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10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/voluntree-ml | [Admin App] Dashboard
[Admin App] Organization Settings
[Admin App] Connected Pages
[Admin App] 3rd Party Integrations
[Admin App] Create Signup
[Admin App] Create Facebook Post
[Admin App] Volunteer List
[Admin App] Volunteer Profile and Activities
[For Volunteer] Email verification
[For Volunteer] Easily add event to calendar
[For Volunteer] Share activity with your network and motivate others
[For Volunteer] Share participation certificate in social media
Inspiration
Nonprofits can reach more potential volunteers where they are already spending their time – on social media.
Many nonprofits around the world are already using social media as an effective way to expand their volunteer base, engage with community members and grow fundraising opportunities.
To learn more about effective use of social media for volunteer program support:
However, recruiting volunteers from social media can lead to a lot of manual work like keeping track of volunteers on spreadsheets. Imagine having to collect emails from individual chat inbox and create an account in a volunteer management system. Or, going through the spreadsheet for sending an important update to enlisted volunteers.
Data in temporary spreadsheets eventually gets lost eventually and volunteers have to fill up a form every time they come back. There remains no way to recognize returning volunteers and pay tribute to their excellent work. On top of that, the manual bookkeeping process doesn’t scale, especially if the nonprofit has a large number of followers on social media.
During this challenging time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen how nonprofits from our local community are struggling due to the lack of automation tools for recruiting and managing volunteer pool from social media.
And it was a great motivation to automate this process with software.
What it does
Voluntree provides automation to the volunteer recruitment workflow from social media. Once connected to a Facebook page, VolunTree will listen to the feed and page inbox. It will automatically recognize interests to sign up as a volunteer (from comments and messages). It will initiate any data collection, onboard volunteers and even create accounts in third party volunteer management software that your nonprofit already use. It will also be able to answer factoid questions by learning from the knowledge base that
you
provide- so that you don’t have to deal with repetitive questions over and over again.
Main Features
For Nonprofits
Outreach Tool
📝 Detailed “Sign Up” creation with specific dates, times and slots
🚀 Spread the words with multiple pages and posts within the app
👀 See response in real-time, who is signing up for which slots
🚥 Take actions on sign up: Disable response collection, ban volunteers, rate volunteers, broadcast updates
Sign Up Management
📄 Automated data collection, email verification and onboarding
🗂 Account linking with 3rd party integrations like NationBuild, Kindful etc
📊 Volunteer profile, past activities & ratings
Communications
🤖 Automated onboarding from comments on page feed and messages from page inbox
🔮 Automated response about sign-up details, facts, volunteer info and payment info
📥 Broadcast updates about in messenger
For Volunteers
Convenience
📲 Review and respond on the go
💬Comment on the post to show interest
📥Concerned about privacy? Send a direct message to the page inbox
📌 Easy to use slot picker for booking slots according to availability
🔗 Links up with existing volunteer management account using the email address
📆 Convenient "Add to Calendar" button for adding events to personal calendar
Motivate your friends
👥 Share sign-up activity with their friends and motivate others to sign up
🥇 Share participation certificates in social media
How We built it
This will help you write a similar app from scratch.
Tech Stack
For the main web app, we used ReactJS to build a Single Page Application.
Get started here:
https://reactjs.org/docs/getting-started.html
This client application communicates with Django based server via REST API. We used Django Rest Framework for this:
https://www.django-rest-framework.org/tutorial/quickstart/
For storing data we used Relational database, PostgreSQL can be a good choice:
https://www.postgresql.org/download/
To maintain real-time communication via WebSockets we used Django Channels in the server. We used Celery as our distributed task queue and Redis as a cache come message broker.
WebSocket API:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSocket
Django Channels:
https://channels.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Celery:
https://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/index.html
Redis:
https://redis.io/download
Integration with Social Media
For managing Facebook pages on users' behalf we implemented OAuth2. This will need to be implemented for all social platforms that we might add in future (for example, LinkedIn).
Build Oauth flow:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/manually-build-a-login-flow/
Post as a Page:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/pages/publishing/
We added webhook callbacks to be informed about comments on their feed or messages in page inbox.
Webhook API:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/webhooks/
Webhook for Messenger:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/webhook/
Building conversational interface
When such an event occurs (i.e. comment on a post or a message in page's inbox), we parsed what user intended to say by the means of Natural Language Processing. Initially we did so by building a Machine Learning solution from scratch using Tensorflow. But later we switched to 3rd parties.
Wit.ai can be a good choice since it is free of cost and it can be built into Facebook's messenger experience. Though it lacks dialog management capabilities. To get started visit:
https://wit.ai/docs/quickstart
For a full blown conversational experience, ASW Lex can be a better choice (but not free of cost):
https://aws.amazon.com/lex/
Sync data with 3rd party volunteer management tools
We implemented OAuth2 for 3rd party integrations as well, mainly to get authorization to create volunteer accounts and sync data across two platforms.
For example, NationBuilder OAuth:
https://nationbuilder.com/api_quickstart
Deployment
It is hosted on
AWS EC2
while the database is managed on
AWS RDS
and user media files are stored on
AWS S3
. It also uses
AWS SES
for sending emails and
Redis Enterprise Cloud hosted on AWS
as cache and in-memory database for features like real-time updates.
Source Code
Please reach out to us, if you are a nonprofit who is looking to get started with your own copy of Volunntree.
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/mehamasum/voluntree
cd voluntree
Setup python virtual environment for project
virtualenv -p python3.6 .venv
Activate virtual environment
source .venv/bin/activate # for linux
.venv/Scripts/activate # for windowns
Set required environment variables
cp sample.env .env
Install backend dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run redis
docker run -p 6379:6379 redis
Install ML dependencies
while read line; do python -m nltk.downloader $line; done < nltk.txt
Migrate the database
python manage.py migrate
Open up server using ngrok (HTTPS required for Facebook webhooks)
ngrok -p 8000
Add the ngrok
https
url as
APP_URL
in
.env
APP_URL='https://foo.ngrok.io'
Run backend server
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
Create an admin account
python manage.py createsuperuser
Create an org and associate admin with the org
=> visit
http://localhost:8000/api/admin/
Setup webhook callbacks for our FB app (admin login required from above step)
=> visit
http://localhost:8000/facebook/setup/
Run celery
celery -A config worker -B -l debug
Install frontend dependencies
npm i
Run dev server
npm start
Now visit
http://localhost:3000
and voluntree is up!
What's next for voluntree.ml
Recruit from LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram
Add more 3rd party integrations
Built With
amazon-web-services
celery
django
django-channels
drf
react
redis
tensorflow
Try it out
voluntree.ml | voluntree.ml | Machine Learning based solution to automate volunteer recruiting from social media | ['Mehedi Hasan Masum', 'Shakil Ahmed', 'Tanvir Hasan'] | ['Best in Nonprofit Program & Service Delivery'] | ['amazon-web-services', 'celery', 'django', 'django-channels', 'drf', 'react', 'redis', 'tensorflow'] | 2 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/livekrowd | Inspiration
LiveKrowd was originally created to run virtual concerts for hospitals to boost morale of medical workers and patients while they battle COVID-19. Here's a
short video on how we started
.
After growing our average viewing time to 300% and invited a cultural musician to perform via live streaming, we saw the potential in our platform to empowers cultural institutions with their artists to be booked to perform via private live streaming to anywhere in the world to showcase their cultural heritage.
What it does
LiveKrowd is like Airbnb, but instead of booking rooms, you book global artists to perform via private live streaming. This includes folk or traditional musicians and singers who could live stream from their country to a foreign country to showcase their cultural music heritage. During the live stream performances, the audience can make song requests, song dedications, live chat, and even send
virtual applause
. Our focus is on interaction and engagement. Our cultural artists are able to talk and interact with the audience while performing thus enhancing their knowledge and experience about one's musical culture.
Here's an
actual cultural live streaming we did
.
How do we preserve cultural institutions
We empower cultural institutions to extend their performances globally via private live streaming (not public live streaming).
Clients such as venues, events owners (weddings, festivals, conferences) and business establishments (bars, restaurants, cultural institutions) could book artists performing at an overseas cultural institution to perform via live streaming. Thus, the cultural institutions could provide the live streaming facilities (such as live streaming studio, stage, equipment, etc) that artists need to produce a high-quality (not at-home virtual gig) private live streaming performance.
What is the difference between public and private live streaming
Generally, private live streaming offers immense interaction and engagement between artist and audience while it's virtually impossible to have any interaction in public streaming due to large-crowd size.
Thus, most people do not value public live streaming as they can't see the difference between being live and being recorded. However, the value is in private live streaming where clients booked artists to perform only for the client. Please view the
side-by-side comparison here
.
How we built it
It was built with Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Linux, RTMP/RTSP servers. In our product roadmap is our own streaming software for artists to stream to global venues, events and business establishments.
Challenges we ran into
People do not understand the difference between public and private live streaming and assuming they are both the same. And people usually judge us based on number of views. Average viewing time (aka viewer retention or stickiness) is the best metric that would do justice to a live stream instead of the number of views that only capture a min of 30 seconds of audience retention.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Winning the Univeral Music Group (UMG) competition after barely 1.5 months into our operation. We grew our viewing time by 222% and total views by 86% in our first two live streams. Subsequently, our average viewing time increased to as high as 300%. Here's the [graph of our traction].(
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EpWjWytOFY5AjCXEnr0t_1kv2xWUvO2y/view
)
What we learned
We learned the cultural diversity of each country and region and how to put ourselves in performing artists' shoes.
What's next for LiveKrowd
To enhance cultural exchange between countries with art and music and to help financially sustain cultural institutions in around the world by.
Built With
amazon-auto-scaling
amazon-cloudfront-cdn
amazon-ec2
ami
apache
ebs
linux
mariadb
mysql
php
php5
rmtp
twitch
youtube
Try it out
livekrowd.com
livekrowd.com
livekrowd.com
livekrowd.com
livekrowd.com
livekrowd.com
livekrowd.com | LiveKrowd | LiveKrowd helps to deliver cultural performances to overseas via live streaming | ['Gahee Shin'] | ['Best in Nonprofit Program & Service Delivery - Amazon Pay Integration'] | ['amazon-auto-scaling', 'amazon-cloudfront-cdn', 'amazon-ec2', 'ami', 'apache', 'ebs', 'linux', 'mariadb', 'mysql', 'php', 'php5', 'rmtp', 'twitch', 'youtube'] | 3 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/ar-guide | Your cultural companion
Mobile ticket, mobile guide
Technical concept
Tutorial - swipe to navigate
Tutorial - language change
Tutorial - tap to start/stop sounds, descriptions(Text to speech) and videos
always know where you are
Pictures of the exhibit
Picture of a beaming machine
Videos can be played for every exhibit
Video of a beaming machine
Inspiration
Because of the current Covid-19 situation and the need to not only avoid larger groups of people but also close contact with people, we thought about how we would see ourselves visiting a museum again.
If you have been to a popular museum, you know how crowded they can get. The
first issue
is the long line at the ticket office. These lines are already super long without having 1.5 meters between people. Now imagine how the lines would look like with the new social distancing rules. Most museums will not have enough space for that and will therefore not be able to accomodate all the possible visitors. This could lead to visitors getting frustrated, leaving and a possible loss of business for the museum.
The
second big issue
will be tours. Usually, there is one tour guide for groups of 20-25 people. What usually happens is that the guide stops at an exhibit, starts to provide information about it and the group huddles closer to be able to listen. This type of tour with large clusters of people bears a high risk for everyone and should not be continued during Covid-19.
The
third issue
relates to points of interest like terminals, touchscreens or paper sheets with information about an exhibit. People gather around these sources of information, they get very close to be able to read it and usually stay there for a while because reading takes time. These areas are typically crowded because it is the only spot where you can get additional information about an exhibit that you like. The surface of a touchscreen is highly contagious and should be avoided during Covid-19.
All of these risks need to be kept in mind if we want to open museums safely during this global pandemic.
So how could I go back into a museum and feel safe?
I do not want to stand in line for a ticket. I want to purchase it online.
I do not want to get close to a tour guide to listen to him. I want to hear the information directly through my headphones/earphones.
I do not want to wait at an information sheet until the people before me are done reading it nor do I want to feel rushed by people waiting to read an information on a terminal. I want the information directly on my phone so I can read it without stress or getting close to people.
What it does
When I plan on visiting a museum, I download the App on my phone.
Through the App, I can buy a ticket days in advance or when I am right in front of the museum. Thus, I can avoid the
first problem
(the line at the ticket office) and go straight inside. As soon as I am in the building, the AR-Guide in the App shows me all the important information. It starts with a short tutorial of what I can do and how to use it properly. This tutorial is especially designed for our older folks who did not grow up with mobile phones or websites. The App is also designed for the smart glass Google Glass Enterprise 2 which can be rented for a day at the museum. With those glasses, you do not need your phone anymore and can get all the information in front of your eyes.
When you enter the exhibition and look at the first exhibit, the information will be automatically on your display. This will solve the
second problem
(tours and grouping). You will see names, dates, author/painter/creator details as well as additional media like old pictures or videos. For instance, imagine an old, huge steam engine that is on display in the museum. You can see historical pictures of how it looked in the factory, a video of how the machine looked and sounded like while it was running as well as pictures of the assembly process at the museum. While all of this has been documented, there is usually not enough space in a classic museum to display and explain everything. In our App, there is no limit to the information that can be associated with an exhibit. All of it will be on your screen and you choose if and when you want to watch it. This will also solve the
third problem
(grouping at points of interest).
Once you move to the next exhibit, your phone will update the information and show details of what you are currently looking at. No action will be needed and you can decide how much of the details you want to consume. With the help of bluetooth beacons and the gyroscope sensors of your phone, the App knows exactly what you are looking at and will help you out with the right information. No need for terminals with touchscreens that every visitor will touch or fact sheets next to exhibits. You have your personal guide right with you on your phone.
How I built it
We created an Android App, using Android Studio, Java and a PostgreSQL Database that we are hosting on AWS. To communicate we are using Azure DevOps to collect ideas, plan sprints, report bugs and host our git repository. At the museum, we mapped the area and connected exhibit and position data.
Challenges I ran into
Getting Amazon Pay to work on a native Android App was not as easy as we hoped. For websites, there is good documentation and it's easy, but having HTML and especially Javascript in our Java App was not as easy to handle.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
During this hackathon, we presented this idea at a museum and they liked it a lot and want us to build and host it for them. When you think about problems and solutions and someone supports you and brings life to the idea, it is one of the best feelings as a developer.
What I learned
With the right people, ideas can become reality very fast.
What's next for AR Guide
We started with an Android version of our App because the smart glasses were our initial focus but we want to support iOS phones as well, so this will be the next development. We will also add the option for a museum trivia and at the end of the visit the App could offer coupons for the gift shop, show the specials, receive feedback or offer the option to make a donation if the visitor enjoyed the day.
Built With
amazon-web-services
android
html
java
postgresql | AR Guide | We develop an augmented reality guide(incl. payment option) so lines at the cashpoint and grouping at information sheets can be avoided. Visitors can individually explore the exhibition AR-guided | ['kirpichev-a', 'Daniel Marten'] | ['Best in Preserving Cultural Institutions'] | ['amazon-web-services', 'android', 'html', 'java', 'postgresql'] | 4 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/museumsheet | The Jennings Dog vs @corgi.cam
Gift Shop Products auto-magically created from the exhibit!
MuseumSheet couch-top share-able museum navigation!
A typical large museum that shows about 1000 pieces in its current exhibition typically has 30,000 or more items hidden away in storage! What if one could have access to all of that, on-demand without needing extra space or that much funding? Enter our solution that automagically creates 3D models from photography the museum submits, and displays them in AR right on museum floor plans on our iOS and Android app - and also in the mobile browser via Apple's AR Quick Look... and uses each model as both a social conversation piece that anyone can share and a "pop up shop" connecting the patron with relevant gift shop items... that they can buy with Amazon Pay!
Note: The exhibits are courtesy of the British Museum and are licensed under creative commons.
Built With
3d
adobe-illustrator
amazon-appstore
amazon-pay
amazon-web-services
amazonpay
android
app-store
arcore
areality3d
arkit
arquicklook
blender
c#
creative-commons
ec2
glb
gltf
google-sheets
holoyummy
ios
lamp
mysql
photogrammetry
photoshop
php
play-store
printful
public-domain
realityscript
s3
unity
usdz
vuforia
woocommerce
wordpress
Try it out
gist.github.com
testflight.apple.com
snapshop.org | MuseumSheet | Showcase and monetize from your museum's exhibits - anywhere your patron might be! | ['Caramel Corgi', 'Yosun Chang'] | ['Best in Preserving Cultural Institutions - Amazon Pay Integration'] | ['3d', 'adobe-illustrator', 'amazon-appstore', 'amazon-pay', 'amazon-web-services', 'amazonpay', 'android', 'app-store', 'arcore', 'areality3d', 'arkit', 'arquicklook', 'blender', 'c#', 'creative-commons', 'ec2', 'glb', 'gltf', 'google-sheets', 'holoyummy', 'ios', 'lamp', 'mysql', 'photogrammetry', 'photoshop', 'php', 'play-store', 'printful', 'public-domain', 'realityscript', 's3', 'unity', 'usdz', 'vuforia', 'woocommerce', 'wordpress'] | 5 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/connectar | Inspiration
We didn't want only make a boring app that would just be "donating to XX". To get a lot new more users/donors you have to create something that hasn't been done before and can go viral.
What it does
ConnectAR helps nonprofits raise funds during these difficult times by connecting new and existing users to nonprofit organizations through a social media/augmented reality hybrid platform.
Base functionality would include:
Following your nonprofits for updates (photos, video, petitions, polls, standard social media stuff), pledging donations, sending handwritten thank you notes to donors, eCommerce store.
Augmented Reality solution:
Earn points by donating to nonprofits, bonus points for donating to struggling nonprofits. With the points, you can place augmented assets that other users can see when walking by.
e.g Images with a caption that advertise your newly opened restaurant, a bike you want to sell, or some art you drew, your cute doggie, a meme
A positive message people can see, a story, etc
How we built it
Built on Android with ARCore. Backend is a PostgreSQL instance running on RDS. Serverless model using APIGateway and Nodejs Lambda Functions. The 3d amazon card was built with blender and rendered with sceneform.
What's next for ConnectAR
Adding more functionality, building for iOS, see if nonprofits like this idea and want to team up.
Try out the app:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cyrfeathladn36/ConnectAR.apk?dl=0
Built With
amazon-pay
android
api-gateway
arcore
aws-lambda
blender
java
node.js
Try it out
github.com | ConnectAR | Augmented Reality app to help Nonprofits raise funds during these tough times | ['Evan \u200e'] | ['Honorable Mentions'] | ['amazon-pay', 'android', 'api-gateway', 'arcore', 'aws-lambda', 'blender', 'java', 'node.js'] | 6 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/brightact-a7e5my | The Inspiration
The idea originated from the insight of team founder Sofie Wahlström that there is no way to contact 112, Swedish SOS without calling. SOS is now receiving about 500.000 “pocket dials” every year, just in Sweden. There is almost no way of telling if the call came from a victim or a pocket dial.
The public sector and non-profits struggle to distribute and allocate funds between organizations. From working in the public sector, Sofie has experienced first hand the problem of municipalities and authorities being locked into the siloed architecture of the organization. It is almost impossible today for the organizations to cooperate to help an individual, distribute personal journals, and to communicate securely between departments.
Today many of the public sector authorities still use fax, because it is the only safe way to distribute personal data according to GDPR.
These two insights gave rise to BrightAct.
We believe in people's
power to create impact.
BrightAct wants to bridge the gap between organizations. We
streamline and gather support
for victims of domestic violence. We are a platform supplier for governments and NGO´s with apps for the social protection of the inhabitants.
What we learned
During these past months of extensive market research we have learned:
*
“Every year, approximately 3,500 deaths related to intimate partner violence occur in the 27 member states (excluding Croatia) of the European Union alone, according to a study from the DAPHNE EU program.” * *
It is difficult to allocate data in other parts of the world and it is hard for scientists to do proper research on what's available. BrightAct wants to collect data for research to work preventatively.
*
“Based on extensive analysis of available data, the Council of Europe has estimated that the cost of violence against women amounts to an annual total of at least 33 billion euros across the Council’s 47 member States, including the financial burden of intervention, policing, healthcare and other services.”
**
*
“Witnessing domestic violence and growing up in an environment where violence takes place has a harmful effect on children’s behavioral, emotional and mental health and increases the risk of children suffering from post-traumatic stress symptoms, psychosomatic illnesses, attention deficit disorder, and low educational achievement.”
**
The initial findings of an EU-wide survey of 42,000 women by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), due to be published in 2014, show that:
Four out of five women did not turn to any service, such as healthcare, social services, or victim support, following the most serious incidents of violence by people other than their partners.
Women who sought help were most likely to turn to medical services.
Two out of five women interviewed were unaware of laws or political initiatives in place to protect them in cases of domestic violence; half were not aware of any preventative laws or initiatives.
Over three-quarters of women think violence against women is common in their country.
-About half of the women interviewed indicated that they had avoided public or private situations because they were afraid they might be physically or sexually assaulted*
The COVID-19 outbreak is estimated by the UN to severely damage the work done on gender equality if we don't take action now. The increase in violence is going up rapidly during isolation due to social, economic, and emotional stress. In France alone, violence increased by 30% from lockdown 17th of march. Shelters and non-profits struggle to respond to all distress calls. And now reports are coming in from the whole world that increased violence is a growing problem. UN Women is calling it a shadow pandemic with urgent action needed to save lives. **
How we built it
The BrightAct architecture is carefully crafted to be as cost-efficient, scalable, and secure as possible. We are aiming to deploy a fleet of microservices using Java backends running on Quarkus. These applications will be deployed as containers on both GCP's Knative offering as well as AWS ECS Fargate. To provide a decoupled and horizontally scalable architecture, we have decided to use the event collaboration pattern. Where microservices publish domain events on to Apache Kafka, and other services react and orchestrate their workflow based on that. All of our microservices will be plugged into our CI/CD pipelines to allow for as much automation as possible.
For this hackathon, our main focus has been the development of BrigthAct Chat. A feature to help victims of domestic violence always find guidance and help from support organizations. For this, we have developed a scalable WebSocket and apache kafka driven chat application which is deployed on AWS ECS Fargate. The chat application publishes and listens to messages from Kafka, and stores metrics and accumulated credits to DynamoDB.
We have approval from the Swedish Agency for Digital Government and the Swedish Minister for Energy and Digital Development, Anders Ygeman, praising our innovative approach to cooperation and for our advanced technology platform solving an actual need in society.
On top of that, according to the EU Commission, Sweden has been named the EU innovation leader in 2020. The Global Innovation Index states Sweden as no 2 most innovative in the world. Sweden has a strong social model that we aim to scale globally. ***
The BrightAct Domestic Violence App
In the app we offer:
Chat
-The victim can get support from non-profits and authorities to get personified advice and professional help.
In the chat, we use tokens to pay the NGO´s to respond to the distress calls, to give them a more stable income depending on how much response they give to victims.
The tokens can be used to buy features on the platform or to withdraw to pay for their expenses outside of the platform.
Branded Profile
- Nonprofits and the public sector receive a customizable branded profile with information about their organization as well as secure access to the BrightAct chat.
Report Incidents
-The victim can build strong legal cases in court and get access to the safe storage of important documentation in the cloud.
Legal Advice
- The victim can chat with experienced lawyers connected to the database and learn about legal and juridical routines through easily understandable educational modules.
Micro-Learning
- The victim can educate themselves about types of violence through gamified educational modules with content from trusted non-profits and authorities.
Questionnaires
- Forms connected to gamified education with exercises created by researchers and psychologists to connect with feelings and for increased self-awareness.
The BrightAct Platform
Our platform helps the public sector and nonprofits come together to support the victims. A new unique solution to solve the problems with collaboration across borders and overlapping organizations.
Taking care of the need of statistics for research, and
prevention strategies
for the public sector. Building
sustainable communities
out of a
scalable solution.
This is a whole new way of working with the allocation of public resources and volunteer organizations together in one application.
Everything gathered, as a safety net to fall into.
The BrightAct Cloud & Database
We have a reusable and modular architecture with open data. It is a mobile app for iPhone and Android. The app is built with security in mind, having a hidden entrance and end to end encryption. The app is built using Flutter in the dart, some kotlin, and some swift. There is a backend built in Java running in a container saving its data to an AWS-dynamodb instance. We are also offering a web interface to support cooperation. The app is GDPR compliant.
Potential Value to Non-Profits
Now it is more important than ever to digitalize and streamline the help that is given to the citizens of the world, with an increased need to address the issue of domestic violence on a global scale. Violence can happen to anyone, anywhere.
This is one of many reasons we want to offer the chat system free of charge for the smaller support organizations, as many of them don't have the resources to buy a system. And at times have limited support from Governments and Authorities to provide needed resources.
We offer a
scalable and easy to use product
where the non-profits can allocate both funds and support the inhabitants, we add traction by gathering many organizations into one location. It is a great opportunity for smaller organizations to find the specific type of victims that their non-profit is capable of supporting and at the same time earning tokens for helping and answering distress messages.
We are also looking forward to being able to deliver a
global support system,
no matter where you are in the world. It will always be someone online able to support you. If the help in your country is offline, you can pick to chat with an organization in another country where the operator can write in your language or choose to write in English if that's not your first language.
Potential Value to Public Sector
We are collaborating with the Swedish government, county governments and help organizations to adjust the product to the market. As well as with Gävle University in Sweden for research.
For authorities, we have API and possibilities for users to **share documents with police and public prosecution authority. **This also makes it possible for the police to look for the occurrence of data in our database if someone is reported as missing to find a possible suspect.
Value of AWS
Amazon Web Services provides tremendous value for the vision of BrightAct. We are able to quickly provision our infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code and we will easily be able to scale out globally when the time arrives. All this without having to pay for any up-front infrastructure, compute or storage costs. Thus, we have maximum flexibility when developing and testing our environments, we can scale horizontally using serverless offerings so we only pay for the compute we actually need.
AWS has during prior hackathons also endorser our cause and provided us with AWS credits to help us in building the BrightAct infrastructure, which has been of tremendous value.
The Team
- Sofie
works within
IT and innovation
in municipalities and has direct insight into what is needed to push the public sector into the next steps of digitalization. She used to work with platform sales to municipalities and county governments before entering the public sector.
-Hassan
brings insights from his senior role as a
full-stack developer
for big companies and complex architecture. Always humble and willing to test the boundaries of what we can create.
-Elinor
with a solid background of
UI and UX design
for help organizations and psychological support apps have the perfect angle for seeing what the user needs and what we need to accomplish to fulfill the user's needs when it comes to design.
We also have 10 fantastic volunteers supporting us to reach help organizations globally as well as establishing key partnerships with scientists and universities when needed.
Together we are BrightAct.
Challenges we faced
For this challenge, we found out about the AWS Buildathon late in the submission period. We have done our best to continue our original development plan and as well as highlighting the Amazon features. We have received help from Amazon in Sweden to adjust AWS to our needs.
It is challenging to organize non-profits and authorities to work together. We are
transforming processes
to help victims in a new effective way. We already have many shelters and non-profits joining efforts to make streamlined collaboration happen. They assist us with testing and product development, to adjust the platform to their needs.
We find it challenging to understand how different legislations about storage and data privacy work in different countries. Here we had to contact legal advice for input on how to scale and operate globally.
As a team, we have never met,
just talked online and over the phone. This is challenging in many ways, but since the people are dedicated to finding a solution, things fall into place quite easily.
Accomplishments we are proud of
We are building a platform that can
scale internationally,
independent of legislation and legal demands. Since everything is built in an agile and modular way we can scale fast and big.
We already started collaborations with
Save the Children, Non-Violence Foundation,
and are getting help from
UN Women SF
to get the app released in the U.S. It tells us a lot about the need for this app. We have gotten a lot of traction in a short amount of time.
We have also gotten a lot of attention in
Swedish media,
and we can see the huge need for this platform and application globally.
We are delivering service, support, and possibilities to save lives.
It needs to be seen, in what we do and what we say and how we act. With respect and a strong sense of community. Where differences are welcome and innovation is key.
Testimonials regarding BrightAct
"There is a dire need to stem the global pandemic of domestic violence. Bright Act offers a unique digital platform that both supports and increases the protection of the victims as well as services the societal institution's responsibility to act in the best interest of the victims".**
Rolf Skjoldebrand, Co-Founder, The Non-violence Project Foundation
https://nonviolence.com/
**“This application is a new tool with life-saving qualities, for the victim in a discreet yet simple way to give them options that they only can dream about today. The app also gives them opportunities if or when the process turns into a police matter, and will, with do doubt lead to more verdicts against abusers. The documentation fills an enormous gap in the system today.
I never got healthcare, the violence was never documented and it was one person's word against another's. BrightAct fulfills a need of the individuals subjected to violence that I see a huge need for. Hundreds of women subjected to violence are contacting me to get help and support, the app would help them a lot. BrightAct is an initiative that has been needed for a long time and now, finally, is giving a solution to the people subjected to violence.”**
Izabelle Åman, BrightAct Ambassador, Author, and Survivor
What's next for BrightAct
We are piloting in Sweden right now, in the city of Helsingborg.
To release the product to the market locally in Sweden after evaluation of the Swedish data protection agency. We want to release the app to the public within 4 weeks.
After the release in Sweden, we are going to start collaborations and release the app in Germany. We are already in contact with around 50-60 potential public sector and NGO customers globally.
Website:
link
References: *
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quarcus
Try it out
www.github.com | BrightAct | We streamline and gather support for victims of domestic violence, easy to find, & safe.Collaborative platform supplier for governments and NGO´s with apps for social protection of the inhabitants. | ['sofie Wahlström', 'Hassan Nazar', 'Elinor Samuelsson', 'Hassan Nazar'] | ['Honorable Mentions'] | ['quarcus'] | 7 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/magic-tree-dehb5a | The Solution
Donation Page: Magic Tree and Fundraising Goal Progress
Donation Page: Donate with Amazon Pay
Donation Page: Live Streaming Video Conferencing and Magic Tree
Inspiration
Most non-profits have online presence and solicit donations from a donation page. According to a 2020 M+R Benchmarks study (ref 1.0), the average conversion rate of the donation page is merely 22%. The low conversion rate is attributed to lack of donor engagement. We wanted to develop a solution that helps non-profits drive up donor engagement and make fundraising fun and easy for the donors and non-profits alike.
ref 1.0 :
https://www.mrbenchmarks.com/data/web-engagement
What it does
This solution makes fundraising more effective.
"Magic Tree" is a smart device in the shape of a tree with LEDs installed. A new LED lights up with every donation.
A non-profit can live stream their Magic Tree on their fundraising page. Donors get excited about making a donation to see the Magic Tree light up. This drives more users to donate.
Magic Tree can also be lit up when a customer buys merchandize through the "Magic Tree" Alexa skill.
In addition, non-profits can broadcast their fundraising event through a video conference which is streamed live and embedded on their fundraising/donation webpage. This enables them to showcase their work and solicit donations.
On the fundraising page, an "Amazon Pay" button allows donors to instantly donate with the payment method tied to their Amazon account. "Amazon Pay" is also used by the "Magic Tree" Alexa Skill for conveniently making order payments via voice.
How we built it
Magic tree is a NodeMCU based IoT device with 10 LEDs. This device is registered on AWS IoT Core, and we use AWS MQTT server to allow applications to interact with it. The device is programmed to light up a new light every time a message on a particular topic (inTopic) is published.
The WebRTC video conferencing solution is based on an open source video conferencing software - Jitsi. The solution is hosted on AWS EC2. The live streaming of the conference to YouTube is enabled by another software known as Jibri that is hosted on another EC2. The YouTube live stream is embedded into the fundraising page.
An "Amazon Pay" button was generated and embedded into the donation page (
https://www.dillilabs.com/donate
). The redirect url was configured to be the donation page. The donation page gets a callback upon a successful payment at which point it invokes the REST APIs to signal the AWS MQTT Server to light up the Magic Tree.
A multi-modal Alexa skill was developed that integrates with Amazon Pay and Alexa Presentation Language (APL) to allow a user to enlist the products, purchase them and to open the Magic Tree URL on the browser of the video enabled Alexa device. The order confirmation e-mail is sent via AWS SES. The Alexa skill leverages AWS S3 to store product list.
The current count of lights on the Magic Tree is saved in AWS DynamoDB. Two REST APIs (using AWS API Gateway) and AWS Lambda functions are built to fetch the count and to increment it. The progress bar showcasing the goal tracker on the donation page leverages these two REST APIs.
The donation page (
https://www.dillilabs.com/donate
) is a Wordpress page that uses HTML, JS and CSS on the client side and PHP on the server side to integrate the solution.
Challenges we ran into
We wanted to open a URL using the Amazon Alexa skill on a video enabled Alexa device. Apparently, its not supported. So, we worked around it by using an APL document to have a button that opens the URL in the browser once the user taps it.
We wanted to embed "Donate with Amazon Pay" but apparently, its enabled only for registered 501c3 Non-profits. So, we worked around by embedding the regular "Amazon Pay" button.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Seeing a physical device being controlled seamlessly by multiple remote application.
An end to end selling and fundraising platform
What we learned
AWS IoT Core provides seamless and secure PUB-SUB integration
Integrating Amazon Pay in an Alexa skill
Physically assembling and programming an IoT device
Sending e-mail wih AWS SES
Live Streaming a video conference
What's next for Magic Tree
We want to deploy Magic Tree on as many non-profit donation pages and drive up their conversion rates.
We want to upgrade the EC2 instance hosting our video conference in order to support multiple simultaneous conferences at any given time.
The prototype uses 10 LEDs. These would be replaced by WS2812B Individually Addressable RGB LED strips to add visual effects and scale infinitely.
Try it out
www.dillilabs.com
github.com | Magic Tree | Make Fundraising "Fun"raising ! Engage and excite your donors by glowing a light on the Magic Tree instantly after they donate. | ['Piyush Hari', 'Ashish Hari'] | ['Honorable Mentions'] | [] | 8 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/for-a-cause | For A Cause - How It Works
For A Cause - Charity Fundraising Eco-system
For-A-Cause
Please refer to our
repository
for detailed documentation.
About this project
Inspiration
What it does and How we built it
How to use it
Challenges we ran into
Accomplishments that we're proud of
What we learned
What's next for our project
How to test it
About this project
This project is part of the AWS Hackathon submissions that enables users to discover and donate to charities that speaks to them (yes, literally!) via any Amazon smart device with voice enabled capabilities! We have developed a full eco-system to support charities to help raise funds:
A front-end for charities to register with us and provide us with their information to share with users
An AWS DynamoDB database that stores the information
An Alexa voice skill that allows the users to easily discover charities that are meaningful to them with an option to make a donations via Amazon Pay.
The entire eco-system for our app is shown
here
.
Inspiration
Our project’s inspiration came from when we were looking for a way to donate to a certain charity in a quick and easy manner via voice interactions. In this world of technology, we did not come across any skill that was comprehensive enough to support both users and charities while allowing donations to be made via voice commands. Once we discovered this gap, we quickly brainstormed some ideas and decided to create a blueprint for this project. We wanted to provide charities with an avenue of voice activated donations that would help charities of any size, location, technology, and type, and our eco-system does just that!
What it does and How we built it
Our design is broken into three tiers:
Charity Interactions:
A front-end is dedicated for the charities to register with us and provide us with valuable information to share with users.
Storage:
An AWS (DynamoDB) NoSQL database is utilized that stores the information provided by the charities and later retrieved by the Alexa skill.
