List of hackathons in Marston Green, United Kingdom in 2015

OWASP (The Open Web Application Security Project organisation) together with Pen Test Partners are hosting an IoT hackathon at the Birmingham Science Park, to investigate the security of several IoT devices including iKettle, iCoffee and My Friend Kayla. Bring along your laptop, and in case you have one, an IoT device you'd like to take a look at too.

The Birmingham Picademy@Google team is hosting a Raspberry Jam event at Google Digital Garage in the Library of Birmingham to share knowledge, learn new things, and meet other Pi enthusiasts. Attend this event to learn more about the Raspberry Pi computer and make some great connections. The event is open for anyone, you do not necessarily need to know how to code or have a Raspberry Pi, you will be taught everything there is to know.

Hackathon 2015! The iTag Hackathon is a computer programming and game design competition which teams participate internationally or locally here at the host Nottingham Trent University. This hackathon is part of an IEEE academic conference called the Interactive Technologies and Games Conference (iTag) [Link]. Goal The idea is to create a game (in the most general meaning of the idea) around the Hackathon theme* (secret: which will be revealed before the 72 hour period).  *The aim of the hackathon is to develop an application that can benefit an educational environment or provide enhanced accessibility to a specified user base. For those that wish to take part, all they need to do is register as either an individual or team on our website. All participants can either take part at a designated venue or remotely. Voting  Voting by the iTag IEEE conference delegates will take place, winning and runner-up teams will be acknowledged officially by NTU and iTag. Winning team is also awarded a total cash prize of £250.  When? The Hackathon is taking place from Tuesday, October 20, 9 am until Thursday the October 22, 3 pm (GMT). The 3 day Hackathon programming challenge will be held in Nottingham Trent Pavilion Building in rooms 121, 122, 123. However, on the third day, presentations are held at GameCity. Please see schedule below for details. 

Celebrate Ada Lovelace’s 200th birthday in style by joining the Ada Lovelace hackathon! We’ll be using the equipment and expertise of the Oxford Hackspace to create new physical computing projects, inspired by her works. We’ll have access to 3D printing, laser cutting, electronics, CNC machines, and much more. Projects suggested so far include: Laser-cutting cogs and carrying arms to build the adding mechanism of the Analytical Engine. Building a card reader. Using a card reader to make other things happen - a music box, bells, whistles, puppets, or automata. A new robot version of the “calculus of the nervous system”, or 3D printing of some or all of the real neuronal network of a nematode worm. A music machine. Other things that Ada was known for include the Bernoulli numbers, her interest in gambling, ‘Flyology’, and her prediction of computer-generated music: “Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.” Every level of skill is welcome!

Agenda for the Hackathon event   Tuesday 10Th Nov. 2015:   8:30-9:00: Arrival and registrations  9:00-9:30: Welcome, housekeeping  and introduction to the event 9:30- 10:00: Introduction to proposals and group allocations 10:00-12:00- Teams working on proposals and design of solutions  12:00-13:00- Presentations by each group and feedback from audience  13:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-18:30: coding on each project with short reports/feedback sessions every two hours  Wednesday 11th:   9:00-9:30: report by each group on lessons learnt  (things which have worked and things which have not worked) and plans for the 2nd day 9:30-13:00: coding on each project with short reports/feedback sessions every two hours  13:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-3:30: coding on each project with short reports/feedback sessions every two hours 3:30-4:30: packaging and leaving the code on the open source repository  4:30-5:30: Presentations by each group on what has been achieved and future plans  5:30-6:00: Cleanup and close of the event       Hackathon for Health, Assisted Living, Social Care and Community 2015 The Hackathon for assisted living, health, social care and community 2015 is the third event in its series organised jointly by the Vir.AL research group  of De Montfort University and by DS-Cubed Ltd. in association  with the Leicestershire County Council and the Square Mile initiative in De Montfort University. This year's event will be hosted by DS3  at the Innovation Centre of De Montfort University on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11th Nov. 2015. DS3 is a software solution provider that works with students, public bodies and private businesses to deliver solutions to their technical problems.  Proposals  to be developed A web repository for collecting and crowd sourcing data for  skin cancer research  An app for ForeverSavvy charity for coaching adults with learning disabilities Monitor challenging behaviour for a patient with dementia residing in a care home or an inpatient in a community hospital: proposed by Consultant Psychiatrist with the MHSOP In-reach team from NHS A web based app that records mental and physical health observations within an inpatient setting, proposed by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Fundraising Support App for young volunteers (proposed by the Project Trust Charity) An app for buddying system between university applicants and current students:proposed by a recent graduate and possibly supported by student union (will be implemented if enough developers were present on the day) Other submitted proposals will be developed outside the Hackathon through student projects or as continuation of one of the 5 projects above by DS-Cubed. The software developed during the event will be  Open Source to allow  users and developers to study, change, improve and distribute the software after the event.    Streamline Data Ltd is sponsoring HALE 2015 by providing IT solutions for digital management at the event. Streamline Events is an end to end solution, comprising various modules for all stages - pre-event, onsite and post-event.  For further info, please visit http://www.streamlinedata.co.uk/Solutions.asp   FAQs Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event? There are no ID requirements for theevent itself, but the security of the venue within the university may require an ID and your ticket for allowing you into the buildings. Attendees must be 18+, but but please contact me for cases when  younger developer/ attendee is ccompanied with their parents. What are my transport/parking options getting to the event? De Montfort University is only few minutes from Leicester city centre and so public transport should be sufficient to get you to the venue. Please do not bring your car unless if you are travelling from another city. There are no parking spaces in the University but the list of local parkings are here.  What can/can't I bring to the event? Please bring along your laptop, chargers and mobile devices plus development software you normally use. There will be PCs in the labs, but it still helps to have developer laptops. It will be your own responsibility to look after your personal devices and the event cannot accept any responsibility. Where can I contact the organiser with any questions? Please contact Samad at sahmadi@dmu.ac.uk Is my registration/ticket transferrable? No, but if there is anyone else who wants to attend they could regsiter themselves and there is no need for email invitations. Can I update my registration information? Yes and please do. We need to have information about your skills and interests to be able to build the groups beforehand.  Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Yes, please.  The name on the registration/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay? We expect this not to happen. Please let the oragisners know if this is the case. 

