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Developer
AlexaSite wins the Disrupt NY 2016 Hackathon Grand Prize
It’s been a long night at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. But this time, you couldn’t see anyone waiting for a boat. Instead, the Cruise Terminal… Read More
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Disrupt NY 2016
Lilwil’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach
Every student has a unique learning style, but it’s tough for teachers to figure out if they learn best through lectures, images, reading, self-directed… Read More
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Disrupt NY 2016
Helix conducts research as you write
Researchers often need to go beyond Google to find the kind of medical journal articles and flat data files necessary for their work. But many journal articles… Read More
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Apps
E-susu aims to close the gap between community loan groups and traditional banking services
An interesting hack presented on stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2016 is a platform for non-traditional banking services. Called e-susu, the app is… Read More
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Your voice is your password with Sesame’s Alexa app
Between Alexa’s built-in functionality and Skills API, you can now use the platform to do almost anything. Simple voice commands let you do things like… Read More
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Disrupt NY 2016
The Blind Date Club turns your Echo speaker into a matchmaker
Can Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa serve as a matchmaker? That’s the idea behind The Blind Date Club, a project from a team of coders presenting… Read More
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Disrupt NY 2016
VR Party is a social DJ dance club for virtual reality
Twelve hours into last night’s Disrupt NY Hackathon, Andre Smith still wasn’t sure what he was doing. “People ask me about what my ideas are… Read More
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Apps
Hungry Host uses Alexa to help you figure out what to cook tonight
You have a bunch of ingredients in your fridge, and you don’t know what you want to cook. You just bought an Amazon Echo, dying to figure out some new… Read More
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Disrupt NY 2016
Deep Focus saves you from being inundated by unimportant messages
If it’s your birthday, Mother’s Day or some other significant occasion, it’s likely you’ll receive a barrage of text messages, emails… Read More
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Apps
The Eliza app makes mental health tracking as easy as talking to yourself
Makers of an app called Eliza want to make it as easy for people to track their psychological well-being as it is to track their physical fitness. The Eliza app… Read More