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Hackathons: Ship It in a Weekend

Thirteen hackathons and counting. Some wins, some losses — every one of them a full product cycle compressed into 36 hours: idea, hardware, software, pitch. Full history on Devpost.

WinHacks 2026 — Winner (Finalist)

SketchBot

Design in pixels, then a robot draws it on paper for real. Camera-vision positioning, ESP32 motor control, Next.js + WebSockets, Gemini-generated designs.

ESP32Camera VisionNext.js

Hack the 6ix 2026 — Solo Build

Edge Pong

Projected ping-pong with an edge-AI-tracked smart paddle — feel each impact through four-quadrant spatial haptics, all processed on-device.

ESP32-C5HapticsThree.js

WinHacks 2025 — Best in Category

PresentPro

Real-time presentation coaching: live speech analysis flags pacing over 160 wpm and nudges you through a vibrating IoT wearable. React, FastAPI, AssemblyAI, ESP32.

AssemblyAIFastAPIESP32

WinHacks 2024 — 2nd Place Overall

Second Life

Give your EV battery a second life in a microgrid — a platform to collect, test, and repurpose end-of-life EV batteries for energy storage. Born from my battery research.

Next.jsPrismaEnergy

Winner

WinParks

Mobile app helping people explore the trails, parks, and heritage parks of Windsor.

MobileMaps

Energy × Software

WinGrid

Keeping all the electric vehicles on the grid — managing EV charging load at scale.

EVGrid

Desktop App

Covid-19 Global

Desktop application providing trustworthy Covid-19 statistics from countries around the world.

DesktopData

And more…

EcoRoute · wordConquer · WEC 2023 · NASA Meteor Madness

Route optimization, word games, engineering competitions, NASA Space Apps — see the repos on GitHub.

TypeScriptJavaScript