HACKBDGWEATHER is a hackathon that challenges participants to build solutions that require the use of weather data
The 15 finalists of HACKBDGWEATHER event
On January 24, Indonesian internet service provider PT Cyberindo Aditama (CBN) and infrastructure service provider PT Mega Akses Persada (FiberStar) named the three winners of its hackathon event HACKBDGWEATHER in Bandung, Indonesia.
The hackathon challenges participants to build solutions that require the use of weather data, which includes temperature, humidity, rain precipitation, wind speed, sunlight and UV ray radiation.
Held at coworking space chain Block71 Bandung, the event was the result of the two companies’ partnership with the Communications and Informatics Agency of Bandung and West Java.
The winners are:
1. Permanent BetaDev
The team built a platform called Seedplan, which recommends the best time to start farming based on weather data.
2. NaviCuaca
The team built a platform of the same name that combined Google Maps with weather data.
3. NiteLogin
The team built KUSMANA, a traffic congestion control system based on weather monitoring.
Winners of the competition received awards given by Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, Director General of Informatics Application, Ministry of Communications and Informatics.
A total of 38 teams from all over Indonesia applied to join the hackathon, with 15 teams being shortlisted as finalists. The teams were being given 10 hours to develop their tech solutions, followed by a presentation and live demo sessions.
According to Budi Rahardjo, INDO CISC CIO and head of the panel of judges, the winners are being chosen based on originality, coherence between the solutions and the categories that the participants have chosen, benefits, UI and UX experience, presentation skills, and use of API.
The hackathon itself is part of a CSR programme by CBN and FiberStar, who had donated several Weather IP tools to the government agency, in order to support Bandung’s smart city plan.
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