Monday night at the Tannery Event Centre in downtown Kitchener, we had the opportunity to hear our VeloCity students’ final Brainstorming Week pitches. The students worked on their ideas all last week and spent last weekend coding whatever they came up with. Equipped with some great information from our coaches, they were able to come up with some inspiring, innovative ideas!

Some of the most exciting ones were:

• Converse, created by Patrick Tardiff and Wen-Hao Lue, a communication app that includes common questions as well as follow up questions that will allow you to have a conversation with someone who speaks an entirely different language.
• Cost Converter, created by Tom Price, an app that converts actual cost, not just currency. It factors in tax rates and tells its users a country’s tax reimbursement policies – and it doesn’t need a data connection which makes it perfect for traveling.
• Cyrano, created by Scott Tolksdorf, a VeloCity alumnus who gave us a special presentation on his new idea. He created an app that sends your girlfriend the texts you wish you would have sent. You can pick your intent and tone and automate when and how often you send your girlfriend texts. It will even have a feature that shuts the app off if your girlfriend is near you.