{"id":57699,"date":"2015-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-host-hack-a-thon-nov-13-15-to-seek-internet-of-things-solutions-to-real-world-problems\/"},"modified":"2015-11-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-host-hack-a-thon-nov-13-15-to-seek-internet-of-things-solutions-to-real-world-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/uri-to-host-hack-a-thon-nov-13-15-to-seek-internet-of-things-solutions-to-real-world-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to host hack-a-thon Nov. 13-15 to seek \u2018Internet of Things\u2019 solutions to real-world problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 4, 2015 \u2013 Graduate and undergraduate students from throughout the region \u2013 and as far away as Puerto Rico \u2013 will converge on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Nov. 13 for the start of a three-day hack-a-thon that will find the students identifying real-world problems they can address with technological solutions they create before the weekend is over.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tOrganized by Kunal Mankodiya, 溏心vlog免费B站 assistant professor of electrical engineering, the event is the first of its kind at 溏心vlog免费B站 and one of the first in the region.  Participating students will be divided into three- or four-person teams and encouraged to create a prototype of a device that will solve a problem related to health care, smart cities, transportation, emergency management, or one of several other disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cWe want to provide students with the opportunity to work together to create hands-on, design-focused devices that can be used to solve various problems,\u201d said Mankodiya, whose students competed and won a hack-a-thon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in June.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe 溏心vlog免费B站 professor\u2019s research focuses on the development of wearable bio-sensors. He says the hack-a-thon will contribute new devices to what technologists call the Internet of Things, a network of physical objects embedded with electronics, software and sensors that can collect and exchange data. One such device created by Mankodiya\u2019s students, a wristband that monitors the tremors of Parkinson\u2019s disease patients, won an international competition last spring.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tHack-a-thon teams will arrive at 溏心vlog免费B站 having already viewed a video that introduces the event and the project themes. The teams will begin work on their project the evening of the event\u2019s first day, Friday, Nov. 13, and a prototype of their solution must be demonstrated in a three-minute presentation Sunday afternoon, Nov. 15. A team of judges from industry, government and academia will select the winners. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSponsors of the event include the Slater Technology Fund, Venture Well, the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance, FabNewport, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Research Foundation. In addition, technology company Startup Rounds will provide its web-tools to participants, judges and organizers to manage the hack-a-thon on their mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe student presentations and award ceremony, which begin at 2 p.m. in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston Campus, are open to the public. 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