BrumHack is a 24 hour student hackathon in Birmingham, running as a hack in the Major League Hacking UK Fall season. This will be BrumHack 3.0! Attendees will have 24 hours (from 12:00 Saturday) to build something awesome, either in hardware or software. Hacks can optionally use sponsor APIs and platforms, and at the end of the 24 hour window people will have time to show either their hack, if it’s ready and working, or otherwise to talk a little about their ideas or what technology they used, what worked and what they had trouble with. Hacks can be made alone or in teams of any size, but teams bigger than 4 people won't qualify for prizes. Teams can be decided at any point before submission and we’ll be having a session for matching up teams before we start, so if you’re unsure of who to work with, don’t be deterred. The event is free for attendees & we’ll have food and refreshments paid for by sponsors (first round announced shortly), as well as prizes for various categories of hacks.   FAQs   Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event? You must bring a valid university student ID card to the event. You must also be a full-time university student. We can't permit under 18s due to child safeguarding restrictions. What should I bring? You should bring a laptop to hack on, power extensions, and any other gadget you might need.  Is there a Code of Conduct? Yes. See http://static.mlh.io/docs/mlh-code-of-conduct.pdf

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 2015! THE NEW DATE WILL BE DEFINED SOON! The aim of this event is to get members of the student and alumni community working together on specific, immediate problems, and to come up with working prototype(s); supporting the on-going efforts in the field. The hackathon, on fuel poverty, will gather students from across the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes to develop innovative solutions. The theme of ‘fuel poverty’ encompasses a broad range of technical, economic and societal challenges. This will be The Oxford Launchpad’s third hackathon, following the successful Ebola hackathon in November 2014. The hackathon, a fusion of the words “hack” and “marathon”, is an intensive, problem-solving event lasting typically 24 to 48 hours. Originally hackathons had coding and tech at their core (hence the name); however these days the term is used more widely, to denote the event’s nature and format, and the focus on innovation at speed. Tech continues to form an important component of many hackathons, but hackathons are no longer the realm of coders alone. They also seek to address interlinked social, economic and technical challenges. While British billionaires have doubled their wealth in recent years, 10% of the population suffer from fuel poverty. Fuel poverty is when people are unable to afford to heat their homes properly . They may have to choose between keeping warm and feeding their families. They may also suffer poor health and winter death due to cold homes. Fuel poverty is caused by a mix of low incomes (not having enough money to heat your home or afford energy efficient improvements), poor housing conditions (houses that leak heat, guzzle energy and cost more to keep warm), and high energy prices. We already identified some possible solutions, but the problems persist. We need breakthrough ideas and action to eradicate it in a way which also meets our carbon reduction targets. Crucially, the output of the hackathon is not to just generate ideas, but to create demonstrable solutions within the hackathon timeframe, so register your interest whatever your background and be part of an innovating team!