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Venture Cafe and City of Phoenix hold fifth all-day hackathon to develop smart-city ideas
Summary
About 60 participants at the fifth Venture Cafe City of Phoenix hackathon worked in teams on accessibility, public spaces and transportation projects; teams will pitch for cash prizes and audience choice tonight.
Venture Cafe and the City of Phoenix held their fifth all-day hackathon in Phoenix, bringing about 60 participants together to develop smart-city solutions focused on accessibility, public spaces and transportation.
The event matters because it gives the city and community a low-cost, experimental space to generate prototypes city staff said they may consider for later deployment. Organizers said past hackathon projects have been implemented through city programs and the Innovate Phoenix challenge.
Participants were randomly placed on teams and spent the day preparing pitches, with dry runs ahead of evening presentations. Organizers said winners tonight will be eligible for…
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