{"id":4251432,"date":"2018-10-30T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/dept-wins-best-company-team-at-hack-manchester\/"},"modified":"2018-10-30T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:02:00","slug":"dept-wins-best-company-team-at-hack-manchester","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-uki\/insight\/dept-wins-best-company-team-at-hack-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPT\u00ae wins Best Company Team at Hack Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBack to all articles\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n<\/button>\n\t\tDEPT\u00ae wins Best Company Team at Hack Manchester\t<\/h1>
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\tLast weekend saw two teams from DEPT\u00ae coding for 24 hours in a bid to be crowned champions at\u00a0Hack Manchester<\/a>.
\t<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\tDuring this large scale hackathon, competitors were given a range of challenges to select from to solve. These ranged from creating a digital solution to help inform friends of issues around Cyber Security, to finding a creative use of the transport data to make commuting more pleasurable.

The DEPT\u00ae teams worked on two challenges. The first one was a\u00a0challenge set by Dunnhumby; they wanted competitors to use data to create an customer experience that was \u2018less than optimal\u2019.

The team\u2019s solution was DrawStore \u2013 an app that enables you to buy things by drawing them.

You can have a go for yourselves at\u00a0DrawStore<\/a>

The\u00a0second challenge\u00a0the team completed was set by Clockwork SMS and challenged teams to create \u2018the most bizarre use of Clockwork SMS\u2019. The team created a solution that involved sentiment analysis, translations, bitcoin values and Chuck Norris quotes. You can\u00a0check out their video here<\/a>.

The solutions demonstrated creative ideas, design skills and rapid, complex coding, which combined to create solutions that really fit the selected challenges. DEPT\u00ae was shortlisted for Best Company Team, Best Project and The Dunnhumby Challenge, and was proud to scoop the prize for Best Team.

DEPT\u00ae would like to thank the organisers and our fellow competitors for a fun, challenging and rewarding hackathon! Roll on next year!


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