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## Inspiration We’ve been divided politically, socially, culturally and economically by technology platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. It’s hard for us to step out of our biases and understand differing perspectives. And so we built a platform with machine learning (NLP doc2vec models) to solve this. ## What...
## Inspiration In high school, a teacher of ours used to sit in the middle of the discussion to draw lines from one person to another on paper to identify the trends of the discussion. It's a very meaningful activity as we could see how balanced the discussion is, allowing us to highlight to people who had less chance...
## Inspiration In light of the ongoing global conflict between war-torn countries, many civilians face hardships. Recognizing these challenges, LifeLine Aid was inspired to direct vulnerable groups to essential medical care, health services, shelter, food and water assistance, and other deprivation relief. ## What it...
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## Inspiration We love food and we want to try more of it! That's what inspired us to create Global Grub. ## What it does Every day, you get new selections and recommendations for recipes from all around the world. Start out by choosing a country or region from a map or go with our country of the day. Global Grub wi...
## 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 In the “new normal” that COVID-19 has caused us to adapt to, our group found that a common challenge we faced was deciding where it was safe to go to complete trivial daily tasks, such as grocery shopping or eating out on occasion. We were inspired to create a mobile app using a database created complet...
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Our project aims to leverage computer vision technology to make a contribution to neuroscience research. We were motivated to address the challenges in studying neurite growth dynamics in neurons, a fundamental aspect of neuroscience research. These cells play a crucial role in understanding neurodegeneration, neurodev...
Discord usernames: Hexular#5020, sophaiya#3995, photonmz#4461 Check out our mobile prototype [demo video](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U78Z40JO3vEEElFg_6SBHcMw-Go1PFJT/view?usp=sharing) and [prototype](https://www.figma.com/proto/XcamQs8aNpZ8veXBw6ukGn/Hack-the-6ix?node-id=264%3A6785&scaling=scale-down&page-id=14%...
# Flash Computer Vision® ### Computer Vision for the World Github: <https://github.com/AidanAbd/MA-3> Try it Out: <http://flash-cv.com> ## Inspiration Over the last century, computers have gained superhuman capabilities in computer vision. Unfortunately, these capabilities are not yet empowering everyday people bec...
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## Inspiration When we joined the hackathon, we began brainstorming about problems in our lives. After discussing some constant struggles in their lives with many friends and family, one response was ultimately shared: health. Interestingly, one of the biggest health concerns that impacts everyone in their lives comes...
## Problem Statement As the number of the elderly population is constantly growing, there is an increasing demand for home care. In fact, the market for safety and security solutions in the healthcare sector is estimated to reach $40.1 billion by 2025. The elderly, disabled, and vulnerable people face a constant risk ...
## Inspiration Our inspiration came from the danger of skin-related diseases, along with the rising costs of medical care. DermaFix not only provides an alternative free option for those who can't afford to visit a doctor due to financial issues but provides real-time diagnosis. ## What it does Scans and analyzes th...
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## Inspiration In recent times, we have witnessed undescribable tragedy occur during the war in Ukraine. The way of life of many citizens has been forever changed. In particular, the attacks on civilian structures have left cities covered in debris and people searching for their missing loved ones. As a team of engine...
## Inspiration It feels like elections are taking up an increasing portion of our mindshare, with every election cycle it only gets more insane. Constantly flooded by news, by opinions – it's like we never get a break. And yet, paradoxically, voters feel increasingly less connected to their politicians. They hear soli...
## Inspiration ## What it does ResQ is a holistic natural disaster recovery tool. -Officials (FEMA, Red Cross, etc.) can manage their resource centers on a WebApp: by managing the distribution of resources, the location of distressed individuals, and publicly sourced alerts. -Private Citizens can use a mobile app as...
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## Inspiration After learning about the current shortcomings of disaster response platforms, we wanted to build a modernized emergency services system to assist relief organizations and local governments in responding faster and appropriately. ## What it does safeFront is a cross between next-generation 911 and disa...
## Inspiration Natural disasters do more than just destroy property—they disrupt lives, tear apart communities, and hinder our progress toward a sustainable future. One of our team members from Rice University experienced this firsthand during a recent hurricane in Houston. Trees were uprooted, infrastructure was dest...
## Inspiration -- Two of our team members from Florida have experienced the impact of Hurricane Irma firsthand during the past week even before it made landfall: barren shelves in the grocery store, empty fuel pumps, and miles upon miles of traffic due to people evacuating. Even amidst the chaos and fear, there are st...
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## Inspiration Maybe you have an hour between classes, an afternoon to spare, or a weekend in a new city. You want to find something to do, experience new things in both familiar or distant locations. However, it's late, it's cold, maybe it's raining, your wallet's empty, or you don't have a car. Online searches don't...
### Tired of your mom yelling at you for the crayon stains? ### Wanna draw outside the lines? ### Wanna experience augmented reality? **Here's your chance** With our application you are able to relive your child years. You can draw on any wall and not have to worry about getting yelled at or being forced to clean i...
## Why We Created **Here** As college students, one question that we catch ourselves asking over and over again is – “Where are you studying today?” One of the most popular ways for students to coordinate is through texting. But messaging people individually can be time consuming and awkward for both the inviter and t...
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## Inspiration We were inspired by our lack of engagement with certain school activities, and we saw an opportunity to embrace the use of phones in class for educational purposes. ## What it does We offer a platform for anyone to make a scavenger hunt and then host it. By entering a game code and a username on a pho...
## Inspiration Whenever I go on vacation, what I always fondly look back on is the sights and surroundings of specific moments. What if there was a way to remember these associations by putting them on a map to look back on? We strived to locate a problem, and then find a solution to build up from. What if instead of ...
## Inspiration Our project is inspired by the sister of one our creators, Joseph Ntaimo. Joseph often needs to help locate wheelchair accessible entrances to accommodate her, but they can be hard to find when buildings have multiple entrances. Therefore, we created our app as an innovative piece of assistive tech to i...
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pho·bi·a (/ˈfōbēə/); an extreme or **irrational** fear of or **aversion** to something. ## Inspiration Starting off with an interest in VR/AR applications, our group pondered how we could solve real-world problems with a virtual solution. As we got to know other, we all connected over our shared fear of spiders. We s...
## 💡Inspiration * In Canada, every year there are 5.3 million people who feel they need some form of help for their mental health! But ordinary therapies is unfortunately boring and might be ineffective :( Having to deal with numerous patients every day, it also might be difficult for a mental health professional to ...
## Inspiration We all deal with nostalgia. Sometimes we miss our loved ones or places we visited and look back at our pictures. But what if we could revolutionize the way memories are shown? What if we said you can relive your memories and mean it literally? ## What it does retro.act takes in a user prompt such as "...
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## Inspiration 3D Printing offers quick and easy access to a physical design from a digitized mesh file. Transferring a physical model back into a digitized mesh is much less successful or accessible in a desktop platform. We sought to create our own desktop 3D scanner that could generate high fidelity, colored and te...
## 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 This idea came somewhat from the founder of arduino, and how he said that it was key to try and make new technology accessible to more people in order to foster better innovation. This led us to making a useful tool that ideally would make scanner, a previously more cut-off technology, to be made availa...
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# Inspiration Traditional startup fundraising is often restricted by stringent regulations, which make it difficult for small investors and emerging founders to participate. These barriers favor established VC firms and high-networth individuals, limiting innovation and excluding a broad range of potential investors. ...
## Inspiration There are 1.1 billion people without Official Identity (ID). Without this proof of identity, they can't get access to basic financial and medical services, and often face many human rights offences, due the lack of accountability. The concept of a Digital Identity is extremely powerful. In Estonia, for...
## Inspiration Medical imaging, in this case histopathological tissue images, is generally incomprehensible to a layperson, even though these tissue images are extremely vital in diagnosing breast cancer and estimating the aggressiveness of the cancer. To even begin understanding these images and ensuring thorough, ac...
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## Inspiration Ever wish you could hear your baby cry where you are in the world? Probably not, but it's great to know anyways! Did you know that babies often cry when at least one of their needs is not met? How could possibly know about baby's needs without being there watching the baby sleep? ## What it does Our t...
## Problem Statement As the number of the elderly population is constantly growing, there is an increasing demand for home care. In fact, the market for safety and security solutions in the healthcare sector is estimated to reach $40.1 billion by 2025. The elderly, disabled, and vulnerable people face a constant risk ...
