These three startups won the Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon. How they’re using tech to better the city.
Three fledgling startups are leveraging technology to create positive social change after winning the second annual Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon. The event, presented by the Pittsburgh Technology Council and RustBuilt a grassroots organization dedicated to entrepreneurship took place the last weekend of January.
Convening virtually, 10 groups pitched their solutions, formed teams and worked for the better part of 54 hours over Zoom, grinding away to create minimal viable products or versions of their concepts with just enough features to work that could impress the judges (you can watch the full 2.5-hour event in the video below).
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VISIMO to Advance UAV Technology Through Air Force STTR Award
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/
VISIMO, in partnership with the University of Cincinnati (UC) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Multi-Agent Systems Technology Research (UAV MASTER) Lab, has won an Air Force Agility Prime Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award to conduct research on innovative sense-and-avoid architectures for autonomous Orbs and UAVs.
The goal of VISIMO s research is to reduce risk in disaster response, humanitarian aid, and logistics missions for Orbs/UAVs through increased autonomy. Current sense-and-avoid architectures are unable to adequately account for the dynamic and ever-changing nature of real-world contested environments. Innovative technologies are needed to reduce risk and effectively aid and protect both civilian populations and Service Members.
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