The Making of #DronePollock
In November 2015, Nick Aversano and I launched an Internet of Things art hack event for Technica, the all ladies hackathon at University of Maryland. In the face of adversity and an incredibly tight deadline,...
The EU Fall 2015 Hacker Cup Goes To…
The Fall 2015 EU Season was phenomenal! We saw over 2000 students from 300 universities all over Europe forego their weekends to learn, build, and share at hackathons. We also saw the first MLH Member Events...
Hackcon EU: A Growing Community
What happens when you bring together a group of incredible university hackathon organisers, student hackers, and technical event experts? You create a recipe for really great hackathons. On August 29, 2015,...
Rutgers Hackers Secure a Slim Victory Over Waterloo and Purdue in the Fall 2015 Season
The Fall Hackathon Season was an amazing way to say goodbye to 2015. Tens of thousands of hackers surged to fifty-two Major League Hacking Events in North America. We were astonished by the...
The Rise of King’s College London
With the rise of the global student hacker movement, King’s has thrived like no other and their Spring 2015 EU Season victory is a testament to this. However, just a few semesters ago, students from King’s...
Introducing the EU Spring 2016 Season
Hackathon Season is starting soon! Today we are announcing the first batch of MLH Member Events for EU Spring 2016. We’re delighted to welcome back some amazing events which we’ve worked with many times...
Shadow Realm VR
Ever go to a hackathon with the sole purpose of making your childhood dreams come true? Well that's exactly what we had in mind when we set out for BostonHacks. We wanted to make a real life virtual reality...
Dual Reality: Art & The Hacker Worlds Collide
Hackathons have become a sanctuary for me lately. I find myself at peace during the times hackers are all hunched over their machines putting their dreams together and when they exhibit their work in one...
Introducing the Spring 2016 Season
Get ready to Spring in to Hackathon Season! Today we are announcing the first batch of MLH Member Events for Spring 2016. We love seeing all of the brand new hackathons each season. They enable more students...
Hackcon III: It’s been a HUGE year for hackathons
On the weekend of July 17, 300 hackathon organizers from universities around the world gathered for an epic weekend in sunny San Francisco at GitHub HQ. Hackathons have taken the world by storm, and the third...