration for ResuMate came from observing how difficult it can be for undergraduate students and recent graduates to get personalized and relevant feedback on their resumes. We wanted to create a tool that could provide intelligent, real-time resume analysis specifically for technology-related jo...
## Inspiration The cryptocurrency market is an industry which is expanding at an exponential rate. Everyday, thousands new investors of all kinds are getting into this volatile market. With more than 1,500 coins to choose from, it is extremely difficult to choose the wisest investment for those new investors. Our goal...
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## Inspiration I got annoyed at Plex's lack of features ## What it does Provides direct database and disk access to Plex configuration ## How I built it Python ## Challenges I ran into ## Accomplishments that I'm proud of ## What I learned ## What's next for InterPlex
## Inspiration We've had roommate troubles in the past, so we decided to make something to help us change that. ## What it does It keeps track of tasks and activities among roommates, and by gamifying these task using a reward system to motivate everyone to commit to the community. ## Challenges we ran into The tw...
## Inspiration We wanted to use Livepeer's features to build a unique streaming experience for gaming content for both streamers and viewers. Inspired by Twitch, we wanted to create a platform that increases exposure for small and upcoming creators and establish a more unified social ecosystem for viewers, allowing t...
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## Inspiration We wanted to do something fun and exciting, nothing too serious. Slang is a vital component to thrive in today's society. Ever seen Travis Scott go like, "My dawg would prolly do it for a Louis belt", even most menials are not familiar with this slang. Therefore, we are leveraging the power of today's m...
## Inspiration It's easy to zone off in online meetings/lectures, and it's difficult to rewind without losing focus at the moment. It could also be disrespectful to others if you expose the fact that you weren't paying attention. Wouldn't it be nice if we can just quickly skim through a list of keywords to immediately...
## Inspiration We were motivated to tackle linguistic challenges in the educational sector after juxtaposing our personal experience with current news. There are currently over 70 million asylum seekers, refugees, or internally-displaced people around the globe, and this statistic highlights the problem of individual...
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## Inspiration We asked ourselves what tools we could use to help eliminate the problem of food waste plaguing North American retailers, and considered weather patterns to be an exciting potential solution. ## What it does Compares historical sales figures of products to historical weather data in the region, and de...
## Inspiration I was cooking at home one day and I kept noticing we had half a carrot, half an onion, and like a quarter of a pound of ground pork lying around all the time. More often than not it was from me cooking a fun dish that my mother have to somehow clean up over the week. So I wanted to create an app that wo...
## Inspiration Food is a basic human need. As someone who often finds themselves wandering the aisles of Target, I know firsthand how easy it is to get lost among the countless products and displays. The experience can quickly become overwhelming, leading to forgotten items and a less-than-efficient shopping trip. Thi...
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Coded prototype on Github: <https://github.com/shawnd/foodie> Design Prototype, MarvelApp: <https://marvelapp.com/c1h9c5> ## Inspiration To solve students' problems around – 1. Not knowing what to cook 2. Not knowing what groceries to buy at a store 3. Not discovering new meals to eat 4. Not having the time to manua...
## Inspiration We were all very intrigued by machine learning and AI, so we decided to incorporate it into our project. We wanted to create something involving the webcam as well, so we tied it altogether with ScanAI. ## What it does ScanAI aims to detect guns in schools and public areas to help alert authorities qu...
# imHungry ## Inspiration As Berkeley students we are always prioritizing our work over our health! Students often don't have as much time to go buy food. Why not pick a food for other students while buying your own food and make a quick buck? Or perhaps, place an order with a student who was already planning to head...
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## Inspiration: seeing and dealing with rude and toxic comments on popular forums like youtube, reddit, and being aware that sometimes it might be you who leaves that rude comment, and you may not even realize it. ## What it does: This chrome extension warns you and reminds you not to be too heated if it finds that ...
## Inspiration Everyone can relate to the scene of staring at messages on your phone and wondering, "Was what I said toxic?", or "Did I seem offensive?". While we originally intended to create an app to help neurodivergent people better understand both others and themselves, we quickly realized that emotional intellig...
## Inspiration We got inspired by an article \* from Plan international Canada that opened our eyes on the Cyberbullying problem. This problem continues to be a serious issue affecting our **social life** and the **mental health** of teens, young adults and especially girls. So, we thought it would be a great idea if ...
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## Inspiration \_ "According to Portio Research, the world will send 8.3 trillion SMS messages this year alone – 23 billion per day or almost 16 million per minute. According to Statistic Brain, the number of SMS messages sent monthly increased by more than 7,700% over the last decade" \_ The inspiration for TextNet ...
## Inspiration In large corporations, such as RBC, the help desk gets called hundreds phone calls every hour, lasting about 8 minutes on average and costing the company $15 per hour. We thought this was both a massive waste of time and resources, not to mention it being quite ineffective and inefficient. We wanted to ...
## Inspiration When Shayan and Alishan came from a different university to attend the deltahacks competition, the first thing that we tried to do was connect them to the wifi so we could get started on our hack, however they had issues connecting to the internet. They were also both over their data plans, so we couldn...
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Introducing Melo-N – where your favorite tunes get a whole new vibe! Melo-N combines "melody" and "Novate" to bring you a fun way to switch up your music. Here's the deal: You pick a song and a genre, and we do the rest. We keep the lyrics and melody intact while changing up the music style. It's like listening to you...
## Inspiration We wanted to do something fun and exciting, nothing too serious. Slang is a vital component to thrive in today's society. Ever seen Travis Scott go like, "My dawg would prolly do it for a Louis belt", even most menials are not familiar with this slang. Therefore, we are leveraging the power of today's m...
## Inspiration As music producers, we feel that music production is a severely underrepresented niche in the field of machine learning and generative AI. We wanted to help supercharge the human race by bringing the newest global revolution to your DAW. ## What it does Melodify is a plugin for the music production so...
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## Inspiration We are students from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. **Nashville, aka music city,** is also one of the most dangerous cities in the US. It ranks #15 last year for its crime rate. Violent Crime Rate = 1,101/per 100,000 people. 10 days ago, we went to a hookah bar very close to Vanderbilt, we did no...
## Inspiration Approximately **half** of the United States’ annual violent crimes are reported each year. Much of this discrepancy can be attributed to a widespread fear of calling 911. To provide a safeguarding mechanism for situations precluding conventional means of communication, our project undertakes the develop...
## Inspiration As college students learning to be socially responsible global citizens, we realized that it's important for all community members to feel a sense of ownership, responsibility, and equal access toward shared public spaces. Often, our interactions with public spaces inspire us to take action to help othe...
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## Motivation We saw how **long queues** can get firsthand at Hack The North and found that we all shared a common interest in solving this issue. ## Approach Our software **generates a digital ticket** for attendees at an event and orders them, **sending a notification** to those who are closer to being attended to...
## Inspiration First thing I think about when I think about software is removing redundancy / tedious work on humans and transferring that work to computers. Yet during Covid we have needed to fill out more forms than ever. Some universities require daily forms, covid test scheduling, and other overhead that adds up o...