## Inspiration When we began to learn about the AssemblyAI API, the features and the impressively extensive abilities of this API had us wanting to do something with audio transcription for our project. ## What it does Our project is a web app that takes in a URL link to a youtube video, and generates a text transcr...
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## 💫 Inspiration Inspired by our grandparents, who may not always be able to accomplish certain tasks, we wanted to create a platform that would allow them to find help locally . We also recognize that many younger members of the community might be more knowledgeable or capable of helping out. These younger members m...
## Inspiration In response to recent tragic events in Turkey, where the rescue efforts for the Earthquake have been very difficult. We decided to use Qualcomm’s hardware development kit to create an application for survivors of natural disasters like earthquakes to send out distress signals to local authorities. ## W...
## Inspiration - I got inspired for making this app when I saw that my friends and family who sometimes tend to not have enough internet bandwidth to spare to an application, and signal drops make calling someone a cumbersome task. Messaging was not included in this app, since I wanted it to be light-weight. It also a...
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## Inspiration The inspiration for this project was a group-wide understanding that trying to scroll through a feed while your hands are dirty or in use is near impossible. We wanted to create a computer program to allow us to scroll through windows without coming into contact with the computer, for eating, chores, or...
## Inspiration I've always been fascinated by the complexities of UX design, and this project was an opportunity to explore an interesting mode of interaction. I drew inspiration from the futuristic UIs that movies have to offer, such as Minority Report's gesture-based OS or Iron Man's heads-up display, Jarvis. ## Wh...
## Inspiration We were inspired by a group member's real need. ## What it does It calculates the start and end time for each task when you enter a task and the minutes you want to spend on it, but when you complete a task, it updates the rest of your tasks to start at the current time to reflect not always staying o...
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## Inspiration We always want to create a resume that will impress employers. The problem is fitting your resume to their expectations. How well or far off are you from the goalpost? We came up with the idea of ResumeReviser because it could help people looking or not looking for employment gauge how well their resume...
## Inspiration As busy university students with multiple commitments on top of job hunting, we are all too familiar with the tedium and frustration associated with having to compose cover letters for the few job openings that do require them. Given that much of cover letter writing is simply summarizing one's professi...
## Inspiration Covid-19 has turned every aspect of the world upside down. Unwanted things happen, situation been changed. Lack of communication and economic crisis cannot be prevented. Thus, we develop an application that can help people to survive during this pandemic situation by providing them **a shift-taker job p...
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# MSNewsAR news.microsoft.com with video content as a supplement to images in AR. Dynamic parsing of the page for images and finding related videos with caching on backend. Proof of concept at NWHacks2019
## Inspiration Personal assistant AI like Siri, Cortana and Alexa were the inspiration for our project. ## What it does Our mirror displays information about the weather, date, social media, news and nearby events. ## How we built it The mirror works by placing a monitor behind a two-way mirror and displaying info...
## Inspiration Video games evolved when the Xbox Kinect was released in 2010 but for some reason we reverted back to controller based games. We are here to bring back the amazingness of movement controlled games with a new twist- re innovating how mobile games are played! ## What it does AR.cade uses a body part det...
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## Inspiration With more people working at home due to the pandemic, we felt empowered to improve healthcare at an individual level. Existing solutions for posture detection are expensive, lack cross-platform support, and often require additional device purchases. We sought to remedy these issues by creating Upright. ...
## Inspiration We love cooking and watching food videos. From the Great British Baking Show to Instagram reels, we are foodies in every way. However, with the 119 billion pounds of food that is wasted annually in the United States, we wanted to create a simple way to reduce waste and try out new recipes. ## What it d...
## Inspiration There are a growing number of smart posture sensors being developed to address back and neck pain. These wearable products showcase improved posture during phone use as a key success metric. The downside to this, though, is the high cost of buying the hardware product and getting used to wearing it for...
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## Inspiration We wanted this project to be able to help us share our love of music with others who may not be able to enjoy it through sound alone. Inspired by our love of music as well as technology, we hoped to make things more accessible for people with our passion for technology. ## What it does Our ASL Music G...
## Inspiration We loved the idea of Image analysis and wanted to develop and app that would utilize the powerful capabilities of Microsoft's API. ## What it does A user can upload their image on our webapp and find out which artwork from our database they look most like. Users can also add other works of art to our ...
## Inspiration As someone who has always wanted to speak in ASL (American Sign Language), I have always struggled with practicing my gestures, as I, unfortunately, don't know any ASL speakers to try and have a conversation with. Learning ASL is an amazing way to foster an inclusive community, for those who are hearing...
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## Inspiration A team member saw their mom working and repeating the same steps over and over on her computer. Open an excel sheet, copy 10 lines, tab into another sheet, paste, scroll, repeat. These monotonous tasks are a time waster which is terrible especially since the technology exists to automate these tasks. Th...
## Inspiration With the sudden move to online videoconferencing, presenters and audiences have been faced with a number of challenges. Foremost among these is a lack of engagement between presenters and the audience, which is exacerbated by a lack of gestures and body language. As first year students, we have seen thi...
## Inspiration **Handwriting is such a beautiful form of art that is unique to every person, yet unfortunately, it is not accessible to everyone.** [Parkinson’s](www.parkinson.org/Understanding-Parkinsons/Statistics) affects nearly 1 million people in the United States and more than 6 million people worldwide. For pe...
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## Inspiration The indecisiveness that groups encounter when trying to collectively decide on a place to get food. ## What it does It decides on where a group can eat through an algorithm that chooses out of some preset criteria such price point, location, food inclusivity and more. ## How we built it Frontend: Re...
## Inspiration Our inspiration came from the very real and pressing issue of choosing where to eat as a group. Everyone has experienced the endless back-and-forth that occurs when a group of indecisive friends try to decide on a restaurant. We wanted to create a solution that not only makes this process effortless but...
Team channel #43 Team discord users - Sarim Zia #0673, Elly #2476, (ASK), rusticolus #4817, Names - Vamiq, Elly, Sarim, Shahbaaz ## Inspiration When brainstorming an idea, we concentrated on problems that affected a large population and that mattered to us. Topics such as homelessness, food waste and a clean environm...
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## Inspiration We got the idea for this app after one of our teammates shared that during her summer internship in China, she could not find basic over the counter medication that she needed. She knew the brand name of the medication in English, however, she was unfamiliar with the local pharmaceutical brands and she ...
## Inspiration The opioid crisis is a widespread danger, affecting millions of Americans every year. In 2016 alone, 2.1 million people had an opioid use disorder, resulting in over 40,000 deaths. After researching what had been done to tackle this problem, we came upon many pill dispensers currently on the market. How...
## Inspiration Coding in Spanish is hard. Specifically, Carol had to work in Spanish while contributing to One Laptop per Child, but non-English speakers have this barrier every day. Around the world, many international collaborators work on open and closed source projects but in many cases, this language barrier can ...
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## Inspiration We were trying for an IM cross MS paint experience, and we think it looks like that. ## What it does Users can create conversations with other users by putting a list of comma-separated usernames in the To field. ## How we built it We used Node JS combined with the Express.js web framework, Jade for...
## 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 According to a 2015 study in the American Journal of Infection Control, people touch their faces more than 20 times an hour on average. More concerningly, about 44% of the time involves contact with mucous membranes (e.g. eyes, nose, mouth). With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging our populati...
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## Inspiration It can be difficult for parents to teach and effectively communicate the importance of being independent to their children. All children should eventually be able to support themselves and have the necessary skills to be responsible. A hit Japanese TV show, “Old Enough” which was recently added to Netfl...
## Inspiration When struggling to learn HTML, and basic web development. The tools provided by browsers like google chrome were hidden making hard to learn of its existence. As an avid gamer, we thought that it would be a great idea to create a game involving the inspect element tool provided by browsers so that more ...
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## Inspiration We were inspired by apps such as GamePigeon (which allows you to play games together over text messages) and Gather (which allows you to have virtual interactions RPG style). We also drew inspiration from Discord’s voice chat activity feature that allows you to play games together in a call. ## What it...
## Inspiration Rumor has it, if you're good at basketball, you can easily get into CIT. Penn admits many outgoing girls. UChicago likes admitting artists. MIT is excited to see science olympiad recipients. Some people spend thousands of dollars hiring professional agencies to help with college application. Others post...
## Inspiration Reflecting on 2020, we were challenged with a lot of new experiences, such as online school. Hearing a lot of stories from our friends, as well as our own experiences, doing everything from home can be very distracting. Looking at a computer screen for such a long period of time can be difficult for man...
