[LINK] Hacked for Humanity in Sydney This Weekend

[Tom Worthington]

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) held their RHoK November Hackathon in 
Sydney this weekend. Four teams worked on four projects with a social 
purpose:

First Stop are building a system for registering survivors after a disaster.

OCIUS: Are providing a website for analysis of data from a uncrewed 
solar and wind powered vessel which collects oceanographic data.

First Robotics: is an Australian offshoot of the US First STEM Project, 
to interest children in science, technology, engineering and mathematics 
(STEM).

Benjam: Is a project to build an App which allows children with autism 
to communicate with their carers.

I was one of the three judges and we were unanimous in awarding Benjam a 
trophy, but all the projects were good. more at: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2014/11/hacked-for-humanity-in-sydney-this.html


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