Sponsors are a huge part of Hackagong. Without the generous contributions from our sponsors, we wouldn’t be running this awesome Hackathon! This is Sponsor Watch, where we take a quick look at one of our sponsors. Company: MADMAT 3D Printing Company Website: www.madmat3dprinting.com Location: 75 Princes Highway, Albion Park Rail, NSW, 2527. Attached to the right side of the…
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Sponsors are a huge part of Hackagong. Without the generous contributions from our sponsors, we wouldn’t be running this awesome Hackathon! This is Sponsor Watch, where we take a quick look at one of our sponsors. Company: Hillross Shellharbour Company Website: www.shellharbour.hillross.com.au Location: Level 1, 1 Burra Place Shellharbour City NSW 2529. Number of Employees: 7 What does your…
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Tonight we hosted a Meta workshop for those interested in the technology. Hosts from Meta: Esther Lekeu and Brennan Hatton gave a fantastic demonstration on what the Meta 1 Developer Kit is and how to start developing for the Meta 1 Developer Kit platform. If you haven’t heard of Meta before, it’s a augmented reality platform which…
Read Article →Hackagong has been host to over 50 people at the two 3D Printing Workshops. Our “build” ambassador, Cameron Angus, taught participants everything there is to know about 3D printing and how to get your model to print the best. Cameron also gave a short tutorial on 3D modelling software including Autodesk 123D and Cura. The workshop…
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Hackagong is back again for 2014! Bigger, better and with more awesomeness! Hackagong 2014 will be held on November 29-30, 2014 at the uniCentre, University of Wollongong. Last year’s weekend hackathon event attracted over 100 people competing across various categories for over $32,000 in prizes. We even had Australia’s first 3D printing competition. Our team…
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Hackagong is back! Following on from the awesomeness of Hackagong 2013, we bring you HackagongX. A new initiative, run entirely by the Hackagong Student Club including members from the local community. The idea is quite similar to your usual Hackagong, but with a twist! HackagongX will be focused on a particular theme per event. The…
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Team name Team Physics Team members Matt Sanderson, Luke Weynen, Matt Griffiths, Jackson Cunningham How did the team meet? All of team members are physicists, with Luke and Matt Griffiths studying at UoW, and Matt Sanderson and Jackson recently graduated from UoW. What did you build at Hackagong? We made an open-source, handheld gaming device,…
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Team name UOW FSAE Team members Samiyeul Habib How did the team meet? Part of UOW’s Formula-SAE team, a student based group that designs, engineers and builds a racecar each year. What did you build at Hackagong? A wearable rack for screwdriver bits, holds up to three different sizes of shanks. Always a nice accessory…
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Team name QUAD Team members Nathan Roberts, Hannah Sloane, Jolie Nichols and Anton Summerfield How did the team meet? We all knew each other from uni or school. I (Nathan) approached Anton the week leading up to the event to see if he was interested and he jumped on without a second thought. Hannah joined…
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Team name Enactus Wollongong Team members Marc Bowditch & Eric Perry How did the team meet? Through the UOW Enactus Club. What did you build at Hackagong? We fixed up the Enactus website and CSE Enactus website. Why that idea and how did it come to you? Our website needed updating. How was your weekend…
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