Inspiration
The need to learn something new and dive into different tech Inspired us to try out Alexa skills. The Binghamton bus service was an excellent candidate to be moved to Alexa.
What it does
Given a Bus route , BATS will let you know the when closest bus on that route will reach you. It also lets you know the distance of the bus from your location.
How I built it
BATS is built using Alexa skills development kit using lambda function , google maps api, OCCT api and coded in JAVA
Challenges I ran into
Alexa Skill was completely new to us and we had to start from scratch. Also finding the relevant API to get things working was a big challenge
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
This being our first Hackathon, we successfully completed what we had planned for and we gave our best. BATS will forever be special for us
What I learned
Basic Alexa development, API implementations and some part of competitive coding.
What's next for BATS (Bing Alexa Transit System)
BATS can improve by incorporating more transit systems like MARTA, VMATA etc.
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