User Interactions via Alexa voice skill:
The user interacts with the app using an Amazon smart device via Alexa voice skill -
For A Cause
. Python is used for the back-end logic for the skill development. The back-end retrieves necessary information from the database, uses Amazon Pay for processing donation payments, and handles other requests as made by the users.
Amazon Pay
is integrated in the Alexa Skill to enable seamless payment processing between the user and us.
The system architecture and data flow is available
here
. We used the following technologies:
Alexa ASK (Alexa Skills Kit)
Python
AmazonPay
AWS DynamoDB
HTML
CSS
Jquery
Bootstrap
Flask
Route53
Application Load Balancer
AWS Certificate Manager
AWS CLI
noSQL Workbench
Slack
Google Meet
Github
How to use it
Please refer to the "How to test" section before testing it. Judges are given beta tester and developer level access to the Alexa skill. A user access is created for the judges for DynamoDB and Amazon Pay. The user ID and passwords are provided in the original hackathon submission.
For donors/users, the skill can be used by invoking the wake word "Alexa, open for a cause", the user can simply get started. The app provides necessary help instructions as the users interact. It handles various situations, such as exploring more charities, donating to a charity or providing more information about charity, processing payments using Amazon Pay, etc.
The charities can access the registration form
www.for-a-cause.net
. The charity form collects various information from the charity for the Alexa skill to use and their e-mail address to arrange for the funding to be distributed periodically.
Challenges we ran into
All of our team members do not have extensive experience in developing an Alexa skill and integrating it various AWS services, such as DynamoDB, AmazonPay, AWS certificate manager, etc. The challenge was to familiarize ourselves quickly with new concepts/technologies, research, build and test a fully functioning application. We found this challenge to be fun and rewarding and hoping that it would help charities to raise funding in future.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We feel proud to be able to develop a multi-facet system that the charities can use to raise funding, while making it easier for the users to donate to their favorite charities! We also learned a ton (as listed below)!
What we learned
We learned an abundance of things from where we started. A few of the highlights are as follows:
Alexa Voice Skills
AWS DynamoDB and its integration to Alexa skills
AmazonPay and its integration to Alexa skills
Various front-end technologies
Research Skills
Collaboration
Time management
Communication/interpersonal skills
What's next for our project
We would like to add features such as monthly subscription, ability for charities to obtain user addresses to send appreciation gifts, and so forth. We think this app has a huge potential to help non-profits!
How to test it
Alexa Skill
Since this app has not been published to public, but only published to the beta testers, there are two ways to test the app (besides having to set it up using the files provided in the repo using the instructions under how we set it up):
Using Console:
The hackathon judges have been provided the access to
Alexa Developer Console
.
Once logged into the account using the e-mail addresses provided on the Hackathon page, they should be able to see a skill called
Cause
on their console.
There will be a live skill and one under development. Since AmazonPay has been set up under the SandBox mode, click on the one that is labelled as under development.
Click on the test tab and start testing it away! The best way to test the app is by speaking to it rather than typing to avoid any non-word inputs (i.e. $1 instead of one dollar).
As a beta tester:
Using the e-mail addresses provided on the hackathon page, login to your accounts.
Go
here
Enable the skill called
Cause
Be sure to enable
Amazon Pay
permission in the skill
Use any associated device or Alexa App on the phone to start interacting with the app and test it away!
DynamoDB
DyanmoDB can be accessed on
AWS Management Console
using the account number, username and password provided in the Devpost submission.
Under search area, search for
DynamoDB
Make sure your region is set to US-East-2
Click on
Tables
on the left and
CharityInfo
on the right
Click on
Items
to see the database entries
Here is where you can see the charity information being stored
Amazon Pay
Amazon Pay can be accessed on
Seller Central
using the username and password provided in the Devpost submission.
Select sandbox view upon login
Click on
Orders
and
Manage Transactions
to see the transaction history
Here is where you can see the donation payments being processed under a sandbox environment
Flask App
Relevant Elastic Beanstalk information can be accessed on
AWS Management Console
using the account number, username and password provided in the Devpost submission (same login info as DynamoDB).
Search and find Elastic Beanstalk, and take note that it is hosted in US-East-1, unlike our other services
The app is named "ForACauseFlaskApp", and the environment is named "flask-env" for that app
The website is fully deployed at
www.for-a-cause.net
All the testing can be performed on the live website
All the relevant documentation is available in our
repository
Built With
alexa
amazon-alexa
amazon-dynamodb
amazon-pay
amazonpay
application-load-balancer
aws-certificate-manager
aws-cli
bootstrap
css
flask
github
google-meet
html
jquery
nosql-workbench
python
route53
slack
Try it out
github.com | For A Cause | Donate to a cause that speaks to you! | ['Jose Cordova', 'Anshuman Jain', 'Krishna Morawala', 'Alex Anthony'] | ['Honorable Mentions'] | ['alexa', 'amazon-alexa', 'amazon-dynamodb', 'amazon-pay', 'amazonpay', 'application-load-balancer', 'aws-certificate-manager', 'aws-cli', 'bootstrap', 'css', 'flask', 'github', 'google-meet', 'html', 'jquery', 'nosql-workbench', 'python', 'route53', 'slack'] | 9 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/talent-fund | Inspiration
Society today is really just focused on entertainment. Due to innovations, and new inventions people's lives have been made too easy. Now, families, friends, and single dwellers have an increasingly more amount of time to enjoy their time. That is why the entertainment industry erupted. Using this fact, and the drive to help non-profits, we came up with
Cultare
.
What it does
Cultare
is a web app that allows individuals around the world to showcase their talent to the society, by paying a minimal fees of $0.10. Viewers all over the world get to watch these videos, and download, and share them with their friends and family, for a minimal amount ot $0.02 per video. Pretty cheap right? That is the idea! Using crowdfunding, and getting a big number of users both uploading and watching the videos, we will create a community of individuals from all across the globe, who will help fund non-profits - unconsciously. All they will have to input when they sign in is which types of non-profits they are interested in, and our platform will do all the work for them!
How I built it
We used a number of different languages, tools, and technologies:
Challenges I ran into
We are from two very different places, (Illinois, and Arizona) it was a challenge ot coordinate-not only the timing- but the collaboration. We also got introduced to AWS for the first time in this project.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We were able to learn, and create something that we are passionate about: at the same time.
What I learned
We learned how to incorporate S3 Buckets, RDS, and Cognito from the Amazon Web Services. We also learned how to create a web app with a backend of Java.
What's next for Talent Fund
Built With
amazon-rds-relational-database-service
amazon-web-services
bootstrap
cognito
eclipse
java
maven
s3
spring
Try it out
github.com | Cultare | The first ever web app that lets you share your talents with the rest of the world while supporting non-profits near you! | ['Labdhi Jain', 'Ajita Shah'] | [] | ['amazon-rds-relational-database-service', 'amazon-web-services', 'bootstrap', 'cognito', 'eclipse', 'java', 'maven', 's3', 'spring'] | 10 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/dono-eu | Dono: bringing donors and non-profits together
Check out our website:
dono.eu
The problem
Non-profit charity organizations
are very important in today's society. They fulfill many needs that otherwise would be left unattended. They fight for people's rights, help the
environment
and provide for
people in need
.
However, due to the
COVID-19
, the vast majority of non-profits are facing difficulties in fundraising and donor engagement.
We are developing a project that will
help non-profit charity organizations
to maintain their income stream in this new normality, and that will be useful for organizations of all sizes in the future.
We consider that there is a lack for a good internet platform that provides useful information for regional and international non-profit charity organizations, aside from regular directories or newspaper articles.
Dono wants to make donations a regular and shareable activity. You can find our
website
here:
dono.eu
Our solution
We are developing two products that are have a symbiotic relationship to each other:
Dono's charity gift card
. we intend to produce
gift cards
that will be obtainable in retail stores, next to the existing gift cards from lots of other companies. Also, we will offer the gift card
online
as well.
Our website platform
. This is the place where the
user
will be able to redeem and use the card in the
organizations of their choice
. Here all non-profit charity organizations will have access to a
dedicated page
they can fill with useful information, and will have access to the
visibility
the website will offer. The platform also hosts information and statistics about the impact of non-profits among society, which will also serve as a visibilization tool. Donations made through the platform are highly secure thanks to the use of blockchain technology.
We believe that
sharing is important
. When sales of the gift card increase, more people will find it a meaningful present to make to your loved ones, proving the gift card to be a great
alternative to regular presents
.
We would like to let people know that there is a way in which you can
show your support
to someone you care, by allowing them to
help the non-profit charity organizations
of their choice and leaving a
positive footprint on society
.
What have we done?
Although this project has been under development for several
months
, This event has been a great opportunity to develop the blockchain aspect of the project, implementing the Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) as a core asset.
The first step was the
idea development
. In order to do so, we spent several months building different
business plans
that ensure the feasibility of the project. We found several ways for the company to function. Currently, the platform will operate free of charge for non-profits and donations have a 3% commission in case of online gift cards and 5% commission in case of physical gift cards.
We also built a website thinking ahead, making all the necessary structure for a
highly scalable project
for user and non-profit charity organizations management and a system to
organize all data
.
The website
dono.eu
is developed using VUEJS, Laravel and QLDB.
Challenges we ran into
There are three main issues we had to face during the development of the project:
The first challenge we faced is the development of a
solid business plan
. Having studied chemical engineering, we had to learn this part of business development mainly on our own, by the development of other projects. Despite that fact, we have managed to build a business plan that holds several feasible ways to develop the project.
There is a
lot of content
to manage, a lot of data analysis to do and a tag system optimized to show non-profit charity organizations the best possible way. We intend to make the information clear to the donors to make the
donation user-friendly
, and provide a way to easily learn what these organizations do in an easy but complete way. The structure of the website needed to fulfill all mentioned requirements.
We intend to offer these services
free of charge for non-profits
, as we wouldn't find ethic to profit from them. The second challenge we need to face is make third parties understand that this project is not only commercially viable, but a
necessity for society
, thus reducing commission costs and fees for retail stores
We have been able to
build a website structure
with almost all the functionalities we need to provide in the finished product.
We have developed a
business plan
that will ensure feasibility of the project with different functioning options.
Impact to the crisis
Here we list the added values to our project regarding the COVID-19 crisis. However, most of these values will always be present in our project.
The user can help
fund non-profit organizations
affected by the COVID-19 emergency while
maintaining social distancing
, trough the use of digital gift cards.
The good structure of the website will make users more eager an motivated to donate
Increase on donation
amounts while
reducing
fundraising
cost
.
The product offers the donor the possibility to
split
the amount the user will donate
among several organizations
Dono will offer the only way to
donate in cash
thanks to the physical gift card in a lot of European countries.
Dono will make sure that all transactions and donation logs will be accessible to the customer thanks to a
fully transparent and traceable
blockchain system.
The website will gather
key information and statistics
of hundreds of organizations, providing visibility to non-profits and raising awareness among society
Availability
of the product among all Europe.
The gift cards are a
low cost
and low maintenance product
They are also a great product to give as a
present
.
All present and future products will take
environmental issues
into account.
Necessities in order to continue the project
Negotiations
with retailers and supply chain companies have been hard, as we are a very small company. We believe that with
external support
from an organization as the European Innovation Council would give us the
strength
we need to achieve our objectives.
We will continue
working on the website
and
design
, to finish all the mentioned functionalities. In order to accelerate the start of our activity, we would need support from other tech experts
We are in need of
funding
to start the manufacturing and distribution of the physical gift card
Social impact after the crisis
There are also some other problems that non-profit charity organizations face even with no epidemic:
Overall, these organizations spend
10 % of their budget
in fundraising.
One of the main reasons people don’t donate is the mistrust in traditional donation methods, for example face to face fundraising.
Many
small organizations don't have the resources
to spend thousands of euros in marketing campaigns to gain visibility.
Information from non-profit charity organizations is scattered all around the internet. There is not an European platform that
unites all organizations
in a
structured way
.
The
social impact
generated by Dono after the COVID-19 crisis will remain or even
grow
, as we intend to make Dono one of the main fundraising options to donate to non-profit charity organizations.
We have created a
great platform
that has the potential to become a very big helper in society in the future, by popularizing and making the act of donation a common and more shareable activity.
Thank you very much for reading. If you would like to get in touch with us, you can do so through our website.
Built With
amazon-ses
laravel
qldb
vue
Try it out
www.dono.eu | Dono.eu | Dono | ['Alex Párraga Ferrer', 'Yohan Vybo'] | [] | ['amazon-ses', 'laravel', 'qldb', 'vue'] | 11 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/arttour | artTour
Inspiration
Have you ever heard of Oleksa Novakivs'kyj or, perhaps, Elene Akhvlediani? These painters from Ukraine and Georgia, respectively, are known in their home countries yet to a lesser degree abroad. It holds for many other artists world-wide whose works may be displayed in various cultural institutions, from small-sized galleries to well-known big museums. Small-sized institutions are numerous, less known to a larger audience, potentially in remote locations, and less frequented by tourists. They are more vulnerable in the times like ours and
artTour
is meant to increase their exposure by offering interactive tours, where the audience can actively engage with an expert from a museum and learn more about its history and exhibits. A survey with potential visitors has revealed that they will be interested in taking such tours for a fee, where the majority of respondents indicated a fee between 5 and 10 euro per hour. The audience has mentioned the following benefits from booking such tours:
comfort
informativeness (e.g., having an expert providing an explanation)
digital interactive features
social aspect, e.g. being able to book them with friends located elsewhere
What it does
At this moment, the solution is deployed as a web site that allows to register users, book tours, and add or update information about museums.
How I built it
I have opted for a serverless solution using the serverless framework ('infrastructure as code') that does not require provisioning of servers and is cost-effective and scalable. It includes a definition of AWS resources, such as Cognito User Pools for user authentication, DynamoDB for storage, Lambda functions, and SES for messaging. The front-end is built in React.
Challenges I ran into
I have envisioned a system that would take care of everything from registration to calls. The challenges I ran into were often related to the front-end as this was the first time for me using React. I also realised that some services, such as SES, are by default in the sandbox, and hence I needed to verify all e-mail addresses upfront.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
This challenge allowed me to think in terms of a solution, the plethora of services AWS has to offer and I have learned a lot about serverless architecture.
What I learned
I have used AWS services in the past, but mostly compute instances and storage. I am a fierce proponent of a command line and, even though it would easy to configure everything using a very intuitive UI, I opted for a infrastructure as code. This is the knowledge I will definitely re-use in the future. Also, on the front-end side I have learned quite a bit about React.
What's next for artTour
Based on the feedback I have received from potential visitors, there are many other AWS services that could be integrated into this solution, specifically Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Translate, and Amazon Elasticsearch. Also, I'm looking forward to running a pilot with a small institution.
Built With
amazon-cloudfront-cdn
amazon-dynamodb
amazon-ses
node.js
react
s3
serverless | artTour | artTour is a solution to connect cultural institutions with larger audience world-wide in the form of interactive art tours. | ['Sophia K.'] | [] | ['amazon-cloudfront-cdn', 'amazon-dynamodb', 'amazon-ses', 'node.js', 'react', 's3', 'serverless'] | 12 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/the-cultural-social-network | Inspiration
NGOs and charities are struggling to acquire critical resources right now. There is no one platform where they can go out and make their voices heard.
What it does
Helping-hands is a single platform for Charities and NGOs to post their requirements( goods or financial ) , and for donors to be able to quickly donate to the best of their capabilities as quickly as possible.
How I built it
I build the backend using Django.
Hosted the server on AWS Lightsail.
Used Amazon Pay for enabling donations
Challenges I ran into
Deploying Django through Apache server was very confusing.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Building something which would prove to be immensely useful in such difficult times!
What I learned
Building a full-stack application
Using AWS for hosting
What's next for The Cultural Social Network
Reward bases system to encourage donors more
Integrate social media like features - post,discuss
Built With
amazon-pay
amazon-web-services
django
python
Try it out
3.7.182.222
github.com | Helping Hands | Numerous NGOs and charities are in need of various critical supplies at this point of time. We present a platform for generous donors to be able to support them | [] | [] | ['amazon-pay', 'amazon-web-services', 'django', 'python'] | 13 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/my-good-life-amazon-pay-fundraiser | Demo Page
Demo Page
Front Page of Website
Our Back Story
After giving birth to my daughter Taylor at the age of 20, I decided we would live a good life despite her circumstances. Even after receiving a diagnosis of profound hearing loss and autism for my daughter Taylor, I went on to earn three academic degrees including one from Yale University. In the process of living in three different cities and navigating education and personal hurdles, I discovered something profound and universal: this isn’t a normal life, it’s a good life.
My Good Life is a digital platform for parents of special needs children committed to providing resources for families.
How I built it
I built this using the Amazon Pay code and integrated it into my
www.mygoodlifenow.org
website which I built myself.
Challenges I ran into
I faced challenges because I needed to have a verified Amazon Seller account, but with the support of the DevPost team, Amazon, and the Strikingly Support team, I was able to build it. I created a new page via my Strikingly account and implemented the code below.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am most proud of raising my daughter on my own despite her special needs while completing three academic degrees including one from Yale. I am now married, but grateful for the season of raising her on my own.
I am also a special needs advocate, journalist, and TEDx speaker and event curator. My company, My Good Life, enables families of children with special needs to live their best life despite their circumstances. My recent monologue, Listen to Her, was read by actress Marla Gibbs and featured at the WACO Theatre’s 50in50 event. My writing has been featured on NBC Universal, Red Tricycle, LA Parents Magazine, and the LA Times.
What I learned
I learned the importance of a team. I needed to connect with DevPost and Amazon to make this happen.
VERY Important. I mentioned this DevPost Hackathon on an episode of Vistaprint's Office Hours yesterday. The link is below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkFoyU0AJgM&feature=youtu.be
What's next for My Good Life Amazon Pay Fundraiser
I will implement this via my website as a fundraising option for our upcoming back to school campaign.
The Code I Used
<div
data-ap-widget-type="expressDonationWidget"
data-ap-widget-theme="ap-light"
data-ap-widget-amount-presets="5,25,50,100"
data-ap-widget-default-amount="1"
data-ap-signature="NTJ5ubCryE9A6w4%2FyLpRS%2BEmbyrPwObT5DTo688oem4%3D"
data-ap-seller-id="A2S2XWN7B3EK8I"
data-ap-access-key="AKIAJKVNMI4FH74OQDUA"
data-ap-lwa-client-id="amzn1.application-oa2-client.be5c3cbc93584d519c0682ec45ec1a86"
data-ap-return-url="https://www.mygoodlifenow.org/"
data-ap-currency-code="USD"
data-ap-amount="0"
data-ap-note=""
data-ap-shipping-address-required="false"
data-ap-payment-action="AuthorizeAndCapture"
Built With
amazon
amazonpay
Try it out
www.mygoodlifenow.org | My Good Life Amazon Pay Fundraiser | My Good Life is a 501c3 organization with a mission to help parents of special needs children live a good life. We've built an Amazon Pay option for our donors to support our upcoming campaign. | ['Eraina Ferguson'] | [] | ['amazon', 'amazonpay'] | 14 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/donazon | Deployment Diagram
Donazon
Inspiration
Whenever a donor plans to donate some amount to an organization, the first question asked is how my money will be used? Many NGOs use part of the monetary contributions, meant only for charity, for various other commercial purposes. This means many potential donors are often skeptical if their contributions will be used efficiently. Transparency has always been an issue in philanthropy. In case of donation of products, many times the items donated are either not among the required items or are already in abundance, which then defeats the entire purpose. Although NGOs are always in need of products like school, food, healthcare supplies etc., often, there is inconsistency in the same category of products donated by different donors. A platform where NGOs can directly show what they need and donors can simply donate those items is a win-win for both. The idea is to make the need to meet the deed. Keeping the COVID situation in mind and the ease for both stakeholders at the same time, the inspiration to leverage Amazon as an eCommerce and delivery platform kicked in.
(Donazon.jpg)
What it does
Our WebApp Donazon provides a platform for NGOs to start campaigns listing the Amazon products they are in the need of and match these with donors who want to donate.
Features for NGOs:
1. Create a new campaign when they are in need of the supplies.
2. Search for Amazon products with keywords to add to their campaign along with the quantity of each product they need
3. Create an Amazon Cart of the products donors have donated for the campaign.
4.Place the order for a campaign whenever they want using the money donated .
5.Mark the order as placed and update Amazon order id and upload receipt.
6.Mark the order as delivered.
Features for Donors:
1. Visit the portal and see different campaigns created by the NGOs.
2. For the campaign they want to donate for, select the products which are listed for the campaign by the NGO and update the quantities they want to donate.
3.Pay for the products using Amazon Pay.
4.Get updates when the order for the donated products is placed and delivered along with the receipt.
How we built it
1. Product listing - A rapid Api called Amazon-data which lists products for keywords used.
2. Adding to Cart - Add to Cart API from Amazon Product advertising API 5.0 used.
3.Donor Payment - Amazon pay used to transfer money from donor to the NGO
4.Technology - We built the app through an iterative design process involving the testing and tweaking of various components. We used Django Python for backend API calls and Angular JS for frontend.
5.Data & Database - Used MySQL as most of the data was relational. We used Amazon RDS for hosting the database. The Amazon S3 was used to store the required images.
6. Hosting - Amazon EC2 BeanStalk used too host the front end and the back end.
Challenges we ran into
Using Amazon APIs for new for all of us. Learning about these APIs and using them was a challenge as well as fun for us. We were supposed to use Amazon product listing API but there were some restrictions on it , we came with a work around on using the rapid api for amazon in a limited time. Designing a flow which is very easy to use by both the NGO and the donor, and makes sure there is some kind validation for each user action was a bit challenging but this is what made our idea unique and seamless.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Compassion and Kindness is the current need of the hour given the global situation. This is a time when a lot of the NGOs are facing issues related to transparency and physical exposure involved if the donor wants to actually come and donate items. We are proud of the fact that we were able to deliver a system which is contactless and at the same time ensures transparency and gives the reports directly to the donor. We didn’t lose hopes even when a few things didn’t fall in place and came back with a stronger model for Donazon.
What we learned
We learnt to work remotely and communicate as a team being in different time zones. We learnt about how to develop an application in an iterative way and work collaboratively towards achieving our goal.
What's next for Donazon
Integrate completely with Amazon Product Listing API and leverage it’s structural product listing features
Develop a donation wallet where users can save some money as when they like which they can later use for donation.
Integrate Alex skill for our donors to take to the campaigns they would like to donate to.
Create a recommendation system once enough data is collected to provide suggested campaigns to the donors.
Develop a rating system where donors will rate NGOs for the kind impact and transparency they are providing.
Lastly, integrate with Amazon to give recommendations to donors to donate similar products to the NGOs as they are buying from Amazon for their personal use.
Built With
amazon-pay
amazon-product-advertising
amazon-rds-relational-database-service
amazon-web-services
amplify
angular.js
django
mysql
python
rapidapi
Try it out
github.com
master.d2py1v5u6w82hg.amplifyapp.com | Donazon | Our idea is to make the need meet the deed. Donazon provides a platform for NGOs to start campaigns listing the Amazon products they are in the need of and match these with donors who want to donate. | ['Dhiraj Deelip Gandhi', 'Sonia Godhwani'] | [] | ['amazon-pay', 'amazon-product-advertising', 'amazon-rds-relational-database-service', 'amazon-web-services', 'amplify', 'angular.js', 'django', 'mysql', 'python', 'rapidapi'] | 15 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/pickupapp | The home screen
Store home where they can view current orders
click on an order for detailed view and update order status
pickUPapp
This mobile app is designed to help small businesses and charities keep track of orders and update an order’s status.
Getting Started
Prerequisites
To use this app make sure you have:
node.js
expo version 37
npm install --global expo-cli
either a virtual device or the expo app on your phone
Installing
In your command line run 'expo init pickupapp' in a directory of your choice
Download the files in this repository
Paste the downloaded files into the pickupapp folder created in step 1.
Run 'npm install' to get all the dependencies needed
Run 'expo start' and a browser window will open showing the project bundler
Choose which simulator or device you would like to view the project on
Using the App
Store View
On the home screen click the Store Login
Press the Log In button (see below on Authentication)
Press the Get Orders button
Click on a customer's name to view their order information
Each order has an id, the store name, the customer, name, and the order status
To Update the order status:
Double click the desired status (either 'Preparing Order' or 'Ready For PickUP')
Click Update
Press the back arrow to go back home
Press the Get Orders button to refresh the orders
To Add a new order:
Click the + button
Enter the details in the form
Press submit
Press the back arrow to go back home
Press the Get Orders button to refresh the orders
### Customer View
On the home screen click the Customer Login
Press the Log In button (see below on Authentication)
Press the Get Orders button
Click on a Store's name to view their order information
AWS Service's Used
API Gateway for a REST API
Lambda (x4) for CRUD operations on order information
DynamoDB (1 table) to hold orders
What's Next?
Authentication
Using AWS Cognito to create authentication for both store logins and user logins
This will likely require creating additional tables in DynamoDB
Modifying the API calls to be specific for that user/store
### Letting Customers Add Orders
Customers will be able to get their orders by entering a six digit ID.
### Adding an Option for Tables/Parking Spots
Allowing stores to input the number of spots they have have
Using a lambda function to assign/unassign customers to a spot automatically
Authors
Harsha O
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Initial works
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harsho
Acknowledgments
jspruance for serverless tutorials
iamshaunjp for react native tutorials
Built With
amazon-web-services
react
Try it out
github.com | pickUPapp | With the ongoing pandemic it's important to provide a simple solution for food delivery.That’s where the pickUPapp comes in! Using low cost tools provided by AWS order management becomes cheaper. | ['harsha Ogoti'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'react'] | 16 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/inner-city-helping-homeless | Inspiration
Helping the volunteers of the Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH) charity in Dublin, Ireland, who go out on the streets each night bringing food, clothes, information and comfort to the homeless.
What it does
We created a native mobile app (iOS and Android) for the ICHH volunteers for them to use during their nightly work on the streets, replacing the clipboards and paper they used to use. All the data they collect via the apps is sent in real-time to a new backend we've created on AWS, with a new website with reporting utilities (charts and tables) to give the charity a digital set of data to support their work.
The solution went live in January 2020 with one data-collecting feature - during this hackathon we've added functionality to digitise two more paper-based processes: a new data-entry screen on the S3-hosted website (using a new Lambda and API Gateway resource) and added a stock-taking feature to the solution to allow the volunteers to digitally record when they are low on stock, send it to the backend and to mail their storehouse directly. This new functionality included new development on AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and AWS SES.
How we built it
Native apps - iOS (Swift). & Android (Java)
Website - React.js on S3, with API Gateway, Cloudfront, RDS, Route 53, SES, Cognito and Amazon Certificate Manager.
The monthly run-cost is only approx $20 - giving the charity an incredibly low-cost real-time solution.
Challenges we ran into
Understanding what best to create to offer the most value to the volunteers - we went out with them at nightime to see and learn firsthand about their work.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Helping people who give their free time to help those who need it the most.
What we learned
It's possible to create a cloud-based low-cost solution for charities that will make a huge difference to their operations.
What's next for Inner City Helping Homeless
We'll continue to add more features to the solution, using AWS, and based on continued feedback from the volunteers.
Built With
amazon-web-services
android
node.js
react
swift | Inner City Helping Homeless digital transformation | Digitise paper based processes for volunteer homeless charity using the latest cloud services on AWS. | ["Andy O'Sullivan"] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'android', 'node.js', 'react', 'swift'] | 17 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/leap-confronting-conflict | Intro Screen
Inspiration
This project provided us with an opportunity to collaborate with an individual with a high level of expertise in digital technology to create something that is out of Leap’s ordinary comfort zone, as an organisation that until recently has limited digital engagement with its stakeholders.
We hope that our Alexa Skill will enable us to achieve greater reach through our work. We are based in London, but this skill gives us an opportunity to engage partners, community groups and organisation outside of London and the Southeast. We see this as an exciting opportunity to inform others about our work and to demystify conflict, which often carries negative connotations.
Since the coronavirus pandemic, we have been thinking hard about innovating our work for an online environment. Part of this is working towards creating new opportunities for digital engagement among young people and developing partnerships for the future, including with adult professionals and organisations.
The Alexa skill will enable us to receive donations from France, Germany, US, Italy and UK in the various languages via Amazon pay using only Voice. This is a quick and easy process that offers a solution to the challenges we have faced previously in receiving international donations through platforms such as JustGiving. We hope that this additional fundraising feature will support our organisation through a time of financial hardship as we emerge from the coronavirus crisis into an economic downturn.
What it does
The Alexa Skill allows its users to learn more about what Leap Confronting Conflict is doing in English. It also allows the ability to get it's contact detail and make a Donation of up to £5000 British Pounds to the charity in multiple languages just by using voice.
How we built it
It is built using the Amazon Alexa SDK for Node JS. Deployment is through AWS Lambda and AWS S3 is used to store the graphics and media assets. Javascript is the language used for implementation. Various actual Amazon Echo devices were used for testing. For testing, ngrok and a local debugging facility has been set up to allow quick turnarounds of deployment.
Challenges we ran into
The challenge for us has been trying to translate our work onto an app that we do not use or fully understand. We recognise that AI technology is part of the 'new normal' but prior to this project, we had never foreseen Leap featuring on Alexa because our delivery has always been face-to-face, dependent on relationship building and human connection. However, our training also relies heavily on interaction and playfulness, including games and role play to convey our conflict frameworks, so we have tried to use this to our strength through our Alexa skill.
Technological implementation-wise, the Amazon Pay integration was the biggest challenge. As the Alexa Skill is required to take a Donation, we find that setting up a Charity's Amazon Pay account is a long process and we have to find a workaround temporary solution to get test accounts working in order to develop of which we cannot obtain for the Charity until the application have been submitted. There are lots of factors that we need to take into account when accepting digital payments. Also had to learn about the limitations of conversational user interface and somehow make sure what we want to deliver take this into account.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
the no friction, convenient and fast way to get a donation in less than 5 minutes just by using voice!
the creation of awareness of the option and possible path of getting donation for a charitable organisation using an Alexa Skill
have the ability now to reach out to stakeholders via an innovative method
the integration and implementation of the Amazon Pay technology to collect the donations in multiple countries in multiple languages.
the skill itself utilises the latest Amazon Alexa ASK-CLI 2.0 structure which is recently introduced.
multimodal capabilities for an Amazon echo device have been generously utilise in the Alexa Skill such as audio, video and graphics
perfected a template for a charity to accept a donation quickly in the future from multiple countries in multiple languages
What we learned
This experience has made us aware of the difficulties of capturing the essence of our training, and the multi-dimensional nature of our work with conflict, and to translate this in a digital format for a broad audience with a wide range of different interests in our organisation and our work.
Technology wise, we've learned in detail the implementation of a payment facility and implementing Amazon's Alexa Skill technologies.
What's next for Leap Confronting Conflict
We will take this learning and use it to inform our future digital development, I.e. brand uplift and the redesign of our website. We will also continue to polish and improve the Alexa Skill charity donation template. More work will also be done to refine the information delivered about Leap Confronting Conflict itself via the Alexa Skill.
Built With
amazon-alexa
by-voice
javascript
node.js
payments-gateway | Leap Confronting Conflict Alexa Skill | Leap Confronting Conflict's skill invites you to learn new techniques for managing conflict. Through the skill you can donate towards one of our four programmes supporting young people | [] | [] | ['amazon-alexa', 'by-voice', 'javascript', 'node.js', 'payments-gateway'] | 18 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/charite-2so0y5 | Discover or search for nonprofits on the homepage
Each nonprofit has its own profile page with information about the organization and its past donations
From the nonprofit profile page you can make a monthly recurring donation or a one-time donation
You can see your friends' donation activity and which nonprofits they support
You can easily keep track of your activity and donation history
Your profile page allows you to customize your experience by establishing nonprofit preferences
The Challenge
The goal of this Amazon Raise-Up Buildathon was to create a solution using AWS that will support nonprofits. We chose the Nonprofit Fundraising Goal challenge, which required solutions that help nonprofits to reach donors and produce donations.
The Problem
Fundraising requires nonprofits to invest time and resources, and it can be difficult for organizations to reach new and existing donors. As a result, it can be challenging to establish consistent donation flows. Since nonprofits rely on donations and grants to be able to provide their services, a lack of donations in turn could affect the quality of their programming and the extension of their outreach. Another fundraising problem is a lack of nonprofit awareness. Potential donors don’t know much about the nonprofits in their community and are unaware that they can support organizations beyond a large one-time donation.
Goal & The User
Based on the hackathon requirements and the problem we’re seeking to alleviate, our goal was to build a product that helps nonprofits increase their donor base and increase donations. To do so, we wanted to create a solution that helps connect donors to nonprofits and expedite the donation process.
There would be two primary users of the app: the nonprofit employees and the donors. We focused on the donors for product development and user flows.
Solution (What it Does)
We created a mobile app solution that helps users discover nonprofits, learn about the organization, and make a donation. Nonprofits receive these extra funds and donor data to use in donor campaigns.
The app supports nonprofit fundraising through the following ways:
Users can find nonprofits based on cause area, ratings, location, and suggestions, helping them to discover new nonprofits that they normally wouldn’t know about.
Users can go to individual nonprofit profile pages and make a donation or read about the organization. Using information from Charity Navigator, users can learn about the nonprofit and make an informed decision about their giving. With a clear Donation CTA button, users can easily navigate to the donation process.
The app allows users to make a one-time donation or to sign up for monthly donations. Nonprofits have the opportunity to receive a steady stream of incoming donations through recurring monthly payments.
Users can keep track of their own donation activity, and they can also see the donation activity of their friends. By seeing their friends’ donations and which organizations they donate to, users will be incentivized to donate more and to learn about the nonprofits their peers support.
Through their profile page, users can update their preferences and list their favorite cause areas and nonprofits. These features will customize the nonprofit list display to their personal preferences, which in turn will help them find nonprofits that match their interests and that they’d be more likely to donate to.
Inspiration
The inspiration for the app came from a number of different sources. The social activity feed was inspired by Venmo’s payment activity feed. The nonprofit profile page drew a lot of inspiration and information from Charity Navigator. Google and Eventbrite inspired the nonprofit listings page.
Accomplishments & Learnings
With only two teammates (and no front end developer), we’re proud of the fact that we were able to complete this challenge and make a product that we’re excited about. Every step in our project journey was a learning opportunity and we learned a lot throughout the hackathon.
No-Code App Builder
We experimented with several No-Code app builders, including the Amazon HoneyCode and selected AppGyver as our choice as it integrates well with API calls and has native deployment capability. We built a NodeJS API with Fastify framework to serve charity data and deploy to AWS Lambda to serve as the backend for the AppGyver front end. The integration works well, but we ran out of time to refine the UI components and the app workflow.
What's next for Charité
Further develop the app
Test and iterate
Down the road, we’d love to expand Charité to include fundraising events and offer mobile ticketing (like an Eventbrite for nonprofits).
Contact
Calvin Pak:
[email protected]
LeAnne Plaisted:
[email protected]
Built With
amazon-web-services
appgyver
charity-navigator-api
invision
node.js
sketch
Try it out
invis.io
drive.google.com
youtu.be | Charité | Charité is a solution to the challenges that nonprofits and donors face in fundraising. Through Charité, users can learn about nonprofits and make a one-time or monthly donation. | ['LeAnne Plaisted', 'Calvin Pak'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'appgyver', 'charity-navigator-api', 'invision', 'node.js', 'sketch'] | 19 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/talking-cloud | Inspiration
During this pandemic, I've noticed that children aren't getting the necessary English practice that is required to improve themselves. The education sector's tools didn't seem to be in the best shape to help with this pandemic.
What it does
The teacher or parent can setup a student to create tasks for students to complete. The student can fulfill these tasks through the website or Amazon Alexa.
