Saudi Arabia’s hackathons seek solutions to pilgrimage challenges
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JEDDAH: Every year, more than 2 million people visit Saudi Arabia to perform the sacred ritual of Hajj, leading to challenges in transportation, crowd management and communication. In response, Saudi Arabia has leveraged hackathons and adopted innovative techSaudi Arabia’s hackathons seek solutions to pilgrimage challenges
JEDDAH: Every year, more than 2 million people visit Saudi Arabia to perform the sacred ritual of Hajj, leading to challenges in transportation, crowd management and communication. In response, Saudi Arabia has leveraged hackathons and adopted innovative technological solutions to tackle these obstacles. A hackathon is a collaborative event, typically a multi-day challenge, in which programmers, designers and project managers work intensively on software projects. Read more