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Sure, it may not be making headlines at GitHub’s Universe 25 in San Francisco, but I couldn’t resist trying to understand the story behind a smart badger. Only at a geek conference like this would you get the chance!
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Braillearn was featured live at the GitHub Universe keynote. Dream it in the morning, build it in the afternoon: Collapsing the distance from idea to impact - Martin Woodward Braillearn is a student-built, open-source braille learning system from nwPlus nwHacks: a refreshable braille box with six servo-driven pins + an accessible web app. Learners can type or speak words, feel the raised dots, and progress through structured lessons. Making independent, affordable braille education possible. Built with React/Node, Arduino, speech recognition, and accelerated by GitHub Copilot. From hackathon sprint to the GitHub Universe stage - accessibility innovation in action. Congrats to the entire team! Presented by Cindy Cui and Alison Co for the whole team, including Mayank Rastogi, and Tammy Kim. Explore and support: https://buff.ly/19yX7iI Devpost & GitHub Education #GitHubUniverse #MajorLeagueHacking #Braille #Accessibility #AssistiveTech #OpenSource #Hackathon #nwHacks #UBC #Arduino #TechForGood
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CrisisLens was featured live at the GitHub Universe keynote. Dream it in the morning, build it in the afternoon: Collapsing the distance from idea to impact - Martin Woodward Built by MLH hackers at nwPlus, Alethea Kramer, Brian Park, Alistair Lance Tan, and Eric Zhou built CrisisLens, a platform with live maps and P2P livestreaming, empowering communities to share real-time, on‑the‑ground updates during crises. Cutting through censorship and algorithmic noise. Built with Livepeer for decentralized streaming, Firebase + Mapbox for live mapping, and accelerated by GitHub Copilot. From hackathon project to the GitHub Universe stage, this is why student innovation matters. #GitHubUniverse Try it, contribute, or learn more https://buff.ly/19yX7iI Devpost & GitHub Education
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“You are the spark. You are the thing behind the magic. How you think, how you build, how you create. You’re the people that give software its soul.” -Martin Woodward Today at #GitHubUniverse, MLH hackers showcased two powerful projects: Braillearn - an interactive braille learning box + app that’s fully accessible and affordable, powered by React/Node, Arduino, and Copilot. Presented by Cindy Cui and Alison Co for the whole team, including Mayank Rastogi, and Tammy Kim. Crisis Lens - a platform with live maps and P2P livestreaming so communities can share real-time updates during crises, built with Livepeer, Firebase, and Mapbox. Presented by Alethea Kramer, Brian Park, for the whole team, including Alistair Lance Tan, and Eric Zhou. From hackathon idea at nwPlus to real-world impact. Even with Furbies involved! Check out https://lnkd.in/gJNVV6_A to get links to GitHub Universe and Braillearn and CrisisLens projects! Devpost & GitHub Education
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The future of software is happening live at #GitHubUniverse 2025 — and you can be there from anywhere 🌍 Secure your free virtual ticket now at githubuniverse.com and catch every keynote, launch, and surprise. https://lnkd.in/gUix-WZx
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Highlights from today’s Educator Lab Session—hands-on demos, classroom ideas, and community momentum as we head into Universe. 📅 When: Oct 28–29, 2025 📍 Where: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco — with virtual access (keynotes live, sessions on-demand). 🔗 Explore the Universe hub: githubuniverse.com
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Behind the scenes at GitHub Universe 2025: our Education team coordinated volunteers across the office to assemble this year’s programmable badges so everything’s ready for showtime! 📅 When: Oct 28–29, 2025 📍 Where: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco — plus virtual streaming for remote attendees. ▶️ Watch online + explore the agenda: gh.io/AAy5upq
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If you missed our GitHub Education + GitHub Copilot info session in Discord with 🇵🇷 Pj Metz, the recording is up on YouTube! 🍿 https://lnkd.in/eEzkxdpJ
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The future of software is happening live at #GitHubUniverse 2025 — and you can be there from anywhere 🌍 Secure your free virtual ticket now at githubuniverse.com and catch every keynote, launch, and surprise.
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“Ignorance will break all software.” Log4Shell’s one line of code broke the internet, and taught us all a lesson we can’t ignore. As Christian Grobmeier, maintainer of Log4J puts it: "Learning is the only cure for ignorance. So just keep learning." Learn more: gh.io/AAy5mzh