How I built it
Front-end: HTML, CSS, ReactJS, Webpack, Apollo
Back-end: GraphQL, NodeJS/ExpressJS, PostgreSQL, AWS RDS
Design: Inkscape, Blender3D, Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop
DevOps: Cypress, Github, Digital Ocean, AWS
Other: AWS Lambda
Challenges I ran into
There are so many things I want to achieve in this and I'm still figuring those out.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Everything about this app. It has been an absolute challenge, but it's a joy to work on it from the ground up.
What I learned
This app has helped me thoroughly explore app creation. Whether it was through the backend, database, server managmenet, SQL Queries, GraphQL Queries, designing, frontend, and various APIs.
What's next for Talking Cloud
Better design, more task content, setting up the code for content, networking, and more. The app is still in its development stage and we are actively improving it.
Built With
alexa
amazon-web-services
apollo
digitalocean
express.js
graphql
javascript
node.js
react
typescript
webpack
Try it out
talkingcloud.io | Talking Cloud | Perform tasks to satisfy student's reading and writing comprehension with the help and guidance from their parent and teacher | ['Yenith LianTyHao', 'Jenearly Ang'] | [] | ['alexa', 'amazon-web-services', 'apollo', 'digitalocean', 'express.js', 'graphql', 'javascript', 'node.js', 'react', 'typescript', 'webpack'] | 20 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/charity-station | Architecture
Messenger Chatbot
Messenger Receipts
Home Page
Sandbox Login
Production Login
Find Charity
Results
Adding Event
Event Page
Events
Fundaisers
Fundaising Page
Donations
Sandbox
Checkout Page
Confirmed Page
Receipts
Another Video:
Please watch this video for the IOS Messenger Mobile Experience
Video
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Inspiration
We all know how Fundraising programs are very essential for nonprofits and the community. In addition, many users will prefer to use Amazon Account (Amazon Pay) instead of Credit Cards to donate. In fact, about 2/3 of the the USA population have Amazon Accounts. Moreover, it is more secured, fast and trusted by most of the users. From here, when a Fundraising Platform accepts Amazon Pay for donation, this will eventually increase the donations rate and help the community. Hopefully, this platform will connect people together for the sake of social good.
What it does
The platform uses Amazon Login to sync the user information and create a local copy in our DynamoDB database. The user can use his Amazon Account to donate for the platform, or to donate for any Fundraising. Importantly, the user can search and find any nonprofit organization in the USA, see their location on Map, find their info, donate, and start a Fundraising. Also, there is a tab where the user can find all the Current Fundraisers, and Events on the platform. In addition, the user can share our Events or Fundraisers on social Media. Finally, there is a tab “My Account” where the user can find and download Instant Receipts.
On the other hand, there a Messenger Chatbot that is connected to the platform and share the same data. The user can use Facebook Messenger to interact with the Platform and donate with their Amazon Accounts as well. When the user send a donation from Messenger (IOS or Desktop), the user will receive a receipt in Messenger. In the Messenger Chatbot, all conversation are logged into the Database to be analyzed for the sake of future improvements.
How I built it
I started this project by designing the Database Schema for the Website and the Messenger. I used DynamoDB and Node.js with Express in the backend. Also, I used Amazon Pay to collect donations, and Amazon Login to sync the user data and create account in our database. The steps were as the following:
1- Build the website and write the required database functions.
2- Integrate Amazon Login and Amazon pay for user Authentication.
3- Connecting the Messenger webhook to the Node App.
4- Write and update database functions for Messengers Users.
5- Integrate Amazon Pay and Amazon Login for Messenger users.
6- Connect Messenger with the current Data database and display the Data in Messenger.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am so proud that this project can really help the community. If we connect all nonprofits together in one place with a trusted and common payment method, that will have a good impact on our life and the nonprofits community.
What's next for Charity Station
The infrastructure for this project allows to add and connect more services and platforms. I wanted to create and connect Alexa skill for this App, but the time didn’t help. The first update is to redesign the home page to include news & feeds updates. Then, I want to add Alexa Skill, Slack Bot, and more..
Built With
amazon-dynamodb
amazon-pay
amazon-route-53
amazon-web-services
facebook-messenger
Try it out
charity-station.com
m.me | Charity Station | Platform to connect all non-profits across the USA in one place. Use our website or the integrated Messenger Chatbot to search for Charities, Start Fundraising, and Donate with your Amazon Account!! | ['Khaled Abouseada'] | [] | ['amazon-dynamodb', 'amazon-pay', 'amazon-route-53', 'amazon-web-services', 'facebook-messenger'] | 21 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/digitizr-tool-to-help-museums-art-galleries-etc-go-online | Digitizr - Home page
Explore various museums and art galleries
Gallery/Museum Listing page
Explore artifacts in 3D / Virtual reality
Virtual walkthroughs
Explore artifacts in 3D / Virtual reality
View upcoming events
Admin panel
Admin section
Admin panel - view/edit artifacts
Edit an organization
Inspiration
I wanted to enable various cultural organizations transition online easily. Scan and move their assets and establish digital presence. Also virtually host and organize events.
This tool enables various cultural institutions like museums, art galleries, libraries etc go digital. All of the assets can be scanned using 3D scanners and easily uploaded to this website using the admin panel.
Each organization will have separate listing page (with detailed description, location, artifact listing, 3D walkthrough etc)
Digitze art and sculptures using 3D models. Offer virtual walkthrough of museums, art galleries, libraries etc. Conduct online events and increase engagement!
What it does
Musuem/Gallery listing page
Admin panel
Virtual walkthroughs of various locations inside the building
Explore various museums and galleries at once
3D virtual reality rendering of scanned items.
View and join upcoming events
How I built it
This website is built using the following technologies
Ruby on Rails
Postgres
Google javascript Maps API
Sketchfab for 3D rendering and assets
Capistrano for automated deploys
AWS resources used
EC2 for server
S3 for image uploads and storage
RDS for postgres database
Features
Easily add new museums/art galliers/ other physical spaces - Separate admin panel with restricted access for each organization
Upload 3D/VR resources from various sources
Explore through various museums at one go
Create events for various organizations and join upcoming events
Full fledged admin panel
Gallery/Museum listing page with Google maps location, description, artifactions, walkthrough etc
3D artifacts/ walkthroughs with annotation
Challenges I ran into
Creating and rendering of 3D assets was difficult. But finally achieved it with a combination of sketchfab and Marzipano
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
New organizations can be onboarded in a matter of minutes. Complete control over data
What's next for Digitizr - Tool to help museums, art galleries etc go online
I want to improve the UI and give fine grained control to the organizations on board
Custom domain name for each organization (gallery/museum etc)
Built With
amazon-web-services
ec2
google-maps
postgresql
rds
ruby-on-rails
s3
scan3d
sketchfab
Try it out
github.com
digitizr.in | Digitizr - Tool to help museums, art galleries etc go online | Tool to help Art galleries, museums, libraries etc go digital. Interactive 3D virtual walkthrough through the physical space and artifacts. Create and join events to increase participations. | ['Jayshree Anandakumar'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'ec2', 'google-maps', 'postgresql', 'rds', 'ruby-on-rails', 's3', 'scan3d', 'sketchfab'] | 22 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/i-love-i-give-support-to-charities | Inspiration:
My inspiration for entering this Buildathon is because my husband and I got our nonprofit approved about four months ago. The nonprofit space is a new place for us so when I saw the Buildathon, I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to learn about how to get supporters as well as sharing my expertise with those who may be looking to reinvent themselves by learning the latest trending voice technology.
What it does:
Our website is a free platform connecting donors with nonprofits so they can continue to support their favorite charity while social distancing using online resources. Donors can search for and learn of online support fundraising ideas that is sure to provide them with opportunities to engage with family and friends in support beyond donations to continue bringing awareness to their favorite charity. They will make fundraising events memorable, fun and impactful while helping their nonprofit deliver services and programs from mental health, food, education and so much more.
How I built it:
Well, to be honest I actually developed an Alexa Skill first but decided to build a website also using Wordpress since it seemed easier to integrate the Amazon Pay.
Challenges I ran into
Ok, so let's talk about challenges. For some reason Alexa was not pronouncing LIVE correct and I wasn't quite sure on how to add the Amazon Pay code so I switched to creating the website. The challenges with the website were many but since I am one to keep plucking at something, I toughed it out. There were a lot of pieces involved because I had a website theme, then I had to get Woocommerce Theme then I had to integrate the Amazon Pay which actually was not bad it was just very busy. I clicked on the wrong button because I could not get everything to show up on my website properly so I "thought" I was deleting just a certain section that I was having a problem with and deleted "everything". For a minute, I really was going to say forget it. So, I don't have everything on the website I would like right now but it a work in progress.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of:
I am sooooo glad I was able to get a finished product!
What I learned:
I do understand how difficult it is to work a full-time job, work my hobbies and take care of home.
What's next for I Love I Give Support To Charities:
- I cannot wait for donors to take advantage of the online fundraising ideas that will not only benefit your favorite nonprofit but the donors also!
Built With
wordpress
Try it out
iloveigive.com
www.amazon.com | I Love I Give Support To Charities | I Love I Give is your donor support online fundraising ideas and resource guide. When it’s time to support your favorite nonprofit, simply visit our site, and browse our support list of ideas! | ['Terri Jones'] | [] | ['wordpress'] | 23 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/mobile-the-community-with-digital-maps | Regional Map Layer in Mapbox
Admin Registration
Volunteer Registration Form
Interaction Model
Inspiration
Our communities have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 virus, as well as the related economic fallout. How do we look out for one another at this time.
What it does
Managing a community response during a pandemic requires tools that inform and educate. Maps have done this across centuries, and we now have amazing digital tools that can do this with the click of a few buttons. Here's how our community is responding to the crisis, and hope others can leverage these tools to build their own applications to help inform and mobilize their communities.
How I built it
The volunteer form connects to a g-sheet. The non-profit that we were working with already had a basic static website hosted by Squarespace. Were able to get a form page setup that could serve to sign-up volunteers and directly load into a g-sheet. This page was then linked to their main website, and shared on multiple social media channels.
Most of the work is in building the interactive map. Here are the steps.
Step 1 - Source the Data
The greater Richmond metro area has more than one million people living in it, and is spread across several hundred square miles of land mass. Mapping all of this data by hand would take years, but fortunately this information already existed - just was a matter of finding out where. Our research showed that the local municipalities have GIS departments that have already built digital maps for other purposes, and publish it as public data. This data can be downloaded, and then used in other projects. I downloaded the data for all four municipalities in our region that we wanted to get block level data for, so this enabled moving forward with the new approach of building a regional map of all of the residential blocks that could be adopted.
Step 2 - Convert Street Data to GeoJSON
While I was able to get versions of data, a consistent theme was that the datasets were in a different format than what was needed in Mapbox. KML data is the common format that was found in the GIS departments, however what's needed is geojson. That requires conversion. Also these downloaded files are quite large - in the 10-100MB range, and given that we're eventually going to need to use API's to load this data, I needed to keep the size manageable. I used an online utility to convert the KML structures to a more common csv format (see link below), then created multiple shards that broke the files into something easier to manage (approximately 5-10MB each shard).
https://www.convertcsv.com/xml-to-csv.htm
Step 3 - Filter and Enrich the Data
Next was a step to reduce the dataset for just the information we needed. This would help in the usability as well as the performance of the application. This application just needed residential streets. The maps that we received from the municipalities is used for street maintenance, so includes things like highways and overpasses were removed. This was done through a data filtering process written as a lambda function in AWS that could process data staged in S3 buckets.
The interactive map also needed to be seeded with attributes for each block. That makes rendering the maps easier within Mapbox. To accomplish this, there's a boolean that indicates if the block has been adopted, as well as who has adopted it. These attributes were added to the filtered data in the previous step, continuing to use a json format.
Step 4 - Load Data into Mapbox
To create the map that would be rendered by a browser, I needed to import the data into Mapbox into unique datasets. This can be done either by API or by the Studio interface, and I chose the later. There are limits on how large of an upload file can be processed at once, so the file sizes needed to be practical. This was done for all four data sets processed in the prior step.
Step 5 - Build a View of the Map Data
Once the data is loaded into Mapbox, tilesets need to be created that reflect each of the different groups of street data. These tilesets are what the browser renders within the map as a layer that the user can interact with, and are also referenced in the SDK within the browser code. Each layer has its own attributes - color, font size, line width, etc. This is all done within Mapbox studio and is called a style.
Step 6 - Add Region Layer to make Map Usable
An unexpected scope that I needed to add was a summary layer to the maps that we refer to as the regional layer. The underlying datasets in the prior steps totaled 100k city blocks (features), so when attempting to display them all at once, the user experience is terrible as it just turns into a big blob of a single color as all of the streets blend together.
To address this, I created a summary view of the region that was usable when trying to take the whole thing in. This was done by creating a dataset using Mapbox studio that outlined the regions. The starting point for the map is then zoomed out at this level which shows the broader area.
There is javascript embedded within the webpage that allows the user to click on one of the regions, then it zooms into that region. From there a more user friendly version of the map can be clicked on.
Step 7 - Build an API that can update the Map
Mapbox already has API's that can manage updates. To call the API, will need the unique identifier of the feature that is to be updated. Given that Mapbox sets that unique identifier, will need to extract the maps from Mapbox after they are loaded, and build a lookup utility that serves as a wrapper before the API is called that can apply the unique identifier. This was written in NodeJS, and hosted in AWS.
Step 8 - Integrate API into Digital Map
Once we have the API working, then integrate it into our. I built a simple AngularJS web app that then calls the API to assign a block to an individual volunteer. This enables multiple individuals to directly update the map, enabling the project to scale up.
Challenges I ran into
How to deal with adjusting large datasets, and inconsistencies across the four municipalities. There doesn't appear to be a data standard for each map, but ultimately they needed to have the same data to work within the Mapbox application.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We were able to get more a thousand blocks volunteered as part of this work.
What I learned
How to build an application in Mapbox.
What's next for Mobilize the Community with Digital Maps
Continue to support making the map more interactive, and easier to report on the data that is in geojson format.
Built With
amazon-web-services
javascript
lambda
mapbox
Try it out
www.forrichmond.org
github.com | Mobilize the Community with Digital Maps | Maps have been an incredible force in society for centuries. We can use the digital versions of these to mobilize communities to volunteer for our neighbors. | ['Terren Peterson'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'javascript', 'lambda', 'mapbox'] | 24 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/actonate-pick-up-a-cause-act-on-it | Inspiration:
The recent data shows that what prevents potential donors from donating is the lack of transparency from the recipient organization's side. We realized, based on our own experiences, because of this, we have to go through a lot of hassle: looking for nonprofits/charities, checking whether they are legitimate, etc. Almost overwhelming and frustrating. Yet, when we do online shopping, it feels fun and easy. We realized it is because we can see what we are giving our money for before we actually pay. Just a couple of clicks, and the purchase is on the way. Therefore, e-commerce inspired us to build this e-donation platform that made donating easy and enabled donors to know what impact their money can create.
What it does:
Users donate the donation packages for the causes they care about. They know what they are actually giving their money for. Whether it is feeding someone who has no access to food or sheltering a homeless person
How we built it:
We used the Django framework and deployed on AWS using elastic beanstalk.
Challenges we ran into:
time zone differences. :) We wanted to register a domain, get an SSL certificate, and integrate Amazon pay, but we couldn’t afford it.
Accomplishments that we're proud of:
Honestly, the biggest accomplishment that we are so proud of is that we were able to complete the project despite the time zone difference and a lack of time we had until the due date.
What's next for ACTONATE
1) Amazon pay integration
2) After the payment confirmation, a custom-created thank you note that the donors can easily share on their social media and inspire their friends to donate as well.
3) Make the platform multi-sided so that organizations can have access to upload their own donation packages without the need from our admin to do it.
Built With
amazon-web-services
bootstrap
django
python
sqlite
Try it out
finalapi.eba-s8qmknuf.us-west-2.elasticbeanstalk.com
github.com | ACTONATE – Pick a cause & Act on it! | ACTONATE is an e-donation platform that:1) shows quantifiable impact donors make through their donations; 2) allow donors to easily understand the power of their donation around causes they care about | ['Verina Armanyous', 'Chantsaldiimaa Lkhagvatogtokh'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'bootstrap', 'django', 'python', 'sqlite'] | 25 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/givelive-livestream-platform-backed-by-machine-learning | Stand Apart: Together At Home
The Covid19 world pandemic has changed life as we know it. With much of the world social distancing, we are called to distance, but not isolate. It’s difficult to avoid the negative effects of social distancing when we can no longer visit friends and family or go to cultural events like concerts, festivals, and theatre. Behind closed doors we are still social beings; we need to experience each other. Sharing culture is what makes us human.
Give On LIVE! takes immediate action by partnering with one interactive medium, available to everyone with internet connection: LIVEStream. Live-streaming is already the new norm, and we have given it a new home. Our mission is to gather livestream content in ONE place. A portal that fosters connection between humans. The ultimate interactive stage where we can share culture without borders.
Host a LIVEstream or Share your favorite LIVEstream Creator. Post an event on the calendar and share with the world. Give On Live is the guide to discovering, hosting, and playing through virtual social connection that makes us human. We may be called to stand apart for now, but through Give On LIVE, we can be UNITED through LIVEstream.
#GetLIVE & #GiveLIVE
Stand Apart: Together Your Livestream Guide
Inspiration
How can people within communities support each other, and jointly work towards reaching a balanced day?
GiveOnLIVE; a platform building a robust database of livestream resources, plans to transparently and fairly recommend content and host to viewers for the purpose of wellbeing and balance. Each unique viewer has their own individual needs to stay balanced in quarantine. Our hypothesis was that we could make accurate suggestions based on case studies of healthy humans in district categories age, gender, tax bracket, etc... Our challenge was to determine can we build an algorithm with data that contrasts against “ideal” balance of interactive experiences for wellbeing and the new alternative ones offered by our platform in crisis and physical distancing times.
Solution
We are building an application that facilitates the connection and matching between viewers that need engagement in certain areas and creators that can share their talents or resources LIVE!
Interest can be chosen as a profile setting, but the solution allows for interoperability and exchange between LIVEViewers. Viewers can also join cluster based groups. Matching of emotional needs and specific events or Live Hosts/Creators will be improved over time through Machine Learning, and takes into account various input factors based on voice and text recognition.
Once the match is found and a community member helps complete a LIVE, the user can reward the creator by giving them "LIVE Time". LIVE Times are rewarded through a system that is modeled on the concept of mutual credit, to encourage a mentality of paying it forward.
What it does
The GetLIVE algorithm will lead individuals to follow daily content consumption leading to optimal emotional balance. It will also match users by interests and profile encouraging creation of specialty groups. Event categories like Mind, Body, Soul, Covid-19, etc will be further separated into emotional clusters when processing needs or unique viewers and filling their “Discover” space.
#GetPhysical, #GetThinking, #GetLaughs #GetLove #GetSkills #GetFaith #GetMusic #Concerts&Festivals
Our Impact
Our solution aims to mobilize human engagement, encourage wellness and provide insight into the needs of unique viewers. A safe home for livestream creators our AI matching algorithm encourages direct exchange of community members through #GetLIVE & #GiveLIVE Challenges by created by viewers, creators, and sponsors. Through gamification and non-monetary exchange of rewards, we aim to maintain and even increase the motivation of viewers and creators, creating an interactive giving culture. This is further strengthened through mechanisms for recognition and reward.
When it comes to long term impact, we hope to obtain analytics related to SDG Action to improve long term acts within social impact projects, and further encourage proximity and transparency between online marketers and viewers. Jack Dorsey, of Twitter, recently stated in a public event, “There is a clear need for transparency and fairness in the algorithms we create.”
Some of the impacts we will track within the communities using our platform:
Impact on the content choice and sentiment of viewers
Impact on the unemployment rate
Impact on mental illness cases
Impact on behavior and balance from machine learning AI recommendations
A detailed infrastructure and research strategy drafted in submission report.
Our Progress
We started with a Google Form, Public Calendar and a Dream; Bring hope into every home by sharing free resources in ONE easy to navigate guide.
The GLOBAL HACK - April 2020 During the Global Hack we gathered a small rockstar team and built out a simple front-end combining the Google Form and Google Calendar. We built on Wordpress and followed a theme with all the functions of a live streaming platform like YouTube. We kept it very simple, with a home landing page with categories, the full calendar, and submit form. We began recruiting LIVEAdmins to directly input new events following our community rules of engagement.
http://giveonlive.com/submit
The DATA BIO HACK - April 2020 We gathered physicists and data scientists to discover what data could tell us about what activities were available, how people were feeling, and a smart data-driven solution to recommend daily livestream to viewers we had never met. We scoured data sets and created the “Senti-me” aggregator. Using an API over Twitter we triggered collection of key words and posts. Thus we were able to gather, compare and analyze the sentiment of humans in different regions (IP addresses) This helped us to start forming our persona Thomas, an out of work creator and Tara Rose an exchange student living in the heart of the outbreak, Milano, Italy.
The EuVSVirus HACK - April 2020 We have built a mobile app for Android and IOS This has direct integration into the Google Calendar. Users can search the many listings and add to their personal agenda. There is an option to watch “Featured Daily” selections directly from the site. This will be connected to a smart bot, that uses data sets and sociology AI to recommend a curated daily agenda for viewers #MyPandemicSurvivalGuide. Also an option for “Daily Livestream” to an email with the pick of the day.
The Global AI Hackathon - April-May 2020 We have engaged in intensive research of various data sets, sentiment analysis and determined ways to use APIs to build our GetLIVE Wellness Algorithm. We had to pivot from our hypothesis and categories based on types of event to emotions critical to wellness. This allowed us to create more feasible data analysis and integrate into our recommender system. Our global team of scientists and design thinkers had helped to identify the direction for gaining a foundation of data through a beta mobile launch of users in our target and diverse profiles.
World Hackathon Day -
Under submission and HERE
https://github.com/hammedb197/GiveLIVE_AI/tree/master/emotional_detection
S.O.S. Hackathon -
We continue to polish our product and consider decentralized framework and opening up payment rails. We are in process of adding direct donations and payments using not only FIAT through merchant partners, but also our own custom made cryptocurrency peer to peer transfers. We have won Best Woman Led Project in this hackathon. Thank you S.O.S. Hackathon and great mentors from Ethereum Foundation.
Raise-Up Buildathon- July 2020
We begin to consider challenges and scaling including ways to make our database of LIVE content available to viewers with disabilities. We have integrated Alexa Skills so that content in the LIVEstream library can be searchable with voice. We have also added a chat bot to guide audiences to the content they seek. Our research team has compiled Cultural Institutions and City Virtual tours on the Web. We plan to reach out to these institutions directly. They will be able to access their profiles, creat events, and accept donations and ticket sales. This is possible through the Events Calendar plug-in w have installed. Thank you Modern Tribe ( Creator of the software). Our AWS account has details of Alexa Skills, Lex for chatbot, and Amazon Pay integration. Thank you Amazon!
https://github.com/giveonliverepo/aws-raiseup-hack
How we built it
We started with a simple Google Form & Calendar, and added a front-end website built on Wordpress. We began recruiting LIVEAdmins to add events to the calendar and recruit users to niche FB groups related to different categories. We built a back-end aggregator to scrape events off posts on Twitter to start. These events integrate directly to the public Google Calendar and pass through a moderation portal where admins can have access to push to the system or not. This will soon be integrated into a Hyperledger, Sawtooth blockchain infrastructure to allow for decentralized storage of database content. For admins we will make a streamline way to submit livestream recommendations though desktops and and app integratable bots to their own calendar, eventbrite, instagram and youtube accounts.
Challenges
There are endless resources and we need a scalable method to make sure content is appropriate. As we grow the host creator community we will also be challenged by maintaining an open governance that adheres to the rules of engagement. Getting started configuring the web server was challenging. Integrating the different tech and plugins took time and strain. We had to deal with bugs. We were also working on various time zones, so team collaboration challenges. Very grateful to mentors and slack that helped us coordinate all. Customizing features with google integration was limited to google style. We need to consider if we will keep these color and style limitations or later build from scratch. There are many benefits with so many users on google to keep as is, we are analyzing financial of labor and upkeep for staying in Google or customizing a new solution.
Each step of the way we are integrating more sophisticated technology to deal with infrastructure, Blockchain, and for recommendations, wellness and ethics, AI & Machine Learning.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
In 24 days we have been able to go from One person on a mission to 5 Leads to 35 Mission Members.
What we learned
Livestream content, Zoom group webinars and other platforms can take time for viewers to get used to. Both hosts and participants have a learning curve to accessing content. We understand limitations and want to also embed an easy way for guide subscribers to access their livestream from GiveLIVE! app or links from personal google calendar.
What's next for Give On Live
Give, Grow, and Build. We are excited to enter various Hackathons and continue to add value to the community with more features and most importantly the interactive livestream content society needs to stay uplifted in this critical time.
1) Keep filling the now LIVE and PUBLIC resource by recruiting more ambassadors, admins, and tech web scrapers to fill the calendar. Our goal is to have an offering of hope every hour in every cluster.
2) Prepare for beta group for Mobile App Pre-Launch. Integrate various games and incentives to acquire the data sets needed to feed our AI & Machine learning GetLIVE Algo
3) In synchrony with the beta launch, continue with customer validation surveys and focus groups to refine UI/UX and AI functions.
4) Launch Mobile App and seek partnerships for specialized subscription based services like conferencing, VR and immersive experiences to continually enhance and meet viewers needs.
As we work to complete the database architecture MVP, we are satisfied in our results and Mobile App. Through continued research we are confident to create a machine learning GetLIVE! algorithm that will fully integrate with the GiveLIVE interface and content database. We plan to continue collecting data points on emotions, geographies, profiles, and historical wellness case studies to make our GetLIVE Algo even smarter. In a time when the entire world is in desperate need for engagement and relief of dangerous mental health triggers like depression, anxiety and loneliness we are determined to offer this solution. As we seek greater understanding of crisis situations, we know for certain the only cure belongs back to the basics of humanity. GetLIVE Algo, through the GiveLIVE platform will guide viewers at home to #GetPhysical, #GetThinking, #GetLaughs, #GetLove, #GetSkills, & #GetFaith. Together At Home, we will take a stand against Covid19.
Built With
amazon-alexa
amazon-pay
ascend
eventbrite
flutter
hyperledger
lex
python
sawtooth
twitter
youtube
Try it out
www.giveonlive.com
youtu.be | G.O.LIVE! LIVEstream Discovery App *STREAM *PLAY *LOVE | G.O.LIVE! The home of livestream; we match individual viewer needs with great content, encouraging users to #GetLIVE & #GiveLIVE for fun rewards. | ['Chinwendu Maduakor', 'ChristyAna Viva', 'hammedb197 Hammed', 'aradhana chaturvedi', 'Saleem Javed', 'Arjan van Eersel'] | ['The Best Women-Led Team'] | ['amazon-alexa', 'amazon-pay', 'ascend', 'eventbrite', 'flutter', 'hyperledger', 'lex', 'python', 'sawtooth', 'twitter', 'youtube'] | 26 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/placeholder-if673r | Inspiration
We spoke to many nonprofits currently struggling from the Coronavirus pandemic. A common theme is that almost all nonprofits and charities are struggling to stay funded. We wanted to build a solution that integrates into our daily lives, and encourages people who don't normally donate to help out.
Instead of looking for what the pandemic was hurting, we decided to look at the activities and industries that the situation was propping up. We decided that since almost everyone was shopping online, we would try to build a solution that took advantage of this. Our final product is a system that allows users to donate a percentage of their purchases to nonprofits. This helps all the nonprofits that are part of our system by ensuring a steady flow of donations and contributions. We feel this is a great solution because it allows access to a demographic that isn't easily accessed: normal people who aren't going out of their way to donate.
What it does
Donatio at its core is a donation platform. It allows you to choose a percentage of your online purchase, like your Amazon purchase, and donate it to our Nonprofit of the Day. Every day the nonprofit changes, to ensure fairness and make sure that everyone is equally supported. Once a user donates, they receive experience points and medals based on their achievements. We have lots of different rewards to incentivize users to keep donating and climb their way up the leaderboard. Users can view the leaderboard and their current position in the mobile app, and keep track of how much they're donating, as well as medals unlocked.
How we built it
The Donatio platform is made up of the backend, the Chrome extension, the Mobile app, and the website. The backend is built with MongoDB, GraphQL, Node.js, and Python. Our mobile app is built with Flutter and written in Dart. The Chrome extension, along with our website is built with Javascript, HTML, CSS, and React.js.
We use Amazon Pay for our transactions, allowing easy login with a user's existing Amazon account. Amazon Pay provides safe and reliable monetary transfer to our nonprofits.
You can play with our fully-fledged
GraphQL sandbox
, hosted in AWS. Click on the Docs tab on the right to view Introspection for our backend, and try out some sample queries.
Check out our mobile app
here
, or our Chrome extension
here
.
Check out our live website
here
, or our repo for our site
here
.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into a few challenges. SSL certificates proved hard to acquire for our AWS backend, as we were simply running without a domain. Free certificate providers require a domain for certs, so anywhere that our extension runs will appear "unsafe" until we get a domain for our backend server and get the proper certificates. Right now we're using self-signed certificates which are completely safe and reliable, but designed for testing, not production code. Another issue this creates is Flutter does not allow access to servers with self-signed certificates, so we were forced to run our server on localhost to test our application.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Scheduled jobs change the NPO of the day every day at 5pm, summing Donatio users contributions and tracking it in our database.
Twitter integration, tweeting daily the sum donations for the day, and what the new NPO of the day will be (@DonatioApp).
Full user security, with usernames and passwords properly hashed and stored safely in the backend.
Email confirmation for new accounts, increasing user security and reducing the number of fake accounts.
Full Amazon Pay integration, allowing users to use the accounts and payment options they already have.
Leaderboard that tracks all Donatio users, displaying the Top 10 users with their experience count, and the medals they have earned.
User profile page that tracks experience earned, and the medals/achievements that have been unlocked.
Injected widget on top of Amazon checkout page for easy donations.
Tweet out your accolades directly from our page! We support full Twitter integration.
What we learned
Neither of us had used Flutter or Dart previous to this project, so this was a fun learning experience. Developing with Amazon Pay was also a new experience for both of us, and we feel like we implemented a solution that utilized it very well. We both learned a ton about web security and how it should be at the forefront of our minds when developing. GraphQL and Apollo were really cool new technologies to work with, and we feel they are the future of APIs. Further building our skills with Node.js and React.js is always appreciated, and we feel much stronger in our general development skills as a whole.
What's next for Donatio
We want to expand this into a full product that will eventually be consumer-facing. There is a lot of legal work to go through in order to work with charitable donations, but we feel Donatio is a solution that can help the world. On the technical side, we want to implement proper SSL certificates, as well as expanding our extension compatibility to more major browsers like Firefox. We also want to allow more checkouts for more online shops, and develop a universal popup. Ideally, we would also like to add more payment options (Stripe, Paypal, crypto).
Github Repositories
Live Website:
http://donatio-site.herokuapp.com
Backend Server:
https://github.com/joshmalek/donatio
Mobile App:
https://github.com/joshmalek/donatio-app
Chrome Extension:
https://github.com/joshmalek/donatio-extension
Website Source:
https://github.com/joshmalek/donatio-website
Built With
amazon-web-services
apollo
css
dart
express.js
flutter
graphql
html
html5
javascript
lottie
mongodb
mongoose
node.js
python
react
Try it out
donatio-site.herokuapp.com
github.com
github.com
github.com
github.com | Donatio | Make supporting nonprofits and charities fun! Donate a percentage of your online purchases and gain XP, compete against your friends and unlock medals. | ['Josh Malek', 'Abdul-Muiz Yusuff'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'apollo', 'css', 'dart', 'express.js', 'flutter', 'graphql', 'html', 'html5', 'javascript', 'lottie', 'mongodb', 'mongoose', 'node.js', 'python', 'react'] | 27 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/serenity-5fl68i | Inspiration
Everyone must endure the ups and downs in life, we all need support at some point. Its not always easy to approach someone. The response time of mental health support NPOs may be days. In some cases too late to help someone who is distressed.
What it does
The Serenity website allows the user to anonymously vent their frustrations to a python script that understands sentiment ad thus the mood of the user and suggests activities to improve their mood based on their personality type(inferred from their entry) and sentiment score.
How I built it
I built the machine learning models in python, hosted my csv files within an AWS S3 bucket, used a bootstrap template for the website and used php to execute the python script and output the results on the website
Challenges I ran into
The time needed to execute a python script is long.
The webhosting service did not allow me to execute a python script within my website.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I rose to the challenge, on my own and created a workable machine learning model.
What I learned
I explored some of AWS and learned to use putty
What's next for Serenity
Gather a team to improve the model as well as find an appropriate platform to deploy the website on. Perhaps add on a tracking system for tracking and prediction of bipolar mania and depressive episodes.
Built With
css
html
javascript
php
python
Try it out
github.com
www.thesustainabilitychallenge.co.za | Serenity | Quick personalized mental health support | ['Shraddha Neerputh'] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'javascript', 'php', 'python'] | 28 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/charime | Splash Screen
Login Page
Login Page
Donor Home Page
Donor Home Page
Campaigns Page
Campaigns Page
Non Profit Organizations Page
Non Profit Organizations Page
Campaign Page
NPO Page
Profile Page
Profile Page
Settings Page
Settings Page
Inspiration
A desire to create a social media platform to help connect non-profits to donors in this post-pandemic world.
What it does
The platform allows non-profits to run campaigns that users can view and donate to. Users can see how much non-profits have raised, as well as their past campaigns. We've also included sections to showcase trending campaigns, as well as campaigns similar to the ones a user is currently looking at.
Additionally, this puts new non-profits on even ground with established non-profits so that they can secure funding more easily.
How we built it
The mobile application was built using the Flutter framework and is powered by Amazon RDS with MySQL. Python scripts have also been written to optimize querying and DB population.
Challenges we ran into
Since there was limited official support for AWS integration on the Flutter framework, we had to test multiple third-party plugins before finding one that securely and consistently connected to the AWS service so we could upload and list the contents of our S3 bucket.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We have built a fully functional mobile app that eases the connection of NPOs with donors during this pandemic where people are encouraged to practice social distancing and to stay at home. Our platform also provides unique insights into the most popular campaigns, non-profits as well as donors.
What we learned
We have understood the various services Amazon provides and learned how to integrate it into our mobile application. Furthermore, after extensive research, we have identified promising methods to connect NPO's with donors securely and efficiently. We were also able to manage the state of the application efficiently using the provider architecture, thus enabling us to scale our app easily and maintain it in the future.
What's next for ChariMe
In the future, we want to integrate Amazon Pay into the system to streamline the payment services, and alternatively, we're looking at implementing an Amazon Quantum Ledger Database system to manage fast, secure, and decentralized payments.
Additionally, we want to build a recommender system as we believe donations to charity are driven by passion and personal experience, leading us to the conclusion that users are more likely to donate to charities that are similar to ones they've already donated to.
Finally, we want to implement a ranking system that would display the total revenue earned by non-profits, their excess/deficit, and their IRS standing, so users can make more informed decisions about which non-profits to donate to.
Built With
amazon
amazon-rds-relational-database-service
amazon-web-services
flutter
mysql
pay-with-amazon
python
s3
Try it out
github.com | ChariMe | An innovative social media platform connecting non profits to potential donors securely. | ['Sahil Pattni', 'Alister Luiz', 'Shivam Arora', 'Sabeel Shaik'] | [] | ['amazon', 'amazon-rds-relational-database-service', 'amazon-web-services', 'flutter', 'mysql', 'pay-with-amazon', 'python', 's3'] | 29 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/team-fundraising | "Fundraising Team" Alexa Skill benefit
AWS Architecture
Skill asks for permission when necessary
Permissions in Alexa app
Welcome message and first question: Are you individual or team organizer?
