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  • February 23, 2024 | 6:00 PM

    #HackDisability: AI for Accessibility
    From February 23 to February 25, the Howe Innovation Center and MIT CSAIL hosted #HackDisability: AI for Accessibility, a hackathon powered by lead sponsor Amazon.

    A hackathon at the intersection of innovation and disability

    The Howe Innovation Center and MIT CSAIL hosted #HackDisability: AI for Accessibility – a hackathon that brought together diverse teams of software and hardware engineers, students, product managers, MBAs, designers, and people with the lived experience of having a disability, with the shared goal of developing innovative AI solutions to enhance accessibility for people with disabilities.

    #HackDisability: AI for Accessibility was powered by lead sponsor Amazon.

    The three winning #HackDisability projects:

    • Will be displayed during select evening programs this summer at the Museum of Science
    • Have received $2,500 each to continue their projects
    • [MIT students only] Have received acceptance in the MIT Sandbox Spring 2024 cohort with $1,000 grant funding and access to mentors and expert advisors for startup teams through the summer of 2024

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