Judges announce the awards at the SfunCube Solar Hackathon ?13. From the right: Chris Martin, vice president of engineering at Pandora, Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan, and Brandon Hurlbut, former chief of staff to the U.S. Department of Energy. To the far left of the frame is Emily Kirsch, the co-founder of SfunCube.
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Amid the clacking of keys and the slurping of Red Bull energy drinks, about 30 computer hackers recently gathered in Oakland. Their goal: to make solar energy easier, cheaper and more fun to use.
The hackers ?- mostly web developers, engineers and solar energy entrepreneurs ?- descended last weekend on the sprawling 12,000-square-foot headquarters of SfunCube LLC in Jack London Square.? The solar energy incubator and accelerator nurtures enterprising young solar ventures and shelters startups in the industry. Its mission on Saturday and Sunday was fueling a marathon of innovation known as a Hackathon.
This Hackathon featured nine teams of programmers and software developers competing to design programs to help people adopt and use solar energy. For those outside the culture of coders, the term ?hacker? is no longer confined to describing cyber criminals who steal data. Hackathons now draw public-spirited innovators who work together creating and sharing tools to make technical databases more accessible.
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Source: http://blog.sfgate.com/inoakland/2013/09/18/energy-innovators-shine-at-solar-hackathon-13/
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