Question for the team organizer.
What is the team called?
How many dollars do you want to donate?
Team donation calculates the total amount.
Ask to upgrade from punctual donation to subscription.
Team donation subscription confirmation.
Individual punctual donation confirmation.
Sample of team donation with subscription
Get more with team donations (fixed fee comparative)
Inspiration
NGOs make a great effort to get donations from individuals. In addition to occasional donations to attend emergencies, periodic donations are also important, which allow the NGO to continue its activity.
But the budget of an NGO to make itself known is limited. Some people do not know the important work of some NGOs, even if they work very closely.
Furthermore, all payments through Amazon Pay (including donations) have a small fixed fee.
In other hand, there are other organizations in society, such as private companies or brands, that have easy ways to communicate with their workers or followers.
If we ask the organizations (example: companies or brands, that they do know the NGO), that they are organizers of a collective donation on behalf of their workers or followers, then we get multiple benefits:
1) More people know about the NGO's work, without increasing the NGO's marketing budget.
2) Donations for NGOs increase, as collective donations are larger than individual donations.
3) Fixed fees for donation transfers are reduced.
What it does
This Alexa skill, called "Fundraising Team" is the tech solution to turn the above point into reality. This skill makes easy the creation of virtual "donation teams", the enrollment in these teams and the team donation by the organizer of each team.
In addition, the skill allows individual users to also make individual donations. And the skill allows upgrade from puntual donation to subscription donation (recurring monthly payment) in a very easy way, both for individual donations and for group donations.
That is, this Alexa skill supports 4 types of products to pay with Amazon Pay: one-time individual donations, individual subscription donations, one-time team donationsa and team subscription donations.
Note: In the team donations, the person who pays is the team organizer. The skill asks the user how much he wants to donate for each team member (for example, 10 dollars), then the Alexa skill calculates the total team donation (example for a team of 200 people: 10x200 = 2,000 dollars) and the skill asks for confirmation from the team organizer to do The donation. In the individual donations, user chooses too the amount in dollars.
- In summary, all this also increases the fundraising capacity for Nonprofit Organizations.
How I built it
To design the voice model I've used the alexa developer console.
The skill backend is hosted in an AWS lambda function and I've updated it using ASK CLI.
The persistence of Alexa session is on AWS S3.
To store the donation teams (team name, organizer and joined people), I've used a single DynamoDB table.
In the Amazon Pay, we use the credentials provided by devpost.
I've configured AWS security with the principle of least privilege. I mean, the IAM role that runs the AWS Lambda function has permission only to access the DynamoDB table, to access the S3 bucket, to write to CloudWatch logs, and to execute the lambda function.
To testing the Alexa skill I've used the Alexa Developer Console (Utterance Profiler), the Alexa simulator, real devices and betatesting distribution (to test the Alexa skill in the other Amazon account). To debug errors I've used CloudWatch.
To assist the connection from AWS Lambda to DynamoDB, this project uses an opensource library made by me, it's called "Dynamola".
Other parts of this skill are based on the Alexa opensource template developed and maintained by me.
The skill includes simple screens made with Alexa Presentation Language (APL).
In addition to Amazon Pay permission, the skill also requests email permission, in order to verify that each person does not register more than 1 time for each team.
Challenges I ran into
The Amazon Pay functionality was a challenge because I hadn't used before.
It has also been a very inspiring challenge to have to come up with a useful idea to help NGOs. I think that the challenge of this contest was complex but I'm happy with the result.
I've had problems with my Spanish Alexa account to request permission from "Amazon Pay". Maybe it's a problem with the Alexa mobile app or maybe Amazon Pay for Alexa is not yet available in Spain. Finally I did a workaround using another Amazon account from United States.
To avoid malicious use and avoid users who join to a team several times, I ask the user for email permission and I store in DynamoDB the list of emails of the users who have signed up for each team. Thus, each user can only join in each team once.
Some screens with Alexa Presentation Language gave me problems and I couldn't finish them on time. I hope to improve the APL in the future.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I'm very proud of the idea submitted to this contest. I'm convinced it can be very useful for NGOs.
I'm very proud of the voice model designed. I think this Alexa conversation is very natural, and it's easy for users to create a team, join a team and make donations.
There are some details such as asking for confirmation when the user says the name of the team, or the upsell from punctual donation to subscription when user wants to make a donation. I think these details are important to reduce friction and increase donations for NGOs.
What I learned
First of all, I've learned that it's really hard for NGOs to raise funds. Many times they have to do it urgently to deal with a crisis, but it's also important to have constant donations to carry out their activity well.
I have learned to use Amazon Pay as a developer, and specifically I have learned to use it in Alexa skills.
All transfers have a small fixed cost, so I think is a good idea to group donations through a team.
In addition, some companies may be interested in making donations on behalf of their workers, as part of the company culture of helping society.
From a technical point of view, I've learned to better debug code in AWS Lambda with CloudWatch and CloudWatch alarms, I've learned to save the Alexa skill session information in S3 (this is an important step because the session is closed during the process of Amazon Pay). I've also improved my skills with DynamoDB and the Alexa Developer Console.
For the Amazon Pay workflow in Alexa, the official example of Alexa Amazon Pay has helped me a lot, it is on github.
What's next for Fundraising Team
The source code of this Alexa Skill is going to be released as open source. This will allow NGOs to customize their Alexa skills for team donations using Amazon Pay.
In the future, users who join a team will receive an automatic email or an Alexa notification when the team organizer makes the donation on behalf of all users.
This alexa skill can also be used in the future to report the total amount of donations received and to tell what projects the NGO is doing thanks to these donations.
Built With
amazon-alexa
amazon-dynamodb
amazon-pay
apl
javascript
lambda
Try it out
github.com | Fundraising Team | Alexa Skill with Amazon Pay, to make team donations (and individual donations too). | ['Javier Campos'] | [] | ['amazon-alexa', 'amazon-dynamodb', 'amazon-pay', 'apl', 'javascript', 'lambda'] | 30 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/share-care-uz6lbf | Care and Share LOGO
Inspiration
Use latest AI/ML technologies to reach people across the word to spread awareness about projects run by Non-Profit organization. Provide support to non-profit organizations to make their operations easy and reduce the number of human resources required under current difficult conditions of COVID-19 also.
Use social media application e.g. Facebook Messenger to reach billions of people acroos the world and spread the mission themes and objectives easily
What it does
Share & Care is a platform to provide operational support to non-profit organization as a first step it has a facebook page which provides a smart messenger bot based on AWS LEX. using this bot any visitor can:
1-Search projects based on themes ( Education , Hunger, Environment etc...) or keyword ( Country, Organization Name etc..)
2- View Images to get knowledge about the work of projects
3- Get details about the non-profit projects right in their mailbox with full details and links
4- MOST IMPORTANT: Donate money to any project Id with the help of portal provided by GlobalGiving.org
How I built it
-Thanks to GlobalGiving.org for providing free access to their DATA API.
using API I have created a chat bot on AWS Lex platform.
Challenges I ran into
Integrating payments with GlobalGiving.org. Application has been applied for payment integration, will take time for approval therefore a link is formulated in the code and provided to the user where user can pay on the website
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Created chat bot with lot of features connected to real time charity projects run by real time organizations
What I learned
Non-Profit organizions working, Interface with GlobalGiving.org
What's next for Share & Care
Will implement other interface of Non-Profit organizations e.g.
https://www.charitynavigator.org/
Will add Gift Card, AI Based Thanks Giving Mail and Cards
Built With
aws-lambda
aws-lex
facebook-messenger
globalgiving
python
ses
Try it out
github.com
www.facebook.com | Share & Care | A fundraiser utilizing AI/ML to support super organisation working for helping people to sustain under difficult conditions and rise. Utilizing AWS Services to support Non-Profit operations smartly | ['Saleem Javed'] | [] | ['aws-lambda', 'aws-lex', 'facebook-messenger', 'globalgiving', 'python', 'ses'] | 31 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/teach-so-by-brainsprays-com | MathHacks.org Original Song by Founders - How to Multiple, With Alexa Skill
Consonant Blend Song, Video & Alexa Lessons by MathHacks Founders Help Kids Read Early in Life
Reading Album Cover, Video & Alexa Lessons by MathHacks.org Founders
Inspiration
Four Year Old Doing Reading Fluently, Solving Equations, Squares, Exponents and Most of Her Times Timetables
Long before COVID, my co-founder (and daughter, now four years old), had used Alexa to help her go from CVC words to reading at a 2nd grade level in about four months. I realize that may sound hard to believe, but here's a clip of her reading a list of 6th grade site words from a list she's never seen before.
We had already started experimenting with skills I built for for adding a series of numbers, identifying Fibonacci numbers and other stuff like protons and the solar system. Early in the process I realized I wouldn't be able to make a great Alexa lesson that would help every parent give their child the huge leap my co-founder realized.
Tools for Others to Build Lessons on Alexa
So I rehashed an old project that let people make Alexa lessons simply by putting information into a spreadsheet. But even that seemed one layer of abstraction short of making it dead simple for those with knowledge to very quickly create lessons that captured that knowledge into a useful Alexa lesson.
500 hundred people helped their kids learn phonics using an Alexa lesson we built in under 20 minutes for $0, but it took others a lot longer to put their thoughts into the form of a conversation, even if they didn't have to do any coding.
From Adding Double Digit Numbers to Multiplication in Two Weeks
When COVID shut down preschools, we built Alexa lessons that help from doing basic addition to doing double digit addition (Bigger Number First Skill), then solving some simply multiplication and ultimately solving most multiplication tables within two weeks.
The Math Hacks lesson, and others, was designed to allow others to take this journey.
What it does
The basic skill does assessments for parents to determine how long it will take their children to learn a given math task. The Quiz Builder tool enable any teacher, nonprofit, parent or school to "Clone" (copy) and edit those assessments and even the lessons that follow, either for a fee or for free.
It also allows teachers and others to create similar skills either using the "Create Quiz" function by voice or by editing an existing skill using Google forms.
How I built it
100% of the skill was built using AWS - Lambda function for the Middleware, node.js on hosted Alexa for the other functions. Anyone with a Google forms account can user their existing account for that part if they like.
Challenges I ran into
Mainly the timeout issue with Alexa, since testers required time to think of questions, edits and Alexa would time out.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
This is a clear simple path to helping about 4 million teachers, about 20 million students and many families
What I learned
It takes lots of testing to make users happy
What's next for Teach So by Brainsprays.com
Launching officially
Built With
amazon-alexa
google-docs
lambda
node.js
Try it out
github.com | MathHacks.org Quiz Builder | How do you teach when schools are open one week, closed the next, and hybrid the week after that? With MathHacks.org's Quiz Builder, your hacks and your voice. | ['Lorenzo Carver'] | [] | ['amazon-alexa', 'google-docs', 'lambda', 'node.js'] | 32 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/video-generator | Inspiration
We work exclusively with charities and non-profits, often on incredibly tight timescales and budgets because the sector is under a lot of pressure. When building projects in this space the focus is always on delivering lots of value, and so we have focus on features. Usually at the end of a project we hit a snag... even when working in an agile way and with awareness of needing to measure effectiveness or usage, often the recording of metrics is lower in the charity priority list than the service itself - makes sense! They put their own needs last.
Often what happens is we're told to add Google Analytics to a project in the hope the charity will get some data out. The difficulty is that this opens a lengthy GDPR conversation, or an explaination around why cookie noticies will be needed, and it all creates a lot of extra mental load for the charity side. Our sites are all hosted with AWS, and it always felt like there was a better way.
We wanted to see if we could use this challenge as a way to solve this pain or charities.
_ Enter funnelytics... _
What it is, what it does
A really simple workflow that makes best use of AWS services to stay lean
It's a Lambda endpoint that lets us submit data to visualise in Quicksight
The core is only 46 lines of Python, so its really easy to change the needs for each project
The workflow is flexible, we can use either S3 or Dynamo depending on project needs
Charities often need clearer metrics rather than a kitchen sink approach, a few KPIs of real usage help charities make better decisions without overwhelming them with options, or having to learn how to set up goals.
How I built it
A serverless Lambda project receives 'hit' or event data from the client side code in the project.
That data is stored in either S3 or DynamoDB
Athena then processes that data, making it easy to manage as a source for Quicksight
Quicksight can then be used to visualise the data for the charity
Huzzah! we can now spin up a new analytics project in minutes, and don't have to compromise or bombard users in crisis with lots of extra popups about privacy.
Challenges I ran into
With more time I'd adapt the serverless deployment to also setup the other properties so it truly becomes a commodity to easily deploy.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
This really does harness a lot of value that AWS offers, making the core of the concept fast to build and easy to maintain
I wasn't sure if pulling this all together was possible, but it was! Feels good.
What I learned
There was a lot of learning I had to do in the selection of AWS services, there's lots of ways to approach this, with services like Lambda, Glue, Athena and DynamoDB meaning there are lots of routes to take.
This challenge created the drive to learn a route through, rather than suspecting it could be built, now it is!
What's next for Funnelytics
Now this isn't going to hurt our team to get analytics into projects, we're planning to use it with a chartity this month!
Built With
amazon-web-services
django
python
Try it out
github.com | Funnelytics - AWS Analytics | Helping charities get simple analytics without privacy concerns. | ['Stephen Hawkes'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'django', 'python'] | 33 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/fakecheck-q3m6li | Preliminary User Process Flow
Viewing Page
Ratings Dialogue
Search Page
FakeCheck.
Globalized fact-checking, preserving cultures and institutions by empowering the people that make them great.
Our Inspiration: Protecting Cultures & Institutions
While many people would simply think about additional new initiatives cultural institutions and non-profits can take to increase their presence and relevance, we take an opposite and incredibly strengthening approach: we believe in letting people maintain their reputation and focus on what they do best without having to employ gimmicks or drastically change their ways, by providing them with the ability to have their public image protected and grow organically around the world.
We live in an era that has made it possible to spread information at such a high rate that is almost instantaneous. This drastic improvement in technology in recent decades has given almost everyone access to a vast amount of information. Although this is beneficial in many ways, such as people being able to voice their issue and problems and learning about the world around us, the information available is affected by false claims and fake news which often strike hardest at the non-tech-savvy institutions that speak to our history, and the organizations working hard to just make the world a better place. The dangers of widespread misinformation among social media and networks can be easily seen during the current pandemic. For example, Ofcom has found that almost half of UK online adults came across fake news about coronavirus at the beginning of April. Misinformation among our current situation can put peoples’ lives at risk while severely damaging the reputation and preservation of cultural institutions and non-profits through their online presence.
Aside from the risks caused by misinformation about COVID-19, many political issues have also been negatively affected by fake news, which strikes at the core of many non-profits and institutions who often rely on political support to engage their physical and online initiatives. News and media continue to increasingly polarize situations to increase the disparity between various groups with every major event, revolution, or social-impact movement.
We need to provide a platform for the truth to spread and a way to fight the destructive effects of misinformation against non-profits, institutions, and cultures of all kinds. This problem is global, and so we must think big.
Problems with current solutions
Academic Issues:
Current fake news detectors or rating agencies make use of a few academic scholars with special expertise in their respective areas of study. The high volume of misinformation cannot be processed by these to give a rating. Although you may get a deep analysis of an article or post on social media, you won't have this review done quickly, it won't appeal to the average person, and this method is limited by the physical hours fact-checkers can work.
Cultural & Race-Based Disparities:
The fact is that most fact-checking sites are English-language based only. That means primarily U.S., Canada, and the U.K. based, with support only for those English-speaking communities. People who suffer from the wrath of misinformation, whether it be false health advice, targeted propaganda, or plain frauds often do so in countries where English is not spoken. Therefore, they do not have the privilege of being able to check the validity of their own media in real-time.
The Harm to Non-Profits, Cultures, & Cultural Institutions:
With their primary focus being on preserving their history and making the world a better place, it is clear that the primary focus of these groups should
not
be in engaging in fancy sophisticated software solutions that promote their awareness, cause, and income. In fact, the simpler the solution, the more elegant its design, and ultimately, the greater the adoption. In a world where protection against misinformation online regarding a cultural institution or non-profit is virtually non-existent, other than expensive lawsuits and ad dollars, the world's institutions that work to make the planet a better place to be are left in the dust to protect the very brand and image they work so hard to maintain and build.
Our Solution
Click here for our fully deployed platform to identify fake news
FakeCheck is rating platform built to provide equal access for the truth on the web. With this service, we want to increase the amount of media and news that is fact-checked. This platform will also increase global access to fact-checked news by allowing people with various cultural backgrounds and geographical location to fact check their local media. We hope to achieve these goals with a simple and elegant solution that is FakeCheck.
The Process
The process starts when the users want to find a rating through the truth.
Users have a piece of media they want to check a rating for its reliability or contribute themselves with a rating.
They go to our site and intuitively paste their link into our engine, which is the most prominent feature on our homepage.
If prior crowd-sourced ratings exist, the user immediately sees our curated and published ratings for that media, based on our users' input and proof as shown below.
In the ratings viewing the page, we offer the following pertinent information.
Our published average user ratings.
Information regarding the source such as publisher, type of source, title, and a link to the source itself.
The top three countries where the majority of the ratings have been collected from.
Ability to share and save this source.
Your rating if having given any, ratings from other users showing the two most voted ratings at the alongside our published rating.
A rating trend timeline to let the user know how the rating for this specific source has changed over time.
We prompt the user, if they have the aptitude, to rate the media as well, as long as they have insight that may work in support of the media, or equally, against its truth-fullness, we respect their voice and let them share it. We process their queries and build and internal score we wish to publish.
The user will be able to click the "RATE THIS SOURCE" button to contribute the knowledge they have.
The rating dialogue asks the user the following key questions to determine the truthfulness of this source:
Does this source contain any false claims? If so, how many?
How knowledgeable is the author on the topic of this source?
How strongly did the author support their claims with evidence?
The users can answer these questions with the star rating, each star describing a different level to the answer. They can also justify their ratings in the text box below to help other users understand the rating and increase credibility.
Once our confidence metrics are met, we update a newly published rating for the media We will constantly adapt to make use of the effort and insight of the user-base to republish.
We alert any watchers, or users who gave ratings of newly published updates by us, so they are constantly in the know, and can rely on being kept in the light instead of the dark, on the news, regardless of where they may come from.
We notify users on trending topics, changes to the sources they have rated or updated them on any upvotes or downvotes to their rating.
We provide organizations with insight, based on alerts happening around the world related to fake news detection or negative sentiments and classified to their names to show their brand is recognized by users across the world, helping them improve and adapt.
Our goal is to use this platform to serve the world with a non-profit, responsive, honest fact-checking platform that is intuitive and easy for everyone to understand regardless of their background. Alongside the public, cultural organizations will also be able to use this platform to share their voices to educate everyone, and above all, maintain and strengthen their online image and awareness.
The Overall Process Flow on Our Site
Sub-Flow 1: User Entry to the Site
Sub-Flow 2: Key Actions Taken to Rate or Upvote/Downvote Media
Sub-Flow 3: Providing Support to Help Grow Our Platform
How Amazon Can Help Us Be the Change So Many Need
We have used and hope to use various APIs offered by AWS to create and optimize our platform.
API Management: API Gateway
Storage Management: AWS S3
Keyword Searches: AWS Elastic Search
Database SQL Management: Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Inappropriate Image/Content Recognizer: Amazon Rekognition
Amazon CloudFront
These services allow us to accomplish various tasks to make our platform ready to be released to the public all over the world.
The Competition & Our Judging Criteria
Future of FakeCheck
As the amount of information online increases, it becomes exponentially difficult to fact them all. We hope to use the prizes to help our platform develop a reach a wide range of audience. As something that is so under-implemented among the tech and news society today, this concept has the potential to strike rapid growth in the rating space for media, and help mitigate the issues caused by fake news, by empowering the individual user to check their media easily.
What Winning This Competition Means to Us
We worked on and developed this project with the following goals in mind:
Creation of quality idea to help people
: Coming up with a viable idea to fix any issue is the key to a successful project. We created with this platform with the intent to provide a simple and elegant solution for people in need of truth and education. Our goal is to improve our idea to better fit the challenges that are ahead of us.
Laser-focus on implementation and development of the platform
: The implementation of an idea is as important as the idea itself. Due to this fact, we created a platform that is well thought out keeping the user in mind. To make the process simple as possible for the user means a wider reach of audience to our non-profit fact-checking site.
To be useful for nonprofits and cultural institutions to use to promote and create awareness about the truth
: We understand that users of a platform are equally important than the platform. The users create are part of the solution. So we wanted this platform to help nonprofits and cultural institutions promote and create awareness about any particular issue by educating the truth.
Our goal is to use the platform to give people a chance to raise their voice against fake news and share their knowledge with the rest of the world. We are thankful for this opportunity to create this non-profit platform which helps people find misinformation among social media and news networks.
Thank You & Hope to See You On Our Platform!
Built With
apollo
django
format.js
graphene
jest
lodash
material-ui
postgresql
python
react
redux
router
typescript
Try it out
fake-news-b45e37.netlify.app
github.com | FakeCheck: Engaging the Truth To Protect Our Best Globally | Preserving culture, institutions, art, and the things that make them great through crowd-sourced fact-checking available to the whole world | ['chandlerlei2017 .', 'Solomon Kent Paul', 'Jadon Fan', 'Jason A.'] | [] | ['apollo', 'django', 'format.js', 'graphene', 'jest', 'lodash', 'material-ui', 'postgresql', 'python', 'react', 'redux', 'router', 'typescript'] | 34 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/volunteer-match-depot | Home Page
Art Template Creator
Inspiration
To help young people connect with their community and find a way to allow organizations to match with individuals and provide sharable content when volunteering. Many museums or other organizations may have large libraries of content that users could create artworks from templates on a website and share or create with.
What it does
Allows users to view events and generate a picture as of right now. The initial plan was to create a platform that could take in new users and new organizations. Organizations would have been able to add events and we would have liked to create a matching system to display relevant events to users and create a more robust art template generator.
How I built it
We created a serverless application using AWS. The frontend is hosted in an S3 bucket that is served up behind a CloudFront distribution. We used Amazon Certificate Manager and Route 53 to set up a subdomain to serve the website. The backend consists of three Lambda functions behind an API Gateway. One lambda function was written in Python and connect to DynamooDB to read a Users table but was ultimately not connect to the frontend. The other two lamdas were written using Node.js and only serve up mock JSON to the frontend application.
Challenges I ran into
We were able to make a basic mockup for the frontend but ran out of time to complete the backend and connect it to the front end. We wanted to make a platform but ended up with a final product to display our idea. The backend is currently only serving mock data. Any user's preferences are not being saved. We would have liked to connect the backend to a database and be able to add and get users, events, and organizations. We also were unable to create a matching system for events and users or create a sharing system within the application.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We learned more about AWS hosting and were able to set up a subdomain for our project. We were only able to get a portion of our original idea implemented but we think it may provide an overview of what we originally envisioned. I worked to pair up with my brother for his first hackathon.
What I learned
We should have spent more time upfront in regards to project management and broken down tasks into small pieces to complete the project.
What's next for SharingCraft
We would like to do more research on the validity of a platform like this and determine how to add more and clean up the code if this could benefit organizations.
Built With
amazon-web-services
bootstrap
javascript
python
react
Try it out
raiseup.austinlamb.com | SharingCraft | Match volunteers to organizations and give volunteers shareable content. | ['Austin Lamb', 'elamb785 Lamb'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'bootstrap', 'javascript', 'python', 'react'] | 35 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/museum-tours-with-an-alexa-app | Problem to solve
Our proposal for museums
Our value proposition
Architecture
Expected result
Inspiration
Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, is filled with different museums that have suffered the loss of visitors during the lock-down associated with the pandemic.
We are eager to visit those exhibition halls again but -in the meantime- we are convinced that using tools like Alexa, we can create a compelling experience for users that will enable financial support via donations for any type of cultural institutions looking to inspire people to dig deeper into art and history.
What it does
Our
Museum Tour
application uses a dynamic content stored in AWS repositories such as S3 buckets and DynamoDB tables to provide an interactive experience to visitors.
Exhibition rooms are segmented into artistic movements and can dynamically list more artist and paintings at any time by flat configuration files. These experiences can be replicated when moving into the gift shop or into a donation area that enables simple financial support via an Amazon Pay integration.
We did not stop there and we already integrated the option to enable Audio-guides directly on the Alexa app so users won´t need to rent a physical device once they can visit the museum again.
How we built it
The core application runs on a
Lambda function built on Python
which captures all events configured in our Interaction model and defines:
When to read from our configuration files repository in S3.
When to store or retrieve session status from our DynamoDB table.
When to trigger new selections or close the session definitely.
This core Lambda functions invokes a specialized micro-service (also a lambda function) responsible to interact with our Amazon Pay account to process authentication (based on our Seller ID, Access Key ID and Secret Access Key), authorization and payment.
The
configuration file repository is critical since it stores all data
being created by any content manager in the museum while providing full customization:
Painters for each movement associated with a exhibition room.
Facts specific for each movement, artist and painting being presented.
Questions available to engage more with the audience.
Items available in the gift shop.
Natural language enables like bounding phrases and introduction paragraphs.
A
DynamoDB table is responsible for storing session information
like current location, artist, painting and questions being shared. Everything is bonded by a sessionID (created from timestamps) stored at application launch.
Finally, all images used were obtained thanks to the amazing
Unsplash
, the Wikipedia site and the Wikimedia Commons repositories as well as Unsplash community including: Jon Tyson,
Corey Buckley and many others.
Challenges I ran into
Making sure that we understood directives correctly was critical due to the conversational nature of the application and the demand for Render-Templates on our Echo Show development.
Making sure that our selection of S3 and DynamoDB storage could scale to meet demand was tough, since we focused on preserving our innovative randomly generated interactions on complex configuration files.
English is not our native language so triggering the right Skill and go through all the intents proved challenging at times.
Finally, adding Amazon Pay was simple to initiate but tough to managed all possible customer interactions.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Being able to have the basic interaction model in a few days
while orchestrating the functional aspects in parallel.
Creating a framework that enables museum staff and other content creators to add rooms, artists, facts and questions
without modifying our core Lambda function.
What I learned
The importance of providing tools such as these to non-profit organizations and all types of small business that need innovative solutions to attract financial support and continue to operate. Being from Latinamerica, these events are being felt really close at the moment
What's next for Museum Tour
Improve our payment flows with Amazon Pay.
Improve our front-end to enable any content creator or museum staff to load more data and assets into the application.
Making these available to museums everywhere.
Built With
alexa
amazon-web-services
dynamodb
lambda
python
s3 | Museum Tours with an Alexa app | Enable visitors to explore exhibition halls of their favorite museums from the comfort of home. Facilitate donations and additional revenue via virtual Gift Shops to support these institutions. | ['Luis de la Torre', 'Carlos Ortega'] | [] | ['alexa', 'amazon-web-services', 'dynamodb', 'lambda', 'python', 's3'] | 36 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/rippl-it | Main Rippl.it Page
Create Rippl.it Page
Explore Page
About Page
Our Favorite 404 Page
Inspiration
Hmm, how did this idea come about? Well, we've always found numbers fascinating, but what captured us, even more, is the pay it forward movement. If you haven't seen the
movie
, we highly recommend it. For a quick example, Person A does something nice to Person B, and Person B pays it forward to Person C, and so on. Now, we're wondering how far will Person A's impact go? It's so fascinating to see how one small action can lead to such a huge ripple effect. So, we decided to build an app filled with statistics, so we can track how far our impact can go. We thought fundraising and bringing awareness to nonprofits was the best place to introduce this idea.
What it does
Click on "Start a rippl.it", which will bring you to a form. This is how you create your first Rippl.it. Only title and organizations are required.
This brings you to your link page for the Rippl.it. Towards the bottom, you can click on the link to copy it and send it to someone else. If you go to the link yourself, the URL will stay the same, but if someone accessed it, it will automatically redirect to a new link page. They now have their own link page to track their own statistics such as visitors, views, descendants, etc. Refresh your own page when someone else accessed it, you will notice your statistics changed. Click on each stat card to see what each stat means.
Check out the Explore page to see trending Rippl.its. Click the title on any of them to create your own links for them that you can share.
Check out the About page for more information
How we built it
We used React for the frontend, Flask for the backend, MongoDB for our database, and an AWS EC2 instance for hosting.
We use Chakra UI and Material UI for frontend components. We use both because we liked Chakra's style, but Material offered some components that Chakra didn't have such as search select inputs in the form.
We have four different models, ripples (a tree of links), link (page users share to others), user, and organization.
We automatically generate a new link if someone hasn't visited any link of the Ripple yet, but if they have, we bring them back to the link already generated. We store cookies in the backend to remember if a user has already visited the Ripple.
We have an EC2 instance running with Ubuntu. We use nginx and gunicorn to deploy our app.
Challenges we ran into
Designing the models & system involved a lot of debate.
Efficiency in how to update all the statistics count (right now, we calculate on each visit). But, moving this to an async process makes more sense.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We built a full-stack web application in less than a month
Our automatic link generation for each visit
Storing cookies to make each link unique to the visitor
Being able to deploy something
What we learned
How to deploy a React + Flask app on AWS
Mobile view is hard
What's next for rippl.it
The Explore page could use some more work. If we had more time, we would add better filtering options and give it a more aesthetic appeal to it.
Currently, we don't track amount raised for each nonprofit, but that's something we need to debate about, whether to work with the nonprofit's API or raise the money on our own and then donate it (something like GoFundMe).
Also, tracking miles is not set because we're figuring out the best way to balance user's privacy and aggregating useful information
Cool user pages to keep track of all rippl.its they make
Built With
amazon-web-services
flask
mongodb
nginx
react
Try it out
18.188.91.48 | rippl.it | Your action of sharing a link to a cause in need makes an impact. With rippl.it, you can now track the generations of support you have helped raise. Watch your ripple grow one share at a time. | ['Annie Qiu', 'Brandon Wang', 'jmkappil', 'Devarsi Rawal'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'flask', 'mongodb', 'nginx', 'react'] | 37 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/the-good-coin | The Good Coin
Citizens: Connect Account
Citizens: Impact Dashboard
Citizens: Take Action
Available Initiatives
For Nonprofits: Smart Profiles
Inspiration
What do our spending habits tell us?
There are numerous apps that tell us how much we're spending for food, apps and what not. What about how our spending is impacting the world around us?
For instance, think about your spend on Amazon. The boxes that get shipped, the number of times you get deliveries - all factor in ways where there is a carbon footprint. While Amazon has innovated with charitable shopping
here
to offset and drive meaningful purchases, what if you could offset your footprint by engaging, funding & assisting impactful work?
The Good Coin
sparked from the idea that nonprofits and citizens (+ brands!) are connected via local-to-global challenges. These connections show up in one of most conscious choices we make everyday - our purchases! The Good Coin catalyzes personalized engagement to drive meaningful action - be it a donation, social media posts, alternative shopping and more!
What it does
The Citizen Experience
The Good Coin allows citizens to engage with nonprofits based on their spending habits & trends in one of 3 ways:
donate
rounded-up change
from purchases / spend in categories that negatively impact the world & issues around us (e.g. Travel purchases negatively impact the environment)
relevantly engage /
join a movement
(e.g. supporting humanitarian social media pledges)
buy
from an "impact store" (e.g. buying from minority sellers in the same category)
You simply connect your spending account (debit card / bank), and The Good Coin will analyze categorical trends (we're adding more granularity to go merchant specific for more tailored experience!).
Next, you pick issues you care about. You can also pick a specific NGO, whose focus jives with what you care about.
Each month you review how your spending is affecting those issues and take action - donate rounded-up $$, engage on social media or shop smarter!
The Nonprofit Experience
The Good Coin platform works with 4-star NGOs via the Charity Navigator integration.
However, a challenge nonprofits face is increasing the _ lifetime donation value _ from donors who might not be able to make substantial one-time gifts
. The Good Coin platform enables an engagement layer to tap into repetitive behavior (spending) and drive more financially palatable chunks (rounded-up change!) via simple automated behavior loops.
How? Nonprofits can set up "Smart Profiles" in The Good Coin platform to further specify how to connect with citizens in a more personalized way.
We believe this allows them to build on their brand value and engagement.
They select from a list of 7 general spending categories (
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/567670/88123592-d48d9880-cb90-11ea-97d6-1adafb9e2e18.png
) that negatively impact their initiatives. For instance, "Taxis" might impact an environmental NGO, so they can select a generic category of "Travel"!
They provide the type of engagement (Donation, Social Media or Marketplace) to nudge citizens for the selected categories.
In the future, we plan to provide to push out relevant blog posts to draw more engagement in smaller chunks.
Thankful to...
The AWS team for their help and resources.
Team Charity Navigator for customizing the API to accommodate a key feature in our use case.
What's next for The Good Coin
Auto-donate setting: Allow citizens to set automatic donations.
Deeper integrations into additional financial habits: merchant-specific impact (how does Dunkin Donuts compare to Starbucks for environmental issues)/
Allow for companies to analyze their expenses.
Expand to investment products (what is the impact of my investment portfolio).
User Experience: allow for monthly summaries from tracked NGOs (blogs and updates) and more!
Built With
amazon-web-services
beanstalk
blush.design
charity-navigator
firebase
materialize
node.js
plaid | The Good Coin | Give change. Bring change. | ['Niraj Swami', 'Jenn Brunson'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'beanstalk', 'blush.design', 'charity-navigator', 'firebase', 'materialize', 'node.js', 'plaid'] | 38 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/sinking-atolls | Logo
Main page
Background and misson statement
Endagered atolls
Atolls page
Atoll description
Future outcomes page
Donation page
Full About page (index.html)
Full Atolls page (atolls.html)
Full Future Outcomes page (future.html)
Full Donate page (donate.html)
Inspiration
Most problems in the world today stem from global warming. Rising sea levels are of concern in atolls around the world, especially the Marshall Islands since they have undergone extensive nuclear testing (105 tests!) in the 1940s causing destruction among the islands. These atolls are one of the first to fall underwater in the near future.
Unfortunately irreversible, we can spread awareness to this issue and pledge donations to organizations such as
https://www.atollconservation.org/
(conserves the islands) and many more. These critical donations can help the communities living in the Marshall Islands to preserve their culture, help with the drought, and help improve their impoverished country. Also, by showing the impact that global warming has on these islands, we can encourage people to enforce preventative measures such as decreasing pollution, emissions, etc.
We can change the lives of the people living on these islands if we pay attention to their situation and how a 2-degree increase in global temperature affects them greatly.
(To read more about how the United States betrayed the Marshall Islands with their cold war nuclear testing, read here:
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/dec/04/how-the-us-betrayed-the-marshall-islands-kindling-/
)
What it does
To spread awareness, we created a website that shows the rise of the sea levels on 3D models of some of the Marshall Islands that have tide-gauge data. This visual can be rotated, zoomed in, and viewed over the years to truly understand the effect global warming has on the sinking atolls. We also used machine learning to predict the rising sea-levels to realize future outcomes for the Marshall Islands. This can help viewers understand when the communities living there would have to leave, and when the atolls would become uninhabitable.
How we built it
The technologies used for this project are stated below:
AWS Elastic Beanstalk: Deploying the site
Tensorflow.js: Apply machine learning algorithms to predict future sea-levels.
Three.js: Allow for the 3D models to display on the web page + add animations.
Blender: To create the 3D model of each island (used BlenderGIS for map rendering).
JQuery: To read the data and execute requests.
Node.js: To host and run the site with url postfixes
Chart.js: Provides a visual for the ML sea level predictions.
HTML/CSS/Javascript: For content, styling and functionality.
Challenges we ran into
Creating the Blender models from scratch, without having previous knowledge on it. This was especially difficult due to the complex shape of each island.