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# Inspiration After talking to Richard White from EDR, we decided that using a graph database to search for patterns seemed like a very interesting problem to solve. Though the problem was narrow, we were able to use existing platforms to efficiently solve the problem. # What It Does Graph.srch allows the user to sp...
## Inspiration This week a 16 year old girl went missing outside Oslo, in Norway. Her parents posted about it on Facebook, and it was quickly shared by thousands of people. An immense amount of comments scattered around a large amount of Facebook posts consisted of people trying to help, by offering to hang up posters...
## Inspiration We were inspired by the untapped potential of local businesses and the challenge they face in gaining visibility within crowded marketplaces (especially in major cities). We wanted to create a platform that empowers communities to easily discover and support these hidden gems, while giving businesses th...
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## Inspiration Public speaking is an incredibly important skill that many seek but few master. This is in part due to the high level of individualized attention and feedback needed to improve when practicing. Therefore, we want to solve this with AI! We have created a VR application that allows you to get constructive...
## Inspiration Public speaking is greatly feared by many, yet it is a part of life that most of us have to go through. Despite this, preparing for presentations effectively is *greatly limited*. Practicing with others is good, but that requires someone willing to listen to you for potentially hours. Talking in front o...
## Inspiration We wanted to design a bottle that was as functional, and simultaneously creative, as possible ## What it does Our design uses force-sensor technology and wireless interfacing, as well as the help of some intuitive logic, to create a system that actively keeps track and reports the number of pills in a...
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## 💡 Inspiration > > #hackathon-help-channel > `<hacker>` Can a mentor help us with flask and Python? We're stuck on how to host our project. > > > How many times have you created an epic web app for a hackathon but couldn't deploy it to show publicly? At my first hackathon, my team worked hard on a Django + React a...
## Inspiration We wanted to watch videos together as a social activity during the pandemic but were unable as many platforms were hard to use or unstable. Therefore our team decided to create a platform that met our needs in terms of usability and functionality. ## What it does Bubbles allow people to create viewing...
## 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 ...
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The Book Reading Bot (brb) programmatically flips through physical books, and using TTS reads the pages aloud. There are also options to download the pdf or audiobook. I read an article on [The Spectator](http://columbiaspectator.com/) how some low-income students cannot afford textbooks, and actually spend time at th...
## Inspiration As international students, we often have to navigate around a lot of roadblocks when it comes to receiving money from back home for our tuition. Cross-border payments are gaining momentum with so many emerging markets. In 2021, the top five recipient countries for remittance inflows in current USD were...
## 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...
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## Inspiration We wanted to create a multiplayer game that would allow anyone to join and participate freely. We couldn't decide on what platform to build for, so we got the idea to create a game that is so platform independent we could call it platform transcendent.. Since the game is played through email and sms, it...
we built an interactive web application that allows users to learn about mail in ballots by scrolling using their hand movements!
## Inspiration Have you ever wanted to search something, but aren't connected to the internet? Data plans too expensive, but you really need to figure something out online quick? Us too, and that's why we created an application that allows you to search the internet without being connected. ## What it does Text your...
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## Inspiration Although each of us came from different backgrounds, we each share similar experiences/challenges during our high school years: it was extremely hard to visualize difficult concepts, much less understand the the various complex interactions. This was most prominent in chemistry, where 3D molecular model...
## 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 Current students struggle with gaining the most value in the shortest time, We learned about the best methods of consuming information - visual and summaries, but current teaching techniques lack these methods. ## What it does Scan your writing using your phone which then converts it into a text file....
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## Inspiration Jessica here - I came up with the idea for BusPal out of expectation that the skill has already existed. With my Amazon Echo Dot, I was already doing everything from checking the weather to turning off and on my lights with Amazon skills and routines. The fact that she could not check when my bus to sch...
## Inspiration We wanted to get home safe ## What it does Stride pairs you with walkers just like UBC SafeWalk, but outside of campus grounds, to get you home safe! ## How we built it React Native, Express JS, MongoDB ## Challenges we ran into Getting environment setups working ## Accomplishments that we're pro...
## Inspiration We were really excited to hear about the self-driving bus Olli using IBM's Watson. However, one of our grandfather's is rather forgetful due to his dementia, and because of this would often forget things on a bus if he went alone. Memory issues like this would prevent him, and many people like him, from...
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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 GetSense was developed in an attempt to create low latency live streaming for countries with slow internet so that they could still have security regardless of their internet speed. ## What it does GetSense is an AI powered flexible security solution that uses low-level IoT devices (laptop camera syst...
## 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 Imagine a world where your best friend is standing in front of you, but you can't see them. Or you go to read a menu, but you are not able to because the restaurant does not have specialized brail menus. For millions of visually impaired people around the world, those are not hypotheticals, they are fac...
## Inspiration COVID revolutionized the way we communicate and work by normalizing remoteness. **It also created a massive emotional drought -** we weren't made to empathize with each other through screens. As video conferencing turns into the new normal, marketers and managers continue to struggle with remote communi...
## Inspiration Approximately 12 million people 40 years and over in the United States have vision impairment. One of them is my father, who has been a welder for 2 decades. This app would enable him and others to better interact with the world through audio input/output and computer vision. ## What it does There are...
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## Inspiration We were inspired by Michael Reeves, a YouTuber who is known for his "useless inventions." We all enjoy his videos and creations, so we thought it would be cool if we tried it out too. ## What it does Abyss. is a table that caves in on itself and drops any item that is placed onto it into the abyss. #...
## Inspiration In online documentaries, we saw visually impaired individuals and their vision consisted of small apertures. We wanted to develop a product that would act as a remedy for this issue. ## What it does When a button is pressed, a picture is taken of the user's current view. This picture is then analyzed ...
## Inspiration The original idea was to create an alarm clock that could aim at the ~~victim's~~ sleeping person's face and shoot water instead of playing a sound to wake-up. Obviously, nobody carries around peristaltic pumps at hackathons so the water squirting part had to be removed, but the idea of getting a plate...
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## Inspiration It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic ruined most of our social lives. ARoom presents an opportunity to boost your morale by supporting you to converse with your immediate neighbors and strangers in a COVID safe environment. ## What it does Our app is designed to help you bring your video chat exp...
# Catch! (Around the World) ## Our Inspiration Catch has to be one of our most favourite childhood games. Something about just throwing and receiving a ball does wonders for your serotonin. Since all of our team members have relatives throughout the entire world, we thought it'd be nice to play catch with those relat...
## Inspiration The inspiration for our project stems from the increasing trend of online shopping and the declining foot traffic in physical stores. Our goal was to provide a unique and engaging experience for customers, encouraging them to visit physical stores and rediscover the joy of in-person shopping. We wanted ...
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## Inspiration So many people around the world, including those dear to us, suffer from mental health issues such as depression. Here in Berkeley, for example, the resources put aside to combat these problems are constrained. Journaling is one method commonly employed to fight mental issues; it evokes mindfulness and ...
## Inspiration ✨ Seeing friends' lives being ruined through **unhealthy** attachment to video games. Struggling with regulating your emotions properly is one of the **biggest** negative effects of video games. ## What it does 🍎 YourHP is a webapp/discord bot designed to improve the mental health of gamers. By using...
## 💡 Inspiration We got inspiration from or back-end developer Minh. He mentioned that he was interested in the idea of an app that helped people record their positive progress and showcase their accomplishments there. This then led to our product/UX designer Jenny to think about what this app would target as a probl...
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## Inspiration When it comes to grocery shopping, going to a restaurant, or even buying football tickets a designated "spender" is often needed simply for the convenience of payment or booking things together like plane tickets or food. Oftentimes, during these "I'll Venmo you" moments, it becomes a hassle to calculat...
## Inspiration Our project stemmed from our frustration dealing with too many cards, specifically gift cards and Prepaid VISA Cards, in our wallets. Americans spent more than $37 billion on prepaid debit cards in 2010 and billions in gift cards each year. The Android app we created incorporates Venmo payments to allow...
## Inspiration An easy way to get paid when you buy groceries for your roommates. No need to download extra apps, and can be done anywhere. ## What it does A messenger bot that takes an image of a receipt as input, and prompts everyone in your group to decide on if they want to split the bill with you. Transfer of ...
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This project was developed with the RBC challenge in mind of developing the Help Desk of the future. ## What inspired us We were inspired by our motivation to improve the world of work. ## Background If we want technical support, we usually contact companies by phone, which is slow and painful for both users and te...
