Tech Leaders Meet At U Of M For 'Minne-Hack'
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Future tech leaders descended upon the University of Minnesota on Sunday for a competition known as "Minne-Hack."
It's a weekend-long "hackathon," testing some of the brightest minds in the Midwest. More than 250 students from 35 different schools teamed up to create some kind of software or hardware.
They had 24 hours to come up with a solution that would help in three areas: The environment, health and automation. People made things like Android apps and computer games and were judged on their creativity.
"They come here and the fact that you have a team next to you, that you want your idea to be better than, forces you to learn a lot faster than it would in a classroom or something like that," Neil Nelson with Minnehack 2015 said.
The winners, announced Sunday night, were the "Muse Birds" from the U. They created a video game that allows you to play using brain waves. This could have major uses for people with degenerative muscle diseases.
