This year DocSoc organised an amazing Hackathon for 160 attendees from Imperial and other universities around the UK.
The event was held at the GoCardless offices in Angel, London and ran for 24 hours straight from 12pm on the 20th of February, followed by presentations from all the teams and prizes in many categories including Funniest Hack, Most Ambitious, Best User Experience, Best Cloud Hack, Best Domain Name, Best Game, Best Newcomer, Most Viable, and Attendees’ Choice.
Some of the favourite projects included an automated DJ that chose songs in response to the liveliness of its audience, an implementation of Doom in Haskell, and an automated review tool for documentation in software projects.
Microsoft and Blackrock provided the funds for many, many pizzas, burgers, and much more! All very appreciated by the glorious geeks in attendance.
Photocredit @Jamescolingrant
The Department of Computing Society (DoCSoc) organised Imperial’s first student hackathon in 2012. Despite being confined to a corner of the Central Library overnight, it was immediately set in stone as a regular event. IC Hack has grown massively, and now hosts 160 hackers from across the College and beyond. The society makes its devices available to hackers, including Kinect, Oculus Rifts, Leap Motion, and more.
IC Hack ‘16 had over 400 sign ups, so had to release tickets in batches on a first-come first-served basis. DoCSoc aim to build on the success this year, create more places for keen hackers, and grow IC Hack into a national event. To see more photos and tweets from the day check out the hashtag #ichack16 and visit the event website http://ichack.org. More photos available from Major League Hacking and from DocSoc.
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