Tag: Hackathon
Women’s hackathon students develop image-processing technology to improve lives
Nearly 25 percent of senior citizens in Israel live alone, causing a potentially fatal situation when one of them falls and needs immediate assistance.
To help solve this problem, a group of religious women taking part...
‘Hackathon’ seeks solutions to speed up international money transfers
The Bank of Israel’s Payment and Settlement Systems Department is urging those with expertise on international money transfers to join a global hackathon on the use of an advanced system for payments.
The goal is...
Jewish-Arab Hackathon aims to model new projects and ties in Jerusalem
A group of 20 young entrepreneurs took part in a new initiative by Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs to build new projects for the benefit of Jerusalem.
The first Jewish-Arab-Jerusalem Hackathon took place this month in...
Women’s hackathon in Jerusalem results in solutions for pandemic’s acute needs
Nearly 100 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology’s Tal and Lustig campuses for women, comprised of religious and Ultra-Orthodox students, completed a 44-hour online hackathon in which they designed and marketed innovative solutions...
Birthright, MIT and IDF Unit 8200 alumni collaborate in anti-coronavirus hackathon
Throughout Thursday night and into Friday, a virtual hackathon called “HackCorona” was held by the Birthright Excel Community (Birthright’s leadership program) in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the 8200 Alumni Association (an elite intelligence...
Jerusalem College women’s hackathon leads to device to gauge oxygen levels in babies
More than 100 religious women students from Jerusalem College of Technology/Machon Tal worked around the clock last week as part of the second annual Hack@Tal, a 44-hour hackathon for the school’s Torah-observant women students.
The...
Lifesaving solution for MDA wins ‘Great Minds’ hackathon at Jerusalem tech college
More than 80 Jerusalem College of Technology students from Israel and 23 countries gathered at the college’s Machon Lev campus and worked around the clock last Wednesday evening through Friday morning as part of...