Integrating three.js with the rest of the application so that it works in unison.
Using the results obtained from TensorFlow and applying them to our 3D model.
Since we had a unique tech stack, it was difficult to find the right AWS web hosting platform to use.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Our biggest accomplishment in this project was integrating all these different technologies. Their differences were challenging to merge but resulted in the completion of the original idea and our interactive application.
What we learned
Some skills we learned included:
Creating Blender models
Deploying on AWS for the first time
Using Github “project” tab to organize our progress and issues.
What's next for Sinking Atolls
In the future, we hope to add notifications such as when the atoll becomes uninhabitable, or when the recommended time should be for humans to evacuate. We also hope to add more features on the site to further spread awareness like an email notification system of the recent news, suggestions on how to prevent global warming, and much more.
Data
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL), 2020, "Tide Gauge Data",
Retrieved 13 Jun 2020 from
http://www.psmsl.org/data/obtaining/
.
Simon J. Holgate, Andrew Matthews, Philip L. Woodworth, Lesley J. Rickards, Mark E. Tamisiea, Elizabeth Bradshaw, Peter R. Foden, Kathleen M. Gordon, Svetlana Jevrejeva, and Jeff Pugh (2013) New Data Systems and Products at the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. Journal of Coastal Research: Volume 29, Issue 3: pp. 493 – 504. doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00175.1.
Built With
blender
chart.js
css3
html5
javascript
jquery
node.js
tensorflow
three.js
Try it out
github.com | Sinking Atolls | Raising awareness for the sinking Marshall Islands. | ['Nicole Streltsov', 'Hyunji Cho', 'Nihal Nihalani'] | [] | ['blender', 'chart.js', 'css3', 'html5', 'javascript', 'jquery', 'node.js', 'tensorflow', 'three.js'] | 39 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/volunteer-pool | Inspiration
Inspire by meetup app that is useful and widely accepted by all working adults
What it does
A platform allow user to create an event as a organizer and participate in an event as a volunteer. It is a resource pool that allowed both event organizer and volunteer to match their needs efficiently.
How I built it
React Native and Redux form for mobile app
NodeJS for web service and server logic
AWS DynamoDB for database
AWS S3 for file storage
AWS Cognito for user management
Challenges I ran into
The scope is huge and time is limited . Manage to complete with the minimum features.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Complete the project on time with minimum features
End to end integration between mobile app and AWS web services
What I learned
New technology like NodeJS, React Native, Amplify intergation with AWS web services.
What's next for Volunteer Pool
Future Enhancement
User calendar integration like Google calendar etc
Location search based on user current location
Reminder through email, notification etc
Built With
amazon-dynamodb
cognito
node.js
react-native
s3 | Volunteer Pool | A platform allow user to create an event as a organizer and participate in an event as a volunteer. It is a resource pool that allowed both organizer and volunteer to match their needs efficiently. | ['Gerald Ng'] | [] | ['amazon-dynamodb', 'cognito', 'node.js', 'react-native', 's3'] | 40 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/love-locks-spread-love-support-charity | Inspiration
The inspiration comes from the physical love locks that are placed on various structures and fences around the world. A romantic gesture symbolizing the strength of love! And while the intentions for it are good, often it is done against recommendation, interferes with the aesthetics of the structures and even endangers them. This is usually causing city officials to take padlocks down and take measures against them. What if we could help embrace this tradition to a virtual format, where you can always see your lock, where you can chose between multiple locations that have their place in your heart, where it is safe for the environment? This is how the idea of
lovelocks.world
appeared.
It was at the same time that we were about to participate for the first time in the NCT charity run - running against cancer
https://www.nct-heidelberg.de/en/the-nct/donations/nct-run.html
. So we thought how we can bring those closer together, drive people to donate to this and other charities, and in return give them a free love lock to express their love to the charity, their loved ones or anything else they wish. This is how we started
our fundraising campaign for NCT
And now with Amazon Raise-up we can further extend this idea!
What it does
The platform for creating and sharing love locks has been present for the past couple of months, before this buildathon. Love locks can be bought for a fee of $2.
With this buildathon submission we have added the fundraising aspect of the platform. With it, lovelocks.world would act as a proxy, so that it can provide a different way of charities to raise funds and in return give a small gift for each donation - a virtual love lock, symbol of love. The platform allows multiple charities to be available for directing donations to. We are happy to do it without any additional taxes over it, as long as the payment providers allow it, so that the full amount of the donation goes to its recipient.
So the overall experience comes down to this: when users create their own love padlocks, at the last step, when it is expected to purchase the love lock, instead they are provided with a donation option, where user can select between 1 to 3 preselected charities by the platform. Those charities can be dynamic, or time and (virtual) location based. Once the user selects a charity, they use Amazon Pay to process their donation (Sandbox/testing environment, currently no real donations are received).
As a sign of gratitude, the platform gives the love lock for free.
How I built it
This is my first project that I used the serverless concepts. It uses S3 for serving the front end files and Lambda + API Gateway for the backend. With CloudFront in front of both. The database is PostgreSQL managed by Amazon RDS.
The UI, based on Vue.js renders a virtual fence of 10-12 rows and thousands of columns. Locks are loaded and rendered only for the visible part of the screen. When moving along the fence other locks are loaded, through a RESTful API with OData query.
The backend is exposing a RESTful API, served by a Node.js lambda function. The function talks with an Amazon RDS DB for querying and storing locks. It also invokes another Lambda function responsible for starting a headless Chrome and making a screenshot of newly created love locks, to be used as images by the Open Graph protocol.
Challenges I ran into
Because of the above way of how I built it, initially it was challenging to develop locally. At a later point I was able to accomplish a workflow that solves this in a manner that is as much closer to production as possible.
My location also made it hard to register for Amazon Pay account, however with the help from Devpost and Amazon team I was able to get a hold on to a testing environment and integrate it with.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am proud that for the purpose of this project I could easily switch from the current payment provider to Amazon Pay. There are still some missing pieces, that I would be able to solve with non testing account and more tighter integration.
What I learned
I am happy that I learned more about the serverless application model, how to work with it for local development as well as prepare for staging and production environment. Any public AWS environment actually, it makes it super simple to make deployments, partially because the declarative-ness of Cloud Formation, partially because of the small compute units.
What's next for Love Locks - Spread Love, Support Charity
I would love to explore further the idea of registering as a non profit and pretty much acting as a proxy to other charities. So that every cent that is donated through our platform goes to the right receiver. So a discussion with AWS's Nonprofit team would be great start!
Built With
api-gateway
cloudfront
javascript
lambda
node.js
s3
vue
Try it out
lovelocks.world | Love Locks - Spread Love, Support Charity | There is this romantic gesture that loved ones do around the world - placing love locks. What if one can show their love and at the same time donate to a charity of their choice, environmentally safe? | ['Tony Georgiev'] | [] | ['api-gateway', 'cloudfront', 'javascript', 'lambda', 'node.js', 's3', 'vue'] | 41 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/notetra-l | Inspiration
One of my friend has a small group of volunteers who have been trying to help the needy families in these COVID-19 times by providing them with basic necessities like food, water, sanitary kits etc. They get donations daily and it has been a hassle for them to maintain their data. Most of their time was spent in keeping track of these donations and expenses and while maintaining a proper money trail, while keeping the transparency.
This is the Google Drive link they had shared with public :
GDrive Link
It shows the tedious work they did for maintaining these records. This made me realize that there's no such application that can ease this process for the smaller organizations who don't have money to spend on accountants and such teams.
What it does
NoteTra!l is a cross-platform application that is intended towards the small non-profit organisations & groups. It lets the orgs maintain their donations & transactions with less hassle & transparency. With this application, an organization can create as many separate events they want and handle these data entry easily on the go without having to worry about maintaining any more excel sheets.
Documentation
PDF Presentation
How I built it
I've used Xamarin Forms to develop the cross-platform application. I would like to take this application further after the hackathon and release it. So, to reach more audience, Xamarin was a good choice. As for saving the data online, I went with Amazon's RDS, as it's safe and easy to setup and work with. All the data is exchanged via an HTTPS connection that goes through the PHP based APIs I've built.
Architecture
Current Architecture :
Serverless Architecture :
Challenges I ran into
With my job, it has been difficult, because I recently found out about this hackathon and built this complete application from scratch in 3 days.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I had not worked with Xamarin in a long time and I was able to complete the application in 1 day was an absolute win.
I again had to check things with RDS and connecting it with my custom APIs. I was able to do it quickly.
What's next for NoteTra!l
Porting from current architecture to complete SERVERLESS structure via Amazon Services.
Ability to upload photo proofs like expenditure bills, event photos etc.
Linking with Amazon Pay account to monitor payments and automatically add the donation/expenditure information.
Making a public website to show the donation information publicly to maintain the transparency.
AmazonRaiseupBuildathon
Built With
php
rds
restful-api
serverless
xamarin
Try it out
github.com | NoteTra!l | NoteTra!l is a cross-platform application that is intended towards the small non-profit organisations & groups. It lets the orgs maintain their donations & transactions with less hassle & transparency | ['Dhruv Kanojia'] | [] | ['php', 'rds', 'restful-api', 'serverless', 'xamarin'] | 42 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/people-atlas | View the paths of famous people
Create your own path and share with friends
Mobile friendly
Serverless Architecture
People Atlas is a project that explores how our world is connected through the paths of people. We are living in an increasingly divided world, however, it is important to remember that no man is ever an island. People Atlas allow viewers to search and visualise the paths of many famous people.
Inspiration
From Charles Darwin to Mahatma Gandhi, Ada Lovelace to Albert Einstein, many great people have travelled a fair distance in their lives; some people did not travel far, like William Shakespeare and Confucius, but their influence reaches every corner of the world. People Atlas is a project that explores how our world is connected through the paths of people. It reminds us that no man is an island in the ever divided world.
What it does
People Atlas allow viewers to
search and visualise the paths
of many famous people (pretty much anyone who has a Wikipedia page),
Visitors can also
create their own path and share with friend
s. This process is anonymous, the project does not ask for any personally identifiable data.
The project is intended to encourage cultural exchange and raise awareness of the collective identity of the human race. Its sole purpose is for supporting Wikipedia and organisations that save lives and protect the rights of refugees.
How I built it
People Atlas is built on AWS and employs a serverless architecture:
Components
Static website
: the website is hosted on Amazon S3, the frontend uses d3.js for geospatial data visualisation, and utilises Amazon Cognito for securely accessing the backend resources.
Serverless backend
: the backend services utilise AWS Lambda, for example, when querying for a person, or saving and retrieving custom content.
NLP data extractor
: when a user searches for a person whose data has not been extracted before, the Lambda function calls an NLP data extraction job hosted on ECS Fargate. ECS Fargate is a serverless container job runner.
Data Storage
: the project uses Amazon S3 for object and metadata storage. The highly performant storage solution eliminates the demand for a database.
Amazon Pay
: the project accepts donation through Amazon Pay.
Challenges I ran into
Initially, the idea was to build the backend completely on Lambda. However, due to the package size limit of Lambda, it is not possible to package the Natural Language Toolkit in a function. So such jobs need to be dockerised and run in ECS Fargate.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I'm very happy to have achieved reasonable completeness and satisfying usability in a short amount of time.
This solution uses infrastructure as code, therefore, can be reused and re-deployed fairly easily.
It is completely serverless: meaning that it does not maintain its own servers - but it can be scaled globally and automatically in accordance with the demand.
Custom integration with Amazon Pay using Lambda functions (I have
opensourced
this part on Github)
What I learned
NLP is challenging but rewarding
D3 is a powerful data visualisation tool
What's next for People Atlas
Polishing the NLP bits: currently, the NLP component does not work as well as I would like it to be, for example, it does not distinguish between "this person" and another person referred to by the Wikipedia page.
Reaching a wider audience: I'd like this project to reach a wider audience so we can improve upon feedback.
Having a physical installation: The idea of People Atlas was initially for a
physical installation
, to be displayed at public spaces. So I'm still looking for the right time and opportunity to make it come to life.
Built With
amazon-web-services
d3.js
ecs
fargate
lambda
nltk
node.js
python
serverless
Try it out
peopleatlas.infinite-y.com | People Atlas | People Atlas is a project that explores how our world is connected through the paths of people. We are living in an increasingly divided world, but it is important to remember "no man is an island".. | ['Yoyu Li'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'd3.js', 'ecs', 'fargate', 'lambda', 'nltk', 'node.js', 'python', 'serverless'] | 43 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/parent-support-program | Amazon Pay Confirmation Email
Custom Background Image
Inspiration
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 10-20% of children and adolescents experience mental disorders worldwide and half of all mental illnesses begin by the age of 14. These numbers resonate whether you are in the United States (1 in 6 U.S. children aged 2–8 years had a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder) or Australia where 1 in 7 children are estimated to have a mental health disorder. These challenges can impact how children perform at school, how they get on with others and how they feel about themselves.
Parents play a crucial role in their children's mental health. However, many parents do not seek support when their children are having mental health problems. That is due to lengthy waiting times in the public health care system, the private system being costly, getting support has been too time-consuming, especially for families who live in remote areas and have to travel to appointments. Also, there is the fact they worry that if they do seek support, they may be judged as "bad" parents.
To overcome this real challenge, we have developed a skill using Amazon Alexa that delivers coaching and learning using an evidence-based communication approach called Emotion Coaching that supports parents to guide their child's emotional development. The Alexa skill will support parents that can't or won’t attend traditional in-person parenting programs so they can learn and practice in the privacy of their homes.
We acknowledge the importance of a safe and healthy home environment for families to raise their children. That is why we are also using the voice interactions and Amazon Pay integration for asking users for donations that can support non-profit organisations to provide their diverse range of programs for families such as foster care, therapeutic programs and family violence.
What it does
The Alexa skill helps teach parents a simple, evidence-based, communication approach called Emotion Coaching that they can apply to support their child's mental health. Parents learn the technique through the skill which is easy to interact with, is judgment-free, low cost, and can be accessed at anytime and anywhere.
It has a number of activities developed from the principles of emotion coaching including (i) exploring the steps of emotion coaching and it's benefits to (ii) children's behaviours, (iii) explaining the differences between a common misguided approach of dismissive parenting with a better approach in emotion coaching, a (iv) quiz to reinforce learning and a (v) guided interaction (featured) activity that allows parents to practice and get real time feedback and advice based on how they respond.
Finally, we track usage in DynamoDB including:
track how long users spent in each session
each time users engaged in an activity and how far they went through the activity
This is to see whether our skill is engaging enough for parents to keep using and to find out what activities resonate and parents find valuable.
Challenges I ran into
The challenge was to develop activities that went beyond one-way interaction and passive content delivery. Emotion coaching is a well-established approach that is proven to benefit parents and their children. We developed the guided interaction (highlighted in the submitted video) that takes parents through an actual scenario, provide suggestions on what they could say and then let parents practice what to say. Alexa would then provide feedback/guidance based on a simple analysis of what they do say, specificall on included emotion-type words to label emotions and express empathy.
Amazon Pay was also a challenge to integrate. However, it was implemented successfully by allowing users to donate $5 USD after our featured activity, if they wish.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We've built a solid foundation to launch a voice experience that can truly help parents and their children and non-profit organisations with a easy, low friction way to raise funds through donation. A solution that is scalable and can help non-profits deliver an alternative (to person-delivered) program on a platform that is expanding rapidly to overcome barriers mentioned previously.
We know that half of all mental illnesses begin by the age of 14, so if we can intervene early by getting parents to use our skill to learn emotion coaching, we hope to contribute to some societal impact. It is a challenging time in our world and we’ve seen increased family violence and we want to help in any way. We believe by providing a digital program that parents can access in the privacy of their own homes, free from feeling judged, we can contribute to teaching useful tools that will help in their day to day interactions with their child.
And to make it easier for those who can afford it to donate seamlessly.
What I learned
A sense of purpose and contribution can drive people to great things. I believe this skill can be great for non-profits and demonstrate to them the potential of digital engagement in emerging platforms. I also learnt in the power of community and the help we received from the Dev Post and AWS team were top notch.
What's next for Parent Coaching Program
We are conducting user interviews with parents to develop further a minimum viable product (MVP) for the Alexa Skill and planning a University research study with psychologists and parents to study the feasibility of voice assistants in a parenting program. We also want to explore how we can using machine learning to make the real-time feedback during the guided interaction as helpful and accurate as possible.
Talk to non-profits organisations to get an understanding of different services to customise the skill to their specific program offering and deliver it on voice.
Built With
amazon-alexa
amazon-pay
amazon-web-services
dynamodb
jovo
lambda
node.js
npm
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github.com | Parent Coaching Program | Help coach parents to help their child regulate their emotions and build resilience using an approach called emotion coaching delivered by Alexa and make it easy for users to donate to nonprofits. | ['André Alcantara', 'Dyung Ngo'] | [] | ['amazon-alexa', 'amazon-pay', 'amazon-web-services', 'dynamodb', 'jovo', 'lambda', 'node.js', 'npm'] | 44 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/afya-bora-dkv7ql | After spending more than 3 hours and 20 minutes to get my healthcare support - I left the hospital with more than 55 patients waiting to consult a doctor, get body diagnosis and prescribed medication or emergency response. Unfortunately, this situation is affecting pregnant mothers, children and old people because they are the most vulnerable group that has been hit most by the effects of COVID-19 and beyond.
When patients congest in hospitals or pharmacy, it is more likely to ferocious accelerate the spread emerging pandemic diseases such as COVID-19 and Hepatitis C because the patients are siting close to each other (no social distancing) while others are coughing and touching the chairs and doors to the toilets.
This particular problem will spread COVID-19 to over 15 million patients in Tanzania and 210 million patients in Africa who visit healthcare service providers every year. And as a result, more than 890,000 patients especially women, mothers and child die each year because of late treatment and attending as well as lack of reliable and affordable digital financial services.
The healthcare system in Tanzania and Africa as a whole is still slacking behind to catch up with the advancement of technology and innovation in healthcare.
And this is where Afya Bora comes into play, Afya Bora is distributing a proven intervention in the medical scheduling and healthcare marketplace that allows patients to find, compare and schedule with the nearest medical practitioners (doctors, community health workers, nurses, pharmacy and hospitals) in order to get an easy and effective healthcare services at an affordable cost. Afya Bora inspires and empowers both patients and healthcare practitioners through healthcare data to ensure that everyone on earth has access to equal and quality healthcare that people with feature phones are also able to use our services. This simplified USSD software application assist doctors, pharmacy and hospitals to directly connect with patients to give them healthcare services as well as to be able to manage their patients bookings and data effectively for a sustainable future.
Our team is dedicated and passionate to turn this global challenge into a potential solution that will narrow the widening gap between patients and healthcare practitioners that stands at 1:5,000 per year in Tanzania. Our team has shared values and strength to deliver equal and quality healthcare services to marginalized groups in Tanzania and other emerging markets. Our challenge is still resolving access to healthcare services, without business development skills, technical support, mentorship and financial support - they business solution will lowly take pace compared to when supported by partners and stakeholders. .
Built With
adk
android-studio
firebase
java
Try it out
github.com
med.kichupa.com | Afya Bora | A regenerative data-driven medical scheduling/consultation and healthcare marketplace that allows patients to directly connect with the nearest healthcare practitioners instantly and affordable. | ['Reginald Victor Runyoro', 'Tisha Singh', 'Goodluck Tesha'] | [] | ['adk', 'android-studio', 'firebase', 'java'] | 45 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/automated-website-deployment-in-aws-k8s | Inspiration
Kubernetes is really emerging and with this project anyone who don't have much knowledge about kubernetes and docker can create a cluster from scratch and deploy their website
What it does
Automation in its style for a website in a reusable way.
How I built it
I use bash script, aws cli, eksctl, etc.
Challenges I ran into
Provided credit card details while I created aws free tier account :D
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am able to achieve a Kuberenetes cluster and a website deployment in a completely automated way.
What I learned
AWS API would be the gateway for next generation infrastructure.
What's next for Automated website deployment in AWS K8s
Ingress controller and DNS entry in a automated way, its only tested from a ubuntu local machine. Also planning to deploy atlassian stacks in a automated way.
Integrate with amazon alexa and will create a Kubernetes cluster with voice recognition.
Built With
amazon-web-services
api
automation
bash
docker
kubernetes
yaml
Try it out
github.com | Automated cluster creation and website deployment in AWS K8s | This ll spin up a new K8s cluster and in a complete automated way, including docker image creation, ECR repository creation, pushing docker image to the repository, deploy the website in aws EKS. | ['Kamal Kailasa Babu'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'api', 'automation', 'bash', 'docker', 'kubernetes', 'yaml'] | 46 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/coaching-and-emotional-support-platform | Inspiration
Millions across the globe lack access to Mental Health Support. This is very unfortunate as good mental health relates to psychological and emotional well-being. Our goal is to make it possible for individuals from any part of the world, who are facing difficulties accessing mental health, either due to financial costs, stigma, lack of professionals or social distancing to be able to get the necessary support.
What's next
We would like to continue building our platform to increase confidentiality in online therapy and ultimately realize our vision of making mental health accessible and affordable for everyone.
Built With
amazon-rds-relational-database-service
bootstrap
html
java
mysql
uikit | Coaching and Emotional Support Platform | A platform for remote Mental Health Support. | [] | ['Global SOS Finalist - Everything Remote Track'] | ['amazon-rds-relational-database-service', 'bootstrap', 'html', 'java', 'mysql', 'uikit'] | 47 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/sessions-by-journeybinder | Inspiration
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What it does
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How we built it
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Challenges we ran into
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Accomplishments that we're proud of
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What we learned
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What's next for SESSIONS by JourneyBinder
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Built With
amazon-web-services
amazonpay
amazons3video
api
bootstrap
css3
ffmpeg
figma
firebase
javascript
objective-c
vuejs
webrtc
Try it out
journeybinder.com
journeybinder.com | JourneyBinder SESSIONS | SESSIONS connects users who want to achieve a goal with users who know how to achieve that goal via a 1:1 video session call packed with tools that empower them to create a plan of execution. | ['Savalas Colbert', 'Orlando Jewell'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'amazonpay', 'amazons3video', 'api', 'bootstrap', 'css3', 'ffmpeg', 'figma', 'firebase', 'javascript', 'objective-c', 'vuejs', 'webrtc'] | 48 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/craigs-help | Craig's Donor
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Inspiration
We noticed that nonprofit organizations are facing challenges such as finding new donors, lack of resources and donor retention, hence we came up with the idea of creating a platform that includes customizable templates and frameworks. This can help nonprofit organizations to tell great stories to attract new donors, help donors to visualize the impact they made by donation, and build sustainable relationships between nonprofit organizations and donors.
After conducting phone interview with Andrew, founding president of Homeless Entrepreneur, we noticed the real problem gap was lack of access to resources or knowing availability of resources (i.e. platform to find donors). Existing donation websites do not encourage donors to interact among themselves and with NGOs, and there is not a single page or platform for donors.
In the light of this, we aim to create a community building platform, which encourages donors to discuss and interact among themselves and with NGOs. It will create brand new experiences for donors to interact with like-minded individuals with same interests, values, goals, and causes. This platform also facilitates data analytics of charity's image and impact in the eyes of donors, donors' concerns and behaviors. This in turn will help charities to understand the key issues to work on and make more effective fundraising campaigns.
What does it do
Craig's Donor - the platform builds an active donor user base by implementing a community building component, including achievements, friends, news feed, groups, messages which encourages users to discuss and interact among themselves. This platform will add value to both the donors and charities by allowing charities to understand trends of same cause. They can also relate to concerns and motivations of donors. These are the key components in building effective fund raising campaigns. On the other hand, donors meet individuals with same interest, make new connections to work together and create a positive impact on the society. This platform is integrated with Amazon pay by which donors can easily donate to charities .With the help of Alexa they can identify the most relevant charity about the cause they are concerned with and the biggest impact they can make.
How we built it
Our application is built in
react
using ionic framework.
We used AWS Amplify service for federation login. AWS Lex along with Kommunicate.io for interactive chat.
Alexa skill is built using Alexa sdk core and node.js as one more way for donors to interact with us.
The application is containerized as docker image and deployed in AWS leveraging AWS ECS Service.
Making donation is supported by
Amazon Pay
.
For payment we choose to integrate with Amazon Pay. AWS team helped us in providing test account and necessary amazon pay integration snippet. We integrated Amazon Pay and tested transactions by donating amount to charities. As transactions are made, confirmation mail to sent to sellers inbox. In this process we created our own domain and issued certificate with Amazon Certificate Manager. We created an ALB and imported the created ACM Certificate for https connectivity. This helped us to make our site and pay secure. In summary, Amazon Pay integration was simple and seamless experience. Thanks to AWS!!
APIs are used for data analytics, including lambda, dynamoDb and S3. These APIs are called using API invocation from API Gateway
We dockerized our application and deployed it in AWS using
AWS ECS Service
.
Challenges we ran into
We did run into our fair share of challenges.
It was a challenge to get Amazon Pay working and we truly appreciate the help from AWS Solution Architects.
We also learnt that our original idea of using AWS ECS Fargate won’t work as it did not support Elastic IPs, we changed our deployment to ECS with Application Load Balancer.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are extremely proud of what we have achieved in this short time span. We are a diverse team in different time zones spread across 4 continents. Yet the common goal to help non-profits in these tough times, brought us together.
We successfully created our application and also deployed it as a container in AWS.
We leveraged variety of AWS services including Amplify, Lex and Alexa to give a seamless user experience.
What we learned
We have learnt the pain-points of donors and charities, which are even more prevalent in today’s time of crisis and uncertainty faced by the world
We have learnt to take an idea, develop into an application and deploy it in AWS with the latest technologies. This project can’t be done without the efforts and collaboration from a team with such diverse backgrounds in technical skills.
What's next for Craig's Donor
New Features
1. Community and discussion threads
We would like to create a messaging platform for current and new donors to share their experience and foster a community. With this feature, donors can make connections and build communities with similar values, interests and beliefs.
2. Social media
We would like to give donors an option to share their donation details and tag the charities on social media, such as Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram. Also, we are planning to enhance Alexa skill, so that the donors can use it to give the donations.
3. Data analytics
We would like to recruit a team of data scientists to work on the donors' behavioral analysis, and find out the key factors that influence donation decisions. This information would help charities to better understand their audience and build effective fundraising campaigns.
4. Charities page
One of our future plans is to add on to the current charities page and allow charities to build fundraising pages via our chatbot. So by answering several questions about the charity, a template fundraising page will be produced. Charities can then easily customize the page by changing color scheme, adding media content and modifying layout by simply drag and drop.
5. Gamification component
Users are rewarded experience in when they fill out questionnaires from charities, provide advice/ feedback to charities or being active in discussions.
Join Us
Shoot us a message if you're interested in joining!
Built With
acm
alb
alexa
amazon-dynamodb
amazon-pay
amplify
api
cognito
docker
ecs
figma
ionic
lambda
lex
node.js
python
react
shell
Try it out
github.com | Craig's Donor | Building a community for donors and charities | ['Mohit Gadkari', 'Yattish Ramhorry', 'Ava Chan', 'Deepak Shah', 'Pradeep Khandelwal', 'Michael Roffo'] | [] | ['acm', 'alb', 'alexa', 'amazon-dynamodb', 'amazon-pay', 'amplify', 'api', 'cognito', 'docker', 'ecs', 'figma', 'ionic', 'lambda', 'lex', 'node.js', 'python', 'react', 'shell'] | 49 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/raise-up-hub | User Campaign List
Campaign Donate Page
Campaign Setup
Campaign Dashboard
Raise Up Front Page
Store Registration
Charity Store Dashboard
Online Course for Fund Raising
Unified Support Page for ALL Non-profit organization
Inspiration
Currently, there is no community for non-profit organizations to network to other groups or individuals who share the same passion. There is also no avenue for these organizations to sell products for their respective charities. Most volunteers of these organizations are also not trained properly, due to a lack of online courses about various ways of fundraising.
What it does
Enables individuals and non-profit organizations to launch fund-raising campaigns
Allow the user to sell their products to raise up funds.
Educate the users/ non-profit organizations with the built-in online course/s that can help their staff and volunteers.
Acts as a social site as well with a user profile for each individual and a page for the non-profit organizations.
As the app is integrated with Amazon Alexa, it allows users and campaign managers to get updates from their Alexa devices at the comforts of their home.
Listen to blog posts via Amazon Polly.
How I built it
The system is built around various AWS services: Amazon Polly for text-to-speech in blogs, Amazon EC2 for the server, Amazon RDS for the database, Amazon Alexa integration to get the latest news from the website, Amazon EBS for storage, SES for the email service, CloudFront and many more. For the Amazon Pay, I used the sandbox test account provided by the organizer.
Challenges I ran into
Amazon Pay registration and setup is quite a hassle. The sandbox Amazon Pay account that was also given to us by seems to be having an integration issue with our site gateway.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
All the core features are working! The only thing remaining is the Amazon Pay integration:
https://raiseuphub.com/
What I learned
You need to have a proper business registration in order to have an Amazon Pay account.
What's next for Raise Up Hub:
Integrate Stripe for payment gateways
Fix issues in Amazon Pay integration
https://raiseuphub.com/
Built With
amazon-alexa
amazon-cloudfront-cdn
amazon-ec2
amazon-pay
amazon-rds-relational-database-service
amazon-ses
polly
Try it out
raiseuphub.com | Raise Up Hub | An online community that enables non-profit organizations to raise up funds, run campaigns, sell merchandise, raise awareness, take online courses, and collaborate with other organizations. | ['Jon Bonso', 'Joseph Pineda'] | [] | ['amazon-alexa', 'amazon-cloudfront-cdn', 'amazon-ec2', 'amazon-pay', 'amazon-rds-relational-database-service', 'amazon-ses', 'polly'] | 50 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/join-vr | What it does
Join VR allows a non-profit to design and create a virtual-reality event that people can attend with or without a headset and works with most modern browsers and devices.
How I built it
The first big problem has to do with how can we facilitate big events that give people a sense of social presence and engagement. VR headsets are still expensive, and many people are resistant to adopting VR in their daily life. Because of this, I needed a solution that would be accessible to the majority of potential users without the barrier of selling the idea of VR headsets. The brilliant folks over at mozilla have recently released a version of their VR in the browser platform called Hubs that allows you to run an instance of their client on your own private server. I decided to make this the main focus of my service offering because of it's accessibility and potential extensibility.
Leveraging Hubs custom clients is only one piece of the puzzle and I worked to try to understand from the organizations perspective, what they would need and require to host successful events. Much of that work is still happening now and is informing the features I build.
Why not just use Hubs?
Hubs may not be a viable solution for a non-profit or cultural institution in and of itself. How do you create avatars and 3D environments? How do you host events that exceed the room maximum? Do you have someone to help with all the technical and design problems that may arise? If an organization lacks the time and expertise, creating a custom hubs cloud instance can be a challenging task.
Challenges I ran into
One of the most difficult parts for me was trying to balance building the product while trying to find people from non-profits to talk to about what features they need. I feel like the project is at a point where I can finally get more into user research and start automating some of the design and event management tasks.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Hope to see it used to create successful events in the future.
What I learned
To much to list here.
What's next for Join VR
I'm exploring use cases for Join VR beyond non-profit fundraising and plan on building out solutions for whatever market needs it. I'd like it to someday be a shining example of how people can extend hubs to provide value to a specific group of people and solve more specific problems hubs can't address.
Built With
amazon-ec2
amazon-web-services
cloudformation
mozillians
react
s3
semantic-ui
Try it out
joinvr.org | Join VR | Enables non-profits to create and manage custom virtual reality meet-ups right in your browser. | ['Matt Cool'] | [] | ['amazon-ec2', 'amazon-web-services', 'cloudformation', 'mozillians', 'react', 's3', 'semantic-ui'] | 51 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/virtual-mental-health-care | Inspiration
In my country, the ratio of therapists to patients stands at 1:80000 and mental health is a taboo topic. Many are not aware of how to diagnose or take care of their issues, this app helps them access the mental health care from their smartphone.
What it does
our VR therapist feature solves that by bringing a therapist you can talk to in your phone and through VR for the best immersion, this is achieved by using Azure’s speech to text engine in unity3D.
Besides this, other mental health issues tackled by the solution are, anger issues, anxiety, various kinds of phobias, depression, demotivation, stress and to bundle it all up a guided meditation experience.
More details:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JiIjQ2llw0X2mn_BYni1FgbUc0H-Ec12/view?usp=sharing
How it helps the nonprofits?
It provides tools for Virtual Support/Self Service it helps connect NGOs working with mental health patients to quickly deliver help and diagnostics as well as a tool that helps them take care of the people suffering from mental health issues. It also helps organize meetups as we integrate an anonymous location tracking algorithm that helps us collect data about what kind of mental health issue is present in which area more hence helping NGOs organize camps accordingly.
The tool's headlining feature is a fast and effective mental care solution.
How I built it
Using Unity3D for major things, a s3 storage system for fetching the data and hosting it , dynamoDB for maintaining patient database.
Challenges I ran into
Natural language processing was a big challenge
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Writing a NLP plugin from android's library to unity
What I learned
Plugin formation , VR
What's next for Virtual Mental Health Care
scaling it to the masses , getting it certified for use form mental health care community
Built With
amazon-web-services
ar
dynamodb
natural-language-processing
s3
unity
vr
Try it out
drive.google.com | Virtual Mental Health Care | Our app focuses on tackling the mental health issues, using just a smartphone and a 5$ headset anyone can take care of their own mental health. | ['N K'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'ar', 'dynamodb', 'natural-language-processing', 's3', 'unity', 'vr'] | 52 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/audionews-softwarebeing-org | Purpose
We have built this product to deliver the latest news and other helpful information in various categories such as product advertisements, government/community announcements, and locally available nonprofit programs. By utilizing the text-to-speech technology of AWS (Polly), this lets the VIU (visually impaired users, those who are elderly and blind) address their common basic needs and challenges they are facing every day by enabling them to reach out to companies, agencies, and non-profit organizations who will partner with us. The more VIU, the more we can determine their needs, scale, and organize nonprofit programs to suit their needs in their respective communities. This is possible with the use of mobile phone gesture movements and natural-sounding voice audio that the VIU can hear.
Inspiration
Our grandparents - they loved reading the news every day during breakfast. But as they grew older, it wasn't the same anymore and it got too tiring for them to read.
And our friend, Isaac - he loves to read news and articles about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. But due to Glaucoma, an eye disease that turned him blind over time, he wasn't able to do the same thing anymore. Imagine being cut off from the world due to old age or eye disease.
What it does
Listen to the news with gesture-based controls – swipe & tap! Over 20+ languages to choose as the voice reader! And finally, personalized information collected and generated from the gradual usage of the app.
How I built it
For the technology stack, there is no doubt that AWS provides all the tools we need to continue building this app. For server and domain registry, we have used AWS Route 53. We also made sure that our connection is secured using SSL provided by AWS Certificate Manager. For static website hosting, we have used AWS S3 and CloudFront to make the pages load faster. For authentication, we have used AWS Cognito, which allows email verification during user sign in. And it also allows users to login using Facebook, Google, and more. We used AWS Lambda serverless technology to fetch the news and articles in text format and save them to DynamoDB. And finally, we used AWS Polly to convert text into MP3 files that the browser can play.
Challenges I ran into
AWS DynamoDB is a NoSQL database that doesn't allow multiple keys to query. We had to improvise on how we would save and fetch data using a single key identifier.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We were able to build a prototype in a month and it is now up and running in the following link: audionews.softwarebeing.org
What I learned
I learned front-end technologies that are useful to improve User Experience. I was also able to use AWS Polly which is a text-to-speech engine with real-life human voices.
