{"id":54699,"date":"2024-11-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=54699"},"modified":"2024-11-02T12:22:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T11:22:25","slug":"sick-solution-hackathon-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/sick-solution-hackathon-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SICK Solution Hackathon 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How do you transform science fiction into science reality with innovative inventions and real-world technological solutions? The SICK Solution Hackathon provides the answer. From October 15 to 17, 2024, 103 students and professionals worldwide formed 23 “Hack Teams” and had just 48 hours to address one of five selected focus areas. These talented participants developed digitalization and automation solutions aimed at making industry more mobile, efficient, transparent, sustainable, and safe. Now in its fourth year, the Hackathon was supported by leading industry partners, including ABB, Bosch, Bosch Rexroth, ISG, and NTT DATA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From October 15 to 17, 2024, 103 students and young professionals passionate about digitalization and technology from 22 countries, including Germany, the US, Italy, South Africa, and Singapore, tested their developer skills. In just 48 hours, and inspired by the motto \u201cMake it Digital,\u201d they created innovative solutions across five areas: mobile applications and robotics (\u201cMake it Move\u201d), automation of everyday tasks (\u201cMake it Easy\u201d), data visualization (\u201cMake it Visible\u201d), sustainability and resource conservation (\u201cMake it Green\u201d), and safety applications for people and machines (\u201cMake it Safe\u201d). With access to state-of-the-art hardware and software from SICK and seven partner companies, the Hack Teams presented their results to a panel of experts and a live audience, both in person and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the three-day event, the 23 teams were supported by experts, the \u201cHack Coaches\u201d, from SICK and its industry partners. The audience, both onsite and participating via global livestream, voted for their favorites, while the jury assessed each idea in terms of its applicability, core business idea, and technical implementation. The three winning teams at the SICK Solution Hackathon 2024 managed to impress the jury and the audience alike:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st winning team: Felix Farm<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Felix Farm team focused on the efficient use of water in agriculture. The technology solution they developed is designed to help farmers use the ideal amount of water and thus make the best possible use of this precious resource. A traffic light system in a dedicated app shows farmers exactly how much water they need to give their plants and when. The data for this comes from various sources and sensors, e.g. from moisture in the soil or weather data – all supported by software intelligence and machine learning. Team Felix Farm took first place. Three of the four participants come from Israel and one from Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd winning team: JG<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Team JG developed an interactive app that allows users to find and book free parking spaces to make their everyday lives easier. With the help of an industrial camera, the smart parking system recognizes free parking spaces or assigns the right parking space to previously registered users. The three participants from Japan and the two participants from Georgia thus took second place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd winning team: Team Party<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The innovative solution from Team Party improves safety in industrial workplaces through multidimensional monitoring and tracking in real time. The SICK Visionary 3D camera is used to detect whether workers are always wearing their PPE helmets and are therefore moving safely throughout the production hall. The three participants traveled from Great Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mats G\u00f6kstorp, Chairman of the Executive Board at SICK AG, commented on the event: \u201cWe don\u2019t just want to promote innovation; we want to proactively shape it. Our Hackathon brings together creative minds with a diverse range of backgrounds. Together with our industry partners, we create a unique environment in which new technological possibilities can be explored. The Hack Teams broke out of the daily grind and took a look beyond their own \u2018backyard\u2019 \u2013 and once again, the result was extraordinary solutions that will shape the future of our sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative breaks to promote ingenuity<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re going to be doing a lot of thinking and working, you\u2019re going to need some breaks \u2013 ideally, creative ones. In the course of the three-day event there were plenty of ways for participants to clear their buzzing heads: table football and a giant-sized Jenga tower; a ball pit with a personalized ball for every participant hidden somewhere inside; and a selfie camera for making souvenir photos with cool catchphrases on them. Tours of SICK\u2019s production and logistics facilities were also a nice change of pace. And last but not least, the SICK Solution Hackathon logo, which the coffee machines decorated the coffee\u2019s foam with, literally made the breaks a bit sweeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the SICK Solution Hackathon 2024: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This year, sensor provider SICK hosted the fourth annual SICK Solution Hackathon. During the three-day event (October 15 \u2013 17, 2024), held at the SICK Sensor Intelligence Academy near Freiburg, young talents from around the globe had the chance to tackle the challenges the sector currently faces, creatively and with the aid of cutting-edge technologies. The goal of the SICK Solution Hackathon is to strengthen the community of developers, firms and innovators, to expand networking between all parties, and to promote a passion for technology. In 2024, SICK hosted the event together with its partners ABB, Bosch, Bosch rexroth, ISG, NTT DATA, elastic und ISG. You can find further information and videos of all Hack Teams at\u00a0https:\/\/hackathon.sick.com\/<\/a>\u00a0or using the hashtag #SICKSolutionHackathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please visit: https:\/\/www.sick.com\/de\/en\/press\/pressreleases<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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