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CloudScout -

Hack Illinois - UIUC - Urbana-Champaign, IL - Feburary 27 - March 1, 2015

CloudScout delivers important information to victims of natural disasters, as well as allows victims to notify first responders + loved ones of their location and status.

Awards: Second Place - Hardware Hack, MailJet API Award

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Remember Me -

PennApps - UPenn - Philadelphia, PA - January 16-18, 2015

Remember Me uses Facial Recognition to quickly remind you of the important information about someone.

Awards: Top 30

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Virtual Builder - HackRPI

Virtual Builder -

HackRPI - RPI - Troy, NY - November 15-16, 2014

Create your video game map in the real world, explore it in 3D using Virtual Builder.

Awards: Runner-Up: Video Game/Virtual Reality Hack

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Harris Christansen - HackSC 2014

iFollow -

HackSC - USC - Los Angeles, CA - November 7-9, 2014

iFollow uses Remote Image Processing to search for targets and remotely, autonomously control a quadcopter.

Awards: Best Newbie Hack

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OuijaBot -

YHack - Yale - New Haven, CT - October 31 - November 2, 2014

OuijaBot is a functioning OuijaBoard that comes to life using a combination of speech recognition, clever response generation, arduinos, servos, and magnets.

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Preview -

BoilerMake - Purdue - West Lafayette, IN - October 17-19, 2014

Assisted planning through augmented reality

Awards: 6th Place and Best Use of Vuforia

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Quad Control - Hack Mizzou

Quad Control -

HackMizzou - University Of Missouri - Columbia, MO - October 3-5, 2014

Leap Motion Control of Quadcopters

Awards: 2nd Place and Best Hardware Hack (Sponsored by Tradebot)

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