BITS City Competition

The platform of the future isn’t a phone. It’s a place: Boston. The city is investing in new technologies, new applications, and new policies to make Boston smarter, friendlier, and more livable for everyone. But the city of the future needs citizen technologists, designers, and dreamers. That’s why we’re opening Boston to your apps, hardware, design, and policy innovations in the first-ever BITS (Boston Is The Smartest) City Competition. Form teams and solve problems in three challenge areas: Unused Infrastructure, Waiting Places, and Public Space Data. Win cool prizes, bragging rights, and recognition from the Mayor’s Office. Any post-secondary student or faculty in the Boston-area is eligible to enter. For more details, see www.localsense.org/bits, or come to the kickoff on September 12, 12pm at the MIT Martin Trust Center. Applications open September 12.

In the meantime, take a look at Boston’s Smart City Playbook for a sense of the criteria.

Kickoff: September 12, noon @ MIT Martin Trust Center

BITS City Competition

BITS City Competition

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