Hackathon stories

Technology company Progress has announced the winners of its six-week global hackathon, The Worthy Web.>>

The event saw 650 participants, 150 judges and 75 volunteers gather across Australia and internationally via a virtual platform, to generate new leads for national missing person cases on behalf of Australian police.>>

"We want to make Australia the best place in the world for women to build and scale a startup. #SheHacks is the perfect starting point for any woman wanting to create something great.">>

VMware’s vFORUM Singapore has created new possibilities for the Association for Persons With Special Needs, a social service agency that provides education for people with mild intellectual disabilities.>>

"Kiwis are world famous innovators and this was very evident at the hackfest - ideas flew, solutions were created and we had a lot of fun.">>

“Innovative thinking & a deep understanding of what drives people are what give technology solutions substance," says Datacom Group CEO Greg Davidson.>>

BizDojo Wellington played host to a charity hackathon last month, which brought together four NPOs to help them build digital solutions for their busi>>

Two local teams that recently travelled to France as part of the global ActInSpace semi-final event in Toulouse recently.>>

The DIGMYIDEA Māori Innovation Challenge is now open, with the competition calling on budding Māori digital entrepreneurs to put their ideas forward.>>

WaiWatch was announced the overall winner for their innovative solution to the problem of inefficient and high volume residential water use.>>

Developers, tech experts and people with engineering or transport backgrounds will come together with to improve the public transport system.>>

China’s biggest hacker community has launched its 2018 Global Hackathon Programme and plans to expand it across Asia, India, the UK and Europe.>>

Pycom is having the worldwide launch of their new FiPy development board that supports five different Internet of Things wireless protocols.>>

“We know the world is heading toward a major food supply crisis...">>

The November hackathon will see teams create crop production solutions for the inhospitable Mars conditions.>>

“In this environment, you are free to try a completely different approach to a problem that you may not want to risk in the real world.”>>

The first prize went to Team Happy Life for charity Child Matters which provides adult training to help prevent child abuse.>>

Kiwi school children all over the country will play a part in setting a new world record this Tuesday - to get the most kids coding in 24 hours.>>

“It’s fantastic to see an event that harnesses advancement in tech and shines light on the opportunities that New Zealanders have to get involved.">>

The event was held in in association with Telstra and Amazon Web Services and aimed at developing public safety-based apps.>>