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Code for Education 1st Place
InSight | USA InSight is a Braille reading tracking device that provides data-driven insights to teachers of the visually impaired. Using a phone camera, InSight measures student reading speed in characters per second and minute, detects re-reads (or regressions), and identifies skipped or unread sections of text. InSight provides a way for teachers to pinpoint specific struggle areas and recognize patterns in student reading behavior that are difficult to observe. It does th
Vivian Li
Jun 21 min read


Code for Education 2nd Place
Feedback Loop | USA My project, the Feedback Loop, addresses the fears of public speaking, a problem present for many students and even adults. My program uses VR technology so users can record themselves giving a presentation in a classroom. The program transcribes and grades with the use of ai. The first important system is the whisper ai feature, which uses ai to convert the user’s speech into text. Next, the chatbot grading feature, analyses the transcript to output a let
Vivian Li
Jun 21 min read


Code for Education 3rd Place
Maker | Nepal Maker-base is an open-source, web platform that empowers makers, developers, and learners to document what they know and share it with the world. By giving anyone the ability to write notes and post content to the public, Maker Base allows individual learning to become a global, free resource. Someone solving a coding problem or fixing a broken SPI communication can share their solution, and someone in Brazil can learn from it instantly! How cool is that? Maker
Vivian Li
Jun 21 min read


Code for Cities 1st Place
EconEngineers | USA Cities rely heavily on residents to report broken sidewalks, unsafe curb ramps, and dangerous crosswalks, but most reports are handled in a first-come, first-served way. This often means that highly dangerous issues, especially those affecting elderly people, wheelchair users, and children, are not fixed as quickly as they should be. StepSafe is a lightweight web application that improves how cities manage pedestrian infrastructure issues. Residents can su
Vivian Li
Feb 11 min read


Code for Cities 2nd Place
EsDeeKoders | USA Our project entails the solution of smart traffic lights to mitigate traffic congestion. We solve global SDG issues 11, 9, 3, 13, 8, and indirectly solve 16 and 10. By implementing this solution, not only do we lessen risks of traffic accidents and crashes, but we help the environment around us by stabilizing greenhouse gasses and emissions into the atmosphere, help people reach their destinations faster with efficiency, and help pedestrians walk across cros
Vivian Li
Feb 11 min read


Code for Cities 3rd Place
CodeCare | USA CodeCare utilizes hospital availability data to intelligently create routes with AI and routing algorithms (A*) that allow for the most efficient routes to be created for mobile clinics and coordinate rural-urban patient care.
Vivian Li
Feb 11 min read


Code for Healthcare 1st Place
PulsePal - EquiHER | Albania Women are 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed after a heart attack (British Heart Foundation, 2016), wait on average four years longer to be diagnosed with autoimmune diseases (Angum, 2020), and 30% wait over a year for a brain tumour diagnosis, twice as long as men. These statistics reveal a major diagnostic bias in healthcare. EquiHER addresses this inequity through an AI-powered diagnostic risk assessment tool aligned with UN SDG 3.8: Universal
Vivian Li
Nov 18, 20251 min read


Code for Healthcare 2nd Place
NextGen Sports Tech | USA Sports Med AI is an interactive app that uses artificial intelligence to analyze user-reported injury details and provide personalized recovery recommendations, warning signs, and next-step guidance.
Vivian Li
Nov 18, 20251 min read


Code for Healthcare 3rd Place
The Sin Karkinos Project | USA Sin Karkinos is an innovative machine learning initiative aimed at addressing one of healthcare’s most pressing challenges, which is early and affordable cancer diagnosis. By developing and fine-tuning deep learning models trained on MRI brain scans, our project establishes a baseline for scalable diagnostics that can detect tumors with high accuracy. Our vision extends beyond model performance: we aim to create a system that allows anyone, anyw
Vivian Li
Nov 18, 20251 min read


Code for Finance 1st Place
Team The Dosa King | USA FinanceWise is a comprehensive youth financial literacy platform that provides interactive learning modules, practical financial calculators, and an investment simulator. Built as a clean, focused web application, it teaches essential money management skills through gamified lessons covering budgeting, saving, investing, credit, and financial psychology. The platform features multiple-choice quizzes with replay functionality, real-time financial calcu
Vivian Li
Oct 17, 20251 min read


Code for Finance 2nd Place
Team YouthInvest | USA Description: YouthInvest is a full-stack educational web application that helps students and young adults build financial literacy through simulated investing experiences. The platform allows users to explore how stocks, portfolios, and financial decisions work in a realistic yet risk-free environment. Built with a Python Flask backend, various APIs, and a Tailwind CSS-powered frontend, YouthInvest uses simulated market data to mimic stock behavior and
Vivian Li
Oct 16, 20251 min read


Code for Finance 3rd Place
Team MicroInvestors | USA MicroInvest teaches financial literacy through simulated microfinance investing. Users receive $500 virtual currency to fund entrepreneurs in developing countries, learning risk management and diversification hands-on. Two modes exist: Live mode fetches real Kiva.org projects; Demo mode uses educational examples. Three risk tiers structure investments: low (8% return, 5% default), medium (12% return, 12% default), high (18% return, 20% default). Use
Vivian Li
Oct 15, 20251 min read


Lasya Penumalli — WellNest
Caregiving is a role that many young people step into, whether for parents, grandparents, or siblings, often without realizing the toll...
Vivian Li
Sep 22, 20253 min read


Code for Climate Honorable Mention
CodePanda | United States Recycle Buddy is a simple app that helps educate users on recyclables and also encourages users to recycle...
Vivian Li
Sep 14, 20251 min read


Code for Climate Honorable Mention
Jocode | United States EcoSynth is an AI-powered sustainable supply chain simulator that transforms any product description into a...
Vivian Li
Sep 14, 20251 min read


Code for Climate 1st Place
Ecoshop | United States EcoShopper is a mobile application developed with Flutter that empowers consumers to shop more sustainably. By...
Vivian Li
Sep 14, 20251 min read


Code for Climate 2nd Place
Soft Mind | Kazakhstan Smart Soil Guardian uses AI and accuracy API libraries to turn smartphones into soil labs. By restoring degraded...
Vivian Li
Sep 14, 20251 min read


Code for Climate 3rd Place
Pranav and Friends | United States Eco Spark is a game designed to teach players about budgeting and taking care of the environment. The...
Vivian Li
Sep 14, 20252 min read


Code for Wellness 1st Place
Team Young Leaders | United States The Young Coders' Sphere Internet Safety Quiz is designed to keep youth safe online, making sure they...
Vivian Li
Aug 15, 20251 min read


Code for Wellness 2nd Place
Team JE | United States https://github.com/JaydenYang2016/clock/blob/main/clock.py
Vivian Li
Aug 15, 20251 min read
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