Make Zurich 2017

February 3-4, 2017

Get ready for the first Make Zurich hackathon ever!

What is it?

We are bringing together the local hacker/maker community and the city administration to explore new ways of solving the problems of our city with the help of open networks and civic tech.

Seven Challenges

We gathered six real needs of different departments of the City of Zurich that could be solved with LoRaWAN and civic tech.

There will be as well an open challenge: if you don’t feel like building any of the other challenges, you are free to combine all available elements to create innovative solutions for the city!

Challenge:

Groundwater meter

Explore new ways to gather measurements of groundwater level on the ewz heat pump systems.

Provided by ewz
Challenge:

Nightlife noise

Nightlife and its noise are highly contentious topics in our city. With civic tech and LoRaWAN we could gather and publish open data to allow to objectively quantify noise levels in nightlife areas.

Provided by Sicherheitsdepartement
Challenge:

Bicycle commuter

Dive into the pulse of the city and track/map/visualize bicycle commuters using low cost sensors and open data to calibrate your measurements.

Provided by Tiefbauamt Zürich
Challenge:

Bicycle tracking

Discover ways to track and prevent theft of bikes and e-bikes using LoRaWAN networks.

Provided by ewz and M-Way
Challenge:

Environmental exploration

Explore innovative options to monitor the environment, air quality and pollution; and to leverage civic engagement to gather environmental data.

Provided by Umwelt- und Gesundheitsschutz
Challenge:

City gardens

Explore and monitor allotment gardens (Schrebergärten) and other green spaces in the city through technology.

Provided by Grün Stadt Zürich and The Things Network Community
Challenge:

Open

If you don’t feel like building any of the other challenges, you are free to combine all available elements to create innovative solutions for the city!

Provided by you!

WHEN?

Kick-off & apero	January 27, 2017 17:00 - 21:00
Open Lab	January 28 - February 2, 2017 16:00 - 22:00
Hackathon	February 3-4, 2017

See detailed schedule

WHERE?

Kick-off & apero	Impact Hub Viadukt Event Space Bogen D	Map
Open Lab	SGMK MechArtLab (6th Floor) Hohlstrasse 52, Zürich	Map
Hackathon	Impact Hub Viadukt Event Space Bogen D	Map