UpTrend, a mobile app focused on employment access for youth of color, won last weekend’s Thriving Cities Innovation Showcase + Hackathon. The hackathon aimed to tackle issues facing the Black ...
The VR Hackathon hacks in progress at the University of Washington last weekend. The Seattle VR Hackathon was held this past weekend in the University of Washington’s Center for Education and Research ...
As hackathon co-chair Jake Chen, Ph.D., associate director of the Informatics Institute, shared in his keynote talk, cancer has the attention of bioinformaticists and data scientists. “Research on ...
Four hackathons in, Vax (Vox + Hack = Vax) has become an annual tradition for Vox Media. Vox prides itself on two things: being a media organization that makes new and interesting tools, and being a ...
It seems that almost every major feature on Facebook started as a hackathon project. Hackathons are all-night coding sessions where engineers get amped up on caffeine, brainstorm ideas, and build ...
GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Will Mari on Mar 24, 2014 at 9:45 am ...
A Google Glass app designed to make you vomit on command. Electronic circuitry powered by the energy in ground beef. A game that encourages bad hygiene. “Tinder for babies.” All were on display ...
During the past three months, a global series of hackathons emerged to find solutions for Covid-19 related challenges. The first Covid-19 related hackathon emerged in mid-March 2020 in Estonia. Since ...
Here’s a weird confession: Until last week, I’d never been to a company hackathon. Obviously, I’ve been to hackathons, including the ones TechCrunch hosts before our Disrupt conference. But I’ve never ...