Same 46 data sets are made available by various cultural institutions in Lower Saxony such as museums, libraries and archives for the upcoming Coding Da Vinci hackathon – a record at the Germany-wide series of events.

This contains images, videos and metadata that will be re-edited and presented by interested parties from the end of October as part of the hackathon

For example, early scientific (silent) film recordings of the 30 he and 40 years of the technical information library in Hanover, while the University of Göttingen contributes parts of demonstration experiments that the physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg for the first time at the end of 18. Century showed. According to the Lower Saxony project team, this could result in apps, websites or interactive installations.

The Computer Museum of the Society for Scientific Data Processing (GWDG) provides 100 Pictures ready for the development of computer technology.

(Image: GWDG / Michael Jayalath (CC BY 4.0))

Let’s go at the 23. October with a fire evening network meeting for the games industry in Lower Saxony and Bremen. Then falls on 24. and 25. October the kick-off weekend is the official starting shot, where the participants get to know each other and form teams. While many hackathons are already over after a weekend, Coding Da Vinci only really continues afterwards: The teams have weeks to develop your projects and prototypes.

join now Due to current events, the kick-off weekend will be held as a hybrid event, in which, in addition to participation on site, in the cultural center pavilion in Hanover, online participation is also possible – registration required. On Saturday the 38 institutions will first present their data sets and answer questions. Existing ideas should then be presented and the first teams formed. If you don’t have time at the weekend or only develop a brilliant idea afterwards, you can also join in later. At the 29. January 2021 then follow the final presentation and award ceremony, again in the culture center