Over the Air

Over the Air
Status active
Genre Hackathon
Frequency Annually
Location(s) Imperial College London, Kensington, London, United Kingdom, Bletchley_Park, Church_of_St_John-at-Hackney
Coordinates 51°29′56″N 0°10′30″W / 51.4988°N 0.1749°W / 51.4988; -0.1749Coordinates: 51°29′56″N 0°10′30″W / 51.4988°N 0.1749°W / 51.4988; -0.1749
Years active 2008–2015
Inaugurated 4–5 April 2008 (2008-04-05)
Most recent 26–25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
Website
overtheair.org

Over the Air is an annual mobile technology-focused overnight hack day event held in London since 2008.[1] It developed from previous hack day events in 2007 and 2008. The 2011 version of Over the Air was part of the 2011 London Mobile Week.[2][3]

From 2008 to 2010, the event was held at Imperial College in South Kensington.[4][5][6][7] From 2011 to 2013, it was held at Bletchley Park.[8] There was no Over the Air event in 2014.

In 2015, the event was held at Church_of_St_John-at-Hackney; on the 25th and 26th of September. It featured one of the first workshop sessions [9] for the Micro_Bit; along with the usual hackathon and lightening talks. The 8th iteration of the event will return to St. John-at-Hackney on 16th and 17th September 2016.

The ethos of Over the Air is simple[10] — a 2 day event, including practical and educational talks and a hacking competition. Sponsors of the event have included the BBC,[5] Bluevia,[11] Nokia,[12] PayPal,[13] and Vodafone.[14] Some of the ideas developed at Over the Air have been turned into commercial services.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Kiss, Jemima (3 April 2008). "Mobile developers gather for London festival". The Guardian.
  2. ↑ LondonMobileWeek. "Mobile Content for Everybody". LondonMobileWeek. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  3. ↑ BlueVia (2011-09-22). "London to become the mobile centre of the world – for a week". the Guardian. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  4. ↑ Smith, Colin (10 April 2008). "Over the Air: Imperial College hosts a leading technology festival". Imperial College London.
  5. 1 2 Matthew Postgate (2008-04-10). "Over The Air: Mobile Going Mainstream". BBC. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  6. ↑ Spence, Ewan (2009-10-30). "How to hack a handset". BBC. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  7. ↑ "Over The Air 2010 – one man's summary for the wider mobile industry". thefonecast.com. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  8. 1 2 "Hackers Get Hired At Bletchley Park". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  9. ↑ "Young Hackers explore the BBC Micro:bit". Forbes. 2015-09-28.
  10. ↑ "What is Over The Air". YouTube. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  11. ↑ "Over the Air". Blog.bluevia.com. 2011-09-22. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  12. ↑ "nokia « Over the Air". Overtheair.org. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  13. ↑ "Over the Air : All New Musings". Ewanspence.com. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  14. ↑ "Vodafone are a Sponsor of OTA11 « Over the Air". Overtheair.org. Retrieved 2011-10-05.

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