From apps to help drivers find open parking spaces on city streets to plans for solar panels that rotate to follow the sun’s rays, student innovators came up with new ways to use technology for societal good at the 2019 Smart Cities Hackathon.
The 36-hour event was put on by Hackital, a George Washington University student group that promotes hackathons, and Smart Cities @ GW. The event brought together college students from across the Washington, D.C., area to participate in workshops, hear from expert speakers and develop projects that fit the “Smart Cities” framework of digitizing city services and infrastructures to improve government-civilian interactions and boost economic development.