149 participants, 28 teams, 3 days later... aaaaand it's wrap!
Congratulations to these amazing teams!
First Prize
HIDEO
This team comprises of members from all walks of life, and they are glad to have met each other because of this event! They came together at the start of the event and never imagined they could win. Their solution, Botler, is a smart online chat bot with the ability to recognise customer needs, make suggestions, take orders, and even arrange for delivery!
First Runner-up
TSA
TSA had 3 members, but one that is particularly camera shy. The team of three (with one missing in photos) created a solution that predicts user demographics and make recommendations using real-time data. They were also surprised to win as their presentation was “mostly codes”. “We just showed our code. It’s nice that the judges appreciated the coding side of it. Often hackathons just focus on how it looks like, while this one, they (the judges) knew what we were presenting so that was helpful.”
Second Runner-up
Team Mystic
Team Mystic is made up of a group of freshmen from Computer Science, and they were coding right until they presented! Their solution, BOT4 SCHOOL, is a Telegram chat bot targeted at NUS students. It combines IVLE API with NUS bus data to remind students of where their classes are, and suggest the best routes to get there. NUS students can look forward to navigating a smarter campus as the team, like the two others before them, intends to continue and realise their project.
Most Creative Project
Spence
This team of ambitious youths wishes to bring cashless payments even to the hawkers! Using a combination of mobile phones, QR codes and manual entries, they created a system where customers can easily make cashless payments to small merchants without the costly infrastructure setup.
Most Artistic Project
MTV
MTV created an amazing program that can compose gorgeous music on the fly. The program uses artificial intelligence to learn from music data that it is exposed to, and re-creates music that sounds no different from one composed by a human.
Most Minimum Viable Product
Pikachoo
Pikachoo aims to encourage recycling amongst the young by gamifying the recycling experience. They modified a recycling bin into a recycling gym, which creates the coolest sound effects when things are binned. Items convert into points, which can then be used to compete in leader boards and redeem for vouchers.
Most Useless Solution
ABI
ABI created a brand new musical instrument using the Gemsense sensors, Amber. Although difficult to control, this Most Useless Solution was pretty fun to play with.
And finally, <hackfestsg/> organizers and crews!
