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2:00 a.m. you sleep after that. >> i took a nap for 30 minutes this afternoon. >> you only slept 30 minutes. >> come on. >> i slept in the stair well. >> oh, my got. >> it was fine. >> i generally dont sleep during hack-a-thons. >> if you are not getting through a certain problem, you will feel more pressure and like the world is closing in. >> these kids have been staring at security screens for 24-hours and they are starting to develop interesting projects. >> you just came up with this idea h...

You see people building stuff, of course you can do it. >> the 22-year-old is one of the founders of the student hack-a-thon movement. >> when did this culture evolve? >> about 3.5 years ago, i heard about it and there was about 50 people and it was awesome. we felt the need to start our. people would come to the big hack-a-thons and say we need to throw this. it has gotten much more popular. you have 10,000 kids applying for cal hacks. >> it is helping to address the gender gap. >> when i start...

We will have snacks in 25 minutes. >> milk tea with boba. >> now its the hack-a-thon at uc berkeley. >> the communication with the website. >> that are can access from java script. >> james and his team are making headway with their app that allow people to use their phones to vote in political elections. >> its 11:30 p.m. saturday night. >> we are trying to get authentication. they dont submit multiple votes on multiple phones. the horrors are being awake for third hours straight. >> the hast t...

About? >> he loved the app. >> things are looking up for the guys. they will find out for sure if any of the investors will back their company. >> where do you think you will be six months from now? >> in an actual office with employees and moving to new york city. big city, exciting, lots of finance. we will have a place to live and hopefully bigger than where we are staying now. >> separate rooms. >> at the hack-a-thon in berkeley, the goals are more short-term. only 4568 of the teams made it ...

Is providing aid, but is it more useful than a college education? >> why not major in computer science at mit? >> they think there is a skills gap with software emergencies and what they need to know how to do. >> they focus on theory without giving the practical skills they need to build real projects. >> the trend you can watch is the collegieate hack-a-thon where you have 1,000 students giving up weekend and sleep and it feels broken for them to do this on the weekend. heres two years of a ha...

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>> if you are looking for young tech savants, you can check out the latest hack-a-thon and drop by an accelerator program or visit a controversial new learning institution in downtown san francisco. this is make school a radical alternative to college, a two-year program with 33 students. some of them have turned out of places like mitt and harvard to be here. who would create an institution like this? eye twa-year-old college dropout of course. >> they are passionate about building apps and we ...

The first oklahoma hack-a-thon. and ironically hes been invited to teach at a local school. >> im excited to see where it goes. >> i finished making this video. >> jackson is nothing if not resilient. >> my dads about to come get me. >> when you can think for yourself as a teenager you can be free to explore anything you want. >> are these the same as yours? >> i dont know. are they? >> youre 19 years old. where will we see jackson at 25? >> oh, my god. i dont know. i dont know where i will be t...

>> this connects refugees to volunteers to help with food, water and housing. >> what do you do with this after? this app could help people. >> yeah. i mean, really. do you have an idea where to take it? >> honestly, as college students we have to worry about school and stuff. >> its crazy. this could be so useful right now. you created this in 36 hours and you will go back to school on monday. >> yeah. thats the hack-a-thon. >> i cant believe in just a couple of hours the kids will go back to s...

Choice? republicans tend to support him, that higher ceiling or at least potential could benefit him if other candidates stumble. >> nbcs mark murray in washington. thanks. were going to give you an update on the results of the hack-a-thon you saw last friday. along with ford yes, we code 100 teams took part in the competition to build an app in 24 hours. the winner patrick henry middle school in woodhaven, michigan. the five team members each won 2,500 bucks in scholarship money and the schoo...