## Inspiration The impact of COVID-19 has had lasting effects on the way we interact and socialize with each other. Even when engulfed by bustling crowds and crowded classrooms, it can be hard to find our friends and the comfort of not being alone. Too many times have we grabbed lunch, coffee, or boba alone only to fi...
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## Inspiration I love playing the guitar, and I thought it would be interesting to have a teleprompter for guitar sheet music, as it could double as a metronome and a replacement for standard paper sheet music. Guitar sheet music, or *tab*, is much simpler than standard sheet music: It's presented in a somewhat unstan...
## Inspiration Our inspiration comes from the desire to democratize music creation. We saw a gap where many people, especially youth, had a passion for making music but lacked the resources, knowledge, or time to learn traditional instruments and complex DAW software. We wanted to create a solution that makes music cr...
## Inspiration At the age of 10, three of us had found our true passions in life... **Playing trumpet.** However, when learning how to play, we had to endure the immense toil of arduously and meticulously penciling in fingerings for notes. Back in our day, it was **impossible** to be a beginner and learn to play trum...
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## Inspiration **Machine learning** is a powerful tool for automating tasks that are not scalable at the human level. However, when deciding on things that can critically affect people's lives, it is important that our models do not learn biases. [Check out this article about Amazon's automated recruiting tool which l...
## 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 Our inspiration is the multiple travelling salesman problem, in which multiple salesmen are required to visit a given number of destinations once and return while minimizing travel cost. This problem occurs in many subjects but is prominent in logistics. It is essential that goods and services are deliv...
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## Inspiration We met at the event - on the spot. We are a diverse team, from different parts of the world and different ages, with up to 7 years of difference! We believe that there is an important evolution towards using data technology to make investment decisions & data applications to move to designing new financ...
# stockbro.ai 🏆 Winner of the Best Newbie Hack at McHacks 10. 🎉 Project built for McHacks 10 by Thabnir, clarariachi, and Rain1618 ## Inspiration Money. Stonks. We like them. Originally inspired by [a research paper](https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01684) which found that the search volume of certain words associate...
## Inspiration Companies lack insight into their users, audiences, and marketing funnel. This is an issue I've run into on many separate occasions. Specifically, * while doing cold marketing outbound, need better insight onto key variables of successful outreach * while writing a blog, I have no idea who reads it * ...
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## 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...
## Inspiration Partially inspired by the Smart Cities track, we wanted our app to have the direct utility of ordering food, while still being fun to interact with. We aimed to combine convenience with entertainment, making the experience more enjoyable than your typical drive-through order. ## What it does You inter...
## Inspiration I dreamed about the day we would use vaccine passports to travel long before the mRNA vaccines even reached clinical trials. I was just another individual, fortunate enough to experience stability during an unstable time, having a home to feel safe in during this scary time. It was only when I started t...
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## Inspiration We were inspired by the website <https://thispersondoesnotexist.com>, deepfakes, and how realistic images produced by GANs (Generative adversarial networks) can be. ## What it does We created a website where people play a game where they are given one image that is real and one image that is produced ...
## Inspiration We decided to pursue the CSE Challenge since it appealed to our fun-loving nature as young adults. We felt as though we could create a game that is both informative and extremely fun and attention-grabbing for young children. The CSE challenge provided a perfect opportunity for us to show our passion f...
## Inspiration Security and facial recognition was our main interest when planning our project for this Makeathon. We were inspired by a documentary in which a male was convicted of murder by the police deparment in Los Angeles. The man was imprisoned for six months away from his daughter and wife. He was wrongfully c...
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## Inspiration One of the 6 most common medication problems in an ageing population comes from the scheduling and burden of taking several medications several times a day. At best, this can be a hassle and an annoying process. However, it is often more likely than not that many may simply forget to take certain medica...
## Inspiration Automation is at its peak when it comes to technology, but one area that has lacked to keep up, is areas of daily medicine. We encountered many moments within our family members where they had trouble keeping up with their prescription timelines. In a decade dominated by cell phones, we saw the need to ...
## Inspiration Being human is given but keeping our humanity is our choice Many people can’t afford medical care but one who has can donate it. As we can see that there are so many people who are suffering with lack of medical care and quality health care we think its our time to become helping hands. The aim and o...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for Nova came from the overwhelming volume of emails and tasks that professionals face daily. We aimed to create a solution that simplifies task management and reduces cognitive load, allowing users to focus on what truly matters. ## What it does Nova is an automated email assistant th...
## Inspiration: We're trying to get involved in the AI chat-bot craze and pull together cool pieces of technology -> including Google Cloud for our backend, Microsoft Cognitive Services and Facebook Messenger API ## What it does: Have a look - message Black Box on Facebook and find out! ## How we built it: SO MUCH PY...
## Inspiration Have you ever wished you had…another you? This thought has crossed all of our heads countless times as we find ourselves swamped in too many tasks, unable to keep up in meetings as information flies over our head, or wishing we had the feedback of a third perspective. Our goal was to build an **autono...
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## Problem In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult. #...
## Inspiration Many of us have a hard time preparing for interviews, presentations, and any other social situation. We wanted to sit down and have a real talk... with ourselves. ## What it does The app will analyse your speech, hand gestures, and facial expressions and give you both real-time feedback as well as a c...
## Inspiration We were inspired by all the people who go along their days thinking that no one can actually relate to what they are experiencing. The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a mental toll on many of us and has kept us feeling isolated. We wanted to make an easy to use web-app which keeps people connected and allow...
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## Inspiration E-cigarette use, specifically Juuling, has become an increasing public health concern among young adults and teenagers over the past few years. While e-cigarettes are often viewed as a safe alternative to traditional tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes have been proven to have negative health effects on bo...
# Inspiration There are variety of factors that contribute to *mental health* and *wellbeing*. For many students, the stresses of remote learning have taken a toll on their overall sense of peace. Our group created **Balance Pad** as a way to serve these needs. Thus, Balance Pads landing page gives users access to var...
Shashank Ojha, Sabrina Button, Abdellah Ghassel, Joshua Gonzales # ![](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1admSn1s1K2eioqtCisLGZD4zXZjGWsy8) "Reduce Reuse Recoin" ## Theme Covered: The themes covered in this project include post pandemic restoration for both the environment, small buisnesses, and pers...
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## Inspiration The best way to learn to code is usually through trial and error. As a team, we all know first hand how hard it can be to maintain the proper standards, techniques, and security practices necessary to keep your applications secure. SQLidify is a teaching tool and a security tool all in one, with the goa...
## Inspiration The inspiration for the project was our desire to make studying and learning more efficient and accessible for students and educators. Utilizing advancements in technology, like the increased availability and lower cost of text embeddings, to make the process of finding answers within educational materi...
## Inspiration Compiled C and C++ binaries compose a large portion of the software vulnerabilities present in today's server and commercial codebase. Oftentimes, these vulnerabilities can be detected and prevented by static analysis algorithms, such as the CLang static analyzer. However, with ever increasing complexit...