What's next for audionews.softwarebeing.org
On the development side, we are still at the very early stage of building our first product right now. We would like to focus on making the User Experience as smooth as possible and improve the product's backend and machine learning capabilities. This includes integration of Alexa/AI skills and AWS Personalize to engage the visually impaired users in a more personable manner.
Built With
amazon-web-services
angular.js
Try it out
audionews.softwarebeing.org | audionews.softwarebeing.org | Softwarebeing.org focuses on building services with Machine Learning capabilities. It features Audionews which is a newsreader that lets the visually impaired listen to articles with a swipe and tap. | ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvLtlSOlk9o', 'Eugene Sergio De Los Santos', 'Alquinn John Gayatao', 'Daryll Tumambing', 'Rienz Ivan Otiong'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'angular.js'] | 53 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/plaza-your-local-business-recommender-9gbxrw | Plaza - Your Local Business Chatbot
Inspiration
In the Chicago area, where we grew up, many local businesses have struggled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of ordering fast food, our bot gives people an easy way to discover local restaurants, salons, and other facilities. With this conversational AI we hope to combat the economic despair America is facing.
What it does
Many local businesses lack name-recognition to potential customers. Additionally, many people want to support local businesses, especially with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A user can ask the Plaza chatbot for local businesses in a specific market to find and support.
Our bot uses natural language processing and parts-of-speech identification to recognize any names given by the user. Similar processing is used for other user inputs.
The user can enter any words specific to the business they are trying to find along with location. The Plaza bot can take any U.S. city and find businesses in the area
Using Google API, our bot finds local businesses that fit our users’ criteria of location, the business’s hours, and rating
How We built it
We used Node.js for backend development
We implemented natural language processing to recognize and interpret user inputs
Google API was used to find local businesses based on input criteria
Jovo was used for framework architecture
Used Amazon AWS Lambda to host the chatbot
Challenges We ran into
Getting user location data
There was no existing API that could filter local businesses so we came up with a series of API calls and data parsed that information to come up with local businesses
Accomplishments that We're proud of
Creating a successful chatbot and implementing several components
Supporting local businesses in a time of need
Helping people discover new businesses/restaurants
Creating a system of data persistence wherein the application remembers the user
What We learned
We learned how to use natural language processing to recognize user inputs
We learned how to implement APIs into our framework
What's next for Plaza
We hope to add a review function to allow our users to provide feedback on local businesses
After enough businesses are reviewed, we would add this data to the bot’s framework and use it for future suggestions to our users
We hope to implement the bot on Amazon Alexa
Built With
dialogflow
jovo
lambda
node.js
Try it out
assistant.google.com
github.com | Plaza - Your Local Business Recommender | Due to COVID-19, local businesses are struggling due to state shutdowns. Using natural language processing, we developed a conversational AI that can recommend local businesses to users. | ['Benjamin John', 'Suraj Rajendran', 'Albert Su', 'Lewis Wang', 'lewiswang2 Wang'] | [] | ['dialogflow', 'jovo', 'lambda', 'node.js'] | 54 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/amazon-give | Splash Screen and select language Screen
Advertisement for Amazon Pay and select demo or register, only first time screen
Main screen to select help or charity selection
List of Charities
QRcode to show to donors, in the background wait for SMS or message from server when transaction detected
Option to share qrcode to social media
Settings menu
QRcode scanner
If select register, display conditionts
Self register, enter phone number and referral, receive OTP
Donation box openned by QRcode on customer's browser
Payment Accepted
Confirm donation
Login to Amazon Pay
Processing
Inspiration
Cashless society and Covid19 are making it harder for Non-for-profits and charities to collect donations.
Problems include fundraising events being cancelled, donors not carrying cash to give, or being at home and out of reach.
There are more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations registered in the United States alone, including public charities, private foundations, and other nonprofit organizations. Americans gave $410 billion to charities in 2017.
What it does
Amazon Give is designed to promote peer to peer fundraising for non for profit organizations and charities, it enables fundraisers to collect donations electronically by generating a unique QRcode for each fundraiser in a mobile app. Fundraisers organize events and ask donors to scan the QRcode and donate using Amazon Pay. The donors have the option to register and obtain a tax receipt.
The sytem tracks the amount collected per fundraiser, and can be configured to issue reward credits (eCash) which can then be exchanged for Amazon Gift Cards.
The system also self promotes via a referral program, the person referring others will receive rewards from the donations collected by the new referred members.
Fundraisers can also generate their unique QRcode or link, and share it in social media, website, newspapers, etc.
How I built it
Android app for charities to register, manage donations and use.
Backend server provided by
www.paymentsource.ca
Challenges I ran into
Undertanding the different options available at Amazon Pay
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Adapting existing code and functionality to fit the objective in a short time
What I learned
Amazon Pay system and options.
What's next for Amazon Give
Develop for IOS
Develop web site
Built With
.net
amazon-web-services
android
Try it out
drive.google.com | Amazon Give | Enable non for profit organizations to promote peer to peer fundraising and collect donations with QRcode and Amazon Pay. System tracks indivitual fundraisers performance and reward credit (eCash). | ['Juan Carlos Vera'] | [] | ['.net', 'amazon-web-services', 'android'] | 55 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/pandemic-patch-augmented-reality-game | Zeemz Banner
Zeemz: Pandemic Patch "AskCo19 Island" Map
Zeemz: Pandemic Patch logo
RESQ-Zeemz: Pandemic Protection
Inspiration
Disaster happens.
Collectively, we are feeling the strain from this global pandemic, this natural disaster, the Coronavirus. People everywhere are experiencing the economic uncertainties and consequences. In the United States,
more than 40 million people are unemployed
due to COVID-19, and around the world,
1.5 billion children are out of school
because of school closures.
145 countries closed their borders
, and implemented curfews and mandatory quarantines, and
43 countries implemented shelter-in place orders
. Shutting down the global economy comes with the equally dire consequences, including job loss followed by economic recession. Historically recessions have been linked with
increased domestic abuse
,
higher rates of suicide
, and
more risk for mental health issues
, and already we are seeing some of these same effects.
Quarantines are the only a stopgap solution to Stopping the Spread
.
Yesterday, we sat with the
Sword of Damocles
, the cold steel “reminder” that used to dangle precariously, that knife edge of “potential pandemic” that swayed overhead. Today, we know well the pandemic consequences of concomitant behaviors, laissez faire attitudes, and packing people into airplanes like sardines into cans. Coronavirus. We weigh our life-altering decisions, carefully, gathering the best information possible. Fortunately, we live in a technological epoch where we have the computational power to focus on any single problem to create actionable solutions.
The global crisis proves the need for disaster readiness programs that teach critical thinking and stress reduction through informed behaviors. Social distancing, face masks, increased hygiene awareness, and self-isolation are all behavioral changes that have been instituted since the pandemic began. These behaviors come about through scientific guidelines suggested by the World Health Organization and are confirmed by scientists globally. Data is the greatest tool that we have in the fight against coronavirus. As new data is obtained and understood, we create new solutions that reflect the current best practices.
How do we get that information to/from the public?
Zeemz: Pandemic Patch
is a gamified way for doctors and patients to interact without the need for unnecessary hospital visits. The Zeemz Team is a group of international volunteers who want to build an augmented reality, blockchain game that doubles as a diagnostic tool to reduce the strain on hospitals worldwide.
What it does
Zeemz: Pandemic Patch is an augmented reality, blockchain game that doubles as a diagnostic tool..
For the purpose of COVIDathon, we're developing a blockchain system that rewards verified physicians, who are active answering questions on the AskCo19.com network, with ASK and ZMZLR tokens. The public users, who choose to login, will receive ASK and ZMZLR tokens for asking coronavirus questions. Pandemic Patch teaches behaviors that will help reduce the spread of Coronavirus by preventing unnecessary hospital visits, thus Flattening the Curve, and reducing/preventing strain on hospitals.
After COVIDathon, in Pandemic Patch, players will be introduced to a Coronavirus scenario and given multiple choices. Each choice will trigger a consequence that may/may not Flatten the Curve. When players make decisions that Push the Peak, they are subsequently presented with another set of decisions they can take to Flatten the Curve. Players that take actions to Flatten the Curve, are rewarded with in-game loot. The desired game actions will be customizable by doctors, while our AI (IRIS-med) will customize training based on best data, prior decisions, and doctor recommendations. The game actions will be rewarded with cryptocurrency that can be used to buy/sell/trade in-game items. We're working on the smart contracts behind the game, utilizing the latest coronavirus information from
AskCo19
, developing the Zeemz Quest Maker module for doctors to create augmented reality actions the patients can take. In the near future, we’ll model those actions with
IRIS-med
, the AI running ZEEMZ Underwater Laboratories (the reward system controller).
Pandemic Patch Walkthrough - 2 Minute
Pandemic Patch Walkthrough - 5 minute
How we built it
HTML, CSS, JS, React, Ethereum (Solidity), Firebase, Infura, Web3, love, coffee, Zoom, Github, Discord, Google Drive, Slack, Flow (Cadence)
Intended Initial Flow of Pandemic Patch website
Sign up
a. Patient
b. Physician
Patient AskCo19 Island Map - default Patient Home
a. Hospital - connects to IRIS-med, relays patient quest status to AskCo19 AI
b. Pharmacy / Stores - issuing prescriptions across borders is an interesting issue, we haven’t solved yet; so, use caution while visiting stores
c. Grocery - order your groceries online; play health games and win tokens that can be redeemed for groceries
d. Park - stretch your legs, learn about nature (plants and animals), relax with virtual friends during “movie night at the park”
e. Energy Station - Gas, electric, human energy boosts, learn about alternative energy and level up; get daily Kitty Vortex energy boost (CryptoKitties integration)
Physician AskCo19 Island Map - default AskCo19 Island Hospital (aka AI Hospital)
a. Office - connects to IRIS-med (Zeemz AI), relays doctor quest status to AskCo19 AI
b. Exam rooms - tokenized telemedicine to reward doctors & patients for their time & data
c. Personal Notes - encrypted notepad for doctors to keep their findings before they’re ready to share to IRIS-med
d. Emergency - report an emergency to local emergency services
Build Notes:
Zeemz: Pandemic Patch is a WIP that is not ready for deployment. That said, significant pieces of the Pandemic Patch puzzle have already been assembled. They are located in the Github repo (see below) for anyone to use. Finally, we're working on the first scenarios for agent-based decision trees where the patient's must decide to wear face mask, observe social distancing, or wash their hands. These initial scenarios will act as models for the design of the Zeemz: Quest Maker module where doctors will be able to interface with their own AI, create tasks and task series, and examine AI findings and patient quest results.
In Zeemz: Pandemic Patch, players earn cryptocurrency while teaching & learning about Coronavirus. New players may not know what to do with their newly earned cryptocurrency. In Zeemz: Pandemic Patch, players that click on the Vault icon will be taken to the DeFi section of the Zeemz game. In the Vault, they'll be able to learn about traditional banking as well as banking alternatives like Bitcoin. We're interested in integrating with AAVE protocol to provide a testnet learning experience for our players to go on DeFi quests where they'll earn mainnet tokens (ASK,
ZMZLR
, and
ZMZB
). After playing Zeemz, players can make better decisions in how to use AAVE or other defi solutions.
Build Links
Zeemz: Pandemic Patch github
ZPP
integration AskCo19.com
IRIS-med
IRIS AI medical component
Zeemz Core
Solidity contracts
Zeemz Announcement github
Challenges we ran into
Zeemz: Pandemic Patch is a fledgling project with ambitious goals and an international team of volunteers. We faced difficulties coordinating meetings around international time zones and varied work schedules. We also faced challenges reducing the larger game system,
Zeemz: The Versipisces Secret
, into a faucet wireframe and a hospital RPG
Zeemz: Pandemic Patch
. Learning to articulate the elevator pitch helped with pin-pointing the elements the faucet needed. We also had issues with the ABIs not functioning as expected. We also ran into some issues testing AAVE and were unable to get the testnet to function (couldn't get passed the load screen) with our equipment.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The Zeemz Team is proud of participating in a global effort to address the CoVID-19 crisis. While the Lockdowns pulled us from our normal routines, we’ve met and brainstormed with amazing, talented people with their own visions, and desires for a more prepared future. With an international team of experts, we've converted a privately developed pet project into an open source project.
What we learned
The world is ready for augmented games that teach critical thinking in disaster situations. And, the economic crisis has shown that people are ready for online ways of learning skills and earning incomes.
What's next for Pandemic Patch - Augmented Reality Game
Zeemz Team is working on a revolutionary project to fully gamify life.
Imagine receiving completion certificates from schools by fulfilling class requirements through game play. The long term goal is to gamify learning, create opportunities for the students to make decisions, learn from the consequences, while also teaching them about digital assets and financial management.
[ ] The game will look into adapting the scenarios to culturally specific environments in order to create relatable scenarios for players all over the world. This will increase complexity, but also real life accuracy of the game's predictive power.
[ ] Connect the game to the blockchains it will run on and integrate with: Ethereum (game logic, faucet tokens (ASK, ZMZLR, ZMZB)), Flow (Zeemz Characters and Resources), Singularity AI (AI Marketplace)
[ ] Integrate other blockchain games (CryptoKitties, CryptoZombies, Decentraland, Sandbox)
[ ] Integrate AAVE protocol for lending/borrowing DeFi Quests
[ ] Integrate other simulations (school, government, shopping)
[ ] Create new simulations gathered from data collected in the Quests
[ ] Integrate AR peripherals to collect patient actions
[ ] Integrate AR assets for player interactions (ex. the view from Zeemz: Space Observatory
https://go.echoar.xyz/ihm4
)
[ ] Connect the game to IRIS-med the AI we plan on building with SingularityNET’s AI developer’s platform
[ ] Deck out the expansion pack Zeemz: After Lockdown
[ ] Use 20% of in-game fees to help
RESQ
plant trees to prevent the spread of other viruses as result from loss of wildlife habitat. These locations will become Zeemz Agroforests where Zeemz players can unlock quests about the natural habitat, exercises, therapy, meditation, and climate positive actions.
Built With
coffee
css
discord
ethereum-(solidity)
firebase
flow
fontawesome
github
google-drive
html
infura
javascript
love
react
slack
web3
zoom
Try it out
www.zeemz.xyz
github.com
github.com
github.com
github.com
github.com
github.com
discord.gg | Pandemic Patch - Augmented Reality Game | Stop Hospital Congestion & Flatten the Curve by Playing Pandemic Patch | ['Monique Finley', 'srihari kapu', 'Edgard Jan Angsinco', 'Grace K', 'Alec Balasescu, Ph.D.', 'Pradhumna Pancholi', 'Nauris Dorbe', 'aradhana chaturvedi', 'Raghu Ramaiah', 'Rachel J. Salomonsen', 'Brahma Sen', 'Sarah Dyson Ph.D.'] | [] | ['coffee', 'css', 'discord', 'ethereum-(solidity)', 'firebase', 'flow', 'fontawesome', 'github', 'google-drive', 'html', 'infura', 'javascript', 'love', 'react', 'slack', 'web3', 'zoom'] | 56 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/pledge1percentapp | U-Pledge Settings
U-Pledge User Menu
Inspiration
Due to the pandemic situation in the word, neither are we able to create team-building events, and we thought this event would be something like it, even if it has to be online.
We were brainstorming a lot about what we should build. We knew that we want to create something unique, that can make people have a positive impact on other people's lives, and put the profit mindset behind for a while.
What it does
This app helps you organize, manage, and execute charity events in Atlassian Jira Cloud. All you have to do is create a charity project, and determine a time pool that is available for the employees to spend. In the U-Pledge menu, we visualized the available, planned, and used time in a bar chart, and we also added an event list that shows all the Jira Issues available on the chosen project.
How we built it
Techstack: AWS, PostgreSQL, Java, OSGi, ECM, Querydsl, JTA, RxJava, HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, React, Atlaskit
We dedicated 4 days from our development sprint to build U-Pledge from the beginning to the end. On the first day, we presented the app idea to the team, and then we planned the features and created a wireframe. The remaining 3 days were spent on the implementation. Due to the short period of time, we tried to implement only the unique and necessary features and use every possible resource that the Jira Cloud provides. The team consisted of 1 Product Manager, 1 Software Architect, 2 Backend Developers, 2 Frontend Developers, 1 System Administrator and 1 Software Tester.
Challenges we ran into
First of all, this was our first online Hackathon. Of course, we participated in several offline events and the team is well accustomed, yet the development takes extra time when the team is not sitting in the same room.
Another challenge that we faced was that we had to rethink some of our ideas so we could implement them with Jira Cloud's API.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are really proud of our team. Building a fully working Jira Cloud application within 3 days is something that we couldn't believe we are capable of. Everyone was fully motivated and 100% percent to achieve success. Even if our app won't be awarded any prize, we believe we reached our goal and passed this challenge successfully with a lot of new knowledge that we can benefit from in the future.
What we learned
We learned a lot about what is possible within Jira Cloud, which we will definitely be able to use in our new apps in the future. Also, this was the first time that we created an integration for social media platforms.
What's next for U-Pledge
We want to publish U-Pledge on the Atlassian Marketplace as a free Jira Cloud application. Based on the interest level, we have many ideas to improve the usability of the app, like:
adding the option to generate the charity project that will be automatically configured with unique workflow and other schemes
adding social media authentication, so the using organization can also post on their own social media next to the public U-Pledge page
improving the visuals of the bar chart
adding participant filters
adding date frames to events
adding visualization and filtering of already happened events
and many more...
Documentation
You can find the full documentation here:
https://everit.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UDFJC/overview
Built With
amazon-web-services
atlaskit
css
ecm
html
java
javascript
jta
osgi
postgresql
querydsl
react
rxjava
typescript
Try it out
upledge-cloud.everit.biz | U-Pledge | The U-Pledge is an app to help organizations and companies who uses Jira to join the Pledge 1% movement (https://pledge1percent.org/) | ['Tamás Zsankó', 'Tibor Tasi', 'Péter Tölgyesi', 'Attila Kiss', 'Áron Gyenes', 'Dániel Tóth', 'Valéria Uhljar', 'Attila Bordás', 'Krisztián Hatházi', 'Zsigmond Czine'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'atlaskit', 'css', 'ecm', 'html', 'java', 'javascript', 'jta', 'osgi', 'postgresql', 'querydsl', 'react', 'rxjava', 'typescript'] | 57 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/voicesto-non-profit-alexa-skill-template-and-builder | Build App Start Page
The Voicesto Non-Profit Alexa Skill Template and Builder is a turnkey solution encompassing 2 distinct parts. The first is the actual Alexa Skill Template, which is a barebones Alexa Skill expertly crafted specifically for non-profit organizations. The interaction model is predetermined, and all custom content seamlessly flows into the skill.
The second part is the builder dashboard. This dashboard is a SPA that powers all the configuration options for the skill. Changes made in the spa update in real-time in the skill. Non-profit organizations can build a professional Alexa Skill for their organization with custom, fresh content to showcase their organizations mission, projects, work areas, and more.
Both parts work in conjunction, all fully powered by AWS. This turnkey solution currently utilizes 22 AWS services. The Alexa Skill Template was expertly designed by an AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder.
Adding and updating content in the skill is extremely easy. Simply add text, images, video, and audio. After adding content, you can watch the Alexa Skill come to life. The builder dashboard allows complete customization of the Alexa Skill, with absolutely no code required. With the builder dashboard, you can customize the following:
Donations
Enable automatic and integrated donation solicitation with a single click. Customize the background image or video, the thank you message, and audio that plays after a successful donation. All donations are done by voice and processed with Amazon Pay.
First Launch
Nail that first impression by customizing text, image, and/or video when your skill is first launched by the user.
Audio Transitions and Sonic Branding
Simply upload audio files and your skill will automatically play audio transitions and sonic branding when it makes the most sense.
Volunteer and Contact Email
Automatically send rich, customized email to skill users when they request to volunteer with your organization or simply want to contact your organization.
Mission Statement
Customize a mission statement for your organization along with custom image or video background.
Work Model
Set out the high level work model of your organization. Add up to 5 detailed work model concentrations. Each concentration can have additional details as well as rich media such as image or video background. For skill users with display devices, your work model concentrations will automatically be presented in an ordinal based list. Your skill users can drill down for more details by touch, voice remote, or by voice.
Work Areas
Get more detailed by specifying strategic work areas of your organization. Add up to 5 detailed work areas. Each work area can have additional details as well as rich media such as image or video background. For skill users with display devices, your work areas will automatically be presented in an ordinal based list. Your skill users can drill down for more details by touch, voice remote, or by voice.
Projects
Highlight your organizations flagship projects. Add up to 5 projects. Each project can have additional details as well as rich media such as image or video background. For skill users with display devices, your projects will automatically be presented in an ordinal based list. Your skill users can drill down for more details by touch, voice remote, or by voice.
Virtual Guide
Get help for each section in the builder dashboard by enabling the Virtual Guide. The Virtual Guide is AI Sumerian host, powered by a Lex ChatBot. Simply hover your mouse over the guide, and say help. She will automatically detect your location in the builder dashboard and give you tips on how to complete the particular section.
What's next for Voicesto Non-Profit Alexa Skill Template and Builder
We fully intend to keep moving forward and going to market with the Voicesto Non-Profit Alexa Skills Template and Builder.
Built With
amazon-alexa
javascript
lambda
node.js
typescript | Voicesto Non-Profit Alexa Skill Template and Builder | Wouldn't it be great if any non-profit could easily build a professional Alexa Skill, with built-in, voice-powered fundraising, all without a single line of code, and no experience with Alexa? | ['Matt Pitts'] | [] | ['amazon-alexa', 'javascript', 'lambda', 'node.js', 'typescript'] | 58 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/covid-19-app-ixena0 | Inspiration: COVID-19 pandemic
What it does: Provides relevant information about the pandemic
How I built it: Using Singularity.NET and Ocean Protocol
Challenges I ran into: Using the platforms
Accomplishments that I'm proud of: Using the platforms successfully
What I learned: Singularity.NET and Ocean Protocol
What's next for COVID-19 APP: Further improvements are required
Built With
java | COVID-19 APP | App giving relevant information about COVID-19 | ['Sandeep Chakravartty'] | [] | ['java'] | 59 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/anonifi | Inspiration
The Covid-19 pandemic has cost millions of people their jobs. Hunger and poverty has skyrocketed, mental health issues are exploding and people get less help due to scarcity of resources and limited movements.
During this nerve wrecking crisis, I have been forced to work remotely with my team, unfortunately we couldn't afford the steep price and 40 minutes time limitations of using zoom free. So we decided to build our own video collaborating app to help us save cost. After searching for weeks for hosting providers that won't hurt our meager pockets, we decided to go with AWS. Fortunately, AWS has this 1 year free tier that allows us to host and develop our solutions freely for up to 12 months. It's crazy I know. How did they know we need them badly? Well thanks to Mr. Jeff Bezos, Its our best gift yet during this catastrophic pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 people globally and evaporated many economies especially in Nigeria.
Nonprofits are usually the first responders in crisis like these and come to aid under-served or poor people. Now they too are heartbreakingly haemorrhaging funds, caused by cancelled annual events, disappearing earned revenue, or dwindling donations due to limited movements and communications as the COVID-19 pandemics obliterates global economies and keeps people and money isolated.
The rate of Mental Health issues has surged to an outrageous rate leading to many social vices like domestic violence, rape, robberies and other human rights violations. For example, In Nigeria, the word "mental" is synonymous to "Madness" so the stigma around mental health issues prevent people from talking about them or seeking help thereby escalating the issues to an alarming rate due to the pandemic.
Nonprofits can leverage Anonifi to securely and safely tackle these issues while providing tremendous privacy for beneficiaries to avoid stigma associated with mental health issues. They can also use Anonifi to carry out virtual events and meetings simultaneously without limitation to talk time or hurting their wallets further by paying for expensive services that charge $199.9/month for 10 directors/persons to host meetings.
What it does
Basically, Anonifi is a free app the helps people and organizations make secure and unlimited video and audio conference calls and collaborate with a group of people via an end-to-end encryption and no-meeting-recording to ensure 100% privacy, safety and security.
How I built it
My team and I built Anonifi on Android Studio with Kotlin for the client application, Firebase for analytics and deployed Jitsi as backend on AWS EC2 (Encrypted EBS) to ensure that all communications are end-to-end encrypted via DTLS-SRTP with Jitsi.
Challenges I ran into
Collaborating remotely was very hard until we had Anonifi. Finding a host that was flexible, reliable and inexpensive was a nightmare until we found AWS.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Since finding AWS, we have deployed many solutions that have kept us and our clients above water during this devastating pandemic.
What I learned
Collaboration and trust is crucial for survival. Innovation and access is paramount for growth. Knowledge and intelligent decisions are the difference between living and dying. Capital and people is a crucial facilitator. We need them all to succeed.
What's next for Anonifi
We intend to add more productive features like payment gateways for fundraising, whiteboard for live presentations, marketplace to allow nonprofits monetize their contents, language translation, speech recognition and text-to-speech for the physically challenged to communicate virtually etc.
Built With
amazon-ec2
amazon-web-services
amazonlightsail
android-studio
firebase
java
jitsi
kotlin
xml
Try it out
github.com
play.google.com
play.google.com | Anonifi | a free, secure and unlimited video conferencing app that helps Nonprofits effectively grow their programs, training, meet with donors, collaborate with staff, and engage their beneficiaries virtually. | [] | [] | ['amazon-ec2', 'amazon-web-services', 'amazonlightsail', 'android-studio', 'firebase', 'java', 'jitsi', 'kotlin', 'xml'] | 60 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/charity-tracker | Inspiration
I always hate how people brag or post on social media sites when they donate, volunteer to the less fortunate people. So my idea was to create a tracker, where people could look for help and vice versa but keeping their identity hidden
Built With
javascript | Charity Tracker | people in need can find charity organizations willing to help, and charity organizations can find people to help | ['Chris Achinga'] | [] | ['javascript'] | 61 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/nonprofit-fundraising-of-siam | Inspiration in prize imply in goal of management
What it does create in challenges and iy should to be. Modern of development manage it for people.
How we built it occour in platefrom on big data for knowladge what creative do.
Challenges we ran into perfect opportunity of responsibility. The committee can decide in support on story of creative.
Accomplishments that we're proud of happiness for modern development that the activity of life become perfect healthy and payment less.
What we learned development of Human factor can practice in potential of life.
What's next for Nonprofit Fundraising of Siam prepare from Devpost to access in all of them with each other whom register in challenger. I confide them sactifactory on worthiness.
Built With
microsoft-band
Try it out
sites.google.com | Nonprofit Fundraising of Siam | AWS can present in procedure of nonprofit fundraising so that donors insprie in the charity.via various communications. Customers or donors can decide in payment. Profit, then manage to payment. | [] | [] | ['microsoft-band'] | 62 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/callouts-zap4k9 | A quarantine shows everyone how to leave home (Facebook)
AI chatbot call demo
5 phones Ringing up at the same time.
All students receive a call at once to check who are absent from the lecture class.
High Level System Architecture
Callouts - how to force quarantines to stay at home.
CalloutStateMachine Workflow
“Calling out” contact flow
Contact Flow Flow Chart
Inspiration
Many countries try to use a hand band connected with a mobile to track quarantines. However, quarantines take off the hand band and leave the mobile at home, then they go out and potentially, infect others.
The healthy department calls them randomly and try to force them to stay home. However, to call ten thousand of quarantines is impossible! Therefore, we built a scalable AI call engine to call all quarantines to ensure they are all staying at home!
Also, due to COVID-19, although everyone needs to keep the distance from each other, we are still eager to know our friends' and families' health status and stay connected. However, that is difficult to keep tracking elderly or isolated people especially they are located in different cities or countries.
It is a tough situation for our institution when there is some critical and urgent announcement that needs to be provided to students (e.g. cancel class, all students please stay at home). Phone call is an effective way, but how can an educator make an urgent call to all students (e.g. 500 students)?
So we developed Callouts a simple and scalable way using Amazon Connect and Amazon Lex, to adapt to the recent quarantine in Hong Kong and the massive outbound call to all students.
How to enforce the quarantines to stay home?
For those quarantines have a fixed-line phone at home, the system can call to their home randomly or on schedule to ask them a simple question to ensure they are at home.
For the case no fixed phone and uses a hand band or strap connected with GPS mobile phone i.e. Hong Kong, the system calls quarantines can ensure they cannot take off the hand band and leave the mobile phone at home and go to the street.
For the case with just smartphone, the workflow can send quarantines an SMS and call them to answer the content from SMS. They cannot leave the phone at home and go out.
For the case without smartphone, healthy departments have to set a fix low-cost phone at their home as giving a smartphone to them there are 2 main problems: they don’t know how to use it at all and some quarantines break the free smartphone shortly.
What it does
Callouts is an outbound call engine enables healthy department to call all quarantines immediately, in which consists of 3 parts :
CalloutStateMachine: Keep track on the call whether successful or not
Callout with Amazon Connect: To make individual call automatically
Amazon Lex CalloutBot: To capture single word answer
Users only need to upload an excel file to the cloud or submit a JSON message to Amazon SQS, then all quarantines or students will receive a call immediately!
Quarantines have to answer the phone call with a simple answer, then the government can make sure they stay at home.
Ring up together Demo
Uploads an excel file to S3 Bucket and a class of students receive a call at the same time.
How We built it
Callouts is a solution build with a Serverless Application Model on AWS (Amazon Web Services), which saved a lot of resources. Below is the simplified system Architecture.
When there is a user uploads an excel file (for a call task) into an Excel storage bucket, the excel file will then be converted into another data format (JSON message) and being queue up using an AWS queuing service SQS. Each item of the queue will work for an individual call job data and cached in another storage bucket. Finally, the calling tasking will be started by the CalloutStateMachine (it also keeps track of whether a call is successful or not), so that call task will be executed one by one using AWS Connect to make phone call.
And per each phone call, it is done by an Amazon Lex Chatbot. Just like the following conversation Demo video.
The call job proceeds with dynamic parallelism. For more information, see New – Step Functions Support for Dynamic Parallelism.
The step “Get Callout job” is a Lambda function to get the call job JSON from ExcelCallTaskBucket. The step “Callout with AWS Connect” sends the message to AsynCalloutQueue and waits for the callback with task token. For more information, see Call Amazon SQS with Step Functions.
“Calling out” contact flow
Although the contact flow may seem complicated, the logic is straightforward.
“
Calling out” architecture
The following diagram illustrates the “Calling out” architecture.
Challenges We ran into
One of the most challenging parts is to create the workflow to keep track on which phone number is able to call or not, and all the process is being done in parallel to keep the callout process smooth and no one miss out, and at the end to have a report summarising the situation.
So the callout contact flow is quite complicated, then a number of cases happening at the same time.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Callouts is a simple solution for an organization to keep track of all quarantines or students in a consistent, and scalable way. This has been tested in our institution and we believe it will be applicable to either personal, caregivers and businesses.
What We learned
We gained a lot of experience in handling quite a number of callback cases. In which we have to use some cloud services which allow us to drag and drop different states and steps so that we can visualize the whole workflow. Instead of just looking at source codes, is difficult for our team to be on the same page.
What's next for Callouts
Due to the recent health quarantine in Hong Kong, for the people coming back from foreign countries need to conduct compulsory quarantine and wear electronic hand strap for 14 days to make sure they didn't go out.
Built With
amazon-connect
amazon-lex
serverless
Try it out
github.com | Force all quarantines to #StayAtHome with massive calls | Governments use a hand band connected with a mobile to track quarantines. However, quarantines take off the hand band and leave the mobile at home, then they go out and potentially, infect others. | ['Wong Chun Yin,Cyrus (黃俊彥)', 'Pui Kwan HO', 'Kitson Cheung', 'Mike Ng', 'Wai Pong Cheung', 'Pak Yin Lam', 'Mei Ching Pearly Jean Law'] | [] | ['amazon-connect', 'amazon-lex', 'serverless'] | 63 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/all-screens | All Screens - Overall
All Screens - Teacher View
All Screens - All Screen View
All Screens - Virtual Tutor Multi-Language Subject Specific Question and Answer Voice
All Screens - Virtual Tutor Multi-Language Subject Specific Question and Answer Text
All Screens - Virtual Tutor Chit Chat
All Screens - Face Detection
Inspiration
Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, our institution has moved to online teaching for a few months and now online teaching becomes the worldwide hottest topic for all schools!
To be honest, none of the online teaching solutions meet the real need for running online lab sessions. All existing online teaching solutions are just for online-meeting or one direction broadcast! Teachers are 100% no way to know your students are really working on their exercise at home or they are just open the online-meeting apps, and then doing other stuff!
On the other hand, most of the students are not willing to ask questions during an online class. The main difference between online class and face-to-face class is there is lack of interaction. Without classmates, buddies, or young students feel bored and alone then they do not join the online class!
What it does
1.View and Capture All student Screens
Once teacher clicks on the “Generate 3 hours Screen Sharing Tickets”, all virtual tutors (Amazon Sumerian host) will ask students to share their screen to teacher at the same time, then teacher can view all students' screens. In fact, teacher can send the instruction to a virtual tutor and it will talk to all students at the same time. If teacher clicks on the individual student screen, it will enlarge the student screen, and teacher can send a private message to that student.
** This is a very important feature as now teacher can have an overview of the whole class and know which student is really working on their exercise his own. As a result, our online class attendance is dropped as students cannot just open the online-meeting apps and go way or doing something else. However, students who attend the class are sure they are really learning something at home! **
Teacher View from one of our lab class demo
All Screens - Share Sharing and Virtual Tutor Class communications demo
Explain how to use it without the voice from Sumerian demo
2.Virtual Tutor Multi-Language Subject Specific Question and Answer
Teacher response the question from students:
teacher just need to upload their lecture notes to Amazon S3 bucket and create an index in Amazon Kendra - Highly accurate enterprise search service powered by machine learning, then Virtual Tutor can answer subject related question from all students with the brain from Amazon Kendra.
Students ask a question:
Students can ask English questions to the Virtual Tutor with Mic. If they want to ask the non-English questions, students can type in the question and click “Ask” button.
All Screens - Amazon Kendra as Brain Demo
Amazon Kendra answering 3 questions in different languages:
What is web application?
ORMとは何ですか？(What is ORM?)
什麼是面向對象? (What is object oriented?)
3.Virtual Tutor Chit Chat
Student talks anything with Virtual Tutor and she will show different gestures based on her answer. Students like to play game and have fun, so a bit of gamification element is good for any class!
** All Screens - Chit Chat (Flirt with the Virtual Tutor!) Demo **
Demo conversation:
I am sleepy
do I look good
I'm so lonely
I love you
わたしは、あなたを愛しています
je t'aime
4.Work alone mode
In some cases, we have to do an online quiz or test. Capturing student’s screen is not enough as they might find someone and work together. Therefore, all screens support Webcam Face detection.
privacy of Face detection:
we do not upload the student image to AWS and the face detection done inside the student’s browser.
All Screens - Webcam Face Detection Demo
How we built it
Overall System Architecture
1.View All student Screens
Sending 3 hours ticket to students:
uses Cognito User Pool with 2 user groups – teachers and students. By default, the “students” group has granted the IAM permission to upload screen capture image to Amazon S3 bucket, but it cannot limit the number or the valid upload time easily, so the system uses a ticket to control when students can share screen.
Sumerian generates the speech for the host:
uses AWS AppSync to connect all teachers and students together in real-time and the communication between Amplify React Apps and Sumerian Host is just using “window.postMessage”. Logic is moved to React but not the state machine of Sumerian host, which is the main difference from Lab Monitor, and we can version control it easily. Once Sumerian host receives the message, Amazon Polly generates the speech for the host.
