Synapse Solutions
Synapse Solutions is an online platform that provides researchers with a tool to work with and analyze electroencephalogram (EEG) data.
2018
TransitSphere
As the fastest growing city in the nation, Seattle's transportation infrastructure is under tremendous stress. As an interested citizen, information about our transportation system can be confusing and difficult to find. TransitSphere, built in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation, is an easy, interactive way to discover how Seattle's transportation assets work together to keep us moving. This tool gives citizens the how, what, and why of our city's transportation infrastructure management, and can serve as an introduction to a part of their government that they may not be familiar with.
Tunite
Problem: 1% of musicians dominate 77% fo the market, this implies that independent musicians and those who just entered the industry do not have the resources and exposure they need to compete with the 1%. Result: We built a collaboration platform where musicians share and evolve their music. We allow user to discover and be inspired by other musicians and create meaningful connections. With Tunite, we provide up and coming artists an opportunity to break into the music industry.
UW Night Market App
The UW Night Market mobile application alleviates long wait line issues that plague popular food festivals. Leveraging a mobile ordering system to facilitate the ordering process between attendees and vendors, the application increases attendee satisfaction and vendor sales. During this year’s UW Night Market event on May 12th, the application completed 483 orders and generated $4,553 in revenue for ten vendors in four hours.
Voicelator
Inconveniences in watching videos in foreign language is currently addressed by visual services such as transcripts and subtitles. But these services take your attention away from the video and isn’t helpful to those who are visually impaired. Voicelator is a Chrome extension that utilizes existing Microsoft and Google translation technologies to enhance your foreign video watching experience. Voicelator translates your YouTube videos from one language to another in real time, outputting an audible translation over the original video--allowing you to be fully immersed in the video without visual distractions.
WasteLess
WasteLess is a mobile application that helps you reduce the amount of waste you are generating on a daily basis and embeds you in the Zero Waste movement. We curate resources from leaders in the community to help you ease into a Zero Waste lifestyle. You do not have to feel alone in your journey either; our application encourages members to share progress and even lets you set up friendly challenges to keep each other on track. WasteLess is a one-stop solution for anyone who wants to leave a smaller waste-footprint in a well-trodden world.
WattWatch
WattWatch gives home business owners a streamlined and automatic service to track and segment their home and business energy costs to maximize tax reductions based on accurate reporting of business expenses. Tracking and planning business energy usage also encourages an awareness in sustainable business practices, helping business owners conserve the environment and cash.
WAYPOINT
Thousands of students in need. Five states with shortages of primary care physicians. One medical school trying to turn the tide. Since the 1970’s the UW School of Medicine has been at the center of an initiative bringing access to health sciences education to the underserved communities of the Greater Pacific Northwest region. WAYPOINT maps the healthcare education pipeline, so that programs can coordinate their outreach, and students can find the services they need to succeed as healthcare professionals.
Web Wizards
Web Wizards is a web application that allows children to learn web development through the use of a simple drag-and-drop interface without the current challenges of typing, navigating a computer, and remembering syntax. Users are able to drag customizable blocks to build their websites with their own personalized design. By creating new websites and interacting with the application, users can earn points to unlock new avatars.
Your Voice, Your Choice Decision Dashboard
Your Voice, Your Choice (YVYC) is a participatory budgeting initiative of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods that allows community members democratically decide how to spend a portion of the City's budget on small-scale park and street improvements. Our project provides YVYC management team a one-stop map-based dashboard to help them escalate from exclusively manual operation to a flexible combination of both online and offline operations. With dramatically reduced workload and accelerated decision-making process, they can concentrate more on inter-departmental corporation and quality assurance. Our project also encourages democratic participation by offering community members a much easier access to YVYC.