Unity Is Now Part of the MLH Hardware Lab
We here at Major League Hacking are happy to announce that Unity, the amazing company that powers the hacker 3D game engine of choice, is now a proud member of the MLH Hardware Lab alongside Alienware,...
Why So Little Hardware? We Asked A Hardware Hacker.
I'm often told that Software is Sexy and that, for some reason, Hardware is Decidedly Not. The breakdown in many hackathons support this thought. We don't have exact numbers on this (though I'm considering...
Powering Events for the GitHub Student Developer Pack
Good afternoon, hackers! Today we're super pumped to help GitHub announce the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Learning how to hack can be a costly affair, as access to APIs and company-specific...
Hackathons in the News
Hackathons have a long way to go before it starts receiving serious, mature, and objective attention by the media. Often times, they get written up as a composite of cliches, somewhere along the lines...
Check Out The MLH UK Trophy
We're getting ready for the launch of the MLH UK season. "MLH UK Launch Hack" is the first official one, and it's going down on this weekend. We're super pumped for it. And as you can imagine, lots of...
Q&A with Kenny Song, Hack Shanghai Organizer
Hackathon culture should be a global, cultural phenomenon. We here at MLH are big believers in that. This past year, we started up MLH UK to greater foster college hackathons all across educational...
Magic Board: Check out this Arm Gesture-Controlled Skateboard Hack
Here's a really, really cool throwback to a fantastic hack from PennApps X, two weeks ago. Team Magic Board hacked together a skateboard whose user can accelerate using a simple arm gesture, using a Myo...
A Q&A with a Hacker Who Coded Everyday for a Year
"There were absolutely no exceptions and no excuses." Meet Sahat Yalkabov. Last year, as he kicked off his senior year at the City College of New York, Sahat decided to code for 365 days straight -- a...
Tweet Roundup: HackGT 2014
HackGT, Georgia Tech's amazing annual hackathon in Atlanta (or "Hotlanta"), wrapped up this past weekend following a great showing of hacks and hackers. Featuring over 1000 student hackers and, for some...
“+1 I need coffee” : Tweets from UnHackathon 2014 at AlleyNYC
Code Your Hearts Out The inaugural UnHackathon is underway here in New York! Here are snapshots from the scene, as told by tweets. This post will be updated as the weekend goes on. Be sure to tweet with...