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ELC Hackathon 2021: Hack4A11y- And the winners are...

Hi ELC Hackathon Community,

Thank you to all the panelists, coaches, judges, sponsors, participants, fans and winners  !

Your participation helped make The ELC Virtual Hackathon 2021: Hack4Ally a global success. The stats:

■ 504 participants

■ Submitted 90 amazing projects

■ Collaborated from 37 countries in 17 time zones

■ Made possible by the support of 31 coaches and 7 partners

■ Wow.

What did you think of the hackathon? We want your feedback (15 second survey).

Check out all the amazing project submissions in the ELC 2021 Virtual Hackathon Devpost project gallery and now, drumroll…

+ + + + + +  The Winners  + + + + + +

  Grand Prize Winner: Memory Box

  2nd Place: Ease

  3rd Place: RepME

■ Microsoft’s Hack for Mental Health Award: Empathie (iOS)

■ EPAM Innovation in Accessibility Award: Sme11

■ Popular Choice: Mobi-Guide

■ The Estée Lauder Companies Staff Pick: Beauty Assistant AI

■ Audience Pick (Tie!): Memory Box and Beauty Assistant AI

And the full list of finalists (alphabetical)

+ + + + + +  The Finalists  + + + + + +

■ Affectionate

■ Beauty Assistant AI

■ Ease

■ Handicare

■ Iris

■ LingoAlly

■ Memory Box

■ RepME

■ Shakes Spear

■ Smart Cane Project

■ Theia

■ youraibuddy

We had a blast and look forward to the next ELC Hackathon!

With gratitude,

- The ELC Hackathon Team