This year at the AT&T Developer Summit Hackathon in Las Vegas just after the new year began, hackers, coders, and engineers gathered to build innovative solutions that aimed to tackle some of the challenges of smart homes, smart cities and connected health.

The enthusiasm at the event from the participants to gain and share knowledge was inspiring. We held a bootstrap session to teach developers how to get started using AT&T M2X IoT backend with mbed to be able to connect devices to the cloud. Check out our video to find out how for yourself.

After a long sleepless 48 hours, 20 teams were selected as finalists to present their projects on stage. With over $300K in prizes available at the event, the anticipation was high. We offered our own Sponsor Kicker Prize of $5K for the best use of ARM mbed. The Best use of ARM mbed IoT Device Platform

Memory Lane was selected as the winner of our kicker prize. MemoryLane created an application that improves the quality of life for those affected by Alzheimer and their caregivers. This was shown through the use of a connect pill bottle that utilized and NXP FRDM-K64F board to track when and how much medication a patient takes, with the ability to remotely notify the caregiver.

Big thanks to our partners NXP and ST Microelectronics who attended the event as well and provided the developers with hardware and connectivity shields.