2.Virtual Tutor Multi-Language Subject Specific Question and Answer
For the voice input from students:
when a student holds the mic icon, Amplify React Apps calls getUserMedia API to get the voice stream. Amazon Transcribe converts voice stream into text message, and text message sends to Amazon Lex Chatbot. if the Intent name is empty when the question can match defined intent and return from error handling, it means that is not a chit chat. We know student is asking a subject related question.
If teacher sets the Amazon Kendra Index for his class, the question sends to API gateway REST API based by AWS Lambda. It checks the answer from the Amazon Kendra Index which indexed the notes of this subject and response the answer to Amplify React.
AWS JavaScript client SDK does not support querying Amazon Kendra directly, so we have to add a REST API to proxy the query. Sumerian host receives the answer from “window.postMessage”, it converts the text to speech with Amazon Polly.
For text input：
the flow is similar to the voice input flow but the question from the student first sends to Amazon Comprehend which detects the dominant language of student question and translates it into English with Amazon Translate. The English text message sends to Amazon Lex Chatbot and response message shares the same flow as voice input.
3. Virtual Tutor Chit Chat
Chit Chat:
the difference is that Amazon Lex Chatbot will return an Intent Name and a response message. Actually, we added 86 common Intents for small talk, so this Amazon Lex Chatbot can do a chit chat. The response message will send to Amazon Comprehend for sentiment. According to the sentiment, Sumerian host will show different gestures. If the question is not in English, the response message translates back to the question’s language with Amazon Translate and display the answer in English and the question’s language. The English response message sends to Sumerian host, and the host specks out the answer with Amazon Polly.
4.Work alone mode
Face detection:
captures webcam images every second. We use face-api.js which provides face detection API and Machine Learning model for TensorFlow.js. After the face detection, face highlighted image sends to Sumerian and it displays in the projector of the virtual lab. When there is more than one face, React sends a warning message send to Sumerian host, and the host specks out the answer with Amazon Polly.
Challenges we ran into
1.Node.js React Library conflicts.
2.Source Version of Amazon Sumerian.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
By combining the power of each AWS Services, now teacher can have a good view to know each student what they are doing during the online course.
The initial version is already being applied to real online lab lessons in Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee), and improved the learning and marking efficiency.
What we learned
The integration with multiple AWS AI Services.
The integration of Amazon Lex, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon Sumerian, Amazon Translate and Amazon Polly for chit chat.
What's next for All Screens
Try to use Amazon Chime SDK to make a better screen sharing view with WebRTC.
Built With
amazon-comprehend
amazon-kendra
amazon-lex
amazon-polly
amazon-sumerian
amazon-transcribe
amazon-translate
amazon-web-services
appsync
aws-amplify
Try it out
github.com | All Screens | All existing online teaching solutions are just for online meeting or one direction broadcast! Teachers are 100% no way to know your students are really working on their exercise at home or not! | ['Mei Ching Pearly Jean Law', 'Pak Yin Lam', 'Mike Ng', 'Kitson Cheung', 'Wong Chun Yin,Cyrus (黃俊彥)', 'CHIU CHING WONG'] | [] | ['amazon-comprehend', 'amazon-kendra', 'amazon-lex', 'amazon-polly', 'amazon-sumerian', 'amazon-transcribe', 'amazon-translate', 'amazon-web-services', 'appsync', 'aws-amplify'] | 64 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/math-corpse-innovations-in-math-literacy | Inspiration
A CRM system is developed with the slack channel and an integrated dialogflow based CRM system, with many integrations, including chat and phone channels. The inspiration being, the evangelism for The One Quantum Tablet Per Child.
link
What it does
Provides CRM services, and technical help using an SME bot for help to students and tutors of math corps provides help on using google Socratic and Microsoft ailab tools, through a slack channel and Amazon Alexa.
It also markets, Alexa Flex, Gemmy Twelking bears for Alexa and CoderDojo StPaul2's Jetson Media, a better Alexa Echo.
Filled with Easter eggs, it also monitors messages on the tech help channel and provides relevant snippets of mathematics and code and humor too!
How I built it
A basket of Alexa skills are used for CRM and onboarding support, a slack channel is integrated to Alexa using an off the shelf Alexa skill and a dialog bot-based CRM system is built using dialogbots KM system and the use of pre-built CRM systems with a hand-over to a real SME.
AWS TEmplates are used to integrate an AWS Lex based bot with Alexa and AWS Kibana, for a knowledge management tool.
Challenges I ran into
No challenges as the entire project were straight forward.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Automation of Technical Help conversational CRM systems, proof of concept of the replacement of live help, and chatbots with conversational CRM systems. Use at CoderDojo and Math Corps.
What I learned
An incredible amount of Wolfram examples and humorous anecdotes, integration of APIs to Lex and DialogBot, and integration of Wolfram Alpha search API.
Another delta towards the ultimate use in graduate mathematics and computer science, already ready in a content P.O.C with Knot Theory examples.
What's next for math corpse: Innovations in math literacy
As mathematics is proven the unifying, universal language, followed by OOPS and NLP, quantum computing, and statistical computing march ahead in two armies, Z and Q. The Q army can be seen just around the anti-AI fortress. Will we storm the fort? and layoff the lazy bones?
Built With
alexa
blueprints
dialogflow
slack
Try it out
coderdojo-stpaul2.slack.com | math corpse: Innovations in math literacy | Alexa skills and Alexa based slack channel help is developed as an integrated CRM for the non-profit math corps. | ['Anil Kumar B'] | [] | ['alexa', 'blueprints', 'dialogflow', 'slack'] | 65 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/groom-elite-class | Stream of Groom Elite class skill working image
Voiceflow project export image
Inspiration as a thirty year student of horses and Dr. Mac, I saw the contest as an opportunity to give back to those that had helped me with their gifts.
What it does is gives grooms across the country easy listening access to Dr. Mac's classes while they are actively working in the stables.
How I built the skill was using the Voiceflow voice skill tool and an S3 account to publicly host the content image and video files.
Challenges I ran into were coordinating the development with Dr. Mac in Louisiana and me being in Arizona.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of my first voice skill passed ADC validation and getting to do Good with folks on my friend's list.
What I learned was how to supply correct content after the Next and Previous audio stream intents.
What's next for Groom Elite class is entering the second category for the Amazonraiseup.com contest using Amazon Pay.
Built With
amazon-alexa
s3
voiceflow
Try it out
creator.voiceflow.com | Groom Elite class | Groom Elite's Dr. Mac will be posting short educational classes through Amazon Alexa voice skills during the Covid season to continue the education of grooms as they care for horses. | [] | [] | ['amazon-alexa', 's3', 'voiceflow'] | 66 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/hdd-handheld-decontamination-device | Inspiration is to build a handheld device which is easy to afford and to use by everybody. It decontaminates surfaces which might carry sars-cov2 particles. By using UV-light and/or cold plasma the virus particles are deactivated. Areas of use coukld be, hospitals, supermarkets, working places, sars-cov2 testing stations and many more.
Built With
cold-plasma
raspberry-pi
uv-lights | HDD handheld decontamination device. | UV-Light and cold plasma for decontaminating surfaces from sars-cov2. | ['Andr Jef'] | [] | ['cold-plasma', 'raspberry-pi', 'uv-lights'] | 67 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/ca-tus | How caכtus checks if a given headline is fake news
Inspiration
caכtus was inspired by my academic research in fake news detection and from my work with non-profit organizations as the developer of the Ibrius Donate Social tab app for Facebook pages. The app allowed big and small non-profit organizations to receive donations and share their cause through their Facebook pages.
After maintaining and supporting the Ibrius Donate Social tab app for Facebook pages for more than 5 years I noticed a major issue. I noticed that many non-profits are struggling with convincing potential donors why it is important to contribute to a particular cause. Oftentimes, there is fake news and controversy surrounding noble causes.
What it does
caכtus
is a not-for-profit service, which allows people and non-profit organizations to add news headlines for a specific region to their website.
caכtus
pulls the latest headlines published by various sources unfiltered. These sources include big and small, dependent and independent, local and international publishing agencies for a specified geographic region. For each news headline
caכtus
provides tools to help the user make an informed decision on whether to trust the information provided in the news article.
Using the
caכtus
service allows non-profit organizations to show potential donors the current situation in a particular region through the eyes of local media outlets.
How I built it
caכtus
is built using Python and it is currently running on AWS EB. It pulls news headlines from NewsAPI for a specific region and gives the option to translate them using Google Translate. For each news headline shown
caכtus
extracts noun entities using Natural Language API and then pulls facts from Wikipedia related to these entities including facts about the source of the article if available. Additionally, it pulls Tweets and social media content from users discussing the topic described by each noun entity.
caכtus
asks users to rate the source of the headline thus allowing them to confront their own personal bias against that of an automated fake news detection engine.
caכtus
uses a novel connotation similarity algorithm described in the following research paper:
link
The fake news detection engine is loosely based on the system described in the following research paper:
link
Challenges I ran into
As mentioned earlier, the biggest challenge we faced was trying to come up with an algorithm for a problem, for which there is no concise definition and no benchmark datasets free of political bias. For these reasons, machine learning algorithms fail at detecting fake news. In the study "Understanding the promise and limits of automated fact-checking" Lucas Graves, a Senior Research fellow at the Reuters Institute, concludes that “Much of the terrain covered by human fact-checkers requires a kind of judgement and sensitivity to context that remains far out of reach for fully automated verification” and that “systems will require human supervision for the foreseeable future”.
In order to overcome this challenge we looked at how human fact checkers verify news and we used these observations to build a system that helps ordinary people verify news both manually and automatically.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
My grandmother who is a news connoisseur and an experienced fact-checker gave the app a nod of approval.
What I learned
Running a not-for-profit startup taught us that it is important for donors to see where their money is going and why it is going there. Some potential donors refuse to donate money to a particular cause because they do not have sufficient information on the actual situation in a particular region.
On a technical level, we learned that deploying an app to AWS is easier than deploying an app to Google Cloud.
What's next for caכtus
We are in the process of integrating Alexa Skills. Unfortunately, we currently do not have the resources needed in order to purchase an Alexa device and give it a proper testing.
While NewsAPI is great for prototyping purposes, we are also currently designing an in-house scraper to capture more international news.
Built With
amazon-web-services
google-cloud-natural-language-api
google-translate
langdetect
newsapi
twitter
wikipedia
Try it out
cactus-env.eba-egqe4tjx.us-west-2.elasticbeanstalk.com | caכtus | caכtus shows the latest headlines from around the world in real time and provides tools to help people make an informed decision on whether they can trust a particular headline or not. | ['carkeyshawaii', 'Marina Ibrishimova'] | [] | ['amazon-web-services', 'google-cloud-natural-language-api', 'google-translate', 'langdetect', 'newsapi', 'twitter', 'wikipedia'] | 68 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/love-indie-art | love-indie-art.png
Inspiration
Everyone can connect with art and they want to own a piece of it in their private home or in their office. There is a connection with art. There are many skilled independent artists who want their work to be made available to the artist lovers. Charitable organizations by use of technology like Alexa echo show devices, can create a bridge between the artist, their art and the art lovers to gain charity and help independent artists thrive and sustain.
What it does
"Love Indie Art" is an application that uses Amazon's AWS and Alexa products to help achieve the connection and help charitable organizations enable artists and their art. The application showcases the art and the artist name in Alexa Echo show device for the user to admire and get the print copy of the art he wishes to have. The user can pay using the Amazon Pay that is integrated within the application.
How I built it
I built "Love Indie Art" application using Amazon's Lambda Serverless in Node.js, Alexa Presentation Language that enables art display in echo show device , S3 for storing art and IAM permissions to programmatically make art available through the "Love Indie Art" application and Amazon Pay to enable payment by the user for the printed copy of the art or to enable art and the artist.
Challenges I ran into
"Love indie Art" is an exciting and a challenging project. Integrating Amazon Pay via Alexa took some time as account need to be setup in the seller central, the approval took some time and the test accounts need to be enabled for testing. Programmatically integrating Amazon Pay was a challenge as it took some time to understand the concept and apply it
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am happy to have created "Love indie Art" application and it was a great experience to see the test payments successfully get posted in to my account. Also, enabling security for the art objects , so that it can not be available other than programmatically only via "Love indie Art" application is another accomplishment that I am happy about.
What I learned
"Love indie Art" project has been a learning experience as I integrated Amazon Pay with the Alexa skill. Though I have previously designed projects for Alexa Echo Show device, Amazon Pay integration with Alexa has been challenging and an educational experience.
What's next for Love Indie Art
"Love indie Art" acts as a bridge and brings together artists, their art and users who love art. It is a medium for charitable organizations to gain charity by enabling independent artists. The next step would be to expand the application's scope and use it to market music or retail products, outside of charity.
Built With
alexa-sdk
amazon-pay
amazon-web-services
apl
echo-show
iam
node.js
s3
Try it out
github.com | Love Indie Art | Make art available through Alexa Echo Show devices and help independent artists. Everyone can connect via art. Charitable organizations can show and sell art for charity & enable independent artists. | ['G S'] | [] | ['alexa-sdk', 'amazon-pay', 'amazon-web-services', 'apl', 'echo-show', 'iam', 'node.js', 's3'] | 69 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/whose-next | Inspiration. Nonprofit organizations often focus on human-centered interaction to provide guidance, education, and support. They deliver services and programs for everything from mental health and counseling to food and shelter to early childhood education and empowerment to animal rights and welfare to legal aid and refugee support to advocacy and grantmaking. So i was inspired to build this Skill to help Non profit, service delivery decide whose next it is to carry out an assignment. This project built will help expand on the services they provide. It will enhance their delivery of services and programs.They can decide whose turn it is to carry out a task.
What it does
It figures out whose turn it is to do something by having Alexa choose for you. Next time you're trying to decide whose turn it is pick something or perform a task, just ask Alexa for help. For example, if you're trying to decide whose turn it is to pick a movie on movie night, or organize next event, Alexa can randomly select someone's name from the list. Or if you're trying to decide who should take out the trash, Alexa can help with that too!
How I built it,
I used Alexa development environment to build.
Challenges I ran into
It was quite difficult to decide which category i should concentrate and build for. Every sector in the economy needs help. Every unit wants to carry out their projects in a different way.
requesting for teams was kind of slow, so decided to start and finish this one myself, considering many other projects at hand aside this one. Power supply was not always available and access to the internet was quite poor. Waiting for approval and reading up all that must be done was a bit challenging because it was just me alone creating and building.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am Glad my skill passed the certification process and can be enabled in any device to commence usage from the app store.
What I learned
I learned that there are easy ways you can help support others if you stay motivated and determined, you can finish what you start.
What's next for Whose next
Hope to update with more features, depending on ratings and comments received.
Built With
amazon-alexa
Try it out
www.amazon.com | Whose next | This project is built for service delievery units,or anyone who wants to,figure out whose turn it is to do something by having Alexa choose for you. It could be taking out trash, movie, event meeting. | ['Chinwendu Maduakor'] | [] | ['amazon-alexa'] | 70 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/give-on-live | Stand apart: Together.
The Covid19 world pandemic has changed life as we know it. With much of the world social distancing, we are called to distance, but not isolate. It’s difficult to avoid the negative effects of social distancing when we can no longer visit friends and family or go to cultural events like concerts, festivals, and theatre. Behind closed doors we are still social beings; we need to experience each other. Sharing culture is what makes us human.
Give On LIVE! takes immediate action by partnering with one interactive medium, available to everyone with internet connection: LIVEStream. Live-streaming is already the new norm, and we have given it a new home. Our mission is to gather livestream content in ONE place. A portal that fosters connection between humans. The ultimate interactive stage where we can share culture without borders.
Host a LIVEstream or Share your favorite LIVEstream Creator. Post an event on the calendar and share with the world. Give On Live is the guide to discovering, hosting, and playing through virtual social connection that makes us human. We may be called to stand apart for now, but through Give On LIVE, we can be UNITED through LIVEstream.
#GetLIVE & #GiveLIVE
Stand Apart: Together
Your Livestream Guide
Inspiration
In this sudden time of quarantine and social distancing, many have been forced into lockdown, physically cut off from other humans. We have found that in this time #LIVEHeroes have stood up and shared their talents freely to selflessly give others entertaining options for their #PandemicSurvivalGuide. Fitness instructors and gyms have offered free livestream classes, mentors and life coaches frequently go LIVE to share advice, many institutions are hosting LIVE seminars. And perhaps most impressive is the amount of artists collaborating to raise money for needed Covid19 relief initiatives. #TogetherAtHome #BigNighIn #AndreaBoccelli #MusicForHope. Our world is coming together to share positive content and endure this time together, it deserves a home.
What it does
Our mission is to gather free live-stream in ONE place; a portal that fosters connection between humans.
Our open, crowdsourced guide brings together all the free livestream resources available. With a focus on Concerts & Festivals, MIND, BODY, SOUL, & COVID19, this guide shares daily uplifting, entertaining, and interactive resources people can engage from their computer or mobile. No matter which platform used for streaming, all information is gathered here to easily guide users.
Our Progress
We started with a Google Form, Public Calendar and a Dream; Bring hope into every home by sharing free resources in ONE easy to navigate guide.
The GLOBAL HACK - April 2020 During the Global Hack we gathered a small rockstar team and built out a simple front-end combining the Google Form and Google Calendar. We built on Wordpress and followed a theme with all the functions of a live streaming platform like YouTube. We kept it very simple, with a home landing page with categories, the full calendar, and submit form. We began recruiting LIVEAdmins to directly input new events following our community rules of engagement.
http://giveonlive.com/submit
The DATA BIO HACK - April 2020 We gathered physicists and data scientists to discover what data could tell us about what activities were available, how people were feeling, and a smart data-driven solution to recommend daily livestream to viewers we had never met. We scoured data sets and created the “Senti-me” aggregator. Using an API over Twitter we triggered collection of key words and posts. Thus we were able to gather, compare and analyze the sentiment of humans in different regions (IP addresses) This helped us to start forming our persona Thomas, an out of work creator and Tara Rose an exchange student living in the heart of the outbreak, Milano, Italy.
The EuVSVirus HACK - April 2020 We have built a mobile app for Android and IOS This has direct integration into the Google Calendar. Users can search the many listings and add to their personal agenda. There is an option to watch “Featured Daily” selections directly from the site. This will be connected to a smart bot, that uses data sets and sociology AI to recommend a curated daily agenda for viewers #MyPandemicSurvivalGuide. Also an option for “Daily Livestream” to an email with the pick of the day.
The Global AI Hackathon - April-May 2020 We have engaged in intensive research of various data sets, sentiment analysis and determined ways to use APIs to build our GetLIVE Wellness Algorithm. We had to pivot from our hypothesis and categories based on types of event to emotions critical to wellness. This allowed us to create more feasible data analysis and integrate into our recommender system. Our global team of scientists and design thinkers had helped to identify the direction for gaining a foundation of data through a beta mobile launch of users in our target and diverse profiles.
World Hackathon Day - Research HERE:
https://github.com/hammedb197/GiveLIVE_AI/tree/master/emotional_detection
S.O.S. Hackathon -
We continue to polish our product and consider decentralized framework and opening up payment rails. We are in process of adding direct donations and payments using not only FIAT through merchant partners, but also our own custom made cryptocurrency peer to peer transfers. We have won Best Woman Led Project in this hackathon. Thank you S.O.S. Hackathon and great mentors from Ethereum Foundation.
Raise-Up Buildathon- July 2020
We begin to consider challenges and scaling including ways to make our database of LIVE content available to viewers with disabilities. We have integrated Alexa Skills so that content in the LIVEstream library can be searchable with voice. We have also added a chat bot to guide audiences to the content they seek. Our research team has compiled Cultural Institutions and City Virtual tours on the Web. We plan to reach out to these institutions directly. They will be able to access their profiles, creat events, and accept donations and ticket sales. This is possible through the Events Calendar plug-in w have installed. Thank you Modern Tribe ( Creator of the software). Our AWS account has details of Alexa Skills, Lex for chatbot, and Amazon Pay integration. Thank you Amazon!
https://github.com/giveonliverepo/aws-raiseup-hack
How we built it
We started with a simple Google Form & Calendar, and added a front-end website built on Wordpress. We began recruiting LIVEAmbassadors to add events to the calendar and recruit users to niche FB groups related to different categories.
We built a back-end aggregator to scrape events off posts on Twitter to start. These events integrate directly to the public Google Calendar and pass through a moderation portal where admins can have access to push to the system or not.
For ambassadors we will make an easy streamline way to submit livestream recommendations and hosted sessions, though integratable bots to their own calendar and eventbrite accounts.
During the EuVsVirus Hackathon we built a functioning Mobile App.
-We built using Flutter, immediately integratable for Android and IOS
-We connected an API to Google calendar that connects live to our mobile app triggers
-We used Figma to create UI/UX for both sides of our Marketplace; viewer and host
-We integrated the design into the back end
Challenges
There are endless resources and we need a scalable method to make sure content is appropriate. As we grow the host creator community we will also be challenged by maintaining an open governance that adheres to the rules of engagement.
Getting started configuring the web server was challenging. Integrating the different tech and plugins took time and strain. We had to deal with bugs. We were also working on various time zones, so team collaboration challenges. Very grateful to mentors and slack that helped us coordinate all.
Customizing features with google integration was limited to google style. We need to consider if we will keep these color and style limitations or later build from scratch. There are many benefits with so many users on google to keep as is, we are analyzing financial of labor and upkeep for staying in Google or customizing a new solution.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
In two short weeks we made a well rounded initial guide integratable with viewers personal google calendar and attracted many interested mission members.
During the EuVSVirus we have built a functioning Mobile app using Flutter that can be made available easily to both IOS and Android.
Today June 2020, we have over 50+ growing community adding their skills to the collective mission. We have launched the LIVELearn Program, admitting 5 incredible learners in career transitions. We are humbled and grateful to all the support and momentum adding value on livestream at a time.
What we learned
Livestream content, Zoom group webinars and other platforms can take time for viewers to get used to. Both hosts and participants have a learning curve to accessing content. We understand limitations and want to also embed an easy way for guide subscribers to access their livestream from GiveLIVE! app or links from personal google calendar.
What's next for Give On Live
Give, Grow, and Build. We are excited to enter various Hackathons and continue to add value to the community with more features and most importantly the interactive livestream content society needs to stay uplifted in this critical time.
Built With
alexaskills
amazonpay
google
html
lex
wordpress
Try it out
www.giveonlive.com
youtu.be | Give On LIVE! Public LIVEstream Library | Your Livestream Library: *Stream *Organize *Share | ['Chinwendu Maduakor', 'ChristyAna Viva', 'Arjan van Eersel', 'aradhana chaturvedi', 'Saleem Javed'] | [] | ['alexaskills', 'amazonpay', 'google', 'html', 'lex', 'wordpress'] | 71 |
10,054 | https://devpost.com/software/virtual-health-checkup-modelling-of-coronavirus-technoband | Technoband
Software Modelling of Future conditions of CoronaVirus
Inspiration
Daily surge in cases, health conditions of citizens pushed me to work hard
What it does
It predicts the curve of future conditions of any country w.r.t. data set available
How I built it
I built it through software, that have been mentioned.
Challenges I ran into
Lots of challenges, but overcomes and got the results as expected
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
That I did something, which satisfies and help at least one citizen, then the chain will follow up.
What I learned
I learned new softwares, skills
What's next for Virtual Health Checkup|Modelling of CoronaVirus|Technoband
If got success, wanna make it open source.
Built With
arduino
c++
embedded
matlab
python
webex | Virtual Health Checkup|Modelling of CoronaVirus|Technoband | Future prediction with Virtual checkup online and Smart electronic band | ['Shreyansh Pagaria', 'Maor Mashiaxch'] | [] | ['arduino', 'c++', 'embedded', 'matlab', 'python', 'webex'] | 72 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/meme-bot | How to Test And Official Website
You can find information on how to join the Meme Bot Server and how to use the bot at:
http://make-memes.online
(Note this domain is registered with Domain.com and is my submission for the best domain registered with Domain.com)
Inspiration
My idea was to make a fully-featured, yet light-hearted and fun bot. I found that most bots have common basic functions, which should be included in my bot, as well as other unique functions that make it stand out.
What it does
There are several functions that my bot has, namely:
~
User verification
using the Google Sheets API to make sure users have registered before joining the server
~
Meme creation
using PIL, where users can use the !meme command to specify text to go on any of the 12 meme templates included.
~
Random joke
using the pyjokes API, where users can use the !joke command to get a joke from the bot.
~
Anonymous messages
, where users can send an anonymous message to the channel with the !anon command
~
Purge messages
(Admin only) for easy channel cleanup
~
Magic 8 Ball
via the !ask command, where the user gets a response to a question
~
Coin flip
and
custom dice rolling
via the !flip and !roll commands
How I built it
The
overall bot
is written with the
discord.py API
.
Verification
is done using the
Google Cloud Platform
, where a
Google Form
is used for registration, which automatically populates a
Google Sheet
, whereby the bot fetches the info from the
Google Drive and Google Sheets APIs
to validate user verification.
Meme Creation
is done using
PIL (the Python Imaging Library)
whereby text is affixed to various template images based on user input.
Random Jokes
are fetched via the
pyjokes API
Challenges I ran into
As this was my first real Discord Bot, I found it difficult to traverse through the documentation, making it difficult to figure out how to manage roles necessary for verification.
Moreover, it was difficult to get the PIL meme creation working properly, as I had to hand-tune certain settings to make the text look presentable.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am proud of my accomplishment of successfully building and deploying a fully-featured Discord bot.
The two features that I am proud of are
verification and meme creation
. Both of these features required me to step outside my comfort zone and learn to use external APIs.
What I learned
This is my first Discord bot so I learned how to use
discord.py
over the weekend.
Moreover, it was my first time using the
Google Cloud Platform
, and my first time doing
image manipulation
(which I accomplished via
PIL
).
This is my first time using many different APIs in one project, so I definitely learned how to
compartmentalize and organize
them in a way that is legible.
What's next for Meme Bot
I plan on adding
new meme templates
, as well as
new commands
based on user requests. Moreover, I plan on
adding Meme Bot
to some of the
various servers
I am a part of
so that real people can use it
.
Domain.com Prize
I submit the domain
http://make-memes.online
for the best domain registered with Domain.com challenge
APIs Used
~Google Drive API
~Google Sheets API
~Discord.py API
~Pyjokes API
~PIL (Python Imagine Library) API
Best Use of Google Cloud
I utilize various Google services to employ secure and seamless verification for my bot.
These include:
Google Cloud Platform, Google Drive API, Google Sheets API, and Google Forms, as well as Google Sites
to host information about my bot.
Users fill out a
Google Form
, which populates a
Google Sheet
, which is fetched via the
Google Drive API and Google Sheets API
(from the
Google Cloud Platform
) and matched against user input. This allows users to verify themselves quickly, easily, and safely.
Contact Info
Jeremie Bornais
[email protected]
jere_mie#9432 (Discord Tag)
http://make-memes.online
https://github.com/jere-mie/Meme-Bot
Built With
discord.py
google-cloud
google-drive-api
google-sheets-api
heroku
pil
pillow
pyjokes
python
Try it out
make-memes.online
github.com
discord.gg | Meme Bot | A fully-featured Discord bot with the ability to create memes | ['Jeremie Bornais'] | ['First Overall', 'Longest Tech Stack'] | ['discord.py', 'google-cloud', 'google-drive-api', 'google-sheets-api', 'heroku', 'pil', 'pillow', 'pyjokes', 'python'] | 0 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/user-inexperience | Inspiration
An internet rabbit hole once took me to a site called
User Inyerface
, a website where you had to accurately fill a form in the
shortest time possible
,
with a catch
: the form was purposely built with the most
atrocious
user interface/experience you could imagine, so it presented a
fun
(albeit useless)
challenge while simultaneously providing me with a good laugh.
When I heard about
Hacklarious
and was brainstorming silly ideas, this website resurfaced to the front of my mind, and I started thinking of ways to put a
unique
spin on it. Perhaps, I could create a mobile version of this website as an
app
, and treat navigating
bad UX
as a
fun game
. That's where the idea for
User Inexperience
emerged.
What it does
User Inexperience
as an app that puts you in a
competition
with others to try and complete a
simple
task in an with
horrible
UX. Due to the 24-hour time limit of
Hacklarious
, we decided to only implement one of these
"levels,"
where the task is to
simply
create a
checklist item
in a
todo list app
.
Sounds easy, right?
Of course, no todo list app is
complete
without its
unique
features. Some of the
"nifty"
features of our todo app include:
An
unskippable
5-second ad that pops up
every minute
The
most unintuitive
account creation pages
you'll ever see...
Random
error messages
that
DON'T
tell you how to fix them
Perhaps the
most unreasonable
paywalls for
basic
features of a
checklist app
The
worst
design choices for
simple actions
with todo items
Extremely questionable
ways to navigate the app
Oh, and did we mention the
omni-present
ticking timer that's designed to
stress
you out?
After the torture ends and you successfully complete your
simple
task, you are brought to a leaderboard screen and your time is logged (anonymously, if you prefer) and displayed for the world to see:
Congratulations, you are a master of navigating horrendous UX.
How we built it
The original idea started out on a whiteboard:
We then started building the app using React Native and Expo. Expo allows us to run our app across multiple devices and platforms, which makes it extremely easy to develop and test. We also used a bit of Node.js + Express to host a server to interact with our MongoDB backend.
We used many APIs and technologies, including:
Similar Words API
- This was used for our "Word of the Day" ad, and because we couldn't find a free word-of-the-day ad online that didn't require a credit card, we instead decided to combine this synonym finder API with an NPM package to simulate the "Word of the Day"
REST Countries API
- This was used for an ad for "an app that helps you cheat on Geography tests." It gave the user a "demo" by presenting them with a dropdown where they can select a country from the complete list given by this API.
Numbers API
- This was in an ad for an education institution, as it gave a fun fact about numbers and proceeded to inform the user that they could learn more facts like these by signing up for their free* course (*to only the last person who registers, of course).
YesNo API
- This was used to decide whether or not the user would be able to delete a todo, helping simulate the frustrations of a buggy app that only sometimes works.
MongoDB Atlas
- This was used to store the usernames and times of the users that completed the Todo List challenge to display the leaderboard at the end.
Node.js
+
Express
- Used to communicate with the backend MongoDB Database.
React Native
+
Expo
- Used to develop and test the mobile app.
Challenges we ran into
Developing a terrible UX has one clear downside, you kind of have to deal with this terrible UX yourself when testing your app. As you can probably notice from the video (which took more than one take), actually trying to "beat" our game was a lot less fun and enjoyable than coding it. This is likely because we needed to restart the game every time we made changes, or to have to pass certain parts of the game in order to debug a particular screen.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're proud of developing an app that's mainly about exaggerating terrible user experiences, because this required us to often dive deeper into parts of React Native, as React Native is generally designed around good UX. As follows, we needed to explore the APIs a bit deeper compared to our previous dives, but it taught us more low-level aspects about React Native that we can now powerfully use in the future.
What we learned
We have learned that UX is extremely important to a good user impression. We've learned UX bad practices and now know to avoid them when making our own apps.
What's next for User Inexperience
With the time limit of 24 hours, we were not able to implement all the annoying features we had hoped to implement. We could add plenty more silly ads, awful UX design choices, and dumb errors that don't mean anything and a variety of other annoying features.
Built With
expo.io
express.js
javascript
node.js
rapid-api
react-native
Try it out
annoying.tech
userinexperience.tech
drive.google.com | User Inexperience | A game where users race to quickly navigate an app with terrible UX. | ['Leon Si'] | ['Second Overall'] | ['expo.io', 'express.js', 'javascript', 'node.js', 'rapid-api', 'react-native'] | 1 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/very-unique-pet | Inspiration
Getting up in the mornings has never been easy. But in these pandemic times it has become even more challenging. It would certainly help if there was some motivation for getting up..
What it does
Very-Unique-Pet (VUP) is both a virtual and a physical pet. It acts as a father figure in your life. Need to get up from bed? A robot VUP will run around the room whilst blasting out a loud noise. If you don't catch it in time, it will start insulting you. Because who wants to be insulted by a robot?
If a physical device is not enough of a motivation, the virtual VUP companion is her et o save the day. You can bond with it by feeding it or petting it. You can ask it to tell you jokes and even set alarm clocks (that get synced to the physical one). But be careful.. if you feed it too much or if you spend too much time apart from it - VUP will die. And that will just break your heart.
How I built it
Physical
Hardware robot with which you can interact via voice-control.
Demo videos:
Voice control:
https://youtu.be/9sY_ozepxDE
Robot machine:
https://youtu.be/0OiOizqmMO4
Virtual
A frontend project built with React. Internally uses Axios for making HTTP calls, Semantic UI for basic user-interface building blocks, moment.js for handling dates, and Animate.css and Framer for animations.
Makes API calls to our syncing server (which uses MongoDB), Firebase for storing customer analytics events and
Google Cloud Function
for checking the state of the alarm clock (in alarm / not in alarm).
A more complete description & code available in the
frontend
repository.
Usage demo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5J5BE4K6Ls&feature=youtu.be
Operations
What would this project be without a proper OPS set-up? We have gcloud uptime checks, alerts on downtime, dashboard for easy monitoring of our services, and deployments to cloud storage.
Lets investigate those business-as-usual latency spikes together!
Full tech stack
JavaScript
React
Create-React-App
Moment.js
Frame
Animate.css
Semantic-UI
axios
Python
Google: Cloud Storage
Google: Firebase
Google: Cloud Functions
Google: Uptime checker
Google: Alert notification
Google: Monitoring Dashboard
Challenges I ran into
Originally we wanted to make the communication layer via pub/sub. However, since we didn't have enough experience with this, it was scrapped in favor of a classical API server built with Python.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Matiss: first time trying to animate user interactions; pretty happy with the results;
Palvisha: setting up DNS records & basics of pub/sub
What's next for very-unique-pet
Click "feed" a couple of times for a nasty surprise.
Built With
alert
animate.css
axios
create-react-app
dashboard
firebase
framer
google-cloud
mangodb
moment.js
monitoring
python
react
semantic-ui
serverless
Try it out
very-unique-domain-name.tech
github.com | very-unique-pet | An absolutely useless virtual pet. Interact with it, play with it.. it will never die (or will it?) | ['Palvisha Sharma', 'Muntaser Syed'] | ['Third Overall'] | ['alert', 'animate.css', 'axios', 'create-react-app', 'dashboard', 'firebase', 'framer', 'google-cloud', 'mangodb', 'moment.js', 'monitoring', 'python', 'react', 'semantic-ui', 'serverless'] | 2 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/moneymoneymoney | Price in chipotle burritos
Price in cups of boba
Accompanying website: moneymoneymoneyalwaysfunny.online
Inspiration
Most of us have been guilty of impulse-buying something we don’t need online. When shopping online, it’s easy to get lost since there’s so many weird and interesting things that you can buy. MoneyMoneyMoney is here to help ground your decisions by comparing the costs of a potential purchase to the cost of something you’re more familiar with.
What it does
The extension takes the price of the amazon item you’re looking at and converts it into the equivalent number of chipotle burritos, cups of boba, boxes of chicken nuggets, or rolls of toilet paper (maybe not as accurately for that last one right now!). When checking out, the extension also sends multiple (slightly passive aggressive) pop-ups asking if you really want to complete your purchase.
How we built it
Backend:
Our extension was created through a React base. We utilized Python and one of its libraries, SelectorLib, to create an API for web-scraping Amazon’s product pages to get prices based on productIDs. This information was transferred to the server, a Flask app.
DevOps:
The server is hosted on Google App Engine and the frontend website is hosted on Firebase and redirected to Domain.com.
Frontend:
For the extension, we used react along with semantic ui for the design and functionality. This was incorporated with Chrome Extension apis and functions to convert it into an extension. For the website, we used a static react page.
