SIERRA
STARKS HAS MORE ON OUR TOP
STORY.
SIERRA: GOOD EVENING.
THE THEME IS FOCUSED ON NATURAL
DISASTER RECOVERY.
HERE IS A LOOK AT ONE OF THE
PROJECTS.
THE TEAM PLANS TO HACK THIS
DRONE TO RECOGNIZE DISTRESS
SIGNALS AND SPOT SOMEONE THAT
NEEDS HELP.
WHEN IT COMES TO HACKATHON,
NATURAL DISASTERS ARE NOT
USUALLY THE FIRST THING THAT
COMES TO MIND.
>> MOST OF THE TIME, THEY THINK
ABOUT MAKING A GAME.
SIERRA BUT GILBERT SAYS, THEY
SHOULD BE.
>> IF ANY NATURAL DISASTER HITS,
THEY COULD USE OUR TECHNOLOGY TO
HELP.
SIERRA: THAT IS THE FOCUS OF
THIS YEAR'S HACKATHON, CREATING
TECHNOLOGIES SPECIFICALLY FOR
NATURAL DISASTERS.
>> IF WE HAVE A PET RESCUE APP.
SIERRA: FINDING LOST PETS.
HERE, YOU CAN POST THE LOST
PET INFO.
INCLUDING VETERINARIAN RECORDS.
SIERRA: IT IS COMMUNICATION LIKE
THIS THAT IS YET MOST
IMPORTANCE.
STUDENTS ARE FOCUSED ON SHARING
KEY INFORMATION BE IT THROUGH
BUILDING MAPS OR DRONE
TECHNOLOGY.
THERE IS ALSO HOW TO COMMUNICATE
IF CELL TOWERS GO OUT.
>> ONE GROUP IS CREATING A MESH
OF NETWORKS THAT GO CELL PHONE
FROM CELL PHONE.
SIERRA: IT IS TIME BUT TIMELY
WORK.
WORK THESE STUDENTS ARE HAPPY TO
DO.
>> I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
GET HURT.
ANYWAY I CAN HELP PEOPLE MAKE ME
-- MAKES ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT
WHAT I DO.
SIERRA: THE STUDENTS
PARTICIPATING IN THE HACKATHON
ARE FROM CS UMB, CABRILLO --
CABRILLO COLLEGE, AND THERE IS
ALSO A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HERE.
CHRISTOPHER: THANK YOU.
THAT IS THE FUTURE.
THE STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE THEIR
WORK OVERNIGHT AND INTO
TOMORROW.
THE WINNERS WILL PRESENT THEIR
PROJECTS TO LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS
AT A TECH MEET UP AND THEN GO ON
