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Hacking a Different Kind of Virus
NYU Press room, November 13, 2014
Did you ever think that a hackathon could have the potential to turn the tide on a disease with an epicenter thousands of miles away? An event held in conjunction with the Greenhouse and the Design Tinkering Club at the NYU School of Engineering aimed to assist in the current deadly Ebola outbreak.
From Blue Bleach to Hazmat Hacks, Students Take on Ebola Challenges
Linda Poon, November 5, 2014
If there's one thing college kids do best, it's thinking creatively. Often operating with limited resources and tight deadlines, they're used to coming up with ingenious solutions to life's everyday problems (usually on little sleep). So it's no surprise that experts are turning to students for help in battling one of this year's most pressing global health issues: the Ebola outbreak..
Hackers Build Tools to Combat Ebola
Alex Bazeley, November 3, 2014
Students attempted to increase access to information and doctor-patient communication regarding the Ebola epidemic at a hackathon hosted at the Polytechnic School of Engineering.
NYU tries to "Hack" Ebola
Madeleine Friedman, December 2, 2014
In early November of 2014, members of the NYU community came together to see if their creative thinking could help “hack” the Ebola outbreak and provide government leaders and health professionals with new solutions for containing the disease’s spread. This hackathon was organized by The Greenhouse and the Design Tinkering Club at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering in response to the challenge issued by USAID in conjunction with the open innovation platformOpenIDEO.