Challenges we ran into
Understanding how flask server deployments work was a challenge. We also had to learn how servers handle production and development modes of backend code, which took reading and lots of trial and error. Even then, the hosted code would sometimes crash and would need to be redeployed.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Our extension is fully functional and we are extremely proud to have pulled that off. We’re not used to doing online hackathons, so being able to work together so well and create something together is something we’re very proud of.
Also, in our last hackathon, we struggled a lot with creating a good video to demo our code, but this time, we are proud that we could create an entertaining video to present our hard work.
What we learned
We learned that we had to use the Google Storage API to save data for the extension rather than using global variables or state in React. We also learned about conditional rendering for providing different information on different product pages, which required a lot of research.
What's next for MoneyMoneyMoney
More items! We want to let users be able to search a bigger database for items they could use to compare prices, or add their own custom items! We would also like to keep a running total of money spent that can be converted into the different items so that users can be aware of their long-term spending.
Built With
app-engine
axios
chrome-extension-pack
css
firebase
flask
google-cloud
html
javascript
python
react
reactstrap
selectorlib
Try it out
github.com
hacklarious.firebaseapp.com
moneymoneymoneyalwaysfunny.online
chrome.google.com | MoneyMoneyMoney | Are you really sure you need to buy that? | ['Reshmi Ranjith', 'Saloni S', 'Megan Tran', 'Vincent Vu'] | ['Best Demo Video'] | ['app-engine', 'axios', 'chrome-extension-pack', 'css', 'firebase', 'flask', 'google-cloud', 'html', 'javascript', 'python', 'react', 'reactstrap', 'selectorlib'] | 3 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/facerays-space-ultrasonic-rays-face-mask | facerays.space octocat
Inspiration
Newest regulations say that you need to keep 1.5m distance to other people in public (Germany)
What it does
Play your favorite Meme Song, as soon as someone gets closer than 1.5m to you
How I built it
For the hardware:
A Laptop/PC/Mac/Whatever
An Arduino Uno
A piezo - (Digisound F/EB 2209AD)
An ultrasonic rays sensor - (HC-SR04)
A face mask you can modify
facerays.space
Domain.com for the domain and google cloud storage for hosting the static website.
Challenges I ran into
Getting the hardware. University is closed but my Prof. was kind enough to do a backyard drop off kind of thing. sounds sketchy but perfect for hacklarious.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
It plays megalovania and is kind of wearable (maybe not really :P) with a powerbank, and can be really annoying after some time. Great success!
What I learned
I need better hardware for building thingies that are smaller.
What's next for facerays.space ultrasonic rays face mask
A meme song generator that you can use with the mask ?
Built With
arduino
domain.com
google-cloud
hc-sr04
laptop/pc/mac/whatever
Try it out
facerays.space
github.com | facerays.space ultrasonic rays face mask | Play your favorite Meme Song as soon as someone gets closer than 1.5m to you | ['Daniel K'] | ['Best Hardware Hack presented by Digi-Key'] | ['arduino', 'domain.com', 'google-cloud', 'hc-sr04', 'laptop/pc/mac/whatever'] | 4 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/emoji-frenzy | GIF
Logo
Main Page
Creation of an Emoji Party Page
Taking a selfie for the Emoji Game
Inspiration
The inspiration from this web app comes from the idea of using lobbies/parties to make games in real-time. Nothing better than emojis and people to make a Hacklarious submission!
What it does
Emoji Frenzy is an interactive real-time game that allows people to join in an "emoji party" to try to guess each other's random emoji by taking selfies of their poses, reactions, and accessories.
How I built it
Emoji Frenzy is built on Google Cloud! It's hosted on Google App Engine with Python and it uses Flask-Sijax to make connections from the client to the server-side. After someone takes a picture, the image is uploaded to Google Cloud Storage and the filename is tied with the user who uploaded with Datastore. After everyone takes their pictures, the game proceeds to the part where you need to guess each others' emojis.
Challenges I ran into
Wow!! So many crazy challenges during this hackathon!!! While building Emoji Frenzy, I realized that games that use lobbies are constantly querying and carrying data around the application. This was a real challenge because Google Datastore couldn't keep up with all the requests and eventual consistency. In addition, I had trouble decoding the base64 from the user's camera to send a request to Google Cloud Storage. If this was not enough, I had a bunch of hilarious bugs that included emojis in the database, Unicode flying characters, and some really obscure stuff! It was hacklarious!!
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I've successfully implemented a lobby system with real-time game features in a very small amount of time. Besides that, I completed a pretty cool application that is fun to play with family and friends.
What I learned
I learned to never give up and always staying positive like the happy emojis! Besides that, I learned how to make a database that is operational with emojis and some obscure Unicode characters.
What's next for Emoji Frenzy
LOL!
Built With
flask
google
python | Emoji Frenzy | Challenge your friends to take pictures and guess what emojis everyone is posing as | ['Nathan Kurelo Wilk'] | ['Best use of Google Cloud'] | ['flask', 'google', 'python'] | 5 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/baffle-app | A sneak preview of our website!
Horrorscope App
An app that helps you generate memes over the horoscope by fetching data from the integrated Meme Reddit API Wrapper which summons randomized memes from a subreddit.
What did we use
First, we used Angular, a TypeScript-based open-source web application framework to build compelling user interfaces!
Second, we integrated a Meme Reddit API Wrapper which summons randomised memes from a subreddit.
Third, we bought a domain from domain.com.
Last but not the least, we set it up using Digital Ocean.
Built With
angular.js
api
digitalocean
domain.com
reddit
typescript
Try it out
github.com
horrorscope.space | Horror-Scope | Meme generator application for horoscopes. | ['Mudit Mittal', 'Min Min Tan', 'David Quach'] | ['Best Domain Name from Domain.com'] | ['angular.js', 'api', 'digitalocean', 'domain.com', 'reddit', 'typescript'] | 6 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/danke_schoen | Inspiration
All the virtual assistants are so nice to us. They respond to our queries, do what we tell them to do and don't disturb us unless necessary. We wanted an assistant that would constantly try to disturb us, lure us into stopping our work and chill for a while. The logic behind this was to create something so annoying that we'll need to use our full concentration to work. We personally found that we work better and are less likely to procrastinate when someone (or something) is disturbing us.
What it does (or rather, what it doesn't do)
It won't respond to your voice command. Everything is random with this assistant. It will hit you up when you least expect it. It will play dialogues from your favorite sitcoms, open crazy (but also extremely fun) websites and games. It will tell you the time (it might not be from your timezone though). It'll tell you named of asteroids that orbit earth, it'll write poetry, raps and quotes for you. It'll blast you with random movie and pokemon facts. It'll pick a card for you from a deck of 52 cards. It'll say motivation things to you from time to time. It'll give you a randomly generated number. It'll call you different names. It'll tell you how many people are there in space and it'll give you random search results for random queries. It'll move your files from one folder to other constantly to keep you from working.
Tl;dr: It will serve no useful purpose of you whatsoever.
How we built it
We used
14
APIs in total for this project. The file transferring part is handles by
UI Path
. The entire code is written in python. For the rap, poems and quotes, we used
ponicode_rapper
and trained it on poems and quotes respectively. The APIs and where they were used are listed below:
Asterank api to get information about asteroids
Pokeapi to get information on various pokemons
Playsound api for playing audio using python
Bechdeltest api to get information on movies
Webbrowser api to handle websites
Deckofcards api to get a random card
Foass api for motivation
Quantum random number generator api to get a random number
Randon user name generator api to generate a random name
Tkinter api to display raps, poems and quotes
Google text-to-speech api to give voice output for texts
Requests api to handle all the http requests using python
Open-notify api to get info on people in space
DuckDuckGo api for search results
Challenges we ran into
This was our first time using UI Path so it was a little difficult to understand the workflow. Also when had never integrated so many APIs into a single application so that was fun.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We successfully created the most annoying and useless assistant ever to exist.
What we learned
We learnt how to handle api request, use UI Path and handle audio using python.
What's next for Danke_Schoen
Adding more features that can make it more annoying.
Built With
asterank
bechdeltest
deckofcards
duckduckgo-api
foass
gtts
open-notify-api
playsound
pokeapi
ponicode-rapper
python
quantum-randon-number-generator-api
requests
tkinter
user-name-generator-api
Try it out
github.com | Danke_Schoen | A very annoying assistant | ['Jatin Dehmiwal', 'Simran Saini'] | ['Best UiPath Automation Hack'] | ['asterank', 'bechdeltest', 'deckofcards', 'duckduckgo-api', 'foass', 'gtts', 'open-notify-api', 'playsound', 'pokeapi', 'ponicode-rapper', 'python', 'quantum-randon-number-generator-api', 'requests', 'tkinter', 'user-name-generator-api'] | 7 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/hacker-studio-ui7ox5 | See how many others have also hacked on this file!
Check out other repositories on Github
Imagine typing this at rocket speed
Inspiration
What would it be like to hop on a website and start coding like a pro? Even faster than the pros? To tap into any repository in Github and fly through it - seeing who else has written on that file and how far they’ve sped through it?
We wanted to build something that will make the guy behind you in class think you’re some kind of super genius - so we built Hacker Studio.
What it does
Experience coding super fast in front of your friends, or looking busy in front of your coworkers (wait til they realize you’re coding the Linux kernel). Try out different Github repositories and feel like a super fast typist!
Some of the advanced features include:
Adaptive speed when typing - be as slow or as crazy fast as you’d like!
Database fetching from Github in one function call
Storing high scores and seeing how many hackers have been working on that exact file
Automatic language detection/highlighting and directory scraping
How we built it
The front end is powered by Gatsby + Netlify. We chose a serverless architecture with Netlify/Lambda functions that access a MongoDB Atlas database. The MongoDB database hosts code that we scrape from Github using the Github repository API.
Brett designed the frontend while Aaron designed the backend, then we met in the middle.
Challenges I ran into
Neither of us had ever used a serverless architecture or MongoDB Atlas before. It was a little tricky to get them to all play nice with each other. Also figuring out how to automatically control the editor, pipe data around, and work with the Github API.
Some of the weird bugs we encountered:
Trying to get monaco editor to move ahead while continuously setting its text
Setting a high score without overwhelming our database
Copying Visual Studio down to the fonts and colors
What's next for Hacker Studio
More repositories, switching files, and generally becoming a more fully fledged editor. We thought it would be really amazing to “replay” a repository at a certain point in time - plug in any repository and see how it developed over history, right down to watching it be written!
Built With
atlas
gatsby
gcp
lambda
mongodb
netlify
react
Try it out
github.com | Hacker Studio | Experience coding like a pro. Impress your friends, pets and peers. | ['Brett Fisher', 'Aaron Chan'] | ['Best use of MongoDB Atlas'] | ['atlas', 'gatsby', 'gcp', 'lambda', 'mongodb', 'netlify', 'react'] | 8 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/essay-quality-checker | The EQC in action!
Inspiration
I was inspired to build the EQC because I write articles daily. A "reverse" quality checker was a pretty funny idea, in my opinion. The program also comments on your subskills (text length, unique words), and rates them as well!
What it does
The EQC checks the text that you input and rates it from a scale of 1 to 100. A 1 indicates a perfect text, and a 100 indicates a bad text (monotonous, short text). The gist is that few people can get used to the scale, and instead of helpful suggestions on how you can fix the problem, the program roasts you.
How I built it
I built the program using Python and Spyder.
Challenges I ran into
My code wouldn't work for some time - until I figured out I made a small mistake on a line in the beginning of the program and that, because of it, the EQC didn't work.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I have created several websites -
https://readermaria.com/
is a website for my articles and reviews! I built it with manual code and learned how to apply my skills.
What I learned
I gained experience - this is my first Hackathon ever!
I learned to be a better programmer, and how fun coding can be in interesting projects (like this).
I practiced my usage of for loops and conditional statements.
What's next for Essay Quality Checker
I will continue developing it and gaining more knowledge! Maybe, it could be something actually big.
Built With
python
Try it out
gist.github.com | Essay Quality Checker | Check your essay, scientific paper, or article in the EQC (Essay Quality Checker)! Unlike a usual grammar checker, my product shows a rating of... how bad your text is! Several factors are considered. | ['Reader Maria'] | [] | ['python'] | 9 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/doodle-recognition | Inspiration
One day we came across a very amazing platform called Google Quick draw and We got this Idea of making Doodle recognition project from there .
What it does
we have built a program that will act as a multi-class classifier to assign hand drawn doodles to a certain domain
How we built it
We built it using Python language , using TensorFlow and Keras Modules
Challenges we ran into
The initial challenges we faced was learning about the implementation of a CNN and what sort of different layers we should create the CNN with to achieve the best accuracy
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Our doodle classifier is working with an acurracy of around 90%
What we learned
We learned about the CNN and its different layers and have also gained more experience in working with modules like opencv2, keras and Tensorflow
What's next for Doodle Recognition
For future work we are planning to experiment our model with more advanced neural networks such as ResNet and also we would prefer using a bigger dataset in future as what we have used today. as we believe that training on bigger dataset will improve the machine's accuracy a lot
Built With
keras
opencv
python
sckit
tensorflow
Try it out
github.com | Doodle Recognition | You Draw, we Guess!! | ['Rupender Bauhtey', 'Prashant Sharma', 'rahulrwt125', 'Nilutpol Kashyap'] | [] | ['keras', 'opencv', 'python', 'sckit', 'tensorflow'] | 10 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/are-you-an-idiot | Inspiration
When we were younger, we were always interested in doing fun quizzes to pass the time. During the quarantine, we didn't have anything fun to do. So, we decided to unlock some old memories by designing this quiz
What it does
It asks the user a series of questions and records the user's answers. It uses the score and updates the user's statistics
How I built it
We used simple html and css to build the layout of the web app.
Challenges I ran into
Some members had time constraints throughout the project as we were all from different timezones and had to sleep. We weren't able to finish the product.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We had some great ideas and had a great start.
What I learned
We learned to work together and tried to work around the issues with time. We had also learned from one another as some languages were new to some of us. We had also learned to be more efficient with time.
What's next for Are you an idiot?
We hope to complete the product and get it live to the public to access
Built With
bootstap
bootstrap
css
css3
django
firebase
html
html5
jquery
react
Try it out
github.com | COVID quizbowl | It's a quiz that lets you know if you're smarter than the general public | ['rishabh agarwal', 'Kneshio 2', 'Jack Luo'] | [] | ['bootstap', 'bootstrap', 'css', 'css3', 'django', 'firebase', 'html', 'html5', 'jquery', 'react'] | 11 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/game-name | Inspiration
We wanted to create a website that allows you to spend seemingly endless amounts of time without actually feeling like you did.
What it does
It is essentially a space-themed cookie clicker that tracks your amount of clicks whilst also providing a background view that entrances and lures your attention.
Challenges we ran into
We had issues trying to make the moon shrink on click
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Implementing a stellar cookie clicker with just basic javascript
What we learned
Simplicity is not key
What's next for Game Name
Improvisation of UI and UX
Built With
css
html
javascript
Try it out
github.com | Game Name | Cookie Clicker for enthusiasts | ['Nicholas Axl Andrian', 'Luis Cermeno'] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'javascript'] | 12 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/neat-speech-rv4579 | Inspiration
Skipping the sentences/phrases is common while addressing public speeches, so we mark down the words spoken by you.
What it does
It acts as a karaoke and marks your written speech till where you have read it
How I built it
I built it with python's speech recognition google api and tkinter for the front end development
Challenges I ran into
Marking the positions of the words
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
The project is an accomplishment for me
What I learned
Python's speech recognition and tkinter modules
What's next for Neat Speech
We can later add feature to check the grammatical errors and the sentiment associate with the speech.
Built With
python
speech-recognition
tkinter
Try it out
github.com | Neat Speech | Your speech assistant | ['Anubhav Kumar'] | [] | ['python', 'speech-recognition', 'tkinter'] | 13 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/pro-castinator | Inspiration
Life in quarantine!
What it does
It makes you feel more useful in life! Lol xD
How we built it
Back end - Express.js, path
Fronted - Vanilla js, Bootstrap, html5/css3
Challenges we ran into
Routing challenges - making random pages of html on a click.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We figured routes in Node js, and express js.
We found out more functionalities of Vanilla Js.
What we learned
Team-work, coordination delegation, thinking on our feet.
What's next for PRO-castinator
v2.0 we haven't thought that far yet we are too busy procrastinating at the moment.
Built With
bootstrap
express.js
javascript
node.js
Try it out
github.com | PRO-castinator | How to become a pro at procastination! | ['Nimit Savant', 'Jahnavi Jainwal', 'Ashwin Adiga', 'Abhijeet Ghosh', 'shreya paradkar'] | [] | ['bootstrap', 'express.js', 'javascript', 'node.js'] | 14 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/the-meme-flicker | Inspiration
Well, one of my teammates recommended it
What it does
It is a game where you flick memes into the trash can. Just supposed to be a fun game to pass time!
How I built it
With HTML, CSS, and JS
Challenges I ran into
For some time I couldn't figure out how to do a specific function in js, but I got in now!
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We made the game successfully, but there are still edits to be made!
What I learned
I learned much more actions that HTML and JS can perform because of this. I learned a lot during this hackathon.
What's next for The Meme Flicker
We'll try to develop more levels as we go ahead!
Built With
css3
html5
javascript
Try it out
github.com | The Meme Flicker | You have to get the meme into the trash can to win! | ['Athulya Vempati'] | [] | ['css3', 'html5', 'javascript'] | 15 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/pig-s-escape | We wanted to take a break from the tense situation today and have some fun with code. So, we decided to make an absolutely useless pig-themed time wasting game to satisfy our hacker needs!
We are amateur hackers and really close friends, and we are excited to share our little project with the Hacker community here at MLH.
Meet Thug, the ultimate Pig with an awesome thug life. This rogue pig now wants to escape its barn - 'cause who wanted to be fried into bacon! Follow this pig's journey across an endless road (we hope the pig has a happy ending though) and keep trying to dodge the useless ledges that the butcher has laid to trap the pig. Remember, press and hold the down arrow key to duck and any other key to jump (shhh here's a hint - ducking is always better). We wish all the best to our little, cute (but not so innocent) pig on its journey out of the barn!
Hacker's note - We hope this project will help you all relax in these tough times.
Stay lively and stay safe fellow hackers!
Built With
gdevelop
Try it out
games.gdevelop-app.com | Pig's Escape | A rogue pig tries to escape from its barn! | ['Keertana Avadhanula', 'Dark the Eyezor', 'Dhruv Sharma'] | [] | ['gdevelop'] | 16 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/eidolon | Eidolon Home Page
MongoDB database
Flask Backend
Inspiration
A friend asked me to build an app that will study for them while they did something else. So I tried to build something that can get you some resources before you begin studying.
What it does
Eidolon scrapes random questions from StackOverflow, saves them to a MongoDB database, and then displays it on a website.
How I built it
Built with Pycharm IDE. Pycharm helped with managing virtual environments.
Challenges I ran into
Connecting to MongoDB Atlas
Generating Dynamic HTML content
Connect to MongoBD from Flask
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Learned many new tools
What I learned
Full-stack web development with python
Flask
MongoDB
Scrapy
I learned so many skills in under 24 hours! For the record, I've never built a dynamic web app before!
What's next for Eidolon
Build a content aggregator on top of Eidolon
Add new features like a login system.
Built With
css3
flask
google-cloud
html
mongodb
python
scrapy
Try it out
www.eidolonlearning.tech
github.com | Eidolon | Eidolon is a study app that scrapes random questions from stackoverlow, saves them to a mongoDB database and then displays them on a frontend/webpage - all at the click of one button! | ['Glory Adedayo'] | [] | ['css3', 'flask', 'google-cloud', 'html', 'mongodb', 'python', 'scrapy'] | 17 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/rudewallet | View
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Home
Budget
Inspiration
silly !
What it does
mocks you badly!!
How I built it
React SPA
Challenges I ran into
Local Storage issues :(
popups orientation
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Used local storage , lol
What I learned
new JS lib like popup-js , toastify-js
What's next for rudeWallet
Beta version
Built With
css
html
javascript
react
tailwind
Try it out
xd.adobe.com
github.com | rudeWallet | Rude Wallet which mocks you using sarcastic comments when you spend more than what your budget allows !! | ['Shearod Bredfeldt', 'Abhinav Kumar Srivastava', 'Deepak kumar'] | [] | ['css', 'html', 'javascript', 'react', 'tailwind'] | 18 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/backyard-simulator | Inspiration
As someone who yearns to go back outside but can't because their state might still be on lockdown during the summer. I wanted to build an experience that simulates the outside accurately to share with others that felt the same way. Based off my vague memory of what it's like to be outside, it's been a month and a half.
What it does
Portrays the outdoor experience accurately made by someone who stays indoors.
How I built it
I used a HTML framework known as A-Frame in which you can write HTML syntax to make objects in VR.
Challenges I ran into
Loading all the assets and repositioning them accurately through trail and error in code. Finding out that GitHub has an max file size limit. Unable to get the Oculus controllers to move player.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Loading all the assets and repositioning them accurately through trail and error in code.
What I learned
Finding out that GitHub has an max file size limit.
What's next for Backyard Simulator
Get the Oculus controllers to move player and interact with environment
Built With
a-frame
html5
oculus
Try it out
github.com
pokelegocuber.github.io | Backyard Simulator | A accurate simulation of the real outdoors made by people who stay indoors | ['Vincent Xie'] | [] | ['a-frame', 'html5', 'oculus'] | 19 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/hacklarious-project | Inspiration
We really just wanted to build something fun, we chose to do something a bit silly and a bit random: random noises! Of course, that's a bit too simple, so we connected to other APIs and made a Discord Bot
What it does
Our front end system has a login system and can sync random noises between different web clients. The frontend webpage also has a live-chat feature than inserts random emojis and makes all the text look funny. There is a random meme generated for each message sent through the live chat, as well as a random Pokemon.
We also have a Discord bot that sends the messages from the live chat into a Discord text channel. You can also respond to those messages and they will appear in the live chat. If you join the voice channel with the bot in it, the noises from the website will also be streamed in the channel.
How we built it
Our project uses a number of technologies:
Firebase Authentication (to authenticate users who use the system)
Firestore ((a) to sync messages in the live chat to all listening clients, and (b) to ensure clients know when other clients play audio files so that they can play them as well)
Google Cloud Storage & Firebase Storage (to store and access the audio files being played on the web and streamed in the Discord channel)
Discord.js & the Discord API (to create a Discord bot [with FFmpeg for audio support])
Google App Engine (to host the website component of the project).
Google Compute Engine (to host the Discord bot in an environment that supports FFmpeg and Node)
a Meme API (by R3l3ntl3ss,
https://github.com/R3l3ntl3ss/Meme_Api
) (To get random memes to display for each message send)
maybe not an API, but the HTTP Cat image set (
https://http.cat/
) to generate HTTP cat memes
Pokemon API (
https://pokeapi.co
) (to display random Pokemon for each message sent)
Bootstrap Framework (makes design a lot easier if we don't know design)
Challenges we ran into
For starters, we wanted to sync live audio between different clients, but we didn't know of any software that could that (and still don't). Firestore and other databases store text files, not live audio streams. Luckily, the audio clips were short relatively short, and we created a solution to store the name of the file being played in Firestore (a live database), and then access those files from Google Cloud Storage. While doing this, we also noticed that we had almost maxed out on reads for the day. Turns out, our queries were querying all the audio files ever played (even though we made sure not to play old files) each time a tab opened. We fixed this by adding a short delete statement after a few seconds so that other clients wouldn't accidentally read the document.
We also had (and are still having) issues with streaming multiple audio sources to a Discord vioce channel. Unlike the web javascript environment (where we can just stack playing sounds together and overlap them), Discord only lets you stream one source, and we could not find any third-party software to do so. We settled with just cutting off playing audio files and playing the new ones for now, and will work on a fix in the future.
Another small issue we encountered was that if you try to break up an emoji string into characters (using
"strings".split("");
(
I promise I tried adding emojis here in the string, but DevPost wouldn't allow me to :joy:
) (to, for example, randomize the font, color, or size for each character), you get weird Unicode symbols (which are not emojis). Not a problem when together (as together they make the emoji), but if each of those characters has their own font style or color, then you get two (or more) separate characters. We were able to solve this by adding a check to only change the font if the character was alphanumeric.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We finished nearly all of our objects when we set out to this project. We added live sound effects, a live chat, and we connected it with Discord. We used a number of platforms, and we got [new experience or improved skills] in using various platforms, including GCP and Firebase products, as well as using the Discord API. We used a ride range of platforms across GCP and built our fully functioning website and bot.
What we learned
Although we didn't build a practical app, we practiced working with a number of platforms & services, as well as APIs. APIs are useful to gather specific information, and knowing how to use them can be very important. We both learned how to work with Google Cloud Storage & Firebase Storage to upload and request files from GCS buckets. For me, I finally learned how to play audio streams through Discord.
Future plans
This app isn't a practical use app and doesn't hold the key to solving a major problem in our communities. But, we still had a lot of fun building the project. We may or may not choose to continue working on the project (we may, but likely minor things, which will be listed below this paragraph), but we will likely continue to reference back to the work we've done to build the kind of projects that can solve community problems, as we worked on a number of useful products: Firebase, GCP, APIs, Discord Bots, collaborative coding [using Git]. So most likely, we won't have future plans, but here are some areas for improvement that we may decide to work on:
The design isn't very mobile-friendly. In fact, it's barely desktop friendly, only some window sizes work, so we could in the future utilize bootstrap more effectively to ensure a mobile-first design (that hopefully works with everything else as well).
We used Firestore for a lot of things, and had we been given more time, we could have learned to use other platforms as an alternative to learn them, such as replacing the chat with a MongoDB database or utilizing Pub/Sub to send messages back and forth from Discord.
Built With
app-engine
compute-engine
css
discord
discord.js
firebase
firestore
google-cloud
html
javascript
node.js
Try it out
github.com | hacklarious-project (TootUrSelf) | Having fun building something random | ['Edward Lee', 'Benjamin Thaw'] | [] | ['app-engine', 'compute-engine', 'css', 'discord', 'discord.js', 'firebase', 'firestore', 'google-cloud', 'html', 'javascript', 'node.js'] | 20 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/a-blinking-light | Todo | todo | todo | [] | [] | [] | 21 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/trial-id5pl0 | Inspiration
What it does
How I built it
Challenges I ran into
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
What I learned
d
What's next for trial
Built With
aaa-cooper-transportation
incomm-cashtie | trial | abc | ['Major League Hacking'] | [] | ['aaa-cooper-transportation', 'incomm-cashtie'] | 22 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/v-learn | Inspiration
Awareness and Education are two of the essential ingredients of developing belief. Awareness has been highlighted by many as a key indicator of success in a range of performance environments. It is arguably the most important ingredient for belief as every other skill, quality, and task you have and undertake can be traced back to awareness. Being aware will give you an insight into your beliefs and whether they are positive or holding you back. But it takes a lot more than information to make kids understand and follow things. While on the other hand education is important to shape an individual. I wanted to make something that helps create awareness, about the do's and don't s of Covid-19 among kids, alongside it being entertaining, immersive, and educational. What better way than games to do this, and as VR is the best immersive technology available out there and keeping in mind the tendency of kids to explore new things, this application has been developed.
What it does
It is a multiplayer Virtual Reality Quiz Application. The app has many topics to choose from to play, which also helps spread awareness about COVID-19, other preliminary things that kids need to learn. It also has a real-time leaderboard of every topic that people choose to play.
How I built it
A. Unity3D- It is built on unity3d which is a powerful cross-platform 3D engine and a user-friendly development environment. I used unity to build the whole game from UI to Realtime database system to the game itself.
B. Google VR SDK - a new open-source Cardboard SDK for iOS and Android. I used the Google VR SDK to develop the VR game scenes, which is not possible without it.
C.Photon PUN - Photon Unity Networking (PUN) re-implements and enhances the features of Unity's built-in networking. I used it for networking.
D. Google Firebase - Firebase is Google's mobile application development platform that helps you build, improve, and grow your app. I used Firebase, to make manage database systems to verify credentials, sore data, retrieve data, update leaderboards.
E. Photoshop - I used Photoshop for the development of user interface elements.
Challenges I ran into
As this is a multiplayer application, to store and retrieve data in real-time (real-time database) I used Google-Firebase (Unity SDK), integrating it with unity has been tough work. As this is the first time I was working on networking using PUN, it has been a problem, as networking is not as easy as it seems to be, with PUN having many internal issues in my version of unity, I had to make the whole non-networking scenes again in a new version that supported PUN.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I could finish the development of the application in less than a day.
What I learned
Integration of realtime databases with unity apps, networking.
What's next for V- Learn
The VR application currently supports Android, Windows and hence the next goal would be to make an ios version, redefine UI, and releasing it to production so that users can have an immersive experience of modern gaming and education techniques.
Built With
c#
firebase
photoshop
pun
unity
Try it out
github.com | V- Learn | Immersive Approach To Awareness and Education. | ['Vasa karthik'] | [] | ['c#', 'firebase', 'photoshop', 'pun', 'unity'] | 23 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/hacklarious | MLH Instagram Filter
Inspiration
We were inspired by the applications of Augmented Reality. When I came across SparkAR, I fell in love with its capabilities. I always wanted to make a fun IG filter. Whats a better place than Hacklarious?
What it does
This filter tracks the user's face and places a 3d sticker on top of the user's head. It moves with the head. The 3d object rotates to show the two sides of the coin. The front side of the coin has the MLH season sticker and the rear side has the MLH mascot. The user can change the mascots from the options provided.
Challenges I ran into
SparkAR documentation is not so great. And some of the documentation is outdated. So I had to look out for a lot of resources in order to build this.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of.
I made my first IG filter. And this is my first ever Virtual Hackathon!
What I learned
I learned to use the NativeUI Picker with the Patches in the SparkAR. I also learn how to use textures in Blender.
What's next for MLH Instagram Filter
I'm gonna work with my teammate to make it even better and publish it to Instagram (provided MLH allows us to do so).
Built With
blender
figma
javascript
sparkar
Try it out
github.com
instagram.com | MLH Instagram Filter | A filter for MLH hackers! | ['Salil Naik', 'Karuna S'] | [] | ['blender', 'figma', 'javascript', 'sparkar'] | 24 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/hackathon-video-generator | Ready... action!
Hackathon Video Generator
By team ScriptinQuarantino for the Hacklarious Hackathon 2020
Here is a short demo video:
https://youtu.be/cAcYZphx26g
Inspiration
Everytime Jaime and I join a hackathon, we need to calculate half a day or even a full day for making a short video about our hackathon project. It is lots of fun, but in general we always end up using a similar concept:
We present out team
We name our project & show the logo
We say what is the problem we are trying to solve
We list three points of how we solve it
We show a demo
We explain the solution architecture
And finally, we thank the hackathon organizers
And in the background we put a suitable, royalty free commercial song that makes everything sound credible.
With Hackathon Video Generator we want to save ourselves a bit of time that we have before the hackathon deadlines, so we can use it on optimizing our solutions instead.
Now we had less than 20 hours to figure out how to finish this hackathon project... if only we had a solution that could make the video for us so we would have enough time?
What it does
Hackathon Video Generator works in the following way: it takes an input configuration yaml file which contains all necessary details about the project & which language the video should be in. It looks for images based on keyword extraction, that it can use in the presentation. It generates an mp3 and slides that can directly be used for your video.
How I built it
The tool is built with Python and R. In Python it uses the gTTS package for text-to-speech functionality, darkslide for the generation of the slides straight from markdown, google translate to allow the video to be generated in different languages and the GIPHY API to look for random gifs for the slides.
Challenges I ran into
Had a bit of trouble figuring out how to get Python to play to mp3s at the same time, finally worked out by using a subprocess and a normal system call.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
... The logo, I think it is very nice :) Special thanks to Jaime!
What I learned
I learned about the gTTS package in Python and how easy it is to work with. It allows the usage of many different languages and sounds quite natural. Also, Iearned about darkslide, a Python package to generate slides. I will definitely consider using darkslide again in the future.
What's next for Hackathon Video Generator
Make it into a "One click solution". Also not use python and R, preferably only python. Also, I would like to use a different theme, some custom css and make the whole thing a little prettier.
Built With
html
python
r
Try it out
github.com | Hackathon Video Generator | A pitch video for your hackathon project generated in one click (more or less) | ['Emelie Hofland', 'Jaime González-Arintero'] | [] | ['html', 'python', 'r'] | 25 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/matoula | matoula
Matoula is an wardrobe wizard that helps in organizing your wardrobe!
Fashion First
Keep track of all the clothes you own!
Never Repeat your Clothes
Know when you wore what last and avoid repeating the same clothes too often!
De-Clutter your Wardrobe
Get rid of clothes you havent worn in a long time!
Wardrobe on the Go
View your digital wardrobe on your phone wherever you are!
How do I use Matoula?
Just head to
https://matoula.herokuapp.com
and create an account! Then just add your clothes and keep track of everything :)
Tech Stack Used
Matoula is written in Python. The frameworks used are Flask, Flutter and Bootstrap.
MongoDB
hosted on
Google Cloud Platform
is used as the database!
Built With
css
css3
dart
flask
gcp
html
javascript
kotlin
mongodb
objective-c
python
swift
Try it out
github.com | Matoula - Your Wardrobe Wizard | Matoula is a wardrobe wizard that helps in organizing your wardrobe! | ['Srujan Deshpande', 'avinash vk'] | [] | ['css', 'css3', 'dart', 'flask', 'gcp', 'html', 'javascript', 'kotlin', 'mongodb', 'objective-c', 'python', 'swift'] | 26 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/coronews | Inspiration
Not trusting fake news displayed on TV inspired me.
What it does
I've built a web page that contains a dashboard displaying updated numbers about Covid-19 decease (Total cases, Test pulled, New cases, Total deaths, New deaths and Recovered).
How I built it
This web page is full VueJS project using Vuetify and an API from RapidAPI.
Challenges I ran into
The most difficult part is limited time and making the web page responsive.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I'am proud that i made a full VueJS project as my first VueJS project and i hosted it to public.
What I learned
What's next for CoroNews
There will be updates for CoroNews like: adding charts, how to prevent contamination.
Built With
github
html5
rapidapi
vuejs
vuesax
vuetify
Try it out
youby07.github.io | CoroNews | My project is about a web page that provides updated numbers about Covid-19 decease (Total cases, Test pulled, New cases, Total deaths, New deaths and Recovered) | ['Habbou Ayoub'] | [] | ['github', 'html5', 'rapidapi', 'vuejs', 'vuesax', 'vuetify'] | 27 |
10,055 | https://devpost.com/software/hackhacklarious | Squatty Bird
It's a bird!
During this quarantine season, Richard and I have become so lazy at home and not exercising much. Thus, we came out with an idea to make us exercise! User controls squatty bird by squatting and standing. When the user holds a squat position, the bird doesn't do anything and when the user stands up, the bird jumps.
We built the game using pygame. As for the image classification model, we built it using tensorflow and opencv. There were definitely a few challenges that we ran into. It's hard to find proper squatting and standing images. Most standing images on Google are showing babies. This will cause a bias in our neural network. Thus, we used UCF101 dataset to obtain a bunch of videos. Then, we converted the videos into images. We labelled around 14000 images ourselves between squatting and standing. Another challenge is this was a last-minute idea. We only started building it last night so we had to rush through it.
Although we did this last-minute, we got the game running properly. It was so satisfying to see it running properly. We are hoping to add more exercises to Squatty Bird so the user can control the bird with more actions.
Built With
opencv
pygame
python
tensorflow
Try it out
github.com | Squatty Bird | Control Flappy Bird by squatting and standing | ['Ngu Ley Chun', 'Richard Davies'] | [] | ['opencv', 'pygame', 'python', 'tensorflow'] | 28 |
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