Over the Air explained

Over the Air
Status:active
Genre:Hackathon
Frequency:Annually
Location:Imperial College London, Kensington, London, United Kingdom, Bletchley Park, St John the Baptist, Hoxton
Years Active:2008–2016
First:4–
Last:25–

Over the Air was an annual mobile technology-focused overnight hack day event held in London from 2008 to 2016.[1] The two-day event would include practical and educational talks and a hacking competition.[2] Sponsors of the event have included the BBC, Bluevia,[3] Nokia,[4] PayPal,[5] and Vodafone.[6] Some of the ideas developed at Over the Air have been turned into commercial services.[7]

History

Over the Air developed from previous hack day events in 2007 and 2008.

From 2008 to 2010, the event was held at Imperial College in South Kensington.[8] [9] [10] [11] The 2011 version of Over the Air was part of the 2011 London Mobile Week.[12] [13] From 2011 to 2013, it was held at Bletchley Park. There was no Over the Air event in 2014.

In 2015, the event was held at St John the Baptist, Hoxton; on 25 and 26 September. It featured one of the first workshop sessions [14] for the Micro Bit; along with the usual hackathon and lightning talks. The 8th (and final) event was also St. John's, on 25 and 26 November 2016.

Notes and References

  1. Kiss . Jemima . 3 April 2008 . Mobile developers gather for London festival . The Guardian.
  2. Web site: What is Over The Air . YouTube . 2010-09-01 . 2011-10-05.
  3. Web site: Over the Air . Blog.bluevia.com . 2011-09-22 . 2011-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402234352/http://blog.bluevia.com/tag/over-the-air/ . 2 April 2012 .
  4. Web site: nokia « Over the Air . Overtheair.org . 2008-04-14 . 2011-10-05.
  5. Web site: Over the Air : All New Musings . Ewanspence.com . 2010-10-21 . 2011-10-05.
  6. Web site: Vodafone are a Sponsor of OTA11 « Over the Air . Overtheair.org . 2011-10-05.
  7. Web site: Hackers Get Hired At Bletchley Park . Huffingtonpost.co.uk . 2011-09-16 . 2011-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233338/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/09/16/hackers-get-hired-at-blet_n_966246.html . 26 September 2011 . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: Smith . Colin . 10 April 2008 . Over the Air: Imperial College hosts a leading technology festival . Imperial College London.
  9. Web site: Matthew Postgate . Over The Air: Mobile Going Mainstream . BBC . 10 April 2008 . 2011-10-05.
  10. News: Spence . Ewan . How to hack a handset . BBC . 2009-10-30 . 2011-10-05.
  11. News: Over The Air 2010 – one man's summary for the wider mobile industry . thefonecast.com . 2011-10-05.
  12. Web site: LondonMobileWeek . Mobile Content for Everybody . LondonMobileWeek . 2011-10-05.
  13. Web site: BlueVia . London to become the mobile centre of the world – for a week . the Guardian . 2011-09-22 . 2011-10-05.
  14. Web site: Young Hackers explore the BBC Micro:bit . Forbes . 2015-09-28.

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