Heart monitoring app takes first prize at Dubai’s Hacka{MENA}

Finding ways to change the world in seventy-two hours sounds close to impossible, but Hacka {MENA}, Dubai’s first social impact hackathon did just that. Despite the roaring sandstorm that engulfed the city last weekend, Hackamena brought together some of the MENA region’s most creative technology and digital media entrepreneurs to work on innovative solutions to human problems.

The first weekend of April saw in5 in Dubai teaming with teams of entrepreneurs and startups in the ICT sector, attending workshops and skill-learning sessions led by prominent industry professionals and mentors from the ranks of ITWORX, Yahoo!, and PwC, just to name a few.

Tasked with devising an innovative solution to any problem afflicting the world, the teams had to provide a solution with a measurable and positive impact on society. Out of 12 teams there were to be three winners picked by a panel of six judges from the sustainability, IT and angel investor sectors, three teams were going to win out of 12, the chance to present their solutions at the Hacka {EXPO} in Milan, Italy, later this year.

In first place was Heart Ping. An app that connects medical professionals to patients their team was working to address the fact that 9 out of 10 cardiac arrests occur outside the home.

Original article by Sushmitha Pidatala:

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Heart monitoring app takes first prize at Dubai’s HackaMENA