Mar-2017
Build a health app in a weekend at Hamilton event
What if your smartphone could tell you your dinner is nutritious simply from a picture of your plate? How about wireless technology detecting a bad fall at home and calling 911? What if your doctor could send you messages on your tablet reminding you to take your medication?
There’s an app for that because of an annual Hamilton event that brings together health-care professionals who have ideas, with the technology creators who can make them happen. Hacking Health Hamilton aims to solve a wide variety of health-care problems with apps developed over a weekend-long “marathon of innovation.”
The Hacking Health Hamilton Hackathon event being held from April 28 – April 30 is a chance to pitch an idea, form teams with experts willing to help, build a health app in one weekend and present your finished product to a panel of judges for a chance to win prizes. The event is open to Health-care professionals, patients, developers, designers, entrepreneurs
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