Hackers Win Trip to Dubai at MashHacks: Travel

BOSTON — Ten teams gathered March 22 with hopes of winning a trip to Dubai at MashHacks: Travel presented by Emirates. The hackathon challenged contestants to create innovative travel apps that would revolutionize travel by making it more easy, accessible and fun.

Team Breeze (Max McClaskie, Praveen Aravamudham and Frank Malsbenden) was deemed the winner by our panel of judges. Their app allowed users to find quiet areas in airports by pulling data from Twitter's API. It also allows users to find information on available power outlets in the airport. Lastly, Breeze texts flight status information to a traveler's designated contact based on data pulled from a flight tracker API. Read more...