{"id":2443,"date":"2017-06-26T16:23:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T16:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2017-06-26T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T16:23:55","slug":"goldsmiths-hackathon-looms-large-in-bbc1-show-on-londons-tech-pioneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2443","title":{"rendered":"Goldsmiths hackathon looms large in BBC1 show on London&#8217;s tech pioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b08w1kl6\/invented-in-london\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/iplayer.jpg\" alt=\"iplayer\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/iplayer.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/iplayer-300x171.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/iplayer-500x285.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A creative hackathon run\u00a0by Goldsmiths Computing students forms the backbone of a new BBC1 documentary, which screened on Friday 23 June 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 30-minute programme &#8216;Invented in London&#8217;\u00a0uncovers London&#8217;s technology pioneers of the past, present and future &#8211;\u00a0with a focus on Anvil Hack III, a Spotify-sponsored hackathon organised by student tech group Hacksmiths.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b08w1kl6\/invented-in-london\">Watch on BBC iPlayer<\/a> (until late July 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/annual-fund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Annual_Fund_Lock-up_Logo_DG.jpg\" alt=\"Goldsmiths\" width=\"150\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a>The 2-day\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/anvil-hack-2017.goldsmiths.tech\">Anvil Hack III<\/a> took place on campus this April, focussing on the creative applications of technology. Supported by Goldsmiths Annual fund, it challenged participants to use their\u00a0skills &#8220;to make something wonderful, arty, musical &#8211; anything you build will be awesome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Participants competed for a range of prizes including best audio hack (make something interesting using sound), best hardware hack, best visual hack\u00a0(make a cool project showcasing awesome visuals), as well as best projects using\u00a0Spotify,\u00a0Twilio\u00a0and\u00a0Autodesk.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the BBC documentary featured profiles of Deliveroo, computing pioneer Ada Lovelace, an AI personal assistant and an artist who&#8217;d hacked a hearing aid to sonify wi-fi coverage.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/anvil.goldsmiths.tech\">Anvil Hack IV<\/a> takes place on 24 &#8211; 25 February 2018.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goldsmiths.tech\">Join Hacksmiths<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/computing\/studywithus\/\">Study Creative Computing at Goldsmiths<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A creative hackathon run\u00a0by Goldsmiths Computing students forms the backbone of a new BBC1 documentary, which screened on Friday 23 June 2017. The 30-minute programme &#8216;Invented in London&#8217;\u00a0uncovers London&#8217;s technology pioneers of the past, present and future &#8211;\u00a0with a focus on Anvil Hack III, a Spotify-sponsored hackathon organised by student tech group Hacksmiths. Watch on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2443\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Goldsmiths hackathon looms large in BBC1 show on London&#8217;s tech pioneers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[110,106,108,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443\/revisions\/2446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}