## Inspiration Cliff is dyslexic, so reading is difficult and slow for him and makes school really difficult. But, he loves books and listens to 100+ audiobooks/yr. However, most books don't have an audiobook, especially not textbooks for schools, and articles that are passed out in class. This is an issue not only fo...
## Inspiration One thing the pandemic has taught us was the severity of mental health and how crucial it is to have someone to talk to during hardships. We believe in using technology to create a solution that addresses mental health, a global issue of utmost importance in today's world. As high school students, we co...
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## Inspiration When tackling the issue of sustainability, we looked first at the major sources of emissions. One thing that caught our eye was agriculture – Particularly, livestock production (especially cattle) which is the largest contributor for carbon emissions. Annually, each cow produces 220 pounds of methane an...
Prediction Market revolving around the following question: Which privacy oriented token will perform better, ZCash or Monero? In the nascent crypto space without significant understanding or regulation, companies have been launching subpar ICOs to capitalize on hype, and currency trading is extremely volatile. Tokens ...
## Inspiration Inspired by carbon trading mechanism among nations proposed by Kyoto Protocol treaty in the response to the threat of climate change, and a bunch of cute gas sensors provided by MLH hardware lab, we want to build a similar mechanism among people to monetize our daily carbon emission rights, especially t...
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## 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 Currently the insurance claims process is quite labour intensive. A person has to investigate the car to approve or deny a claim, and so we aim to make the alleviate this cumbersome process smooth and easy for the policy holders. ## What it does Quick Quote is a proof-of-concept tool for visually eval...
*"This is the time for facts, not fear. This is the time for science, not rumors. This is the time for solidarity, not stigma. We are all in this together."* -- The tweet from UNGeneva after a public health emergency of international concern over coronavirus. ## Inspiration Due to the outbreak of Novel coronavirus 2...
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## Problem Statement In today’s fast-paced urban environment, family, friends, and emergency responders face significant challenges due to a lack of real-time visual and auditory information. Traditional emergency and SOS systems, such as Life360 and standard 911 calls, primarily rely on voice communication, text desc...
## 💡Inspiration and Purpose Our group members are from all around the U.S., from Dallas to Boston, but one thing that we have in common is that we have a grandparent living by themselves. Due to various family situations, we have elderly loved ones who spend a few hours alone each day, putting them at risk of a fatal...
## Problem Statement As the number of the elderly population is constantly growing, there is an increasing demand for home care. In fact, the market for safety and security solutions in the healthcare sector is estimated to reach $40.1 billion by 2025. The elderly, disabled, and vulnerable people face a constant risk ...
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## Inspiration **Read something, do something.** We constantly encounter articles about social and political problems affecting communities all over the world – mass incarceration, the climate emergency, attacks on women's reproductive rights, and countless others. Many people are concerned or outraged by reading abou...
## Inspiration When we heard about using food as a means of love and connection from Otsuka x VALUENEX’s Opening Ceremony presentation, our team was instantly inspired to create something that would connect Asian American Gen Z with our cultural roots and immigrant parents. Recently, there has been a surge of instant ...
## Inspiration Self-motivation is hard. It’s time for a social media platform that is meaningful and brings a sense of achievement instead of frustration. While various pro-exercise campaigns and apps have tried inspire people, it is difficult to stay motivated with so many other more comfortable distractions around ...
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# YHacks2015 GeoAlarm is a web app running on JavaScript that provides the User to enter in a location, name of alarm, and distance to location which will then create a personalized alarm that will alert the user when they get in range of their desired distance from their location. GeoAlarm adds multiple alarms and us...
## Inspiration Timing travels is difficult. Remembering is not easy. We aim to solve both giphy-ily. ## What it does GifAlarm integrates both Google Calendar and Google Maps to bring its users the best travel and alarm experience. Google Calendar tracks the time periods and locations of the user's commitment. Our we...
## Inspiration Our inspiration came from the idea of emergencies and to help out the people in distress. So, if there is a minor emergency such as a Room has been locked and someone is stuck inside. He/She can Mark the place and comment it through the AR App allowing everyone in the nearby location to see and respond ...
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## Inspiration Selina was desperately trying to get to PennApps on Friday after she disembarked her Greyhound. Alas, she had forgotten that only Bolt Bus and Megabus end their journeys directly next to the University of Pennsylvania, so she was a full 45 minute walk away from Penn Engineering. Full of hope, she approa...
## Inspiration As college students who are on a budget when traveling from school to the airport, or from campus to a different city, we found it difficult to coordinate rides with other students. The facebook or groupme groupchats are always flooding with students scrambling to find people to carpool with at the last...
## Inspiration Toronto is famous because it is tied for the second longest average commute time of any city (96 minutes, both ways). People love to complain about the TTC and many people have legitimate reasons for avoiding public transit. With our app, we hope to change this. Our aim is to change the public's perspec...
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# TextMemoirs ## nwHacks 2023 Submission by Victor Parangue, Kareem El-Wishahy, Parmvir Shergill, and Daniel Lee Journalling is a well-established practice that has been shown to have many benefits for mental health and overall well-being. Some of the main benefits of journalling include the ability to reflect on one...
## Inspiration Considering our team is so diverse (Pakistan, Sweden, Brazil, and Nigeria) it was natural for us to consider worldwide problems when creating our project. This problem especially has such a large societal impact, that we were very motivated to move towards a solution. ## What it does Our service takes...
## Inspiration The inspiration behind MoodJournal comes from a desire to reflect on and cherish the good times, especially in an era where digital overload often makes us overlook the beauty of everyday moments. We wanted to create a digital sanctuary where users can not only store their daily and memories but also di...
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## Inspiration Behind DejaVu 🌍 The inspiration behind DejaVu is deeply rooted in our fascination with the human experience and the power of memories. We've all had those moments where we felt a memory on the tip of our tongues but couldn't quite grasp it, like a fleeting dream slipping through our fingers. These frag...
## Inspiration We all deal with nostalgia. Sometimes we miss our loved ones or places we visited and look back at our pictures. But what if we could revolutionize the way memories are shown? What if we said you can relive your memories and mean it literally? ## What it does retro.act takes in a user prompt such as "...
## Inspiration BThere emerged from a genuine desire to strengthen friendships by addressing the subtle challenges in understanding friends on a deeper level. The team recognized that nuanced conversations often go unnoticed, hindering meaningful support and genuine interactions. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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## Inspiration Have you ever stared into your refrigerator or pantry and had no idea what to eat for dinner? Pantri provides a visually compelling picture of which foods you should eat based on your current nutritional needs and offers recipe suggestions through Amazon Alexa voice integration. ## What it does Pantri...
## Inspiration One day Saaz was sitting at home thinking about his fitness goals and his diet. Looking in his fridge, he realized that, on days when his fridge was only filled with leftovers and leftover ingredients, it was very difficult for him to figure out what he could make that followed his nutrition goals. This...
## Inspiration When it comes to finding solutions to global issues, we often feel helpless: making us feel as if our small impact will not help the bigger picture. Climate change is a critical concern of our age; however, the extent of this matter often reaches beyond what one person can do....or so we think! Inspired...
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Club applications - especially at schools like Cal - have become more and more competitive in recent years. Students must keep track of numerous deadlines, attend many introductory events, submit application materials, and constantly stress to find clubs that best fit their future career goals amongst a huge student bo...
## Inspiration: Deciding whether to join a student organization or going to their events without any information about how enjoyable the experience is can be difficult at an institution! We wanted to bring reviews to clubs so that you feel comfortable about where you spend your time! ## What it does: * ClubHub allows...
## Why We Created **Here** As college students, one question that we catch ourselves asking over and over again is – “Where are you studying today?” One of the most popular ways for students to coordinate is through texting. But messaging people individually can be time consuming and awkward for both the inviter and t...
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## Inspiration Helping people who are visually and/or hearing impaired to have better and safer interactions. ## What it does The sensor beeps when the user comes too close to an object or too close to a hot beverage/food. The sign language recognition system translates sign language from a hearing impaired individu...
## Inspiration In a world where the voices of the minority are often not heard, technology must be adapted to fit the equitable needs of these groups. Picture the millions who live in a realm of silence, where for those who are deaf, you are constantly silenced and misinterpreted. Of the 50 million people in the Unite...
## Inspiration What inspired us was we wanted to make an innovative solution which can have a big impact on people's lives. Most accessibility devices for the visually impaired are text to speech based which is not ideal for people who may be both visually and auditorily impaired (such as the elderly). To put yourself...
