hSenid Mobile Solutions concludes successful TADHack 2015
View(s):hSenid Mobile Solutions hosted TADHack 2015, the biggest International Telco Application Development hackathon which was successfully concluded last weekend, bringing numerous innovative and creative ideas to the limelight. This event, hosted by hSenid Mobile for the second consecutive time in Sri Lanka, was extended insto two satellite locations, Colombo and Jaffna as well as Bangladesh, the company said.
The largest International Telecom Application Development Hackathon (TADHack 2015), organised in Sri Lanka by hSenid Mobile Solutions concluded last weekend, with Team M-Park winning the grand prize of US$1000 for their IoT enabled Car Park M-Pay syste
Speaking about this event, Dinesh Saparamadu, CEO hSenid Mobile Solutions said, “We’re extremely honoured to be hosting TADHack 2015. There were an outstanding number of registrations this year and all the teams who competed had some innovative and creative solutions. Apart from the winners, projects with potential will go on to receive support services to build and develop their ideas further”.
The global event took place simultaneously in 15 locations across 11 countries around the world. With hundreds of entries registered for TADHack 2015 globally, Sri Lanka had a record number of registrations with over 500 applications, including, for the first time, corporate sector entries. The two Lankan events held in Colombo and Jaffna had a total of 20 teams competing for the global prize pot of US$ 36,000.
Team M-Park won the grand prize of US$1000 for their IoT enabled ‘Car Park M-Pay’ system. This winning team comprising Sajith Udayanga, Sandun Maduranga, and Shivika Pussewela, created an innovative solution for urban parking, built using the latest IoT technologies with hSenid Mobile APIs: IoT, SMS, USSD and charging.
Team Paradox comprising Chathura Kankanamge, Nuwan Chathuranga, Anushka Mahesh, Damith Karunarathne and Manoj Fernando created an on-demand ad hoc courier service ‘e-Carry’, utilising empty space in vehicles and were adjudged first runners up. Team Greeen project – Haritha Thilakarathne, Thejan Rajapakshe, Milinda Laknath Arambawela, Tharinda Rodrigo and Lahiru Rathnayaka who developed an M2M (machine to machine) enabled waste management system for more efficient and effective recycling were judged second runners up.