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Hackathons

A glimpse inside an inter-university hackathon: HackX 2K18

September 27, 2018

HackX 2K18 was a hackathon open to undergraduates from universities across the island. From the many applicants, 15 teams were selected as the finalists. These finalists then sat inside the Dialog Auditorium and spent 12 hours building their prototypes. And then as always, they pitched their ideas to the judges. These are some of the […]

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The Start of Something New: Rush Coders v1.0

August 17, 2018

Hackathons are fast becoming a dime a dozen. But that doesn’t mean that the ideas seen at them are all the same. Rather, the ideas seen at hackathons are slowly improving. Rush Coders v1.0 is the latest entrant to the array of University level hackathons. What is Rush Coders v1.0? In case you didn’t know, […]

Mahesh De Andrado

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Finding Fits At The HackBit 2018 Hackathon

July 9, 2018

With the aim of spreading awareness of the BBC Micro:bit, Micro:bit SLUG organized a micro:bit hackathon. Held on the 6th and 7th of July 2018 at Trace Expert City, the HackBit Micro:bit hackathon saw teams from 11 universities and 14 schools taking part. The HackBit hackathon was initially announced by Micro:bit SLUG and opened it […]

Mahesh De Andrado

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Chronicling the Grand Finale of CodeSprint 3.0

March 19, 2018

It’s been a long time coming, but we were at the finals of the CodeSprint 3.0 startup battle. In case you didn’t know what CodeSprint was, we wrote about it here. Following the initial stages of CodeSprint 3.0, participating teams took part in competitions and also a number of workshops and mentoring sessions as well. […]

Mahesh De Andrado

Take part in the (4th) revolution with 4iR

March 14, 2018

Yet another hackathon, you say? Well this one comes with a slight twist. The SLASSCOM 4iR Hackathon, is one that focuses on a unique theme: empowering cyberphysics. Participants are encouraged to pitch products that make use of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution. This means that any idea not relating to these technologies will […]

Paramie Jayakody

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A Hackathon Of Colorful Proportions: LetMeHack

March 9, 2018

Organized by the Society of Computer Sciences (SOCS), of the University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka, LetMeHack 1.0 was held on the 24th of February 2018. The theme of LetMeHack revolved around developing a completely open source product that can be used by everyone. How did LetMeHack take place? Carried out as a 16-hour product implementation […]

Mahesh De Andrado

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From a hackathon in Spain: Inside HackaTrips 2018

February 6, 2018

FITUR is one of the biggest global meeting points for tourism professionals all over the world! Fitur 2018, the 38th edition, made of a new record with 251,000 visitors from more than 165 countries. It’s a great opportunity to take a tour around the world from Asia to Latin America. Since I moved to Madrid, […]

Nandana Mihindukulasooriya

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HaXmas 2018: Sleighing Your Ideas For A Good Cause

January 16, 2018

It was early on a Saturday morning. The premises of Virtusa seemed to be deserted, everyone (sensible people that they are) taking a break in the weekend. But in one specific place, there was still a sleepy buzz of excitement. This was HaXmas 2018, organized by the Rotaract club of IIT. A Christmas themed hackathon […]

Paramie Jayakody

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Coding in the hills: the ACES Hackathon 2017

May 12, 2017

The ACES hackathon is an event that occurs annually inside the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. The hackathon is usually organized by the Association of Computer Engineering Students (ACES) and is aimed at the undergrads at the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Peradeniya. The ACES hackathon 2017 kicked off on […]

Yathusha Ulakentheran

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What we saw at Code Ultimatum 2016 – The Game of Codes

November 30, 2016

Looking back at the past 11 months, you could say that 2016 has been an eventful year. One filled with its fair share of hackathons. But as the year comes to a close we still have a few more hackathons happening. The latest of these hackathons was organized by Ideamart. This was Code Ultimatum 2016 […]

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What we learned at the first Janashakthi Full Option Appathon Workshop

September 5, 2016

By now you might have heard about the Janashakthi Full Option Appathon Challenge. But in case you’re lost, the Janashakthi Full Option Appathon Challenge is a team-based challenge where you get the chance to win Rs. 1 million. The challenge is the teams have to propose and develop an app that adds value to the […]

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Introducing the John Keells Disruptive Innovation Challenge

June 28, 2016

What is John Keells Holdings? John Keells Holdings is Sri Lanka’s largest listed conglomerate on the Colombo Stock Exchange. From the largest inventory of hotel rooms in Sri Lanka, owning a large private-sector-owned transportation business in the country and providing port and marine fuel services to IT solutions, manufacturing of food and beverages, running a […]

Mahesh De Andrado

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The 15 ideas we saw at AngelHack Colombo 2016

June 8, 2016

A few days ago, the world’s biggest hackathon, AngelHack came to Sri Lanka. The event in Colombo organized by Dialog Ideamart, saw 15 teams take part and hacking over the weekend to bring their solutions to life. On Sunday afternoon, after uploading their solutions online, the hacking came to an end and the big moment […]

Mazin Hussain

AngelHack Colombo is tomorrow

May 27, 2016

They call it the largest hackathon in the world. It’s been around for 4 years and has visited 72 cities across the globe. It brings developers, designers and entrepreneurs in 65 countries to build, test and launch new ideas over the course of a weekend. It’s no surprise that it’s known as the largest developer […]

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Picnic Orders Food And Ubers You To A Random Location

May 17, 2016

Max Goodman is a developer whose previous work experience involved working on interactive features for XKCD, a somewhat wildly popular Web comic. His latest brainstorm was for the recently held Stupid Hackathon in San Francisco. I’ll give you a hint; you guys like to go on a picnic? The Stupid Hackathon, yes it exists Before […]

Mahesh De Andrado

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Google I/O Extended 2016 Is Happening

May 11, 2016

Google I/O, the annual conference focused on software developers organized by Google will once again be held in California. Over the past few years, we’ve seen some amazing technology from the tech giant especially for Android, Chrome, Chrome OS, App Engines etc. Held for the 7th consecutive year, the event is usually 48 hours in […]

Mahesh De Andrado

What We Saw At ACES Hackathon 2016

May 5, 2016

ACES Hackathon, held annually for the last 5 years was held from the 29th of April to the 1st of May 2016 at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. The hackathon, organized by the Association of Computer Engineering Students (ACES), brings together undergraduates from the Faculty of Engineering and Science for 3 days to […]

Mahesh De Andrado

Chronicling Code Sprint 2015: New Concepts and New Faces

November 20, 2015

Yes another hackathon, what’s interesting is that each and every one of them has something special and something unique. Well, in this case, as they say; Code Sprint is the first Inter-University Hackathon. But what we found more interesting is that we saw some new teams in the game. Code Sprint 2015 is a 24-hour […]

Chandula Bandara

Chronicling the children’s hackathon: Great ideas from young minds

October 14, 2015

“I believe the children are our future” – Whitney Houston A hackathon for kids, simple as that. Don’t think this hackathon is easier just because it’s for kids. Compared to other hackathons that have been happening which focus on the youth and University undergrads, this too had the same standards and judging criteria. It wasn’t just a […]

Chandula Bandara

Gophers Gala; PickMe Golang Meetup

October 9, 2015

Golang might be unfamiliar to you if you’re not a techie. Also known as the Go programming language, it’s an open source system programming language built by Google. It’s one of the newer languages but also one that’s growing rapidly. So what’s PickMe doing here? (Yes it is the same PickMe that you use for grabbing […]

Chandula Bandara

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