- During the last hackathon I attended, I created a Google Glass application that lets you remote control presentations and see the slides and presenter notes through the Glass display.
hackathon
noun blend
An event typically held by universities and software companies for people to get together and rapidly prototype a project that exhibits creativity, usefulness, innovation, or a combination thereof. The event usually spans 24 - 48 hours of the weekend. Participants typically do not sleep as working on their project takes the entire time of the event.
Etymology : A blend of the word hack and marathon
Source : Heard about PennApps, University of Pennsylvania's hackathon in early 2011
Last modified: 26 November 2013