Cherisha, Author at NYU MakerSpace

Amazon Alexa, Twitch & Microsoft Hackathons for Students

Here are three great Hackathons for students! Not only can students learn & refine skills, but they also have an opportunity to win cash, promotion and even speaking opportunities! Alexa Skills Challenge: MultimodalBuild (or update) Alexa skills using Alexa Presentation Language (APL) that leverages the screen on one of the following devices: Fire TV, Echo Show, Echo Spot, and Fire Tablets.– Prizes: Up to $150,000 in cash and prizes– Deadline: January 22, 2019– Learn more…

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Free Coffee for Sustainability. Drop by the MakerSpace on Dec 10 at 3PM for Free Coffee for Sustainability.

Why Design Thinking Matters?

Paper by Anne-Laure Fayard Published: 27 November 2018 _____________ Design thinking has been an important management trend over the last decade. As innovation has become a strategic imperative for companies, taking a design thinking approach seems like a perfect model for developing new products and services that will increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. Yet these developments can be quite self-centered and local. They ignore the not-always-positive impact that innovation may have on other humans, other…

Exciting Upcoming Opportunities

Women4Climate Tech Challenge Autodesk launched the Women4Climate Tech Challenge, a global competition designed to spark innovation and accelerate climate solutions from women in the tech community. Winners will receive a fellowship, support and acceleration from C40 and its partners, and the opportunity to have their project implemented in C40 cities. Apply by November 30. Global Social Venture Competition The Global Social Venture Competition is a startup competition for early-stage ventures using technology for good that have social and/or environmental…

InnoVention Society is hosting NYU’s first AI hackathon

SuperHacks is NYU’s first AI hackathon made for both engineering and business students. Over a high-energy weekend, you will: Take on the challenge of turning an idea into a startup that’s ready to take off Meet fellow entrepreneurially minded students and build a multi-disciplinary team Build machine learning, computer vision or bot projects Discover & tackle real industry challenges with the help of experts Get free Red Bull, Google, x.ai swag Win a cash prize, swag and…

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