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## Inspiration Currently, Zoom only offers live closed captioning when a human transcriber manually transcribes a meeting. We believe that users would benefit greatly from closed captions in *every* meeting, so we created Cloud Caption. ## What it does Cloud Caption receives live system audio from a Zoom meeting or ...
## Inspiration as we have spent some time in our new Covid-19 world, we have noticed work from home and such has resulted in an increase of phishing and fraudulent emails. We noticed this is strongly apparent in our educational community as well noticing that our inboxes and our peers' inboxes get spammed with fraudul...
## Inspiration -Inspired by baracksdubs and many "Trump Sings" channels on YouTube, each of which invests a lot of time into manually tracking down words. -Fully automating the process allows us to mass-produce humorous content and "fake news", bringing awareness to the ease with which modern technology allows for the...
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[Example brainrot output](https://youtube.com/shorts/vmTmjiyBTBU) [Demo](https://youtu.be/W5LNiKc7FB4) ## Inspiration Graphic design is a skill like any other, that if honed, allows us to communicate and express ourselves in marvellous ways. To do so, it's massively helpful to receive specific feedback on your desig...
## Inspiration In a world full of so much info but limited time as we are so busy and occupied all the time, we wanted to create a tool that helps students make the most of their learning—quickly and effectively. We imagined a platform that could turn complex material into digestible, engaging content tailored for a f...
## Inspiration More than 4.5 million acres of land have burned on the West Coast in the past month alone Experts say fires will worsen in the years to come as climate change spikes temperatures and disrupts precipitation patterns Thousands of families have been and will continue to be displaced by these disasters ## ...
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## Inspiration A couple weeks ago, a friend was hospitalized for taking Advil–she accidentally took 27 pills, which is nearly 5 times the maximum daily amount. Apparently, when asked why, she responded that thats just what she always had done and how her parents have told her to take Advil. The maximum Advil you are s...
## 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 🎇 Since the last few years have been full of diseases, illness, a huge number of people have been in need of medical assistance. Our elders suffer from certain illnesses and have a hard time remembering which medications to take, in what amount and what time. So, Similarly We made an app that saves ...
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## Inspiration We are tinkerers and builders who love getting our hands on new technologies. When we discovered that the Spot Robot Dog from Boston Dynamics was available to build our project upon, we devised different ideas about the real-world benefits of robot dogs. From a conversational companion to a navigational...
## What it does SPOT would be equipped with various sensors, cameras, and LIDAR technology to perform inspections in hazardous environments. A network of SPOT bots will be deployed in a within a 2.5 – 3-mile radius surrounding a particular infrastructure for security and surveillance tasks, patrolling areas and provid...
## Inspiration There are two types of pets wandering unsupervised in the streets - ones that are lost and ones that don't have a home to go to. Pet's Palace portable mini-shelters services these animals and connects them to necessary services while leveraging the power of IoT. ## What it does The units are placed in...
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## Inspiration Has your browser ever looked like this? ![](https://i.imgur.com/waCM1K0.png) ... or this? ![](https://i.imgur.com/WX2dTfz.png) Ours have, *all* the time. Regardless of who you are, you'll often find yourself working in a browser on not just one task but a variety of tasks. Whether its classes, projec...
## 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 The inspiration for building this project likely stemmed from the desire to empower students and make learning coding more accessible and engaging. It combines AI technology with education to provide tailored support, making it easier for students to grasp coding concepts. The goal may have been to addr...
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## Inspiration ⚡️ Given the ongoing effects of COVID-19, we know lots of people don't want to spend more time than necessary in a hospital. We wanted to be able to skip a large portion of the waiting process and fill out the forms ahead of time from the comfort of our home so we came up with the solution of HopiBot. ...
## Inspiration Imagine you broke your EpiPen but you need it immediately for an allergic reaction. Imagine being lost in the forest with cut wounds and bleeding from a fall but have no first aid kit. How will you take care of your health without nearby hospitals or pharmacies? Well good thing for you, we have **MediFl...
## Inspiration Our inspiration for AiTC came from our use of various forms of transportation and our close connections with friends in the aviation industry. Seeing firsthand the complexities and challenges that air traffic controllers face, we wanted to create a solution that could alleviate some of the burdens on ag...
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## Inspiration Politicians make a lot of money. Like, a lot. After a thorough analysis of how politicians apply their skill sets to faithfully "serve the general public", we realized that there's a hidden skill that many of them possess. It is a skill that hasn't been in the spotlight for some time. It is the skill wh...
## Inspiration We constantly have friends asking us for advice for investing, or ask for investing advice ourselves. We realized how easy a platform that allowed people to make collaboratively make investments would make sharing information between people. We formed this project out of inspiration to solve a problem i...
## 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...
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## Inspiration GetSense was developed in an attempt to create low latency live streaming for countries with slow internet so that they could still have security regardless of their internet speed. ## What it does GetSense is an AI powered flexible security solution that uses low-level IoT devices (laptop camera syst...
## Inspiration 🍪 We’re fed up with our roommates stealing food from our designated kitchen cupboards. Few things are as soul-crushing as coming home after a long day and finding that someone has eaten the last Oreo cookie you had been saving. Suffice it to say, the university student population is in desperate need o...
## 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...
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## Inspiration Studies show that drawing, coloring, and other art-making activities can help people express themselves artistically and explore their art's psychological and emotional undertones [1]. Before this project, many members of our team had already caught on to the stress-relieving capabilities of art-centere...
## Inspiration Team member's father works in the medical field and he presented the problem to us. We wanted to try to create a tool that he could actually use in the workplace. ## What it does Allows users to create requests for air ambulances (medically equipped helicopters) and automatically prioritizes and dispa...
One challenge that is frequently attributed to the prominence of technology in our lives is a deepening health crises. Gadgets are blamed for all sorts of problems, ranging from loneliness and depression to incidents of public violence. We felt that it would be incredible if we could provide a concrete use case for one...
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## Inspiration With the excitement of blockchain and the ever growing concerns regarding privacy, we wanted to disrupt one of the largest technology standards yet: Email. Email accounts are mostly centralized and contain highly valuable data, making one small breach, or corrupt act can serious jeopardize millions of p...
## Inspiration The counterfeiting industry is anticipated to grow to $2.8 trillion in 2022 costing 5.4 million jobs. These counterfeiting operations push real producers to bankruptcy as cheaper knockoffs with unknown origins flood the market. In order to solve this issue we developed a blockchain powered service with ...
## 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...
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## About the Project ### TLDR: Caught a fish? Take a snap. Our AI-powered app identifies the catch, keeps track of stats, and puts that fish in your 3d, virtual, interactive aquarium! Simply click on any fish in your aquarium, and all its details — its rarity, location, and more — appear, bringing your fishing memori...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, time spent at home, time spent not exercising, and time spent alone has been at an all time high. This is why, we decided to introduce FITNER to the other fitness nerds like ourselves who struggle to find others to participate in exercise with. As we all know that it is easier to stay heal...
## Inspiration Open-world AR applications like Pokemon Go that bring AR into everyday life and the outdoors were major inspirations for this project. Additionally, in thinking about how to integrate smartphones with Spectacles, we found inspiration in video games like Phasmophobia's EMP sensors that react more strongl...
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## Inspiration We began this project with the Datto challenge in mind: what's the coolest thing we can do in under 4kb? It had to be something self contained, efficient, and optimized. Graphics came to mind at first, specifically for a game of some sort, but doing that requires some pretty bulky libraries being tosse...
Introducing the Gaming Gatekeeper - an Arduino project that allows you to assert dominance over any public space by blasting the most obnoxious video game music you can find! With the power of severe sleep deprivation, without any of the hypes of Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain Technology, AI, AR, VR, Q...
## Inspiration We are tired of being forgotten and not recognized by others for our accomplishments. We built a software and platform that helps others get to know each other better and in a faster way, using technology to bring the world together. ## What it does Face Konnex identifies people and helps the user ide...
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Fight writer's block with motivation from your favorite internet friends. Every 200 characters, a new image of a baby animal (parsed from Google images) will appear across your screen.
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### Refer this (<https://youtu.be/Ne9Xw_kj138>) for intro and problem statement. # Brief ### Features 1. Automatic essay grading 2. Facial recognition 3. Text detection from image **It's becoming harder for teachers to mark hundreds of students work within their limited free time hours that they should be using for...
