MD5 Hacking Emergency Response

We are looking for concepts that address emergency response in challenging environments such as disaster sites and  conflict zones.  Concepts should  incorporate functional fabrics as part of a system;  fabrics that have the ability to sense their surroundings; communicate; control temperature  and monitor physiological performance. What kind of break-through prototypes could you help build to solve real-life ‘emergency response’ problems in disaster areas and conflict zones?

Developers. Engineers. Designers. Join us on Friday, July 28- Sunday, July 30 in Cambridge for a hackathon unlike others. Each day you’ll work with 100-150 other innovators from the DoD, MIT Innovation Initiative,  AFFOA (Advanced Functional Fabrics of America) and the MIT community to build product prototypes.

Beside access to advanced fabric technologies as a hackathon participant you’ll get the opportunity to be mentored by a diverse group of experts: mentors who are experts in the hackathon “challenge” areas, technology mentors and pitch mentors.

Winning team(s) to receive up to $15K to further develop their ideas.

Registration is now open! Get your ticket today. If you are bringing a team with you to the hackathon, each team member will need to register separately for a ticket. (And if you are not part of a team yet, no worries, the hackathon facilitator will be helping teams to form at the start of the event.)

For more info, visit md5.net/hackathonS17.   More updates coming soon  as we share information on “challenge” judges, mentor sessions, exclusive technologies, and a detailed agenda.