As much as I bleed maroon, I couldn't help but show a little of my Louisiana pride last weekend at GeauxHack. I almost didn't attend due to the stress of school starting, but I decided last minute to make the 6-hour car ride down to Baton Rouge. Although it was the first of hopefully many future LSU hackathons, it was a great event full of creative minds, great mentors, and very little sleep.
One of the coolest things about this hackathon was the access to a hardware lab, provided by Major League Hacking. This hardware lab was chock full of the latest hardware devices, like Leap Motions and Arduinos (Myo armbands will be coming soon!). Devan Huapaya, Karrie Cheng, and I all thought it would be a really great experience to work with Leap Motions. Thus, the idea of Sign2Line was born! We set out to make a sign language translator compatible with the new and improved Beta2 version of the Leap Motion's software.
Karrie and I programmed the Leap Motion using JavaScript, which was great because I had never used the language practically or outside of a lesson format. Devan built the front end of the site and got it to communicate with the device. I loved our team! We ate food the whole time to stay awake. As midnight passed we also made sure to wish Devan a happy birthday. What a dedicated hacker! I loved watching other teams that also chose to hack the Leap Motion, too. We made friends with one team from LSU that chose to make a virtual theremin using the leap motion. You can check out their hack here.
As presentations rolled around we were happy to have finished a working prototype. All the hacks were extremely creative and fun to watch. In the end, the group vote came out in our favor! We were elated that our 24 hours of hard work had shown. Major League Hacking awarded each of us a Leap Motion, and GeauxHacks gave us Dell Tablets.
Was it worth Geauxing to GeauxHack?
..Do you even have to ask?
Karrie and I programmed the Leap Motion using JavaScript, which was great because I had never used the language practically or outside of a lesson format. Devan built the front end of the site and got it to communicate with the device. I loved our team! We ate food the whole time to stay awake. As midnight passed we also made sure to wish Devan a happy birthday. What a dedicated hacker! I loved watching other teams that also chose to hack the Leap Motion, too. We made friends with one team from LSU that chose to make a virtual theremin using the leap motion. You can check out their hack here.
As presentations rolled around we were happy to have finished a working prototype. All the hacks were extremely creative and fun to watch. In the end, the group vote came out in our favor! We were elated that our 24 hours of hard work had shown. Major League Hacking awarded each of us a Leap Motion, and GeauxHacks gave us Dell Tablets.
Was it worth Geauxing to GeauxHack?
..Do you even have to ask?
Oh, and happy birthday Devan!
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