After 30 hours of intense coding - and personal visits from Vice President Neelie Kroes and journalist and blogger Cory Doctorow - it was time for the 37 hackers of 11 nationalities who took part in Hack4Kids to find out who would win the 5000 euro first prize awards.First Prize: to Team Bodoques (Spain/Italy) with their eyeTime Tool informing kids and parents about the duration of their online session.
Second Prize: to Team Soe (Germany/Sweden/Cambodja) with their SecondFriend chat app allowing kids to chat with counselors from helplines in an easy, intuitive and privacy-friendly manner.
Third Prize: to Team Milktooth (Italy), with their Milktooth filter activated by the presence of the parents’ phone (by bluetooth) and filters of content that are picture/ad specific so that kids and parents watching the same website see customised pages.
First Prize: to Team Water (Finland), with their Waterbear tool to make coding for kids easier, so that they not only use digital products and services - but also understand them and learn how make them!
Second Prize: to Gianluca Cancelmi (Italy), with his semantic WikiQuiz including social media aspects.
Third Prize: to Team LeGarage (France), with their Kwizzle space invader quiz.
Sabine Verheyen , Róża Maria Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein , Sean Kelly and Petru Luhan awarded the prizes at a special ceremony in the European Parliament.Posted by Marco Pancini, Senior Policy Counsel
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