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2025-04-16 13:57:15Hackathon Summary
The HackCanada hackathon brought together innovators, coders, designers, and problem-solvers to tackle pressing challenges in Canada, such as healthcare accessibility, environmental sustainability, digital infrastructure, and economic disparities. The event saw participation from 188 developers who contributed 89 unique projects from the hackathon at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.
Among these projects were initiatives aimed at enhancing healthcare systems through technology, improving digital infrastructure in remote communities, and employing innovative methods to reduce environmental footprints. The hackathon served as a platform for collaborative creation, enabling fresh ideas and practical solutions that align with its objectives of promoting tangible benefits and inspiring change.
Overall, HackCanada facilitated a dynamic environment for collaboration and innovation, contributing to the development of technologies aimed at improving Canadians' quality of life. The event acted as a catalyst for community-driven innovation, encouraging continued efforts toward a more inclusive and sustainable future.
Hackathon Winners
First Place Overall Prize Winners
- Phone-a-Fraud - An AI-driven system designed to detect phone scams in real-time, with a focus on privacy and fraud alert mechanisms to protect vulnerable individuals.
Second Place Overall Prize Winners
- StickTator - A USB device that leverages natural language processing for voice-controlled computer management, simplifying complex system configurations.
Third Place Overall Prize Winners
- Omnivim - Software that integrates Vim motions across applications to enhance productivity.
Best Solo Hack Prize Winners
Best Orkes Hack Prize Winners
- Recipeit - A project focused on recipes; further details are unavailable.
Best ICP Hack Prize Winners
- DigiTag - A blockchain application that secures transactions of luxury items using NFTs and the Internet Computer Protocol for fraud prevention.
- LandLocks - A platform that manages land records as NFTs utilizing blockchain technology.
SPUR Innovation Fund: Best Use of AI, Web3, or Quantum Technology Prize Winners
First Place
- Beaver Breach - Analysis tool for US tariff impacts on products, providing cost-reducing alternatives through Canadian suppliers.
Second Place
- Canify - Blockchain Rewards - Encourages support for Canadian products with blockchain-based rewards and government incentives.
Autonomous Agent Bounty Track Prize Winners
First Place
- ChainMail - A web3-based email application that enhances security and enables cross-blockchain communication.
Second Place
Third Place
- Roast My Wallet - A web application that generates AI-driven humor based on users' crypto wallets and personalities.
- Zap - Facilitates crypto application in daily life with fee-free transactions.
- Carbon Chain - Blockchain platform converting carbon reductions into tradable assets, verified by AI.
Best Developer Tool Prize Winners
Best High School Hack Prize Winners
- NaloxNow - Mobile app aimed at combating the opioid crisis through real-time naloxone access, emergency navigation, and AI-driven overdose response.
Most Useless Hack Prize Winners
- UselessGPT - An interactive app utilizing Google's Gemini API to produce nonsensical, entertainment-focused outputs.
Best AI App Prize Winners
- frij.io - A smart app that manages household inventory using AI to optimize grocery lists and reduce food waste.
Build With AI: Google Track Prize Winners
- Best Use of Gemini AI or Gemini API, Best Use of Google Cloud Platform, and Best Integration of Google Toolkit:
- Sinker - An AI-powered cybersecurity platform training employees to identify phishing threats in communication channels.
- FrostByte - Project details are unavailable.
- Flock Street - An interactive application providing stock market insights using real-time data and speech technology.
Best Laurier STEM Publishing Society Prize Winners
- SockSensei - Mobile app offering sock recommendations by detecting user mood.
For a complete list of projects, visit this link.
About the Organizer
Hack Canada
Hack Canada is recognized for hosting national hackathons and workshops designed to enhance knowledge of digital security. Through its dynamic hackathons, Hack Canada has inspired numerous projects contributing to the technological landscape.