This wiki outlines the rising phenomena of the Hackathon – ( Hacking and Marathon). Once the preserve of computer geeks / hackers more and more attendance is becoming more diverse as people’s insatiable desire to fix, adapt, modify is made more accessible with the open source movement and peer 2 peer learning.
Such hackathons can bring the arts and science together with many serving a social interdisciplinary need as well as those more specific to a programming language or software.
They don’t have to be electronics or programming focussed as many can use the concept of hacking to mean customisation or modification – this could apply to any area.
You could hack your classroom, city or everyday products.
Why not host your own Hackathon?