Calling All Hackers: MIT Hacking Medicine@SG Now Open

Whether you’re a student, programmer, clinician, designer or engineer, MIT Hacking Medicine@SG wants you and your ideas!

AsianScientist (Jun. 24, 2015) – For the first time, MIT Hacking Medicine will be held in Singapore on July 25-26, 2015. Co-located with the largest ever hackathon in Singapore, Hackathon@SG, the event aims to generate solutions that provide a better quality of life for the elderly.

Born out of the gaps in the industry, medical hackathons bring clinicians and other healthcare professionals together with a diverse group of engineers, students, programmers, designers and entrepreneurs to solve the toughest problems in healthcare. Because of the wide range of perspectives from various sectors, the ideas generated are often multidisciplinary and provide innovative solutions to complex healthcare issues.

The theme for the MIT Hacking Medicine@SG 2015 is “Aging-In-Place”. Co-organized by MIT Hacking Medicine and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), and supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, the hackathon aims to reduce hospital stays, encourage wellness and seamlessly connect the elderly to their healthcare providers and family caregivers.

Teams participating in the MIT Hacking Medicine@SG 2015 will have 24 hours to develop solutions based on the “Aging-In-Place” theme. Teams can also choose to work on additional, more specific challenge statements which will be released at a later stage after the pre-hackathon workshop on July 1, 2015. They are also required to produce a prototype to demonstrate their solution and participate in a final pitching segment at the end of the hackathon.

There are S$25,000 worth of prizes up for grabs, with a top prize of S$9,000 for the winning team. Successful teams will also be eligible for follow-on grants to help commercialize their solutions. MIT Hacking Medicine will also be sending ten event managers and mentors to facilitate the event, including Entrepreneur-In-Residence at MIT Mr. Zen Chu.

Previous participants of MIT Hacking Medicine, such as Podimetrics and Smart Scheduling, have gone on to launch their own companies and even run clinical trials on products first conceptualized at the hackathon. So if you have an idea that you have been itching to execute, register by emailing here with your name and occupation by July 16, 2015!

Asian Scientist Magazine is proud to be a media partner of MIT Hacking Medicine@SG 2015.

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Source: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology.
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Leonard graduated from Monash University with a degree in communications. He enjoys reading about science and nature.

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