Mass Over Volume is described by the team as “a convenient way for your favorite coffee shop to notice your arrival, help you bypass all lines, skip the traditional cashier, wirelessly place an order, and process payment.” We’re most proud of the fact that this team was awarded the iHacker Award . This was given to the group that was the most helpful to the hackathon and other teams as a whole and Dean Liddy presented the team with a Google Nexus 7 Tablet. They also won first place in the Rounded API challenge, second place in the Overall and Density Rounded challenge category, earning a Chromecast and 3rd place in the Dwolla API challenge and got T-shirts as well.
Traffairious is a collaboration between The FOSSBox members and Rochester’s Hack/Hackers group; a local chapter of an international organization that brings journalists and hackers together to improve digital tools and processes for journalists. H/H Rochester was interested in using data to map the levels of air pollution around school locations and areas with high air pollution and an RIT team built a tool to do just that. Traffairious took second place runner up, taking home a Chromecast and tickets to Startup Weekend.
TabScribe is A Tabulature Translator that allows you to “translate” stringed instrument music tabs (a type of musical notation that denotes the string and fret to position your finger on) between instruments (for example, guitar to ukulele). TabScribe was a runner up and won a Chromecast and tickets to Startup Weekend, a business startup bootcamp and a tie for 3rd place in the overall challenge category.