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## Inspiration I really related to the problem the career councilors described. Reflecting on things can be hard. Especially when you're reflecting on yourself. Our goal is to make this process fun and easy, with a little help from our friends. ## What it does Meerar compares HOW OFTEN you demonstrate a skill, and h...
## Inspiration Currently, in war-torn and disaster-struck areas, first responders are risking their lives unnecessarily, as they lack the resources needed to accurately and safely assess a disaster zone. By using robotics, we can prevent the risk of human life. ## What it does The SPOT robot has been enabled to be a...
## Inspiration Everyone in this team has previously been to post-secondary and noticed that their large group of friends have been slowly dwindling since graduation, especially after COVID. It's already well known that once you leave school it's a lot harder to make friends, so we got this idea to make FriendFinder to...
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## Inspiration Recently, character experiences powered by LLMs have become extremely popular. latforms like Character.AI, boasting 54M monthly active users and a staggering 230M monthly visits, are a testament to this trend. Yet, despite these figures, most experiences in the market offer text-to-text interfaces with ...
## Inspiration There are millions of people around the world who have a physical or learning disability which makes creating visual presentations extremely difficult. They may be visually impaired, suffer from ADHD or have disabilities like Parkinsons. For these people, being unable to create presentations isn’t just ...
## Inspiration Emergencies are something that the city must handle on a day-today basis, and as residents of Kingston, we understand that every minute counts when responding to a call. We were thus inspired to use Kingston's Open Data resources to model an optimised distribution of emergency services across Kingston. ...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for InstaPresent came from our frustration with constantly having to create presentations for class and being inspired by the 'in-game advertising' episode on Silicon Valley. ## What it does InstaPresent is a tool that uses your computer's microphone to generate a presentation in real-...
## 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 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...
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## 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 The post-COVID era has increased the number of in-person events and need for public speaking. However, more individuals are anxious to publicly articulate their ideas, whether this be through a presentation for a class, a technical workshop, or preparing for their next interview. It is often difficult f...
## Inspiration We wanted a low-anxiety tool to boost our public speaking skills. With an ever-accelerating shift of communication away from face-to-face and towards pretty much just memes, it's becoming difficult for younger generations to express themselves or articulate an argument without a screen as a proxy. ## W...
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## Inspiration No one likes being stranded at late hours in an unknown place with unreliable transit as the only safe, affordable option to get home. Between paying for an expensive taxi ride yourself, or sharing a taxi with random street goers, the current options aren't looking great. WeGo aims to streamline taxi ri...
# Sharemuters Web application built on NodeJS that uses the Mojio api to get user data. Finds other people that have similar trips as you so you can carpool with them and share the gas money! Uses CockroachDB for storing user data. ## Built at nwhacks2017 ### Sustainable Future Reaching a sustainable future requir...
## Inspiration As university students and soon to be graduates, we understand the financial strain that comes along with being a student, especially in terms of commuting. Carpooling has been a long existing method of getting to a desired destination, but there are very few driving platforms that make the experience b...
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## Inspiration Drawing inspiration from our personal academic journeys and identifying challenges faced by fellow students, we wanted to create a solution that resonated with students seeking motivation tailored to their unique circumstances. Reflecting on our own experiences, we acknowledged that attendance struggles...
## Inspiration We’ve noticed that it’s often difficult to form intentional and lasting relationships when life moves so quickly. This issue has only been compounded by the pandemic, as students spend more time than ever isolated from others. As social media is increasingly making the world feel more “digital”, we want...
## Inspiration The impact of COVID-19 has had lasting effects on the way we interact and socialize with each other. Even when engulfed by bustling crowds and crowded classrooms, it can be hard to find our friends and the comfort of not being alone. Too many times have we grabbed lunch, coffee, or boba alone only to fi...
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## Inspiration Road safety has become an escalating concern in recent years. According to Transport Canada, the number of collisions and causalities has been rising in the past three years. Meanwhile, as AI technology grows exponentially, we identified a niche where we could leverage powerful AI to offer valuable advi...
## Inspiration We were looking for an innovative solution to keep us aware of what we were eating. ## What it does Nutlogger is a web and mobile application that tracks nutritional data over a period of the day, month, year. With this data, we hope that users can get a better understanding of their eating habits. #...
## Inspiration Ontario Provincial Police say distracted driving continues to be the No. 1 cause of accidents in the province. According to AAA, distracted driving was a factor in nearly 6 out of 10 moderate-to-severe teen crashes. This personal element was a contributing factor in our decision to pursue this project. ...
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## Inspiration CredLo was inspired by a personal story of a teammate that talks about the various challenges that immigrants face when moving to a new country. The primary challenge among immigrants is restarting their life in a new place, which begins with their inability to obtain credit as credit scores are non tra...
## Team 4 - Members Henry Wong, Kieran Hansen, Matthew Kompel, Zuhair Siddiqi ## Inspiration We wanted to do something related to modern technology. Electronic cars are new and revolutionary and we thought it would be perfect to make a website about them. We realize that a lot of people might be confused on the diff...
## 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...
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## Inspiration Imagine this: You’re overwhelmed, scrolling through countless LinkedIn profiles, trying to figure out which clubs or activities will help you land your dream job. It feels like searching for a needle in a haystack! Here’s where UJourney steps in: We simplify your career planning by providing personaliz...
## Inspiration Selin's journey was the spark that ignited the creation of our platform. Originally diving into the world of chemistry, she believed it was her calling. However, as time unfolded, she realized it wasn't the path that resonated with her true passions. This realization, while enlightening, also brought wi...
## Inspiration There should be an effective way to evaluate company value by examining the individual values of those that make up the company. ## What it does Simplifies the research process of examining a company by showing it in a dynamic web design that is free-flowing and easy to follow. ## How we built it It...
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## What it does Tickets is a secure, affordable, and painless system for registration and organization of in-person events. It utilizes public key cryptography to ensure the identity of visitors, while staying affordable for organizers, with no extra equipment or cost other than a cellphone. Additionally, it provides ...
## Inspiration With an ever-increasing rate of crime, and internet deception on the rise, Cyber fraud has become one of the premier methods of theft across the world. From frivolous scams like phishing attempts, to the occasional Nigerian prince who wants to give you his fortune, it's all too susceptible for the commo...
## Inspiration **DronAR** was inspired by a love of cool technology. Drones are hot right now, and the question is, why not combine it with VR? The result is an awesome product that allows for drone management to be more **visually intuitive** letting users interact with drones in ways never done before. ## What it d...
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## Inspiration Adults over the age of 50 take an average of 15 prescription medications annually. Keeping track of this is very challenging. Pillvisor is a smart pillbox that solves the issue of medication error by verifying the pills are taken correctly in order to keep your loved ones safe. Unlike other products on ...
## Inspiration According to the United State's Department of Health and Human Services, 55% of the elderly are non-compliant with their prescription drug orders, meaning they don't take their medication according to the doctor's instructions, where 30% are hospital readmissions. Although there are many reasons why sen...
