The best projects of the telecom hackathon TADHack Moscow 2016

On October 14-16, the world hackathon TADHack took place. This year - for the first time in Moscow.
We are pleased to all participants who have survived and presented their prototypes. And we want everyone to know about the most impressive projects!

TADHack winners in Voximplant nomination

In total, 18 teams participated in the Voximplant nomination, including 9 from Moscow and 9 from other locations. The jury from Voximplant tried to be as impartial as possible and divided the prize pool of $ 3,000 as follows:

ID4T, Moscow - $ 1 000
Smartis, Moscow - $ 500
Virtual Healthcare Triage, Ny York - $ 500
Hack 2, Stockholm - $ 300
News hub, Moscow - $ 300
Vcall_bot, Moscow - $ 200
Instavid, Boston - $ 200

And now about each project in more detail.
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The main local prize, which was fought for in Moscow, is the Voximplant nomination. The ID4T (Ideas for tomorrow) team won the $ 1,000 prize. The guys presented a project that connects the owners of smart homes and emergency services responsible for smart solutions. In case of suspicious situations, the “smart system” notifies the homeowner and the emergency service. If one of them is not connected to the Internet, a request is sent to the Voximplant cloud, and the call is sent to the cell phone.

The ID4T team chose the Voximplant platform because it works with Russian numbers, can recognize voice and has a user-friendly interface for the developer.

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The SMARTIS team made a simultaneous voice translator between people talking on the phone via GSM without an internet connection. Prototype made based on Google API and Voximplant.

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From Ny-York, the guys presented the VirtualHealthCareTriage project. According to the University of California, 40-50% of visits to hospitals can be completely transferred to a virtual environment. This would save 11 million dollars. The Triage application has several levels - chat bot, voice call, video call, and at the last - an invitation to a personal meeting with the doctor.

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A team from Sweden made a communication service for social workers.

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Especially for publishers, the News Hub team presented a platform for working with video bloggers and civilian journalists. As is known, exclusive content is especially valuable for publishers. Using this platform, according to the response from the publisher, video streaming is possible, as well as video recording.

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If you are not satisfied that Telegram does not know how to call, it means that you are not the only one! The vcall_bot team presented a video chat for Telegram.

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From Boston, the inSTAvid teams made a service that can stream, that is, online broadcasting, onto a recorded video.

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And more projects in the nomination Voximplant

Unfortunately, it is impossible to give out prizes to everyone, otherwise the contest will lose all meaning. But we really liked all the projects, and therefore we want to talk about other teams that fought for the prize in the Voximplant nomination.

Opensoul presented a service for online interviews. The applicant receives a list of questions and records the answers using the service. Then he can choose - send or not send video. One of the creators of the service was faced with the fact that he attended many interviews and did not fit for various reasons. In his opinion, many issues can be solved remotely and not waste time as a recruiter, and the applicant.

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The Minisol team made an assistant who recognized the voice. The meaning of such an assistant can be assessed, for example, by the support service specialists. During the conversation, say, with the client, the assistant recognizes the voice, translates it into text, finds the stop words, and gives them hints for them. The assistant can be integrated with a search engine or with a knowledge base for a specific subject.

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TheVillage presented a bot for voice calls in Telegram.

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Pin brain - made a prototype of a smart corporate database. API can be integrated into Telegram, can quickly find data and access to communication services. For example, he can find an employee’s phone and immediately connect using Voximplant.

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And, of course, not without VR. The multiparty VR conf team with Voximplant did a video conference. If the two are at a short distance from each other, the mute function is turned off, and they can see each other.

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At this Moscow teams in the nomination Voximplant ended.

Moscow telecom projects in the nomination Carrefour

The team with the cutest name, "Kitties", showed the project in the Carrefour nomination. The assistant integrated with Messenger can tell you: 1) what products you buy with what you have already chosen, 2) food recipes - and give out the shopping list that is needed for these recipes.

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In the same nomination team Grocery Shopper. An application that makes special offers for buyers - based on big data that contains purchase history.

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Moscow telecom projects in the Matrix nomination

The only game project is Hack Adventures. The guys have developed a text game for Telegram. You can play it in any composition - and you can join the team at any stage. If you are intrigued, try: @ hack_x2_adventure_bot. According to the creators, this format can be used for b2b-promotion services.

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Moscow telecom projects in the Cisco Spark nomination

BM presented a project for marketers. Service to communicate with hot clients.

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ChatFirst made a bot for distributed stand-up rallies.

Zenbot introduced a natural language interface for chat bots.

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Moscow telecom projects in the Project reThink nomination

Callbank presented a draft voice assistant to help bank customers using ML.

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Important to know about TADHack

TADHack is growing every year, both by the number of participants and projects, and by the prize pool. In 2016 it was like this:

2,600 registered members worldwide
170 telecom projects
22 projects are presented in Moscow
$ 42,000 - global prize pool from global sponsors: VoxImplant, Cisco Spark, Matrix, Telestax & Dialogic, Tropo, hSenid Mobile, Ubuntu

Photos of the first day and photos of the second day .
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TADHack website is here →

See you next year!