Innovation Projects

Award-winning hackathons and research collaborations, built under pressure for real problems.

NeuroVoice

NeuroVoice

February 2022
NeuroVoice is a portable AI-powered speaking device that uses BCIs to interpret thoughts. It works by receiving brain signals from a custom EEG cap. These signals are sent to an autoregressive transformer AI model to be interpreted into voice. This model excels at word processing and can complete sentences with high accuracy and efficiency.

BCI · EEG · Transformer · Speech

Gestly

Gestly

December 2021
Gestly is a text-to-sign language live translator able to integrate with everything from video-sharing platforms to corporate training videos and even video games. Gestly enables increased accessibility for your clients and easy integration for you!

Accessibility · NLP · Real-time · Translation

Project Nural

Project Nural

November 2021
A non-invasive, personalized, targeted BCI headband that treats treatment-resistant depression via Temporal Interference Stimulation, a new form of deep brain stimulation which utilizes machine learning.

BCI · Temporal Interference · Non-invasive · Machine Learning

UNEP x TKS Campaign

UNEP x TKS Campaign

March 2022
Part of a 4-person team that designed a global YouTube campaign funding clean cooking solutions for rural Indian households, in a UNEP x TKS collaboration. Led the data analysis and YouTube strategy workstream: mined social media data from YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram with Python and BeautifulSoup to guide targeting, and ran 10+ expert interviews on the rural energy sector. Pitched the strategy to UNEP Project Managers, who went on to implement half of it.

Sustainability · Campaign · YouTube · International Development

CanCare

CanCare

March 2022
CanCare contains all of the information a patient will ever need throughout their cancer journey. It tracks the patient's entire journey, from the moment they are diagnosed, through the course of treatments, and even after they have been potentially cured. This app was created for HealthHacks by PennApps x Wharton and won Popular Choice Hack and Best Use of DeSo.

HealthTech · Product Design · Full-stack

NASA International Space Apps Challenge

NASA International Space Apps Challenge

September 2021
Global Nominee at the NASA International Space Apps Challenge, selected from 450+ international teams. CIBASTRA is a modular food system for long-duration exploration missions: single-use, hydrophilically coated scaffolding embedded with microgreen seeds. Each module yields produce every 7-9 days to supply the nutrients the crew needs.

NASA · Space Apps · Systems Design · Food Systems