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The 54 hour no talk, all action event concluded yesterday with 15 teams pitching their ideas which ranged from practical projects, including a real estate locator app and various news and media aggregators, to downright bizarre yet visionary, like an app that wants to create a unit of measurement for knowledge.

Eventually the judges selected the top 4 teams, with 2 teams tying at 3^rd place. So without further ado, here are the winning teams:

#3: Living Band

Living Band is a mobile app that takes air bands to the next level. The app will play the next note from a given tune by shaking the device. Users would then have to swing their devices as if they were strumming chords for example to reproduce the selected song. The app includes a variety of instruments allowing multiple individuals to jam together and recreate their favorite songs, which in turn can be recorded and uploaded to the web where they receives votes from community members based on the accuracy of their performance and exchange them for virtual currency.

#3: Lingvee

Lingvee helps non Arabs learn how to write Arabic words. Users will have to retrace words on the screen and an accuracy meter will determine whether they have mastered the lettering or simply ask them to try again.

#2: Preso.ly

Preso.ly aims to improve and compliment already existing presentation tools. Based on surveys, individuals identified clicker malfunction and loss, sharing presentations securely, and reevaluating their own performance as the main three hassles to presenting. Preso.ly is here to address these issues. First off, presentation can be saved on the web and assigned a QR code. By scanning the code, your phone will automatically transform into a clicker. Second, that same QR code can be sent securely to third parties for viewing. Third, and most interesting, is that your device can be turned into a recording device, which means that you can listen to your own presentation afterwards and hone your skills.

#1 AID

Auditory Impairment Device, or AID, will make cell phones vibrate and blink to alert people with hearing impairment of loud noises that exceed a high decibel threshold. These noises could be a mundane door bell ringing, or a more critical noise like a car horn or fire alarm bells.