CHD 005 Results
In the tech capital of the northern California part of the world; where innovation is king and investment is queen and free laundry service is some pampered prince; where brilliant minds have congregated en masse to change the world or at least make a shit ton of money; 70-or-so people came together and made some weird shit.
Grand Prize Winner
Runner Up
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Judges
Ina FriedIna is the Senior Editor at Re/code. Follow her at @InaFried. |
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Pamela FoxPamela works on the programming curriculum at Khan Academy. Follow her at @PamelaFox. |
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Sean PercivalSean is a VC at 500 Startups. Follow him at @Percival. |
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Schedule
Friday, September 26 - Hackathon Day One
- Location: Parisoma - 169 11th St. at Natoma St.
- 6:00PM: Doors open. Whiskey Friday!
- 6:30PM: Dinner: Little Chihuaha
- 7:00PM: Idea pitching & API demos
- 8:00PM: Team formation
- 8:30PM: Hacking begins
- 11:30PM: Snack
- Overnight: Participants are welcome to continue hacking overnight though it's completely optional.
Saturday, September 27 - Hackathon Day Two
- Location: Parisoma - 169 11th St. at Natoma St.
- 9:30AM: Breakfast
- 12:30PM: Lunch: Bicycle Bahn Mi
- 4:00PM: Project summary due on Hacker League
- 5:45PM: Dinner: Cathead's BBQ
- 6:00PM: First round of demos. Participants will decide which teams move on to the Sunday finals.
- 9:00PM: Everyone goes home to sleep like humans.
Sunday, September 28 - The Show
Location: Brava Theater - 2781 24th St. at York St.
4:00PM: Finalists arrive for sound and tech check.
6:00PM: Doors and bar open.
7:00PM: Show starts.
9:15PM: Awards announced and more drinks.
9:30PM: Everyone high fives then quietly exits without spilling whiskey everywhere like drunk teenagers.
These guys hacked apart one of the freaky little furballs and took control of its audio output, which they sent commands to through the Furby API they built. Yes, there is now a Furby API.