
Hack for Venezuela Hackathon
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Event description
Description
Venezuela is on the brink of collapse!
We're bringing together the top engineers from across the top Universities and Companies to work on various applications which can have a huge impact:
Our efforts will be centered around 4 major projects:
Medical supplies team
- Create a scalable web-based platform to match medical and food supplies with people on the ground.
Cryptocurrency team.
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Prototype solutions to replace the country's worthless paper currency with a viable alternate cryptocurrency.
Fake news team.
- Social media and messaging apps are the primary medium by which Venezuelans learn about uncensored news. However, there are a lot of attempts to distribute fake news which create confusion and deception. We'll be using the latest tools in machine learning and deep learning to help.
Data collection and analysis team
- We've partnered with an NGO based in Venezuela that has started to collect its own statistics and data to help elucidate actual victimization and health related statistics about the country.