First Runner Up prize went to Jobs for You — A working prototype for providing job opportunities for low-wage workers. It was built by Abhishree Verma — college student from India, and Aarna Patel (11 y.o student from Newburgh School).
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Pollution team
Team members:
Morgan Stroud, Zachary Sheehan, Anthony Grice (Junior), Jasmine Pyle
In addition to the crystal award all team members received one year PressReader subscription to all major magazines, journals and other digital media on their choice.
We appreciate our partner, AT&T, who lobbied with vigor to have kids involved more than we initially envisioned – it was amazingly inspirational and a learning experience for all! We discovered that our high schoolers are way more tech savvy than previous generations. They are thoughtful, engaged and collaborative, responsible and capable. The startup bug bit them at the Hackathon – we can expect more tech entrepreneurs coming… Let’s cultivate this spirit!
Mark Tourtelott, HVTechFest programming committee member, tech expert
our judges represented the diversed tech industry experience. Read about them here: https://hvtechfest.com/hackathon/judges-information
The Hackathon process was as follows:
Warm-up with Design Thinking challenge > Pitching ideas > Recruiting and forming teams > Building time > Presenting the solution > Judging > Celebrating.
Participants are forming the line to pitch their ideas now
- Yulia Ovchinnikova
- Ari Weinstein
- Andrea Tejedor
- Alicia D'Amico
Mark was helping teams with final pitches and UI/UX feedback
The startup bug bit kids at the Hackathon – we can expect more tech entrepreneurs coming… Let’s cultivate this spirit!
Special OpenHub prize - WebDev Bootcamp scholarship - worth $2,500 - was granted to Sugey Vaquero, NFA PTECH student. She is excited to learn real life skills at Web Development
The grand prize (and the Audience Award) was awarded to the Space Track team. Jarred Duggal (Syracuse, NY), Taylor Dinardo and Tanner Festa (Suny New Paltz students, NY), Patrick Meaney (Poughkeepsie, NY), Gerard Vinyes (Catalonia), Aidan Young (Canada), Jacob Johnston (Newburgh, NY). They built the SpaceTrack website to help students, particularly those who struggle with executive function, to organize and prioritize tasks in the new virtual environment. Tasks can include courses, social interaction, exercise, and other goal-oriented activities. SpaceTrack includes games, a prioritization calculator, task selector, parent portal, and a VR display, not to mention its awesome space theme!
Public Transportation team
Team members: Israel Pagan, Kevin Leto - PTECH students from NFA - pitching their project in front of HVTechFest Hackathon jury
Best Effort Hack prize was awarded to Owl Whistle for Kare — Your Emotional Companion. Tsering Norbu, Hibatallah Kabbaj, Ayoub Rihi — three computer science students from NY and Morocco — built a wise smart coach that can help people during difficult times. Kare is not only interactive but also a proactive application that contains recommendations, menu services such as meditation and music adequate to person behavior.
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