Manoj J. Chacko

Explore Virtual Reality and Bots!

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Digital Innovation Foundry Workshop Series
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Attendance: The workshop is limited to 20 Temple University technical students who have training in programming. It goes beyond basic concepts, offering a deep dive into the practical application of RPA and VR technology. Laptop required. Please fill in the form below to request registration. For more information click here .

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Implementing Generative AI Applications

Friday, February 23rd, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Digital Innovation Foundry Workshop Series
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Attendance: The workshop is limited to 20 Temple University technical students who have training in programming and familiarity with APIs and libraries. Laptop required. Please fill in the form below to request registration. For more information click here.

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Kuaay – Digitally transforming peer-to-peer car buying and selling

Kuaay is a digital C2C car sales tool designed to facilitate transactions between private-party used car buyers and sellers. Founded by Yousif Memon (CST ’17), whose passion for cars has transformed into an innovative app, Kuaay is revolutionizing peer-to-peer automobile purchasing. Along with Keenan Hawekotte, Yousif won a competition for their pitch, which evolved into Kuaay – a platform that simplifies the car buying process for individuals.

DIF Role

Improve the UX design of the platform, implement E-notary services, and use APIs to integrate with shipping platforms.

Project Founders

Yousif Memon
College of Science
and Technology (CST – 2017)

DIF Consultant

Stephen Hullender
*Computer and Information sciences (CIS) student*

Impact

“DIF support and platform architecture guidance has been invaluable in helping us move forward.” Yousif Memon

“Learning how a mobile app works and contributing to the app’s development improved my confidence. I was able to obtain a wide breadth of knowledge in software development and architecting a solution.” Stephen Hullender

Manoj Chacko managed this project for DIF

Movision Pro wins 2023 Digital Innovation Award

The Digital Innovation Foundry is pleased to announce that Movision Pro is the recipient of the 2023 Digital Innovation Award!

Movision Pro is an advanced digital platform for rehab clinicians, such as physical therapists, occupational therapists, and chiropractors. Founded by Cole Hagen, a PhD student in Neuromotor Science at Temple University, and Dr. Shiv Hiremath, Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the platform enables clinicians to create personalized home exercise programs for patients.

Movision Pro was selected to receive $1,000 and support from DIF to further develop and commercialize its platform.

The Digital Innovation Award is open to all Temple University students, alumni, faculty, and staff. The award is presented by DIF in partnership with Temple University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI) Innovative Idea Competition. Awards are based on the following criteria:

Digital – does the idea apply technology in an interesting and/or novel manner?
Problem – does the idea solve a real business or societal problem?
Practical – is the idea practically doable given current technology, context, and resources?

Agora World – Investigating the entrepreneurial potential of immersive applications

Agora World Inc. (Agora) provides no-code development tools and an environment for building immersive experiences and events. Ethan Berg aims to help people create new worlds—professional-quality immersive, 3D spaces and experiences—without any coding skills. Berg (FOX ’20) is the CEO and co-founder of Agora World Inc., which offers a drag-and-drop no-code design space for creating metaverse spaces.

DIF Role

Build three prototype use cases using Agora and its partners’ technology. The goal of these use cases is to leverage Agora and its partners’ technology to showcase interesting and innovative immersive experiences across different domains of application.