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December 5, 2011 02:46 am GMT

Princeton Beats Out 13 Schools to Win Facebooks College Hackathon

Facebook College Hackathon DoneOvercoming stiff competition from MIT and Waterloo, Princeton won this year's Facebook College Hackathon finals. Over the past few months, Facebook conducted run-off competitions at fourteen colleges across the United States and Canada, and this Friday held the finals at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto. The Princeton team was the only one comprised mainly of women, and their winning project Color Me Bold allowed users to submit a photo of an outfit andreceive instant,algorithmicfashion suggestions for how to improve its color scheme. Watch as we interview some of the top teams, play around on Facebook's famous Ripstick skateboards, and talk with the winners about whether they'll be turning their project into a startup.

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