View presentation at the following link: <https://youtu.be/Iw4qVYG9r40> ## Inspiration During our brainstorming stage, we found that, interestingly, two-thirds (a majority, if I could say so myself) of our group took medication for health-related reasons, and as a result, had certain external medications that result ...
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# turnip - food was made for sharing. ## Inspiration After reading about the possible projects, we decided to work with Velo by Wix on a food tech project. What are two things that we students never get tired of? Food and social media! We took some inspiration from Radish and GoodReads to throw together a platform fo...
## Inspiration > > Our team is full of food lovers and what’s a better way to show this passion than to design and develop a website related to it! We were inspired by the Hack The 6ix sponsor BMO, who proposed the challenge of answering “What to eat for dinner?”. We realized that this is probably the most asked quest...
## Problem In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult. #...
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## Inspiration Disasters can strike quickly and without notice. Most people are unprepared for situations such as earthquakes which occur with alarming frequency along the Pacific Rim. When wifi and cell service are unavailable, medical aid, food, water, and shelter struggle to be shared as the community can only comm...
## Inspiration The only thing worse than no WiFi is slow WiFi. Many of us have experienced the frustrations of terrible internet connections. We have too, so we set out to create a tool to help users find the best place around to connect. ## What it does Our app runs in the background (completely quietly) and maps o...
## Inspiration We wanted to build an app that could help save lives. There were so many people, among my family, friends and acquaintances who have seen catastrophes taking lives, and we wanted to prevent that. ## What it does Helps prepare and safely evacuate during an earthquake depending on a particular situation...
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## Inspiration The need for faster and more reliable emergency communication in remote areas inspired the creation of FRED (Fire & Rescue Emergency Dispatch). Whether due to natural disasters, accidents in isolated locations, or a lack of cellular network coverage, emergencies in remote areas often result in delayed r...
## Inspiration 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 dwarf fortress and stardew valley ## What it does simulates farming ## How we built it quickly ## Challenges we ran into learning how to farm ## Accomplishments that we're proud of making a frickin gaem ## What we learned games are hard farming is harder ## What's next for soilio make it be...
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## EDUCHANGE Helping students who have trouble speaking up. ## THE PROBLEM In today's classroom, teachers are often frustrated with the lack of participation by students during class discussions. Most studies conclude that the main issues are fears of negative social repercussions, such as being judged by their peer...
## Inspiration Looking around our team, we see a common trait that hinders us in the classroom: Shyness. It's hard to ask questions during class, especially in front of large audiences. We want to combat this issue by giving the large population of students like us an opportunity to engage actively in classroom parti...
## 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 ...
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## Inspiration Not having to worry about coming home to feed our dog. ## What it does Automatically dispenses food and water for the dog based on sensor readings. Will be connected to an app in the future so you can choose when to feed the dog. ## How we built it Hooked up an Arduino Uno to a force sensor and a wa...
## Inspiration We were inspired by plug for adaptors that allow for devices to be controlled over the internet and their power consumption monitored. ## What it does The microcontroller onboard the ESP8266 controls relays to activate the outlets. Current sensors measure the current consumption, and this data is sent...
## Inspiration Our inspiration for Smart Sprout came from our passion for both technology and gardening. We wanted to create a solution that not only makes plant care more convenient but also promotes sustainability by efficiently using water resources. ## What it does Smart Sprout is an innovative self-watering pla...
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## Inspiration This game was inspired by the classical game of connect four, in which one inserts disks into a vertical board to try to get four in a row. As big fans of the game, our team sought to improve it by adding new features. ## What it does The game is played like a regular game of connect four, except each...
# 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...
## 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...
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![alt tag](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zackharley/QHacks/develop/public/pictures/logoBlack.png) # What is gitStarted? GitStarted is a developer tool to help get projects off the ground in no time. When time is of the essence, devs hate losing time to setting up repositories. GitStarted streamlines the repo crea...
## Problem In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult. #...
## Inspiration gitpizza was inspired by a late night development push and a bout of hunger. What if you could order a pizza without having to leave the comfort of your terminal? ## What it does gitpizza is a CLI based on git which allows you to create a number of pizzas (branches), add toppings (files), configure yo...
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## Inspiration What it does Takes an input from user describing their symptoms and recommend over-the-counter medications if their symptoms are mild enough to not require a doctor visit How we built it Python, ChatGPT api to parse user input, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, AWS to deploy backend Challenges we ran ...
## Inspiration We were inspired to create our product because of one of our teammate's recent experience in our healthcare system. After a particularly bad bike accident, he went to the emergency department to be checked on but faced egregious wait times due to inefficiencies within the hospital. Unfortunately, the me...
## Inspiration This project is inspired by our personal experiences of seeing elderly relatives struggle with keeping track of their prescriptions as well as with the complexity of modern tech. By creating simple, no-signup-required, and user-friendly apps, we aim to enhance their quality of life and improve their hea...
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## Inspiration Genes are the code of life, a sequencing that determines who you are, what you look like, what you do and how you behave. Sequencing is the process of determining the order of bases in an organisms genome. Knowing one's genetic sequence can give insight into inherited genetic disorders, one's ancestry, ...
## Inspiration In an AI course, an assignment was to build a simple chatbot. We took concepts learned in class and worked it into a web application that focuses on QHacks. ## What it does It's an AI that chats with you - answer it's questions or say anything and it'll respond! ## How I built it First we built the ...
## Inspiration We saw that lots of people were looking for a team to work with for this hackathon, so we wanted to find a solution ## What it does I helps developers find projects to work, and helps project leaders find group members. By using the data from Github commits, it can determine what kind of projects a pe...
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# INSPIRATION Never before than now, existed something which can teach out about managing your money the right way practically. Our team REVA brings FinLearn, not another budgeting app. Money has been one thing around which everyone’s life revolves. Yet, no one teaches us how to manage it effectively. As much as earn...
## Inspiration Everyone on our team comes from a family of newcomers and just as it is difficult to come into a new country, we had to adapt very quickly to the Canadian system. Our team took this challenge as an opportunity to create something that our communities could deeply benefit from when they arrive in Canada....
## 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...
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## Inspiration Our team wanted to try learning web development, so we needed a simple but also fun project. One day at lunch, we thought of creating a personality quiz that would determine what kind of chess piece you were. This evolved into making a game where you could move around a chess piece however you like and ...
## Inspiration As students, we have seen too many peers in debt, struggling to get the education they deserve. Finding and comparing loan options may be overwhelming for a lot of people, so we built an app to simplify the process. ## What it does Our app recommends students to our database of institutions and banks ...
## 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 ...
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## Inspiration As more and more people embrace the movement toward a greener future, there still remain many concerns surrounding the viability of electric vehicles. In order for complete adoption of these greener technologies, there must be incentives toward change and passionate communities. ## What it does EVm co...
# Ether on a Stick Max Fang and Philip Hayes ## What it does Ether on a Stick is a platform that allows participants to contribute economic incentives for the completion of arbitrary tasks. More specifically, it allows participants to pool their money into a smart contract that will pay out to a specified target if ...
