Hack Day India: And The Winners Are....

We had over a hundred hackers, 31 hacks submitted, and a ton of photos uploaded to Flickr. Where present, we've included an URL; if it's not working, please let us know on the blog entry.

And now, the winners:

• Brainiest Hack: YaHealer!

  Allows doctors to share photos of a brain scan over two Yahoo! widgets that are connected over the Web, Allows for collaborative annotation of large sets of images (architectural blueprints, for example) without either user having to download the whole set of photos.

• Non-Technical (or "We Admire the Cheek"): Yahoo! Hindi Search

  In this non-technical hack, the presenter pointed out that it's a shame that you cannot type search queries in Hindi. When you do, the suggested results show up in English instead. He then went on to show us where to get live translation, and strongly suggested that we implement it. Hacks are there to work around things that annoy you about existing applications, and that is why we deemed it worthy to give this one a prize.

• Really Needs an Interface: Del.icio.us Tag Management

  A set of command-line Ruby scripts--shown in 10px Courier--that deals with del.icio.us tags. The first script identifies duplicates like "movie" and "movies", asks you which to keep and automatically renames all tags accordingly. The second script allows you to create bundles of tags instead of having to do them by hand inside del.icio.us.

• I Wish I Had a Mac: Third Tag

  A Yahoo! Widget that allows you to tag files to make it easier for you to find them, much like Quicksilver or Finder. The widget works both ways: in addition to being able to drag files into the widget and add tags, you can also drag text files into the widget and get a list of recommended tags based on their content.

• Most Parallel: Collaborative Browsing

  Using xmpp4mosh plugin for mozilla, greasemonkey and javascript, this hack allows two or more users to surf web sites in parallel without using a proxy. The gestures of one user are replicated for the others, allowing for easy instruction or example.

• Most Viral: Facebook Friend Folio

  See all your friends, their photos on Facebook and Flickr, their geographic location on a map, their horoscope and their favorite movies, all in one page instead of having to click through to each profile.

• Most Likely to Arrive at next Hack Day On Time: Social Routing

  This application is a maps hack that uses the traffic APIs to show you how likely it is to arrive some place in time. As the really cool social extra it also interfaces with twitter to allow for your friends or "people in the field" to report street blockages and gridlock as and where they occur and offers shortcuts and alternatives based on the wisdom of the community using the app.

• Best Desktop Hack: Desktop Wallpaper Love

  A Windows application that creates desktop wallpaper from Flickr images, filtered through Yahoo! Buzz feeds, resulting in a daily wallpaper of what's hot right now.

• Best Self Expression: Smart Editor

  A YUI Rich Text Editor that analyses the text you type while you type it and uses several APIs to show you relevant photos from Flickr, News, and Amazon.com. Results can be dragged into the editor if you want to enhance your text with multimedia.

• Best in Show: Maps Doodle

  Yahoo! Maps with a Canvas overlay. Allows you to draw on a map--highlighting a way to walk to a certain destination, for instance--much easier than creating lines using the API. As you draw, your movements are recorded, so you can send them to a friend as a URL so that he or she can re-play what you have drawn.