{"id":541,"date":"2020-12-11T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/?p=541"},"modified":"2020-12-11T10:04:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:04:11","slug":"knust-creates-a-winning-entry-for-the-asu-devex-global-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/2020\/12\/11\/knust-creates-a-winning-entry-for-the-asu-devex-global-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"KNUST creates a winning entry for the ASU\/Devex Global Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The hackathon was open to universities from anywhere in the world and called on students to create solutions to five real-world development challenges aligned with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\">United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.<\/a>\u00a0A winning team in each challenge category was showcased at Devex World on December 10, 2020, and will receive opportunities to further develop their idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations to the winning team from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology<\/strong> (KNUST) for the design and manufacture of prosthetic limbs made from recyclable materials. They were the winning entry in the Business Transforming Development Challenge category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the pitch they developed as part of the Global Hackathon created by ASU for Devex World 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Kwame Nkrumah University of Science &amp; Technology: Recycled Prosthetic | ASU Devex World Hackathon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rzhmUshg4dQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.devex.com\/devex-world-2020-hackathon.html\">See all hackathon entries on the Devex website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team from KNUST developed a winning entry in the ASU\/Devex Global Hackathon held in conjunction with Devex World 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ASU-Devex-hackathon-challenge-1.jpeg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ASU-Devex-hackathon-challenge-1.jpeg","author_info":{"display_name":"Jake Kupiec","author_link":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/author\/jakupiec\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ASU-Devex-hackathon-challenge-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":550,"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions\/550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}