Over the Air
Over the Air is an annual mobile technology-focused overnight hack day event held in London since 2008. It developed from previous hack day events in 2007 and 2008. The 2011 version of Over the Air was part of the 2011 London Mobile Week.[1][2]
The 2008, 2009 and 2010 events were held at Imperial College in South Kensington.[3][4][5][6] Since 2011 it has been held at Bletchley Park.[7]
The ethos of Over the Air is simple[8] – a 2 day event, including practical and educational talks and a hacking competition. Sponsors of the event have included the BBC,[4] Bluevia,[9] Nokia,[10] Paypal,[11] and Vodafone.[12] Some of the ideas developed at Over the Air have been turned into commercial services.[7]
References
- ^ LondonMobileWeek. "Mobile Content for Everybody". LondonMobileWeek. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ BlueVia (2011-09-22). "London to become the mobile centre of the world – for a week". the Guardian. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_10-4-2008-9-9-19
- ^ a b Matthew Postgate (2008-04-10). "Over The Air: Mobile Going Mainstream". BBC. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ Spence, Ewan (2009-10-30). "How to hack a handset". BBC. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Over The Air 2010 – one man's summary for the wider mobile industry". thefonecast.com. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ a b "Hackers Get Hired At Bletchley Park". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "What is Over The Air". YouTube. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Over the Air". Blog.bluevia.com. 2011-09-22. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "nokia « Over the Air". Overtheair.org. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Over the Air : All New Musings". Ewanspence.com. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Vodafone are a Sponsor of OTA11 « Over the Air". Overtheair.org. Retrieved 2011-10-05.