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SF Music Tech Summit Announces a Hackathon to Kickoff SF Music Tech Summit Prior to this year's SF MusicTech Summit on October 17, the SF MusicTech summit just announced a hackathon to kickoff the SF MusicTech Summit on October 14th and 15th at Upload SF . Participants will join forces to address a focus area in MusicTech ( Music , VR/AR/XR,  Music  AI,  music  blockchain and cryptocurrencies)  with the aim of developing an overnight unicorn and compete for prizes under the supervision of experts. It will be like the "24 hours of LeMans" with non-stop action as hackers, innovators,  tech- specialists, artists, makers and coders use and share their knowledge to develop the new, innovative solutions in the  MusicTech  industry. The SF MusicTech  Hackathon is being produced by Travis Laurendine of SXSW Hackathon / Outside Hacks, and Luann Williams of the SXSW Hackathon in partnership with International Music HackDay, the SF ...

Lattice Semi Offers a Cash Prize and a Trip to CES to Ingenious Mobile Makers Small FPGAs and Big Possibilities Hackathon Contest (photo courtesy of Lattice Semiconductor) So, you want to be a FPGA developer. What's a FPGA? By definition it is called a Field Programmable Gate Array, where a parallel set of inputs can be interpreted or programmed into a parallel set of outputs. Interpretation - this is hella fast. Most of the time, a microprocessor/micro-controller will execute a command or decision based on its clock speed and number of clock cycles it will take to execute the command. In FPGAs, the speed of the execution is the switching speed of the small transistor gates involved in the calculation is the speed.  Common applications where FPGAs would be found are digital cameras, CT Scanners, X-Ray machines, high speed switchers and routers to name a few. Lattice Semi, one of the makers of FPGAs, are looking for maker types for their "Small FPGAs - Big Possibilit...

In January of this year, TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) - Silicon Valley Chapter, held a hackathon centered around their latest initiative - Smart Cities.  If you don't know TiE, they are a global entrepreneur organization and network helping support entrepreneurs around the globe with its local chapters.  TiE's Smart Cities initiative  focuses on fostering innovation that improves quality of urban services, reduces cost of providing these services, creates efficient resource utilization, and helps improve the quality of life of citizens.  Their hackathon brought 100 global teams together to tackle the world's social and civil issues and specifically - waste management.  Here is the context of why this is important today: Waste Management Facts: 62 million tones of garbage is generated annually by the 377 million people living in urban India, now the world’s third-largest garbage generator! In a city like Bengaluru, the solid waste ...