List of hackathons in Leicester, United Kingdom in 2016

The Memory Palace Hackathon's main aim is for you to develop a software that will allow individuals to build memory palaces in virtual reality or a 3D modeled environment on a 2D screen. Human memory is significantly better adapted to learning spaces and images than it is to learning textual and numerical information. For millennia, memory techniques have been developed and leveraged in oral cultures to store huge amounts of information in human memory through association with space and image. While the core principles of memory palaces can be learned quickly, their application to specific subjects and disciplines remains elusive. By creating a means of building memory palaces in virtual reality, the entire process can be transmitted and demonstrated faster, more effectively, and with digital – as well as human – memory storage. Users will be able to see their own and other people’s memory palaces, as well as be able to create their own memory palaces with built-in guidance and step-by-step instruction. This event will require developers familiar with Ruby programming language and preferably with Sketchup itself. The goal is to code the steps and functions that allow teachers to create instructional modules and students to add their own associations and build their own memory palaces.

This is a Hackathon with main aim to provide a tangible solution to assist the challenge of patient flow. Patient flow is a complex and difficult challenge for all organisations. Colleagues from different departments from across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will explore together the patient journeys. Real data and patient journeys will be used to develop a shared understanding of patient flow throughout the Hospital, in order to collaboratively identify where the focus should be put on to make improvements. Join this event to optimise the patient journey through the health care system by improve the patient flow.

The ART//GAMES//HACKATHON is an intensive workshop welcoming all artists, coders and technologists to team up, collaborate and develop prototypes for game art projects.  This hackathon is part of Europeana Space, a large EU-funded project, which examines the creative reuse of online content across a range of media and art forms. The three winning projects will receive further mentoring from Simon Cronshaw from Remix and the chance to participate in a Business Modelling Workshop to further shape their projects and develop business plans. These three finalists will then compete for three months of tailored business incubation from world-class industry leaders.

This is the second Sheffield Refugee Hackathon taking place at Yoomee's offices at the Electric Works. Come along to get to know the people who came last time, if you did't already and catch up on the projects created then. If there are more people, participants will be forming teams to look at some new ideas. So Bring your laptop and join this event to hack for refugees!

Madanyu is inviting you to join a hackers day at King's College to take on computer challenges to solve problems that we face when working with schools and learning centres across the world! You will be forming form small teams to solve challenges with who you will be completing each challenge and earn points. At the end of the day, the winning team with most points will be invited to join the Summer expeditions to India, Kenya, and Mozambique!

BCUHack is a 24 hour Hackathon, which is free for students at Birmingham City University. A Hackathon is an event in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming. Programmers and web developers of all experience levels are welcome to participate and you do not need to be an expert. This is a brilliant opportunity for you to develop new software, learn about new technologies, acquire new skills and meet new people. The Hackathon will involve you working in a team to develop software within the time frame. There will be challanges set by the event sponsors and you can create software on any platform, using the tools provided by our sponsors. After the 24 hour programming period, the teams get together to present their new software to the sponsors and judging panel and prizes are awarded. For more information please visit www.bcuhack.co.uk

The WarwickHACK Hackathon is gathering makers and innovators to come and create unique and exciting projects in just 24 hours. Students can come together to make, create and innovate! You can build all sort of things ranging from hardware projects to web applications. There are no limits!

Water quality is essential for good river health, the water resource in Thames catchment is of major environmental, social and economic value to South East region in England. It contributes to farming, fishing and mining as well as recreation and tourism. Knowing conditions of certain water quality indicators in advance will give water quality managers and other end users information to make better decision for their activities. The challenge is to use your coding skills to help deliver the best information to water quality experts, or make a forecast on water quality near the river you live. Building an app using big data technology to forecasts and visualize water quality.

Hack@Brookes is a 24 hour problem solving hackathon. Come to collaborate, hack and learn something new. It doesn’t matter what your background is, inspirational speakers will give you something to think about and there will be workshops for both beginners and those who are a little more in the know. Come and play!

ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. Due to last-minute cancellationsa number of places are now available, on a first come first served basis.  To secure a ticket, please arrive at the venue between 1630 and 1645 on Friday 5/2 and register at the desk. Thanks!   Friday 5 February 5-9pm; Saturday 6 February 9-6pm. Cycling in this city could be a  better experience for all.  We want to be part of a process of improving it - but to make it better, we first need to understand the current experience and challenges more fully.  And for that we need information, 'data'. Join us and help to answer these questions: How do we capture data about cycling in Oxfordshire? What do we want/need to know about cycling in Oxford? And how could we capture the information we need?   See https://pedallinginnovation.wordpress.com for full details and schedule.