TIME CRUNCH: Participants working on laptops as they take part in a "Battlehack" competition in London. Programmers and developers have twenty four hours to produce a useable software application.
LONDON: The clicking of keyboards fills the hall at a former London dockyard hosting a 24-hour “hackathon” to design applications ranging from the whimsical to the practical and even the potentially life-saving.
The mood inside is studious and intense: Over 200 competitors stare at screens, desks covered in cables, flash drives, soft drinks and sweets.
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