## Inspiration Cars of today can function well by themselves, but for autonomous driving to be realistic, cars have to communicate and determine efficient routes as a network. *Kansei dorifto!* ## What it does Inertia uses blockchain to implement secure hive-mind thinking. Each device/car runs a node on the Ethereum...
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## ⭐ Inspiration We've all been there—sitting in a quiet room with a mountain of notes, textbooks sprawled open, and suddenly a nagging question pops into your mind. You're tempted to pick up your phone, but you know one search might lead to an hour on social media. Then there's that longing for a little treat after a...
## Inspiration Our inspiration came from our curiosity and excitement to make a simple house-hold item into a high-tech tool that changes the way we interact with everyday things. We wanted to maximize the functionality of an everyday object while implementing innovative technology. We specifically wanted to focus on ...
## Inspiration *Mafia*, also known as *Werewolf*, is a classic in-person party game that university and high school students play regularly. It's been popularized by hit computer games such as Town of Salem and Epic Mafia that serve hundreds of thousands of players, but where these games go *wrong* is that they replac...
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## Inspiration E-cigarette use, specifically Juuling, has become an increasing public health concern among young adults and teenagers over the past few years. While e-cigarettes are often viewed as a safe alternative to traditional tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes have been proven to have negative health effects on bo...
## Inspiration The majority of cleaning products in the United States contain harmful chemicals. Although many products pass EPA regulations, it is well known that many products still contain chemicals that can cause rashes, asthma, allergic reactions, and even cancer. It is important that the public has easy access t...
## Inspiration Irresponsible substance use causes fatalities due to accidents and related incidents. Driving under the influence is one of the top 5 leading causes of death in young adults. 37 people die every day from a DUI-related accident--that's one person every 38 minutes. We aspire to build a convenient and acce...
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## Inspiration While looking for genuine problems that we could solve, it came to our attention that recycling is actually much harder than it should be. For example, when you go to a place like Starbucks and are presented with the options of composting, recycling, or throwing away your empty coffee, it can be confusi...
## Inspiration The majority of cleaning products in the United States contain harmful chemicals. Although many products pass EPA regulations, it is well known that many products still contain chemicals that can cause rashes, asthma, allergic reactions, and even cancer. It is important that the public has easy access t...
## Inspiration All of our parents like to recycle plastic bottles and cans to make some extra money, but we always thought it was a hassle. After joining this competition and seeing sustainability as one of the prize tracks, we realized it would be interesting to create something that makes the recycling process more ...
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## Inspiration Let’s take you through a simple encounter between a recruiter and an aspiring student looking for a job during a career fair. The student greets the recruiter eagerly after having to wait in a 45 minute line and hands him his beautifully crafted paper resume. The recruiter, having been talking to thousa...
## Inspiration Business cards haven't changed in years, but cARd can change this! Inspired by the rise of augmented reality applications, we see potential for creative networking. Next time you meet someone at a conference, a career fair, etc., simply scan their business card with your phone and watch their entire onl...
## Inspiration Being students in a technical field, we all have to write and submit resumes and CVs on a daily basis. We wanted to incorporate multiple non-supervised machine learning algorithms to allow users to view their resumes from different lenses, all the while avoiding the bias introduced from the labeling of ...
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## Inspiration Tinder but Volunteering ## What it does Connects people to volunteering organizations. Makes volunteering fun, easy and social ## How we built it react for web and react native ## Challenges we ran into So MANY ## Accomplishments that we're proud of Getting a really solid idea and a decent UI #...
## Inspiration We saw that lots of people were looking for a team to work with for this hackathon, so we wanted to find a solution ## What it does I helps developers find projects to work, and helps project leaders find group members. By using the data from Github commits, it can determine what kind of projects a pe...
## Inspiration: Many people that we know want to get more involved in the community but don't have the time for regular commitments. Furthermore, many volunteer projects require an extensive application, and applications for different organizations vary so it can be a time-consuming and discouraging process. We wanted ...
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## Inspiration We often find downtimes where we want to do some light exercises. Throwing a ball is perfect, but it's not easy to find another person to throw the ball to. We realized that we wanted to make a machine that can substitute the role of a partner... hence the creation of *PitchPartner*! ## What it does P...
## **Inspiration** The president of the US has proposed a target of achieving *80 percent* clean electricity by *2030* and in today's data-driven era of escalating energy demands, the imperative for renewable resources has never been more pressing. As global energy consumption continues to surge, the reliance on AI-po...
## Inspiration We were inspired to create a health-based solution (despite focusing on sustainability) due to the recent trend of healthcare digitization, spawning from the COVID-19 pandemic and progressing rapidly with increased commercial usage of AI. We did, however, want to create a meaningful solution with a larg...
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# Pitch Every time you throw trash in the recycling, you either spoil an entire bin of recyclables, or city workers and multi-million dollar machines separate the trash out for you. We want to create a much more efficient way to sort garbage that also trains people to sort correctly and provides meaningful data on sor...
## Inspiration Canadians produce more garbage per capita than any other country on earth, with the United States ranking third in the world. In fact, Canadians generate approximately 31 million tonnes of garbage a year. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 75% of this waste is recyclable. Yet, only 30% of...
## Inspiration The beginnings of this idea came from long road trips. When driving having good visibility is very important. When driving into the sun, the sun visor never seemed to be able to actually cover the sun. When driving at night, the headlights of oncoming cars made for a few moments of dangerous low visibil...
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## Inspiration Our mission is to foster a **culture of understanding**. A culture where people of diverse backgrounds get to truly *connect* with each other. But, how can we reduce the barriers that exists today and make the world more inclusive? Our solution is to bridge the communication gap of **people with differe...
## Inspiration Students often have a hard time finding complementary co-founders for their ventures/ideas and have limited interaction with students from other universities. Many universities don't even have entrepreneurship centers to help facilitate the matching of co-founders. Furthermore, it is hard to seek valida...
## Inspiration Our inspiration stemmed from the desire to empower the deaf and hard of hearing community by providing them with a more inclusive means of communication. We recognized the importance of American Sign Language (ASL) as a primary mode of communication for many individuals and sought to leverage technology...
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# BananaExpress A self-writing journal of your life, with superpowers! We make journaling easier and more engaging than ever before by leveraging **home-grown, cutting edge, CNN + LSTM** models to do **novel text generation** to prompt our users to practice active reflection by journaling! Features: * User photo --...
## Inspiration 2 days before flying to Hack the North, Darryl forgot his keys and spent the better part of an afternoon retracing his steps to find it- But what if there was a personal assistant that remembered everything for you? Memories should be made easier with the technologies we have today. ## What it does A ...
## Inspiration In the fast-paced world of networking and professional growth, connecting with students, peers, mentors, and like-minded individuals is essential. However, the need to manually jot down notes in Excel or the risk of missing out on valuable follow-up opportunities can be a real hindrance. ## What it doe...
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## 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...
## Inspiration After looking at the Hack the 6ix prizes, we were all drawn to the BLAHAJ. On a more serious note, we realized that one thing we all have in common is accidentally killing our house plants. This inspired a sense of environmental awareness and we wanted to create a project that would encourage others to ...
