The Hackathon Fast Track, From Campus to Silicon Valley

The goal of a hackathon, a portmanteau of marathon and hacking, isn’t to obtain confidential data the way hackers infiltrated Sony Pictures last year. Instead, teams attempt to build a new piece of tech, either of their choosing or with code provided by one of the sponsors. At the end, the judges walk from table to table as the programmers show off their projects, just like a school science fair.

By STEVEN LECKART

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