Hackathon Sponsored by Brother International Corporation Drives Innovation in Mobile Application Development
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“Our goal for the Hackathon was to challenge highly talented application designers to ‘think outside of the box’ and raise the bar on innovative ideas for new solutions that add value in the business-to-business and consumer marketplaces.” Linus Lee, founder of SoCal’s largest developers group and organizer of this event said: “The Hackathon turned out to be a rewarding, yet challenging forum for some of the best and brightest new thinkers in the DevOps industry to collaborate and compete. Not only did many sharp ideas emerge, but participating team leaders also received a free Brother QL label printer as they competed for cash awards ranging from $200 to $2,000.” The Hackathon was designed to be more than a classroom-like exercise. Mr. Lee added, “It was a day-and-a half software development ‘experience’ – complete with a bit of education on development best practices, a discussion on the importance of patents and intellectual property interspliced with live music, and of course plenty of time for brainstorming, networking and socializing.” The top award at the Brother Mobile App Hackathon went to a consumer-friendly app integrating the Google Home smart speaker and a Brother QL label printer to enable users to print names on labels simply by using voice commands. The second-place app proposed using brain waves to monitor students during study and practice test sessions, then printing out targeted exercises designed to remedy areas in need of improvement. Also of note was an honorable mention for an event-based app that prints a QR code containing emergency contact information and other details on an attendee’s entry ID badge.
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