MORE than 60 local innovators put their brains together last weekend in the return of the annual Digital Jersey hackathon.
Developers, designers, entrepreneurs and students came together for the 48-hour event aimed at solving local challenges using AI. Issues tackled ranged from housing, health, tourism, climate and automation of existing services.
Supported by the Jersey AI Forum and Easy A, more than 20 teams had the opportunity to win £10,000 to develop their idea.
After pitching their plans, three teams were awarded prizes.
For ‘Best Real-World Solution, Charlie Morgan and Gus Fraser as ‘Team Helix’ won with their plan to address the challenges of the ADHD community in Jersey.
Rory Steel then received the title for ‘Most Original Idea’ with his personally-inspired sensor-driven system to track important health signals for his daughter.
The award for ‘Most Impactful Use of AI’ went to Vincent Sider and ‘GeoJersey’ with his prototype focused on analysing Jersey’s AI visibility.
Commenting on the success of this year’s event, Digital Jersey chief executive Tony Moretta said: “This was an amazing showcase of collaboration, creativity and technical talent.”
He added: “What was impressive was how the digital and wider business community came together to use AI to build solutions that can really make a difference to Jersey.”
“That’s something we are going to have to do increasingly as Jersey develops an AI-driven future – and what’s clear is that we have a rich pool of on-island talent to do just that.”
