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Photos: A weekend at WVU’s Hack the Gender Gap Women’s Hackathon on Wearables

By Erin Carson October 29, 2014, 7:00 PM PDT

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Photos: A weekend at WVU’s Hack the Gender Gap Women’s Hackathon on Wearables

1. West Virginia to California

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1. West Virginia to California

Maryanne Reed, dean of Reed College of Media, and the 42 hackathon participants during the video call with the women in tech symposium at Google.

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Photos: A weekend at WVU’s Hack the Gender Gap Women’s Hackathon on Wearables

2. Friday night

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2. Friday night

Syracuse University students Dianna Bell (left) and Charlene Cooper chat before the start of the symposium on Friday night. Other universities represented included West Virginia University, Howard, and Georgetown.

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Photos: A weekend at WVU’s Hack the Gender Gap Women’s Hackathon on Wearables

3. Ok Glass

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3. Ok Glass

Students like West Virginia University’s Olivia D’Amato got hands-on time with Google Glass.

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4. Researching

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4. Researching

Georgetown’s Nayana Davis (left) and her team had the chance to interview working journalists as research during the hackathon. Their proposal was an app “designed to help journalists gather content and easily upload it to their website. “

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5. Brainstorming

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5. Brainstorming

Another teams also works on their proposal.

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6. Crafting a proposal

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6. Crafting a proposal

Members of “Team Ghost” (a mesh insert for FitBits that measures the body’s minerals and vitamins) work on their proposal.

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7. Blood, sweat, and FitBits

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7. Blood, sweat, and FitBits

The hackathon’s winning team presents its idea.

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8. Check your selfie

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8. Check your selfie

Before presenting, Penn State’s Callie Rojewski snapped a quick selfie.

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Photos: A weekend at WVU’s Hack the Gender Gap Women’s Hackathon on Wearables

9. Presenting

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9. Presenting

Howard’s Alise Bundage discusses her team’s idea.

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10. The results

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10. The results

Team Ghost, took top honors at the WVu hackathon. From lef to right:  Ann Chester (WVU), Alise Bundage (Howard), Carlee Lammers (WVU), Valerie Bennett (WVU), Alex Garip (Penn State), Lindsay Emery (mentor).

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