12-hour Hackathon, hosted by AnyMeeting.com, challenged software engineers and entrepreneurs.

Participants of the hackathon were given the challenge to develop a software product or service involving the emerging web standard for Real Time Communication, also known as WebRTC.  Chapman University hosted the 12-hour Hackathon over the weekend, complete with pizza, giveaways, and prizes.  Chapman Undergrads David Tyler, Anthony Young, and Neil Bui hacked away in an attempt to integrate Google Docs into real time communication.  Meanwhile, Chapman PhD students Kevin James and Dominic Donato took a different route and created a unique platform, which allowed for successful connections among six clients and theoretically even more.  Another group, composed of three professional software engineers from Sharp Electronics, worked to develop a surveillance camera application.

In the end, the judges awarded the $5,000 prize to Chapman graduate students James and Donato for their ability to solve complex issues while developing a highly promising product.

*The hackathon was also co-sponsored by Influxis (provider of hosting services for media streaming) and TokBox (authors of OpenTok API used in creating WebRTC).