Connecticut Smart Cities
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Jackie Lightfield

Hackathon Number 2

In 2017 I headed down to Philly again to participate in a Smart City hackathon. I’m probably dating myself, but heading to a city filled with colleges and universities to be part of a hackathon is kind of like heading to a public basketball court

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Editor

Innovation Starts with Trying Something New

Last week I was thrilled to be part of a Smart City Hackathon hosted by @Comcast and @TechnicallyPHL. Civic tech is at the forefront of my interests in building creative places in cities, and I was curious about LoRa. As part of a long and

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hackathon Philly 1
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Jackie Lightfield

Hackathon # 1

Spring of 2015, I drove down to Philly and found myself signing up for a hackathon bridging civic tech and media. What’s not to like? We tackled property taxes and leveraged the open-source data that the City of Philadelphia supplied. The goal was to link

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The Art of the Pop Up

Norwalk 2.0 has been developing pop up exhibits by transforming vacant storefronts. Click here to learn more about Norwalk 2.0.    

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