01 / CONTEXT
A community learns faster when it builds for a real problem.
Pollution is a concrete concern for Ploiești. The challenge asked teams to combine software, IoT and product thinking into a solution that could measure, transmit and communicate useful data.
02 / LIVIU'S ROLE
Initiator, organizer and bridge between technology and community.
Liviu helped build the marathon from scratch and coordinate the elements that made the participant experience possible.
- 01
Challenge
Defining the technical theme and the expected outcome.
- 02
Partners
Connecting sponsors, mentors, judges and the local community.
- 03
Operations
Schedule, logistics, registration and the team journey.
- 04
Evaluation
Criteria and feedback for prototypes built under pressure.
03 / FORMAT
From problem to prototype in one night.
Problem
Air quality in the city.
Team
Software, hardware and ideas.
24 hours
A fast working prototype.
Judges
Demonstration and feedback.
04 / RESULT
More than a competition: a framework for initiative.
Teams built devices and applications for pollution monitoring, while the community gained a concrete example of technology responding to a local problem.