May 21, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A new contest aims to get creative and innovative Louisville residents working on technical solutions to make the city better.
The Hack-a-thon offers awards of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 to the teams with the top concepts.
Louisville resident Aaron Drake was one of the participants in Saturday's contest. He told The Courier-Journal he likes to ride the bus but gets frustrated when it is delayed. The 29-year-old software developer is proposing an app that would track the buses' whereabouts.
The event was organized by Metro government and the San Francisco-based nonprofit Code for America.
The top three concepts will be chosen by a panel of volunteers. If the winners accept the prize money, they must agree to share the rights to their work with the Metro government.
