When you increase population density, GDP and efficiency grow, and ideas are born. And often all you need is 24 hours and a supply of energy drinks. That’s a part of what Tomáš Studeník has to say in defense of innovation hackathons.
How can you improve an electric power plant? Or a building and its cleaning? And how about reprogramming in a work environment? Those were just a few of the challenges faced by a total of 18 teams within the first Czech hackathon focused on the Industrial Internet of Things. After 24 hours of nonstop hacking, a team of “student dreamers” with a lie detector for robots won the day.