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pemThis guest post from a href=”http://uncommonprojects.com/site/”Tarikh Korula/a. Thanks Tarikh!/em/p

pGot hack? In advance of their upcoming a href=”http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/”Disrupt Conference/a, Techcrunch is hosting an a href=”http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/hackathon/”Open Hack Day/a, May 22-23 in New York City. It will be a marathon session of hacking for creatives to gather and build. The Hack Day will mix 200 hackers, coders, developers and hardware geeks, with a whole lot of Red Bull and pizza, then let it all ferment overnight. Participants will have 12 hours to hack and 90 seconds to present their masterpiece. A recent Hack Day hosted elsewhere turned out a toaster that printed news headlines on bread before turning it into breakfast./p

pThe TC50 conference has launched more than a few startups, but it’s typically been a West Coast affair. It’s a promising sign for New York that they’re looking East. While New York has its fresh crop of startups (e.g. a href=”http://foursquare.com/”Foursquare/a), it also has a host of world class art and design schools. The creative co-mingling of software, hardware and design might be unique to the city and we wonder if that’s the reason we have so many creative hardware prototypers here–a href=”http://www.buglabs.net”Bug Labs/a, a href=”http://www.makerbot.com/”Makerbot Industries/a, a href=”http://www.adafruit.com/”Adafruit Industries/a and a href=”http://www.nycresistor.com/”NYC Resistor/a–to name a few. It even seems the event organizers are looking to prime the hardware pump by having the folks from a href=”http://www.scrapyardchallenge.com/”Scrapyard Challenge/a set up a workshop./p

pOf course the Hack Day isn’t limited to just hardware, it’s open to anyone who wants to mash up a software API. Projects will be shown on stage Sunday, and awards will be given. All presenters get a free ticket to the three day Disrupt conference. The judges’ favorite hacks will be covered by TechCrunch and other attending media, but they’ll also present alongside the top startups chosen during Disrupt–in front of the event audience of 2,000 people./p

pTechCrunch Disrupt Open Hack Daybr /
May 22 23, 2010br /
570 Washington Street (between Houston and Clarkson Streets)br /
New York, NY 10014/p

pLearn More and register here: a href=”http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/hackathon/”http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/hackathon//a/pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/calling_all_prototypers_-_open_hack_day_16526.asp”(more…)/a
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