Closing tech gaps with open-source fixes

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 3, 2009 1:53 PM
By The Daily Bruin
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Six projects, two days and one cause: creating open-source software to improve the lives of members of the disabled community. Over the weekend, 40 students participated in “SS12: Coding for a Cause” and created software to enhance the lives of disabled persons. Teams of UCLA students competed for prizes donated by the program’s sponsors: Mozilla, Google, Cisco – a networking equipment supplier – and Lockheed Martin, a global security company.

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