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Online hacking marathon aims to find COVID-19 solutions
An online hackathon is a marathon for community-based solution-seeking that focuses on hardware, the Internet of Things (IoT), system and protocols, as well as cultural-based solutions.
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Every participant can propose solutions to five COVID-19 problems, namely related to medical tools, household needs, environment and community care, cultural hacks and the wild card or uncategorized problems.
(https://honf.org/retas-dari-rumah//-)
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our collectives focusing on technology innovation are initiating a brainstorming marathon or online hackathon until May 13 to find solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic.
An online hackathon is a marathon for community-based solution-seeking that focuses on hardware, the Internet of Things (IoT), system and protocols, as well as cultural-based solutions.
The four organizations, HONF Foundation in Yogyakarta, Social Digital Innovation in Germany, Kekini and CAST Foundation in Jakarta, are inviting communities and individuals to join the hackathon with the hashtag #retasdarirumah (hacking from home). People from various professional backgrounds are encouraged to work together, share ideas, manifest ideas and develop prototypes in 48 hours.
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For the marathon, participants will be categorized into groups and guided by mentors provided by the four collectives.
Every participant can propose solutions to five COVID-19 problems, namely related to medical tools, household needs, environment and community care, cultural hacks and the wild card or uncategorized problems. Expected outputs can be in the form of hardware, protocols or regulation systems for various situations such as open kitchens, environmental-based businesses and more.
As the hackathon will be held online, the work will take place on WhatsApp as a main communication tool, YouTube for collecting and viewing of video pitches and WeTransfer for sending materials.
More information is available here. (gis/wng)
