Hack U™ Michigan: Real Time Tracking, Answers, and Games

NEWS
Nov 17, 2011

Hackers at the University of Michigan wrapped up this year's Hack U™ events with a set of complex hacks that harnessed artificial Intelligence, real-time analysis, and games. This is appropriate for a school that has garnered plenty of attention for their autonomous vehicles that fly, drive, and scoot. At UMich, it's perfectly normal to watch a student walk his autonomous Segway past mountains of empty pizza boxes. Students were joined by Yahoo Engineers, Ted Drake, Asad Sheth, and Simon Tunbridge, for 24 hours of hacking, trivia questions, fattening food, caffeine, and StarCraft. The weather was crisp and sunny while the programmers were jovial and focused. Read more here.