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Cal Hacks 2014: Recap

Over 1,500 students from around the world gathered this weekend at the California Memorial Stadium for UC Berkeley’s annual Cal Hacks hackathon. The hackers proceeded to code, break and build for the next 36 hours. They made hacks ranging from a 2-D Mario side scroller to a real-life interactive Street Fighter game.

Here were the 12 teams chosen to present based on all Cal Hacks judges’ top votes:

Photos: A tale of Cal Hacks – Expo Version (Oct. 5, 2014)

Cal Hacks held its demo at the California Memorial Stadium from 12:30-2 p.m. today. Many teams presented at the expo as judges came by to select the top ten.

Jieqian Zhang is a guest contributor and a first year at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. If you would like to submit a guest piece to be published on berkeleyByte, please e-mail berkeleyByte [at] gmail.com.

Photo Album: Cal Hacks Saturday night (Oct. 4, 2014)

Jieqian Zhang captured moments of hackers at work (and sleep) during Cal Hacks at 1 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5.   Jieqian Zhang is a guest contributor and a first year at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.   If you would like to submit a guest piece to be published on berkeleyByte, please e-mail berkeleyByte [at] gmail.com.