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## Inspiration I like web design, I like 90's web design, and I like 90's tech. So it all came together very naturally. ## What it does nineties.tech is a love letter to the silly, chunky, and experimental technology of the 90s. There's a Brian Eno quote about how we end up cherishing the annoyances of "outdated" te...
## Inspiration Since the arrival of text messaging into the modern day world, users have had a love hate relationship with this novel form of communication. Instant contact with those you love at the cost of losing an entire facet of conversation - emotion. However, one group of individuals has been affected by this m...
## Inspiration There's something about brief glints in the past that just stop you in your tracks: you dip down, pick up an old DVD of a movie while you're packing, and you're suddenly brought back to the innocent and carefree joy of when you were a kid. It's like comfort food. So why not leverage this to make money?...
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## 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...
## Inspiration Walking is a sustainable and effective form of transit whose popularity is negatively impacted by perceived concerns about boredom and safety. People who are choosing between multiple forms of transit might not select walking due to these issues. Our goal was to create a solution that would make walking...
## Inspiration Living in the big city, we're often conflicted between the desire to get more involved in our communities, with the effort to minimize the bombardment of information we encounter on a daily basis. NoteThisBoard aims to bring the user closer to a happy medium by allowing them to maximize their insights i...
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## Inspiration Imagine a world where the number of mass shootings in the U.S. per year don't align with the number of days. With the recent Thousand Oaks shooting, we wanted to make something that would accurately predict the probability that a place has a mass shooting given a zipcode and future date. ## What it doe...
## What inspired us to build it Guns are now the leading cause of death among American children and teens, with 1 in every 10 gun deaths occurring in individuals aged 19 or younger. School shootings, in particular, have become a tragic epidemic in the U.S., underscoring the urgent need for enhanced safety measures. Ou...
## Inspiration: The app was born from the need to respond to global crises like the ongoing wars in Palestine, Ukraine, and Myanmar. Which have made the importance of real-time, location-based threat awareness more critical than ever. While these conflicts are often headline news, people living far from the conflict z...
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## Inspiration this is a project which is given to me by an organization and my collegues inspierd me to do this project ## What it does It can remind what we have to do in future and also set time when it is to be done ## How we built it I built it using command time utility in python programming ## Challenges w...
## 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 The worldwide phenomenon that is Wordle brings together users from all over the world to a play a once-a-day game. Loosely inspired by this successful tale, we present to you Bubble: Young people from around the world have felt the repercussions on our mental well-being due to the never-ending restrict...
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## Inspiration We wanted to find a way to encourage fewer people to drink and drive so we decided to create a free service ## What it does This service lets people volunteer their time to give people rides. In return those people earn tokens. You would redeem that token for a ride. ## How I built it We use javascr...
## Inspiration Plan your dream vacation with ease using our one-stop travel planner website. Our travel planner website makes planning your next trip easy and stress-free. ## What it does The user enters their location and their desired destination. We help them plan their perfect trip by providing them with the top...
## Inspiration: Our inspiration for this app comes from the critical need to improve road safety and assess driver competence, especially under various road conditions. The alarming statistics on road accidents and fatalities, including those caused by distracted driving and poor road conditions, highlight the urgency...
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## Inspiration Living in an era of rapid technological advancement, we saw the potential for AI to bring significant improvements to healthcare accessibility and efficiency. The idea for HealThrive AI was born out of our desire to provide an easy-to-use health tool that empowers individuals to take control of their he...
## Inspiration We've all left a doctor's office feeling more confused than when we arrived. This common experience highlights a critical issue: over 80% of Americans say access to their complete health records is crucial, yet 63% lack their medical history and vaccination records since birth. Recognizing this gap, we ...
## Inspiration As a patient in the United States you do not know what costs you are facing when you receive treatment at a hospital or if your insurance plan covers the expenses. Patients are faced with unexpected bills and left with expensive copayments. In some instances patients would pay less if they cover the exp...
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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 As college students, we didn't know anything, so we thought about how we can change that. One way was by being smarter about the way we take care of our unused items. We all felt that our unused items could be used in better ways through sharing with other students on campus. All of us shared our items ...
## Inspiration In a world grappling with the escalating consequences of climate change, our inspiration stemmed from the pressing need to understand, visualize, and mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions suffocating our planet. Witnessing unprecedented climate events and understanding their profound implications for fu...
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## Inspiration Insurance Companies spend millions of dollars on carrying marketing campaigns to attract customers and sell their policies.These marketing campaigns involve giving people promotional offers, reaching out to them via mass marketing like email, flyers etc., these marketing campaigns usually last for few m...
## Inspiration I was interested in exploring the health datasets given by John Snow Labs in order to give users the ability to explore meaningful datasets. The datasets selected were Vaccination Data Immunization Kindergarten Students 2011 to 2014, Mammography Data from Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium, 2014 Stat...
## Inspiration After witnessing countless victims of home disasters like robberies and hurricanes, we decided, there must be a way to preemptively check against such events. It's far too easy to wait until something bad happens to your home before doing anything to prevent it from happening again. That's how we came u...
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## Inspiration We wanted to build something that could help people who deal with anxiety and panic attacks. The generous sponsors at PennApps also offered us a lot of APIs, and we wanted to make the best use of them as well. ## What it does The user can open the app and create a personal account, as well as log emer...
## Inspiration After contemplating ideas for days on end, we finally started on whatever the next idea came to mind. That was, to build an app that encourages people to go out for walks, runs, hikes, or maybe even a whole day's worth of adventure! Walking is one of the most primitive exercises and the majority of peop...
## Inspiration Our inspiration comes from many of our own experiences with dealing with mental health and self-care, as well as from those around us. We know what it's like to lose track of self-care, especially in our current environment, and wanted to create a digital companion that could help us in our journey of u...
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## 💡 Inspiration Whenever I was going through educational platforms, I always wanted to use one website to store everything. The notes, lectures, quizzes and even the courses were supposed to be accessed from different apps. I was inspired by how to create a centralized platform that acknowledges learning diversity. ...
## Inspiration Our inspiration was our experience as university students at the University of Waterloo. During the pandemic, most of our lectures were held online. This resulted in us having several hours of lectures to watch each day. Many of our peers would put videos at 2x speed to get through all the lectures, but...
## 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 What were the 2000s known for? The Great Depression? No. High-rise jeans? Absolutely not. Undoubtedly, they belonged to Gwyneth Paltrow. It was defined by her rise to power; of course, we’re not talking about her acting career (her artistic talents precede the decade). Cool, calm, and calculating. Thi...
## Inspiration The preservation of cultural heritage and history has become a significant challenge, particularly with the declining interest in learning about them. Motivated by the theme of "Nostalgia," our project aims to address this issue by creating an accessible and immersive experience for individuals of all a...
## Inspiration I've always been fascinated by the complexities of UX design, and this project was an opportunity to explore an interesting mode of interaction. I drew inspiration from the futuristic UIs that movies have to offer, such as Minority Report's gesture-based OS or Iron Man's heads-up display, Jarvis. ## Wh...
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## Inspiration hiding ## What it does ## How I built it ## Challenges I ran into ## Accomplishments that I'm proud of ## What I learned ## What's next for Spine
## Inspiration Our project is inspired by the sister of one our creators, Joseph Ntaimo. Joseph often needs to help locate wheelchair accessible entrances to accommodate her, but they can be hard to find when buildings have multiple entrances. Therefore, we created our app as an innovative piece of assistive tech to i...
## Inspiration We wanted to solve a unique problem we felt was impacting many people but was not receiving enough attention. With emerging and developing technology, we implemented neural network models to recognize objects and images, and converting them to an auditory output. ## What it does XTS takes an **X** and...
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## 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...
# Click through our slideshow for a neat overview!! # Check out our demo [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyWJAuR7EVY) ## The future of computing 🍎 👓 ⚙️ 🤖 🍳 👩‍🍳 How could Mixed Reality, Spatial Computing, and Generative AI transform our lives? And what happens when you combine Vision Pro and AI? (spoile...
## Inspiration In today's fast-paced world, we're all guilty of losing ourselves in the vast digital landscape. The countless hours we spend on our computers can easily escape our attention, as does the accumulating stress that can result from prolonged focus. Screen Sense is here to change that. It's more than just a...
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## Inspiration We admired the convenience Honey provides for finding coupon codes. We wanted to apply the same concept except towards making more sustainable purchases online. ## What it does Recommends sustainable and local business alternatives when shopping online. ## How we built it Front-end was built with Re...
