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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

CruzHacks 2025 Seeking Volunteers

CruzHacks 2025 returns April 11-13, uniting innovators for a weekend of coding and collaboration. Volunteers needed for 2-3 hour shifts from April 10-13. Enjoy free food, swag, and networking. Sign up now to be part of the action!

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

SignSight: A Computer Vision ASL Translator

At CruzHacks 2024, students created SignSight, a mobile phone application that interprets American Sign Language (ASL). It allows the user to record and translate someone's ASL gestures using a computer vision-based action recognition model.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

CruzHacks 2023 a HUGE Success!

An in-person event for the first time in two years, CruzHacks 2023 was a rousing success with 86 teams pitching their projects at the Stevenson Event Center

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

CruzHacks 2023 is On!

Annual event rescheduled to February 3-5. Co-founder Mark Adams will speak at opening ceremonies. We interview Tony Ma / Co-President of Cruz Hacks 2023. He gives us a sneak preview of the upcoming largest hackathon on the central coast CruzHacks.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

CruzHacks 2023 Postponed

We interview Tony Ma / Co-President of Cruz Hacks 2023. He gives us a sneak preview of the upcoming largest hackathon on the central coast CruzHacks.

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