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Giveback projects created for helping local communities

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MyCommunityWatch.org

This tool scans police incident reports daily from public datasets (Toronto, York, Peel, Durham, Halton, Montréal and Santa Clara county, California, USA) and email you recent incidents (e.g. car thefts) near you.

It's a free, community-giveback service made by volunteers.

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BuzzWatch

To help the hearing impaired, this Apple watch app listens for important sounds (e.g. car horns) and alert them using vibrations on their wrists.

Optimized for privacy

- On device analysis only
- No audio recording / network calls
- Source code is published

- Supports sirens, car horns, baby cries, smoke alarm
- Includes sound detection for human, animals, nature, machines, music and sports. (configurable)

Open-sourced. Feel free to reuse this as a starting point / templates for other projects.

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SuperRoute

Google, Apple, MapQuest, HERE, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Azure Maps all has its own strength & weaknesses.

SuperRoute shows you routes generated by all of them on the same map so you can evaluate which one fits your needs best.

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Sidekick 

Navigation with Video Recording and local features for Toronto such as:

- Alert you of Speed Camera ahead
- Report pot hole to Toronto311 with just one touch
- Help you choose if it's worth taking a toll route (e.g. spend $5 of toll to save 15 minutes of travel time?)

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How Deep? 

Tap on map to show sea depth or land altitudes. Perfect for cruises and hiking trips.

It can also capture your travel trails in the background (optionally) to show breadcrumbs on your map.

[Data source: Google Maps Elevation API]

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What's that plane flying above me?

When you hear the sound of an aircraft flying in the sky, have you ever wondered... "What type of aircraft is it? Where is it flying to?"

If yes, this app is for you. It answers that exact question.

You can scan the sky manually by pressing the Search button or let the app auto-detect flights when it hears the sound of aircrafts. It uses AI sound classification models to achieve that.

Designed with privacy protection in mind.

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Try-Something-New


Scan for new restaurants in your neighbourhood every day and send you a quick email with its rating and directions to get there.

Supports cities in Canada, US, Australia and UK.

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Travel Shopping Buddy

Allows travellers to see the price of an item (with tax) in their home currency instantly, without clicking any buttons.

[Augmented reality using your iPhone's camera]


Privacy Policy


These tools collect data for the purpose of providing their features only.  

We do not sell data to any advertisers or data aggregation agencies.

(Last updated March 30, 2020)

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