# Delta Draw Watch the [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDX5sQmFqY8) ## Project Description: 1. A **mechanical shell** with 3D printed gondolas and a motor-guided marker 2. An **image-processing pipeline** that determines how to draw uploaded images start-to-finish 3. A **Web-based HMI** that allows images to...
## Inspiration Learning about some environmental impact of the retail industry led us to wonder about what companies have aimed for in terms of sustainability goals. The textile industry is notorious for its carbon and water footprints with statistics widely available. How does a company promote sustainability? Do peo...
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## Inspiration I came up with the Study Buddy when I realized how much of a hassle it is to have to constantly switch apps, and websites while studying for school. I decided to make a platform that could combine my most used resources into one website. ## What it does The Study Buddy holds 3 different pages as of no...
## Inspiration We were inspired by a YouTube video, which touched on the idea of Rule of Thirds, and how people don't really take advantage of it. ## What it does Allows people to take better photos, with more emphasis and meaning on the elements of their pictures. ## How we built it We used a regular html/css fro...
## 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 We were inspired by dungeon-crawler video games in addition to fantasy role-play themes. We wanted to recreate the flexibility of rich analog storytelling within computer-generated games while making the game feel as natural as possible. ## Overview Our game is a top-down wave-based shooter centered a...
## Inspiration 🌟 Creative writing is hard. Like really REALLY hard. Trying to come up with a fresh story can seem very intimidating, and if given a blank page, most people would probably just ponder endlessly... "where do I even start???" ## What it does 📕 Introducing **TaleTeller**, an interactive gamified experi...
## Inspiration We are all software/game devs excited by new and unexplored game experiences. We originally came to PennApps thinking of building an Amazon shopping experience in VR, but eventaully pivoted to Project Em - a concept we all found mroe engaging. Our swtich was motivated by the same force that is driving u...
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## Inspiration Discord is used by many companies, students, or basically anyone to connect with their peers, friends, teachers, or coworkers. It's massively gained traction throughout the pandemic, now becoming an essential component of our lives. It's become so popular that even universities and schools are creating ...
## Inspiration *For a more expressive texting experience.* Texting often lacks the non-verbal cues present in talking face-to-face, especially when using Speech-to-Text programs. Emojis help show intent, and clarify ambiguous texts; they are the non-verbal cues of texting. Naturally, some Speech-to-Text programs do su...
## **Inspiration:** Our inspiration stemmed from the realization that the pinnacle of innovation occurs at the intersection of deep curiosity and an expansive space to explore one's imagination. Recognizing the barriers faced by learners—particularly their inability to gain real-time, personalized, and contextualized ...
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## 💡 INSPIRATION We first thought of building something for the deaf & blind because one of our team member's close family relations has slowly been acquiring age-related dual vision and hearing loss. Deafblindness has been traditionally overlooked. The combination of sensory losses means existing solutions, such as...
## Inspiration Over **15% of American adults**, over **37 million** people, are either **deaf** or have trouble hearing according to the National Institutes of Health. One in eight people have hearing loss in both ears, and not being able to hear or freely express your thoughts to the rest of the world can put deaf pe...
## welcome to Catmosphere! we wanted to make a game with (1) cats and (2) cool art. inspired by the many "cozy indie" games on steam and on social media, we got working on a game where the cat has to avoid all the obstacles as it attempts to go into outer space. **what it does**: use the WASD keys to navigate our cat...
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## Inspiration We're all told that stocks are a good way to diversify our investments, but taking the leap into trading stocks is daunting. How do I open a brokerage account? What stocks should I invest in? How can one track their investments? We learned that we were not alone in our apprehensions, and that this probl...
## Inspiration My father put me in charge of his finances and in contact with his advisor, a young, enterprising financial consultant eager to make large returns. That might sound pretty good, but to someone financially conservative like my father doesn't really want that kind of risk in this stage of his life. The op...
## Inspiration GET RICH QUICK! ## What it does Do you want to get rich? Are you tired of the man holding you down? Then, WeakLink.Ai is for you! Our app comes equipped with predictive software to suggest the most beneficial stocks to buy based off your preferences. Simply said, a personal stock broker in your pocket...
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## Inspiration I was inspired to create this project when I was trying to study for school. I found that sometimes, learning and memorizing everything visually can get boring, and I wanted to look for other ways of learning. Then, I also thought that using virtual assistant technology like Alexa and Google home for le...
# What it Does Community essentially allows those in need to be reimbursed by generous donors for daily regular purchases. If the user is a donor, they can view all of the purchases that want to be reimbursed within their proximity using the Google Maps Flutter Package, and from that they will be able to select the sp...
## Inspiration University gets students really busy and really stressed, especially during midterms and exams. We would normally want to talk to someone about how we feel and how our mood is, but due to the pandemic, therapists have often been closed or fully online. Since people will be seeking therapy online anyway,...
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## About the Project We are a bunch of amateur players who love playing chess, but over time we noticed that our improvement has become stagnant. Like many college students, we neither have the time nor the financial means to invest in professional coaching to take our game to the next level. This frustration sparked ...
> > Domain.com entry: bearable9to5.online > > > ## Inspiration As our team members were getting to know each other, one of us commented on how tiring meeting on zoom is and how we wished we could be hacking together in person. Another teammate mentioned the concept of “Zoom Fatigue” and how it is a real topic studied...
## Inspiration [Cursorless](https://www.cursorless.org/) is a voice interface for manipulating text (e.g., code). We saw its potential as a bold new interface for text editing. However, it is very unintuitive and learning Cursorless amounts to learning a new language, with unnatural and complicated syntax. This was th...
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## Inspiration Our inspiration for STOOP(AI)D stems from witnessing the incredible, transformative power of AI as an educator. We were captivated by the idea of reshaping the educational landscape and making learning an entirely personalized journey. ## What it does STOOP(AI)D is not just another AI; it's your perso...
## Inspiration Helping people leading busy lifestyle with an app to keep important tasks and dates with reminders ## What it does It is simply a reminder app with a game element to encourage recurrent visits . As people keep completing task, they gain experience points to level up their chosen pet which is a dog or ...
## Inspiration As first-year students, we have experienced the difficulties of navigating our way around our new home. We wanted to facilitate the transition to university by helping students learn more about their university campus. ## What it does A social media app for students to share daily images of their camp...
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## Inspiration I was doing an application last week when one of the questions about diversity prompted me into thinking about how we take things for more than just granted. It struck me that blind people aren't able to interact with the internet (shop on e-commerce websites, research to learn, play video games, social...
## Inspiration Our team focuses primarily on implementing innovative technologies to spark positive change. In line with these ideals, we decided to explore the potential impact of a text reading software that not only provided an additional layer of accessibility for blind and deafblind individuals. Through these eff...
## Inspiration I really enjoy the cyberpunk aesthetic, and realized that Arduino's challenge would be a great chance to explore some new technologies as well as have some fun dressing to play the part. ## What it does **Jetson Nano** The project uses a jetson nano to handle all of it's ML and video streaming capabil...
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## Inspiration With the rise of meme stocks taking over the minds of gen-z, vast amounts of young people are diving into the world of finance. We wanted to make a platform to make it easy for young people to choose stocks based on what matters most: the environment. ## What it does Loraxly speaks for the trees: it a...
## Why We Created **Here** As college students, one question that we catch ourselves asking over and over again is – “Where are you studying today?” One of the most popular ways for students to coordinate is through texting. But messaging people individually can be time consuming and awkward for both the inviter and t...
## Inspiration As college students, we didn't know anything, so we thought about how we can change that. One way was by being smarter about the way we take care of our unused items. We all felt that our unused items could be used in better ways through sharing with other students on campus. All of us shared our items ...
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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 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 With COVID-19, we found it harder to network with others. We wanted to create a way for people to find each other after the event is done. ## What it does CONNECT allows participants at an event to network with each other. The participant will walk in the event and scan a QR code which will take them ...
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## Inspiration Around 40% of the lakes in America are too polluted for aquatic life, swimming or fishing.Although children make up 10% of the world’s population, over 40% of the global burden of disease falls on them. Environmental factors contribute to more than 3 million children under age five dying every year. Pol...
We created this app in light of the recent wildfires that have raged across the west coast. As California Natives ourselves, we have witnessed the devastating effects of these fires first-hand. Not only do these wildfires pose a danger to those living around the evacuation area, but even for those residing tens to hund...
