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Science Hack Day is a hack day specifically for "making weird, silly or serious things with science".[1] The first was organized by Jeremy Keith and held at the London offices of The Guardian newspaper[2] over the weekend 19/20 June 2010.[3][4]

The event was attended by around 100 participants[5] who had 24 hours to build new hacks. Many stayed overnight at the venue and over 25 hacks were built, submitted and demo'ed by the end of the weekend.[6]

Soon thereafter a second Science Hack Day was organized by Ariel Waldman in San Francisco, and several years since, often filling up with a waitlist.[7][8] Since that first year, more than 50 Science Hack Day events have taken place around the world,[1] including a recent 2020 March Science Hack Day Dublin.[9]

The events are attended by a diverse range of science enthusiasts.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Science Hack Day » About". sciencehackday.org. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  2. ^ "Science Hack Day / London". sciencehackday.pbworks.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  3. ^ "Science Hack Day". sciencehackday.org. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  4. ^ "Science Hack Day — London, June 19th–20th". sciencehackday.org. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  5. ^ McAlister, Matt (21 June 2010). "Science Hack Day at the Guardian | Open Platform | The Guardian". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  6. ^ "Science Hack Day / London 2010 hacks". sciencehackday.pbworks.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  7. ^ Eliza Kern (2012-11-01). "Science Hack Day: Bridging the gap between coders and chemists". GigaOM. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  8. ^ Signe Brewster (2013-08-28). "What to expect at the 2013 San Francisco Science Hack Day". GigaOM. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  9. ^ Jenny Darmody (2020-03-02). "Check out the Science Hack Day projects you could take part in". Retrieved 2020-09-08.


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