## Introducing Nuisance ### Inspiration When prompted with the concept of **Useless Inventions**, and the slight delay from procrastinating the brainstorming process of our idea, we suddenly felt very motivated to make a little friend to help us. Introducing **Nuisance**. A (not so friendly) Bot that will sense when ...
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## Inspiration Both chronic pain disorders and opioid misuse are on the rise, and the two are even more related than you might think -- over 60% of people who misused prescription opioids did so for the purpose of pain relief. Despite the adoption of PDMPs (Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs) in 49 states, the US s...
### 💡 Inspiration 💡 We call them heroes, **but the support we give them is equal to the one of a slave.** Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of medics have to keep track of their patient's history, symptoms, and possible diseases. However, we've talked with a lot of medics, and almost all of them share the same...
## Inspiration 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...
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## Inspiration Many of us have a hard time preparing for interviews, presentations, and any other social situation. We wanted to sit down and have a real talk... with ourselves. ## What it does The app will analyse your speech, hand gestures, and facial expressions and give you both real-time feedback as well as a c...
## Problem In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult. #...
## Introduction Our innovative AI utilizes cutting-edge technology to analyze your facial expressions and speech through your webcam and microphone. Once you start interacting, the AI will adapt its responses according to your emotions and engagement level, providing a unique, immersive, and engaging conversational ex...
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# Picify **Picify** is a [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org) application that converts your photos into Spotify playlists that can be saved for later listening, providing a uniquely personal way to explore new music. The experience is facilitated by interacting and integrating a wide range of services. Try it [here](http:...
## Inspiration Phreesia's challenge about storing medical data with a third-party software ## What it does Allows users to analyze an image and see a prediction for skin cancer(benign or malignant), and allows upload of the image and the prediction into cloud storage ## How we built it Tensorflow Lite and Andriod ...
## Inspiration The point of the sustain app is to bring a competitive spirit and a rewarding feeling for doing good actions that help the environment. The app is basically a social media app where you can add friends, and see your leaderboards and community progress toward a green goal you set for yourself. The intend...
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Record your happy, sad and motivational moments with our web-app. We hope to help you with your mental health during this time. When things get hard, remind yourself with a happy moment that has happened in your life, and motivate yourself with the goals you have set for yourself! We plan on further develop this site a...
## 💡 Inspiration We got inspiration from or back-end developer Minh. He mentioned that he was interested in the idea of an app that helped people record their positive progress and showcase their accomplishments there. This then led to our product/UX designer Jenny to think about what this app would target as a probl...
# We'd love if you read through this in its entirety, but we suggest reading "What it does" if you're limited on time ## The Boring Stuff (Intro) * Christina Zhao - 1st-time hacker - aka "Is cucumber a fruit" * Peng Lu - 2nd-time hacker - aka "Why is this not working!!" x 30 * Matthew Yang - ML specialist - aka "What...
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## Inspiration We aren't musicians. We can't dance. With AirTunes, we can try to do both! Superheroes are also pretty cool. ## What it does AirTunes recognizes 10 different popular dance moves (at any given moment) and generates a corresponding sound. The sounds can be looped and added at various times to create an ...
## Inspiration We wanted to create a proof-of-concept for a potentially useful device that could be used commercially and at a large scale. We ultimately designed to focus on the agricultural industry as we feel that there's a lot of innovation possible in this space. ## What it does The PowerPlant uses sensors to d...
## Inspiration At this stage of our lives, a lot of students haven’t yet developed the financial discipline to save money and tend to be wasteful with their spending. With this app, we hope to design an interface that focuses on minimalism. The app is easy to use and provides users with a visual breakdown of where the...
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Welcome to our demo video for our hack “Retro Readers”. This is a game created by our two man team including myself Shakir Alam and my friend Jacob Cardoso. We are both heading into our senior year at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School and enjoyed participating in our first hackathon ever, Hack The 6ix a tremendous a...
## Inspiration When coming up with the idea for our hack, we realized that as engineering students, and specifically first year students, we all had one big common problem... time management. We all somehow manage to run out of time and procrastinate our work, because it's hard to find motivation to get tasks done. Ou...
## Inspiration Alex K's girlfriend Allie is a writer and loves to read, but has had trouble with reading for the last few years because of an eye tracking disorder. She now tends towards listening to audiobooks when possible, but misses the experience of reading a physical book. Millions of other people also struggle...
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## Inspiration People's criteria for connecting with others online have up till now been predominantly superficial. We wanted to create something that proves that human connections are initiated by a lot more than just looks. We are bringing that idea into the spotlight by taking advantage of the users' birth dates. W...
## Inspiration During these trying times, the pandemic impacted many people by isolating them in their homes. People are not able to socialize like they used to and find people they can relate with. For example, students who are transitioning to college or a new school where they don’t know anyone. Matcher aims to imp...
## Inspiration Databases are wonderfully engineered for specific tasks. Every time someone wants to add a different type of data or use their data with different access pattern, they either need to either use a sub-optimal choice of database (one that they already support), or support a totally new database. The forme...
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## Inspiration There is a growing number of people sharing gardens in Montreal. As a lot of people share apartment buildings, it is indeed more convenient to share gardens than to have their own. ## What it does With that in mind, we decided to create a smart garden platform that is meant to make sharing gardens as ...
## Inspiration **75% of adults over the age of 50** take prescription medication on a regular basis. Of these people, **over half** do not take their medication as prescribed - either taking them too early (causing toxic effects) or taking them too late (non-therapeutic). This type of medication non-adherence causes a...
# CourseAI: AI-Powered Personalized Learning Paths ## Inspiration CourseAI was born from the challenges of self-directed learning in our information-rich world. We recognized that the issue isn't a lack of resources, but rather how to effectively navigate and utilize them. This inspired us to leverage AI to create pe...
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## Members Keith Khadar, Alexander Salinas, Eli Campos, Gabriella Conde ## Inspiration Last year, Keith had a freshman roommate named Cayson who had played high school football until a knee injury sidelined him. While his condition improved in college—allowing him to walk, he couldn’t run. Keith remembered how he of...
## Inspiration We have a desire to spread awareness surrounding health issues in modern society. We also love data and the insights in can provide, so we wanted to build an application that made it easy and fun to explore the data that we all create and learn something about being active and healthy. ## What it does ...
## Inspiration All three of are international students who converged on this idea based on a shared experience: our grandmothers, who dreamed of coming to see us graduate, could not make the long trip due to loss of mobility. We have also seen our parents, who are around 60 years old, unable to enjoy the things they u...
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## Inspiration Every few days, a new video of a belligerent customer refusing to wear a mask goes viral across the internet. On neighborhood platforms such as NextDoor and local Facebook groups, neighbors often recount their sightings of the mask-less minority. When visiting stores today, we must always remain vigilan...
## Inspiration Recent mass shooting events are indicative of a rising, unfortunate trend in the United States. During a shooting, someone may be killed every 3 seconds on average, while it takes authorities an average of 10 minutes to arrive on a crime scene after a distress call. In addition, cameras and live closed ...