## Inspiration 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: The BarBot team came together with such diverse skill sets. We wanted to create a project that would highlight each member's various expertise. This expertise includes Internet of Things, hardware, and web development. After a long ideation session, we came up with BarBot. This robotic bartender will se...
## Inspiration Old school bosses don't want want to see you slacking off and always expect you to be all movie hacker in the terminal 24/7. As professional slackers, we also need our fair share of coffee and snacks. We initially wanted to create a terminal app to order Starbucks and deliver it to the E7 front desk. Th...
## Inspiration As a team, we were immediately intrigued by the creative freedom involved in building a ‘useless invention’ and inspiration was drawn from the ‘useless box’ that turns itself off. We thought ‘why not have it be a robot arm and give it an equally intriguing personality?’ and immediately got to work takin...
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## Inspiration The app idea originated from the expense of testing such basic physical properties as Young's modulus, a standard measure of the stiffness of a material. Instron force testing machines, typically used to measure properties like Young's modulus, are very expensive. In the field of bioengineering, materia...
## Inspiration After Apple announced their first ARDevKit, our group knew we wanted to tinker with the idea. Having an experienced group who won previous hackathons with mobile apps, we were excited to delve head-first into the world of Augmented Reality. ## What it does It calculates the instantaneous/average veloc...
## Inspiration Cute factor of dogs/cats, also to improve the health of many pets such as larger dogs that can easily become overweight. ## What it does Reads accelerometer data on collar, converted into steps. ## How I built it * Arduino Nano * ADXL345 module * SPP-C Bluetooth module * Android Studio for app ## C...
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## Realm Inspiration Our inspiration stemmed from our fascination in the growing fields of AR and virtual worlds, from full-body tracking to 3D-visualization. We were interested in realizing ideas in this space, specifically with sensor detecting movements and seamlessly integrating 3D gestures. We felt that the prime...
Demo: <https://youtu.be/cTh3Q6a2OIM?t=2401> ## Inspiration Fun Mobile AR Experiences such as Pokemon Go ## What it does First, a single player hides a virtual penguin somewhere in the room. Then, the app creates hundreds of obstacles for the other players in AR. The player that finds the penguin first wins! ## How...
## Inspiration * Inspired by issues pertaining to present day social media that focus on more on likes and views as supposed to photo-sharing + We wanted to connect people on the internet and within communities in a positive, immersive experience * Bring society closer together rather than push each other away ## Wh...
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## Inspiration One of our close friends is at risk of Alzheimer's. He learns different languages and engages his brain by learning various skills which will significantly decrease his chances of suffering from Alzheimer's later. Our game is convenient for people like him to keep the risks of being diagnosed with demen...
## Inspiration Our inspiration stems the difficulty and lack of precision that certain online vision tests suffer from. Issues such as requiring a laptop and measuring distance by hand lead to a cumbersome process. Augmented reality and voice-recognition allow for a streamlined process that can be accessed anywhere wi...
## Inspiration This project was inspired by the rising issue of people with dementia. Symptoms of dementia can be temporarily improved by regularly taking medication, but one of the core symptoms of dementia is forgetfulness. Moreover, patients with dementia often need a caregiver, who is often a family member, to man...
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# More Smart Tinder for tutoring. Get smart. More. Students are the best at teaching students, they understand where they are coming from and can interface on the most identifyable lvl. TAs are bad at teaching, Tutors can be expensive and also don't often know the specific ideas that are needed for university specifi...
## Inspiration As students, we use discord, zoom, and many other apps that are not tailored for students. We wanted to make an app to connect students and help them study together and make new friends tailored specifically for students at their university. ## What it does It matches students with each other based on...
## Inspiration We are part of a generation that has lost the art of handwriting. Because of the clarity and ease of typing, many people struggle with clear shorthand. Whether you're a second language learner or public education failed you, we wanted to come up with an intelligent system for efficiently improving your ...
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## 💡Inspiration and Purpose Our group members are from all around the U.S., from Dallas to Boston, but one thing that we have in common is that we have a grandparent living by themselves. Due to various family situations, we have elderly loved ones who spend a few hours alone each day, putting them at risk of a fatal...
## Inspiration During the pandemic, I kept saving my money for urgency (e.g. unemployment, disease, quarantine, etc.). Although we have now reached the stage where our lives are beginning to go back to normal as COVID-19 begins to slow down, this concern stays there. Finally, I thought that only developing the habit o...
## Inspiration With more people working at home due to the pandemic, we felt empowered to improve healthcare at an individual level. Existing solutions for posture detection are expensive, lack cross-platform support, and often require additional device purchases. We sought to remedy these issues by creating Upright. ...
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## Inspiration This game was inspired by old-school choose your own destiny games like Dungeons & Dragons or House of Danger, but with a small mobile game twist linked to it! ## What it does The game works exactly like those old school games, but entirely on one's phone! There will first be a prompt describing a cer...
## Inspiration Natural disasters are getting more common. Resource planning is tough for counties, as well as busy people who have jobs to go to while the storm brews miles away. DisAstro Plan was born to help busy families automate their supply list and ping them about storm updates in case they need to buy earlier t...
## Inspiration CookHack was inspired by the fact that students in university are always struggling with the responsibility of cooking their next healthy and nutritious meal. However, most of the time, we as students are always too busy to decide and learn how to cook basic meals, and we resort to the easy route and st...
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## Inspiration Kevin, one of our team members, is an enthusiastic basketball player, and frequently went to physiotherapy for a knee injury. He realized that a large part of the physiotherapy was actually away from the doctors' office - he needed to complete certain exercises with perfect form at home, in order to con...
## Inspiration One of our team members was stunned by the number of colleagues who became self-described "shopaholics" during the pandemic. Understanding their wishes to return to normal spending habits, we thought of a helper extension to keep them on the right track. ## What it does Stop impulse shopping at its co...
## Inspiration: The inspiration for RehabiliNation comes from a mixture of our love for gaming, and our personal experiences regarding researching and working with those who have physical and mental disabilities. ## What it does: Provides an accessible gaming experience for people with physical disabilities and moti...
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## Inspiration After hearing a representative from **Private Internet Access** describe why internet security is so important, we wanted to find a way to simply make commonly used messaging platforms more secure for sharing sensitive and private information. ## What it does **Mummify** provides in-browser text encry...
## Inspiration In today's always-on world, we are more connected than ever. The internet is an amazing way to connect to those close to us, however it is also used to spread hateful messages to others. Our inspiration was taken from a surprisingly common issue among YouTubers and other people prominent on social media...
## Inspiration Almost everyone has felt the effects of procrastination at least one time in their life. Procrastination pushes projects and assignments back, leaving little to no time to finish the project. One of the largest parts of an assignment is the research, which requires tons of reading in order to connect an...
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## Team We are team 34 on discord. Members are Kevin Liang, Conrad Fernandez, Aaron Chen and Owen Rocchi. ## Inspiration COVID-19 has devastated our global society like never before, but above all, the shutdowns have substantially lowered our productivity levels. People miss the ambiance of the hustle and bustle, an...
## Inspiration Small businesses have suffered throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to help them get back on track once life comes back to normal, this app can attract new and loyal customers alike to the restaurant. ## What it does Businesses can sign up and host their restaurant online, where users can search...
## Inspiration As students, we have found that there are very few high-quality resources on investing for those who are interested but don't have enough resources. Furthermore, we have found that investing and saving money can be a stressful experience. We hope to change this for those who want to save better with the...
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## **Inspiration** We took inspiration from real people who have this neurological disorder. We wanted to develop an app that gives users with this disorder confidence and assurance knowing that help is on its way. The following is the epilepsy story of Brandi Parker (<http://www.cureepilepsy.org/share/my-story.asp?st...
## 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 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 Our goal was to create a system that could improve both a shopper's experience and a business's profit margin. People waste millions of hours every year waiting in supermarket lines and businesses need to spend a significant amount of money on upkeep, staffing, and real estate for checkout lines and sta...
## Inspiration The inspiration for Green Cart is to support local farmers by connecting them directly to consumers for fresh and nutritious produce. The goal is to promote community support for farmers and encourage people to eat fresh and locally sourced food. ## What it does GreenCart is a webapp that connects loc...
# SmartKart A IoT shopping cart that follows you around combined with a cloud base Point of Sale and Store Management system. Provides a comprehensive solution to eliminate lineups in retail stores, engage with customers without being intrusive and a platform to implement detailed customer analytics. Featured by nwHa...
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