We associate #SmartNation with high-tech gadgets, but it’s much more. Its essence is improving the way we live, using technology.
1,100 enthusiasts came together at the HackathonSG and HackMed (Hacking Medicine).
Their intriguing ideas include Caregiver, an app to help doctors and caregivers communicate more effectively.
Then there is a walking stick that helps the elderly find their way home. :)
Congratulations to the winners. I hope you continue to be inspired! - LHL
Deeply impressed by the quality of the solutions created at the Hackathon@SG and MIT Hacking Medicine@SG (HackMed) earlier today.
More than 1,100 bright minds, including students as young as 5, and working professionals who are experts in diverse fields.
Representatives of the winning teams from the satellite hackathon held in Silicon Valley, with whom I chatted with over breakfast, were present to share their work - "Complaint King" :)
It was also the first time MIT held their global HackMed in Singapore.
These hackathons signal our intention to transform the way we generate solutions to some of our most difficult challenges of the future. That is why this was such a large scale event and included 18 ministries and public agencies.
There are three key attributes of this new approach.
First, government will share extensive real-time data in the public domain through data.gov.sg. This is something our PM Lee Hsien Loong himself has insisted on. We are still expanding the datasets and building consistent APIs. The ministries and public agencies will also share their intended outcomes - leaving the private and people sector to offer innovative solutions.
Second, to equip our people with the tools, skills, resources and networks so that they can use the latest technology to solve real world problems.
Third, public agencies may commission, licence or buy the most promising solutions generated if they are fit for purpose and cost effective.
More importantly, we will build a Singapore where everyone will have many opportunities to exercise imagination, acquire skills, solve existential challenges and collectively build our future as we celebrate #SG50 and beyond.
#SmartNation
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