BURLINGAME, Calif., Oct. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual Xingshi-Cup International Design Hackathon concluded this weekend with 109 people registered, more than 20 teams competing, 12 teams presenting and 16 products produced and submitted. The weekend was filled with individuals pushing the envelope with teamwork, innovation and creativity, capturing a wide array of applicants from freshmen in college to accomplished business professionals. The five winning teams at Silicon Valley will move onto the final competition in Foshan, China at the end of November.
On September 29, 2018 at 9 AM local time, the doors opened at Hanhai BioLabs' Burlingame office. Teams of five assembled to compete for a $15,000 grand prize. Panera Bread and SV Catering provided the fuel to keep the competitors focused and ready to hack. The competition concluded on September 30, 2018 at 4 PM. Six guests judges helped evaluate products and present prizes to the winning teams that placed. Taking the top prize was Learning Machine, followed by a tie for second place between Free Virus and Derma AI, as well as a tie for third place between Empact and Freedom. Each team had a unique product focusing on empathy with end users.
The grand prize winner Learning Machine team consists of four exchange students at Stanford University. Their product Peazy is a step toward making passwords obsolete. Peazy uses biometrics and mobile devices to log into all of your passwords to allow for seamless access to personal information with progressive security precautions.
"We are thrilled to have all the dedicated teams at the Xingshi-Cup design hack. I am very impressed with the quality and creativity of the concepts they designed in just 24 hours," Alex J. Zhang, CEO of Hanhai BioLabs, said about the event coming to a close. "Hanhai BioLabs looks forward to working with many talented developers and designers to turn their ideas and concepts to successful products."
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About Hackhub
Hackhub is a talent incubation platform. By working with industry experts, companies, educational institutions and incubators, Hackhub helps to reinforce both talents' and companies' professional growth through education programs and hackathon events. For more information visit https://hackhub.com/.
About Hanhai BioLabs
Hanhai BioLabs Accelerator provides seed funding, mentoring services, office spaces, and other necessary resources for 10 startups in the field of life sciences. After 6-months of acceleration, we will help graduates build possible business alliance with Hanhai's many industry partners and for a further fundraising with Hanhai's VC partners. For more information visit https://www.hanhaibiolabs.com/.
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