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Built Ammalia, a Leap Motion + Dropbox app for surgeons — won Best Social Impact & Best Use of Dropbox API at Stanford’s TreeHacks 2016.

TreeHacks

🌲 At TreeHacks, everything's chill but the weather.

Name: TreeHacks Organizer: Stanford University Location: Han-Hsun Huang Engineering Center – Stanford University Date: February 12 – 14, 2016 Role:

🧠 About

TreeHacks is Stanford University’s official national hackathon. In 2016, over 670 hackers attended — achieving a 50/50 gender ratio, the first major student-run hackathon to do so.

Our team, Big Hero 4, built Ammalia (Arabic for surgery) — a Leap Motion-assisted app that helps surgeons view and manipulate scans while scrubbed in and sterile.

🏆 Prizes:

  • Best Social Impact Prize – Sponsored by GoodHacks
  • Best Use of Dropbox API – Sponsored by Dropbox

💡 Project — Ammalia. Where surgeons go to explore.

Ammalia uses the Leap Motion API and the Dropbox API to let surgeons analyze medical images (like MRI or CT scans) hands-free in the operating room.

We saw potential for radiology image scrolling and manipulation while scrubbed in — and future use cases include 3D scan interaction and real-time data visualization.

🏅 Awards

Out-of-State Applicant Scholarship – December 2015

1 of 150 out-of-state hackers accepted (out of 2000+) with full travel reimbursement ≈ 7.5% acceptance rate

Hackathon Prizes

  • Best Use of Dropbox API → 100 GB storage per team member
  • Best Social Impact → Lunch with Stanford President Hennessy + $400 charity donation
  • Coaching with Shannon Farley + Tour of Fast Forward
  • Additional $400 charity donation

📰 Coverage

Medium feature on teammate Stephanie Zeidan — she was awesome! Hacker Spotlight: Stephane Zeidan

🎨 Branding

  • Theme Color: #62A7C6
  • Font: Karla

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🚀 Future Features

  • 3D manipulation of MRI and CT scans in real time to assist tumor assessment.
  • Radiology and cardiology interventions involving catheter manipulation.
  • Integration with patient health records (name, age, background, etc.).

🧰 Tools

  • Leap Motion — gesture tracking for pan, zoom, and slide controls without touch.
  • Dropbox API — used for storing and organizing patient image folders.

👩🏽‍💻 Team — Big Hero 4

📸 Pictures

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