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What is a Hackathon?

Hackathon

A Hackathon is a design sprint-like event in which particpants will be given a certain amount of time to design and create a product depending on the objective of the event. This event is usually a 24-hour time limited challenge in which participants are expected to collaborate with their peers to create usable software or hardware by the end of the event. 

 

Hackathons tend to have a specific focus, which can include the programming language used, the operating system, an application, an API, or the subject and the demographic group of the programmers. 

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The theme of our event is TBA. Last year's theme was Space Exploration, and the hackathon was hosted December 14-15 at McMaster Innovation Park.

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