## Inspiration It all started a couple days ago when my brother told me he'd need over an hour to pick up a few items from a grocery store because of the weekend checkout line. This led to us reaching out to other friends of ours and asking them about the biggest pitfalls of existing shopping systems. We got a whole v...
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## Inspiration The most important part in any quality conversation is knowledge. Knowledge is what ignites conversation and drive - knowledge is the spark that gets people on their feet to take the first step to change. While we live in a time where we are spoiled by the abundance of accessible information, trying to ...
## About Us Discord Team Channel: #team-64 omridan#1377, dylan28#7389, jordanbelinsky#5302, Turja Chowdhury#6672 Domain.com domain: positivenews.space ## Inspiration Over the last year headlines across the globe have been overflowing with negative content which clouded over any positive information. In addition ev...
## Inspiration The media we consume daily has an impact on our thinking, behavior, and emotions. If you’ve fallen into a pattern of regularly watching or listening to the news, the majority of what you’re consuming is likely about the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. And while staying up to date on local and national ne...
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## Inspiration Being our first hackathon, we wanted to make something simple but impactful. Being University students who enjoy music we got the idea of revamping our experiences in our dorm rooms. So we came up with LIT, that visualizes audio with great detail. ## What it does LIT as the name suggest is a music vis...
## Inspiration As part of UC Berkeley's bollywood fusion dance team, we have performed on countless stages across the United States. However, no matter if we were in San Diego, Los Angeles, or Chicago, we always wanted to incorporate a wide variety of light up props. Our biggest limitation was time, money, and transpo...
## Inspiration With COVID-19, the world has been forced to stay safe inside their homes and avoid social contact, a measure which has taken a noticeable toll on everyone’s mental well being. With All of the Lights, individuals can connect in new and fun ways with products that they likely already own - RGB light strip...
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## Inspiration We hate making resumes and customizing them for each employeer so we created a tool to speed that up. ## What it does A user creates "blocks" which are saved. Then they can pick and choose which ones they want to use. ## How we built it [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) [Express](https://expressjs.c...
## Inspiration Let’s take you through a simple encounter between a recruiter and an aspiring student looking for a job during a career fair. The student greets the recruiter eagerly after having to wait in a 45 minute line and hands him his beautifully crafted paper resume. The recruiter, having been talking to thousa...
## Inspiration Our video is in the attached google drive folder link at the bottom if the youtube link in devpost isn't loading. Our inspiration for this project came from noticing the struggle of finding work during the pandemic. There are many small businesses that are looking for people to fill part-time positions...
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## What it does Blink is a communication tool for those who cannot speak or move, while being significantly more affordable and accurate than current technologies on the market. [The ALS Association](http://www.alsa.org/als-care/augmentative-communication/communication-guide.html) recommends a $10,000 communication de...
## 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 Members of our team know multiple people who suffer from permanent or partial paralysis. We wanted to build something that could be fun to develop and use, but at the same time make a real impact in people's everyday lives. We also wanted to make an affordable solution, as most solutions to paralysis co...
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## Inspiration We were inspired by the development of foldscope, a very low-cost, high-resolution foldable microscope (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldscope>) capable of imaging blood cells. We wanted to create tools that can integrate with this microscope and, more generally, other applications and better improve ...
## Inspiration Every year, the amount of data collected exponentially grows. As the abundance of data grows, so do the possibilities that come along with it. In conjunction with machine learning in Python, we decided to utilize the tools available to try to improve a critical aspect of the health industry: cancer diag...
## Inspiration dermalab was inspired by a very common problem that doctors face: disease misdiagnoses. Skin diseases are often misdiagnosed by dermatologists because conditions often contain many similarities in appearance. Doctors - or even patients at times -, unaided with advanced technology, are often less sure of...
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# Nexus, **Empowering Voices, Creating Connections**. ## Inspiration The inspiration for our project, Nexus, comes from our experience as individuals with unique interests and challenges. Often, it isn't easy to meet others with these interests or who can relate to our challenges through traditional social media plat...
This is a simulation of astronomical bodies interacting gravitationally, forming orbits. Prize Submission: Best Design, Locals Only, Lost Your Marbles, Useless Stuff that Nobody Needs, Best Domain Name Registered With Domain.com Domain.com: [Now online!](http://www.spacesim2k18.org) [Video demo of website](https://...
## Inspiration This project was inspired by my love of walking. We all need more outdoor time, but people often feel like walking is pointless unless they have somewhere to go. I have fond memories of spending hours walking around just to play Pokemon Go, so I wanted to create something that would give people a reason...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for our project came from three of our members being involved with Smash in their community. From one of us being an avid competitor, one being an avid watcher and one of us who works in an office where Smash is played quite frequently, we agreed that the way Smash Bro games were matched...
## Problem In these times of isolation, many of us developers are stuck inside which makes it hard for us to work with our fellow peers. We also miss the times when we could just sit with our friends and collaborate to learn new programming concepts. But finding the motivation to do the same alone can be difficult. #...
## Inspiration Coming into this hackathon I wanted to create a project that I found interesting and one that I could see being used. Many of my projects I have done in the past were interesting, but there were factors that would always keep them from being widely used. Often this is a barrier to entry. They required e...
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## Inspiration Choose your own adventure books and table top rpgs ## What it does Has google assistant act as a storyteller ## How we built it We built it using firebase for the data storage, stblib for backend connection, google home for main front-end interface, dialogflow for information learning, and we implem...
## Inspiration Similar to how we cannot decide for ourselves on questions such as "Where should I get food?", or "What should I do for today?". Now we can outsource our decision-making to a smart home. ## What it does Utilizing historical user input as a reference point, we have a profile on the user's likes and dis...
## Inspiration 2 days before flying to Hack the North, Darryl forgot his keys and spent the better part of an afternoon retracing his steps to find it- But what if there was a personal assistant that remembered everything for you? Memories should be made easier with the technologies we have today. ## What it does A ...
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## Inspiration Wondering what Vine, Tinder and YikYak would be like when combined together. ## What it does Users can take and upload videos, or explore videos uploaded nearby in a unique UI. ## How I built it Android app with Node.js back end ## Challenges I ran into Video streaming. ## Accomplishments that I'...
## Inspiration Imagine a social networking app that uses your face as your unique handle/identifier rather than an username or @. ## What it does Find out someone's name, interests, and pronouns by simply scanning their face! Users first register themselves on our database providing a picture of themselves, their na...
## Inspiration We live in a place where majority of the auctions take place in-person third party environment. So, we would like to create a platform where buyers can directly bid for the products sold by the seller. ## What it does It provides a platform for users to sell and buy products without the involvement of...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for T-Error came from the common frustration that tech leads and developers face when debugging problems. Errors can occur frequently, but understanding their patterns and seeing what is really holding your team up can be tough. We wanted to create something that captures these errors in...
## 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 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...
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## Inspiration 2020 has been a difficult year for all of us. It’s been a year full of bad news, boredom, isolation and a disconnect from friends and the community. The pandemic has forced us to spend most of the year in isolation and for the most part has negatively impacted both mental and physical wellbeing. We seem...
