a content delivery solution for underserved communities, hence connecting communities, [...] delivering accessible solutions [...] to anyone anywhere.

Came 1st out of 30 teams in RMIT ITS Hack-a-thon Connected Communities 2019, earning a trip to San Francisco, USA valued at AUD$18,000+ and networking opportunities in Silicon Valley with industry leaders such as Facebook, Google, Uber, Intel, etc.

How do we provide equal opportunity in a world with asymmetric information access?

• Rural communities and developing nations? They get left behind.
• It has been shown that children that have early access to education have better life outcomes.

The Solution:

• Digital content platforms are an efficient method to engage with students.
• Boxby, software platform solution with complementary hardware.
• BoxBy offers offline content cache for disconnected areas.
• BoxBy is scalable and provides quality content to users of all ages.
• The platform provides curated opt-in content.

Features:

• BoxBy provides a new way to bring education to previously underrepresented markets.
• The platform supports many open-source courses with the ability to host university directed coursework.
• BoxBy users have the ability to access cached data anytime, anywhere.
• BoxBy's cache can update automatically once connected to the internet or with portable physical storage.
• BoxBy is also designed for accessibility in mind.

BoxBy's Demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGFYyblr5cY

To Run:

To run in dev mode with nodemon use npm run dev

Navigate to http://localhost:2000/