Roughly 400 students from the greater Northeast area converged on the University of Massachusetts campus this weekend for the third annual HackUMass, a 36-hour marathon event where participants create hardware and software projects.
Participants spent the weekend designing, programming and building new technologies. The hackathon, which initially began in its first year with just 100 students and was held in Marcus Hall, now partners with groups such as MLH, Microsoft, Verizon, Google and Fitbit and took place at the expansive Integrated Learning Center.
HackUMass co-director Frankie Vicusi said the program improves every year.
“(The event) was a big success, so this year we decided to grow it,” Vicusi said.
The event provided participants with the necessary supplies to create projects through tech talks, mentoring for beginners and even networking opportunities with sponsors such as Fitbit and Verizon. Participants are encouraged to be creative, and created a variety of inventions such as lawn mower simulators, voice-controlled robotics and virtual reality video games.
HackUMass also provides opportunities to participants of all skill levels.
Adi Shmerling and Adin Klotz, two high school students from Amherst, may have been among the youngest participants in the hackathon. The young students, who were working on a text-based adventure game, planned to “wander” around the event to learn from other projects. For the full article click here
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