## Inspiration Our inspiration came from a shared interest in sports and the unfortunate realization that-- getting better was getting harder! Private Coaching was getting more expensive, and self-coaching was difficult and time-consuming. To learn how to shoot with proper basketball shooting form, an athlete would ha...
## Inspiration Nowadays, large corporations are spending more and more money nowadays on digital media advertising, but their data collection tools have not been improving at the same rate. Nike spent over $3.03 billion on advertising alone in 2014, which amounted to approximately $100 per second, yet they only receiv...
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## Inspiration Kimoyo is named after the kimoyo beads in Black Panther-- they're beads that allow you to start a 3D video call right in the palm of your hand. Hologram communication, or "holoportation" as we put it, is not a new idea in movies. Similar scenes occur in Star Wars and in Kingsman, for example. However, h...
## Inspiration The present disconnect between an equation written on the board and the visual representation of that equation. As previous Multivariable Calculus students, we struggled to grasp the complex equations thrown at us that were not trivial to conceptualize. ## What it does This application is that connect...
## Inspiration Virtual reality is a blooming technology. It has a bright future regardless of which sector we may use it for. From medical training (holographic human body analysis) to entertainment. Particularly for me, its more of an accessory that I believe one day our civilization may be obsessed upon like the tel...
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## Inspiration It is really easy for a university student to procrastinate and get distracted when they should be studying. As university students, we wanted to create an application that encourages students to stay focused while studying. In addition, our project is inspired by the mobile app Forest. ## What it does...
## Inspiration As a student we know that keeping on top of all your school work can be hard, especially when the assignments, tests, and exams start building up. This apps inspiration is to help you be more efficient in your studying and make good habits. ## What it does The program takes as input the dates of upcom...
## Inspiration With everything being done virtually these days, including this hackathon, we spend a lot of time at our desks and behind screens. It's more important now than ever before to take breaks from time to time, but it's easy to get lost in our activities. Studies show that breaks increases over overall energ...
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## 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...
## 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 We attended an AR workshop and thought it would be interesting to do an AR project with Unity. Initially, we hoped to make an educational tool for Physics classrooms, but later we found the idea hard to implement and changed our idea to making an AR game. ## What it does LIDAR Marble Due is a 1v1 game...
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## Inspiration We saw a short video on a Nepalese boy who had to walk 10 miles each way for school. From this video, we wanted to find a way to bring unique experiences to students in constrained locations. This could be for students in remote locations, or in cash strapped low income schools. We learned that we all s...
## Inspiration With everything being done virtually these days, including this hackathon, we spend a lot of time at our desks and behind screens. It's more important now than ever before to take breaks from time to time, but it's easy to get lost in our activities. Studies show that breaks increases over overall energ...
# EasyCampus Download our Unity Project in this Google Drive Link: <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1G7KM3N9Tv7HMqMhF524LlaOv-tWK5p8Y> ## Inspiration When we were freshmen, we had a hard time getting ourselves familiarize with the campus: we didn't know which classes were in which buildings, and even if sometimes w...
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## Inspiration Have you ever wanted to listen to music based on how you’re feeling? Now, all you need to do is message MoodyBot a picture of yourself or text your mood, and you can listen to the Spotify playlist MoodyBot provides. Whether you’re feeling sad, happy, or frustrated, MoodyBot can help you find music that ...
[Repository](https://github.com/BradenC82/A_Treble-d_Soul/) ## Inspiration Mental health is becoming decreasingly stigmatized and more patients are starting to seek solutions to well-being. Music therapy practitioners face the challenge of diagnosing their patients and giving them effective treatment. We like music. ...
## Inspiration Globally, one in ten people do not know how to interpret their feelings. There's a huge global shift towards sadness and depression. At the same time, AI models like Dall-E and Stable Diffusion are creating beautiful works of art, completely automatically. Our team saw the opportunity to leverage AI ima...
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## Inspiration While we were thinking about the sustainability track, we realized that one of the biggest challenges faced by humanity is carbon emissions, global warming and climate change. According to Dr.Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director - *"Global carbon emissions are set to jump by 1.5 billion tonnes this year....
## Inspiration Mood tracking apps are known to help many individuals dealing with mental health struggles understand and learn about their mood changes, improve their mood, and manage their mental illnesses (AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2017; 2017: 495–504). However, many people have trouble fitting the task of charting mood ...
## Inspiration It all started when I said it's impossible to have access to satellite data. I started my search and found plenty of open sources, either from space agency data or other online tools. First, I identified a disaster to work on, which is algae blooms. I chose it because of its riskiness as they are often ...
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## Inspiration As AR becomes develops and becomes more discrete, we are going to see it more and more in every day life. We were excited by the social side of AR, and how integrating social networks in real life interactions brings the "social" side of social networking back. We wanted to find a way to identify humans...
## 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 When networking / talking with people, names and other info is typically forgotten very quickly. Having information readily available about the potential employers while you speak can greatly improve your networking experience. ## What it does Uses facial recognition to determine locations of faces in...
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## Inspiration On our way to PennApps, our team was hungrily waiting in line at Shake Shack while trying to think of the best hack idea to bring. Unfortunately, rather than being able to sit comfortably and pull out our laptops to research, we were forced to stand in a long line to reach the cashier, only to be handed...
## Inspiration 🔥 While on the way to CalHacks, we drove past a fire in Oakland Hills that had started just a few hours prior, meters away from I-580. Over the weekend, the fire quickly spread and ended up burning an area of 15 acres, damaging 2 homes and prompting 500 households to evacuate. This served as a harsh re...
## INSPIRATION: **Have you ever been on a lunch break at work, or passed by a restaurant and really wanted to try it, but had no one to go with at the time? Have some anxiety about eating alone?** We here at team TableForTwo understand the feeling. So we built an app that helps people find an eating buddy, and potenti...
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## Inspiration With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, musicians around the globe don't have a reliable way to reach their audience and benefit from what they love to do — perform. I personally have seen my music teacher suffer from this, because his business performing at weddings, concerts, and at other public events has...
## Inspiration College students often times find themselves taking the first job they see. However this often leaves them with a job that is stressful, hard, or pays less than what they're worth. We realized that students don't have a good tool to discover the best job in their area. Job boards like LinkedIn and Glass...
## 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...
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# Operation Trousers We're trying to help educate people about shorts, because they're important. The end result us a simple and informative webpage, coupled with beautiful visualizations from real data. Come check it out! ![Men In Shorts](https://res.cloudinary.com/devpost/image/fetch/s--fsMpZYq7--/c_limit,f_auto,fl...
# Don't Dis My Ability ## 💡 Inspiration Post pandemic has seen a tremendous surge in people's inclination towards solo traveling and "workstation" and the era of solo traveling has also experienced a rise in specially-abled solo travelers stepping out and exploring the world. In researching the solo travel experienc...
## Inspiration We wanted to allow financial investors and people of political backgrounds to save valuable time reading financial and political articles by showing them what truly matters in the article, while highlighting the author's personal sentimental/political biases. We also wanted to promote objectivity and ne...
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