The 2018 HackNYU hackathon took place over the weekend of March 24-25. Out of 81 final submissions and 501 participants, there were 16 winners.
HackNYU Awards
Assistive Technology
- Echo Journal: Using NLP and journaling to enable parents of children with autism to analyze and contextualize speech patterns
- MedTime: An assistive app that has a wide variety of functions, ranging from recognizing medication to calling EMS when needed
- SenseFood: An app to help them while buying foods or other products or even knowing what kind of product is in front of them
Educational Technology
- Clarify: An interactive classroom app that allows students to send questions anonymously during a lecture
- IdeaCloud: The whole hackathon process streamlined into one website
- ARTranslator: Portable solution for learning what things are called in different languages
Healthcare
- Ava: Leveraging voice recognition technology to enable better access to medical assistance
- Nutrition Lens: Nutrition Facts and Tracking in AR
- InstaCal: Calculate the calories you eat with your check
Sustainability & Social Impact
- Cupcycling: A sorting system that ensures the liquid from a cup gets separated from the recyclables, to reduce landfill waste
- Clothly: An interactive clothing donation app that bridges the communication between donors and organizations
- IntentCoin: Fundraising with accountability and transparency
Sponsored Awards
JPMorgan Chase & Co: Best Hack for Disaster Relief & Recovery
- Safelet: a discrete accessory that links to your phone via Bluetooth and will be paired with an app, to alert authorities in a discreet manner of emergency situations
Facebook: Community and Connecting the World
- Resonate: A revolutionary technology for people with hearing impairment
Amazon Web Services: Best Use of AWS
- Sigma: Digital identities for people who have been affected by natural disasters
Contrary Capital: The Most Startup-Viable Hack
- Phormatics: A solution to every barrier stopping you and an active lifestyle
BNY Mellon: Best FinTech Hack
- IntentCoin (see above)