## Inspiration

I dreamed about the day we would use vaccine passports to travel long before the mRNA vaccines even reached clinical trials. I was just another individual, fortunate enough to experience stability during an unstable time, having a home to feel safe in during this scary time. It was only when I started to think deeper about the effects of travel, or rather the lack thereof, that I remembered the children I encountered in Thailand and Myanmar who relied on tourists to earn $1 USD a day from selling handmade bracelets. 1 in 10 jobs are supported by the tourism industry, providing livelihoods for many millions of people in both developing and developed economies. COVID has cost global tourism $1.2 trillion USD and this number will continue to rise the longer people are apprehensive about travelling due to safety concerns. Although this project is far from perfect, it attempts to tackle vaccine passports in a universal manner in hopes of buying us time to mitigate tragic repercussions caused by the pandemic.

## What it does

* You can login with your email, and generate a personalised interface with yours and your family’s (or whoever you’re travelling with’s) vaccine data
* Universally Generated QR Code after the input of information
* To do list prior to travel to increase comfort and organisation
* Travel itinerary and calendar synced onto the app
* Country-specific COVID related information (quarantine measures, mask mandates etc.) all consolidated in one destination
* Tourism section with activities to do in a city

## How we built it

Project was built using Google QR-code APIs and Glideapps.

## Challenges we ran into

I first proposed this idea to my first team, and it was very well received. I was excited for the project, however little did I know, many individuals would leave for a multitude of reasons. This was not the experience I envisioned when I signed up for my first hackathon as I had minimal knowledge of coding and volunteered to work mostly on the pitching aspect of the project. However, flying solo was incredibly rewarding and to visualise the final project containing all the features I wanted gave me lots of satisfaction. The list of challenges is long, ranging from time-crunching to figuring out how QR code APIs work but in the end, I learned an incredible amount with the help of Google.

## Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am proud of the app I produced using Glideapps. Although I was unable to include more intricate features to the app as I had hoped, I believe that the execution was solid and I’m proud of the purpose my application held and conveyed.

## What we learned

I learned that a trio of resilience, working hard and working smart will get you to places you never thought you could reach. Challenging yourself and continuing to put one foot in front of the other during the most adverse times will definitely show you what you’re made of and what you’re capable of achieving. This is definitely the first of many Hackathons I hope to attend and I’m thankful for all the technical as well as soft skills I have acquired from this experience.

## What's next for FlightBAE

Utilising GeoTab or other geographical softwares to create a logistical approach in solving the distribution of Oyxgen in India as well as other pressing and unaddressed bottlenecks that exist within healthcare. I would also love to pursue a tech-related solution regarding vaccine inequity as it is a current reality for too many.
## Inspiration

Recently, security has come to the forefront of media with the events surrounding Equifax. We took that fear and distrust and decided to make something to secure and protect data such that only those who should have access to it actually do.

## What it does

Our product encrypts QR codes such that, if scanned by someone who is not authorized to see them, they present an incomprehensible amalgamation of symbols. However, if scanned by someone with proper authority, they reveal the encrypted message inside.

## How we built it

This was built using cloud functions and Firebase as our back end and a Native-react front end. The encryption algorithm was RSA and the QR scanning was open sourced.

## Challenges we ran into

One major challenge we ran into was writing the back end cloud functions. Despite how easy and intuitive Google has tried to make it, it still took a lot of man hours of effort to get it operating the way we wanted it to. Additionally, making react-native compile and run on our computers was a huge challenge as every step of the way it seemed to want to fight us.

## Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're really proud of introducing encryption and security into this previously untapped market. Nobody to our kowledge has tried to encrypt QR codes before and being able to segment the data in this way is sure to change the way we look at QR.

## What we learned

We learned a lot about Firebase. Before this hackathon, only one of us had any experience with Firebase and even that was minimal, however, by the end of this hackathon, all the members had some experience with Firebase and appreciate it a lot more for the technology that it is. A similar story can be said about react-native as that was another piece of technology that only a couple of us really knew how to use. Getting both of these technologies off the ground and making them work together, while not a gargantuan task, was certainly worthy of a project in and of itself let alone rolling cryptography into the mix.

## What's next for SeQR Scanner and Generator

Next, if this gets some traction, is to try and sell this product on th marketplace. Particularly for corporations with, say, QR codes used for labelling boxes in a warehouse, such a technology would be really useful to prevent people from gainng unnecessary and possibly debiliatory information.
## Inspiration

As college students learning to be socially responsible global citizens, we realized that it's important for all community members to feel a sense of ownership, responsibility, and equal access toward shared public spaces. Often, our interactions with public spaces inspire us to take action to help others in the community by initiating improvements and bringing up issues that need fixing. However, these issues don't always get addressed efficiently, in a way that empowers citizens to continue feeling that sense of ownership, or sometimes even at all! So, we devised a way to help FixIt for them!

## What it does

Our app provides a way for users to report Issues in their communities with the click of a button. They can also vote on existing Issues that they want Fixed! This crowdsourcing platform leverages the power of collective individuals to raise awareness and improve public spaces by demonstrating a collective effort for change to the individuals responsible for enacting it. For example, city officials who hear in passing that a broken faucet in a public park restroom needs fixing might not perceive a significant sense of urgency to initiate repairs, but they would get a different picture when 50+ individuals want them to FixIt now!

## How we built it

We started out by brainstorming use cases for our app and and discussing the populations we want to target with our app. Next, we discussed the main features of the app that we needed to ensure full functionality to serve these populations. We collectively decided to use Android Studio to build an Android app and use the Google Maps API to have an interactive map display.

## Challenges we ran into

Our team had little to no exposure to Android SDK before so we experienced a steep learning curve while developing a functional prototype in 36 hours. The Google Maps API took a lot of patience for us to get working and figuring out certain UI elements. We are very happy with our end result and all the skills we learned in 36 hours!

## Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are most proud of what we learned, how we grew as designers and programmers, and what we built with limited experience! As we were designing this app, we not only learned more about app design and technical expertise with the Google Maps API, but we also explored our roles as engineers that are also citizens. Empathizing with our user group showed us a clear way to lay out the key features of the app that we wanted to build and helped us create an efficient design and clear display.

## What we learned

As we mentioned above, this project helped us learn more about the design process, Android Studio, the Google Maps API, and also what it means to be a global citizen who wants to actively participate in the community! The technical skills we gained put us in an excellent position to continue growing!

## What's next for FixIt

An Issue’s Perspective

 \* Progress bar, fancier rating system

 \* Crowdfunding

A Finder’s Perspective

 \* Filter Issues, badges/incentive system

A Fixer’s Perspective

 \* Filter Issues off scores, Trending Issues