The 2nd DIN-ECO Hackathon was organised by Found.ation in collaboration with Fondazione Fenice and with the involvement of all partners on the 19th of December 2023. Students had to pitch their innovative ideas under the three thematics:
- Digital Technologies
- Digital Health
- Digital Manufacturing
A new element introduced in the competition was that students were asked to match their proposal ideas to specific case studies provided under each Theme. Also, the 2nd DIN-ECO Hackathon engaged businesses which provided real business cases.
Businesses involved:
11 teams coming from all participating universities competed during the Hackathon.
| Project Name | Country | DIN-ECO Thematic |
|---|---|---|
| SMART Vision | Greece | Digital Technologies |
| Virtual limbs as pain reliever | Greece | Digital Technologies |
| Intermover | Italy | Digital Technologies |
| Extension of the “Pracuj.pl” application with academic support for students | Poland | Digital Technologies |
| RE-MED | Greece | Digital Technologies |
| The “Online Bespoke Creations Platform” | Turkey | Digital Technologies |
| ROXARM – Affordable Robotic Prosthetic Arm | Denmark | Digital Health |
| VR glasses with a (3D) model of the human body for the training of medical faculty students. | Serbia | Digital Health |
| Anti-atrophy knee orthosis | Serbia | Digital Health |
| Mirror the Future | Poland | Digital Manufacturing |
| Savvy Explorer: The Crowd wise Tourist Map (Savvy comes from: Safe and Save Visits for You) | Greece | Digital Manufacturing |
Teams had five minutes at their disposal to present their ideas using the pitching template provided, followed by 5 minutes to receive questions from the Jury, which also included representatives from businesses. At the end of the pitching, the jury took some time to convene and present the results to the participants.
The winning teams were the following:
| Thematic | Project Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Technologies | Intermover – 1st prize | Italy |
| The Online Bespoke Creations Platform – 2nd prize | Turkey | |
| Smart Vision – 3d prize | Greece | |
| Digital Health | Roxarm – 1st prize | Denmark |
| Anti-antrophy Knee Orthosis – 2nd prize | Serbia | |
| Digital Manufacturing | Mirror the Future | Poland |
The winning teams of DIN-ECO Hackathon will have the opportunity to participate in the Spring School organised in the context of the project in Poland. They also have the opportunity to take part in future training opportunities of the DIN-ECO project community.
