Guanajuato, Gto., Ocotber 11, 2017.- Ricardo Mirón and Rodolfo Ferro, both students at the University of Guanajuato (UG) together with three students of the Technological Institute of León, obtained the first place in the IBM Mexico's HackaPalooza with "Travis", an intelligent assistant that supports the user in locating products.

According to Rodolfo Ferro, student of the degree in Mathematics of Campus Guanajuato, "this project allows that, if you wish to buy any product and want to know more details of the same, you send a picture, the server processes the received information and answers with the data of what you wish to acquire, it tells you where you can find it, how much it costs; all through a chat service."

In words of Ricardo Mirón, a student of the degree in Administrative Information Systems of Campus Guanajuato, within the requirements of the hack festival, they found the use of technologies from IBM, such as High-Performance Computing (HPC), Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Quantum Computing and IBM Watson.

So, to develop their product, the students used IBM Watson, particularly the Visual recognition and other services with the purpose to complement even more the final interaction of the user with the service.

It is worthy to mention that, the first edition of the IBM Mexico's HackaPalooza had the participation of 216 competitors throughout the country divided in 42 teams, who developed projects with impact in the banking business, point sales and social.

After 48 hours of competition, the jury which was composed by representatives of important businesses such as Pepsico, Alsea and of course IBM, selected 3 semifinalists, to then choose the winner, which was the BRAVERS team, formed by the representatives of UG and ITL.

It is important to mention that, Ricardo Mirón and Rodolfo Ferro have participated in events related to developing the proposals of impact for society, derived from it, they decided to create "Future Lab"; a group to integrate and develop technological projects, which is open for all students of the University of Guanajuato who are willing to participate.

"Creating Future Lab, brings the idea to encourage students at the University of Guanajuato to compete in this kind of things, so we focus on developing science and technology projects but with a social impact," assured Mirón.

Finally, the college students explained that the projects they have won previously in other contests, "have been modified to continue being developed independently."