Science Hack Day

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Science Hack Day is a hack day specifically for "making weird, silly or serious things with science".{{cite web|url=http://sciencehackday.org/about/|title=Science Hack Day » About|publisher=sciencehackday.org|accessdate=2016-07-13}} The first was organized by Jeremy Keith and held at the London offices of The Guardian newspaper{{cite web|url=http://sciencehackday.pbworks.com/w/page/29478947/London|title=Science Hack Day / London|publisher=sciencehackday.pbworks.com|accessdate=2016-07-13}} over the weekend 19/20 June 2010.{{cite web|url=http://sciencehackday.org/|title=Science Hack Day|publisher=sciencehackday.org|accessdate=2016-07-13}}{{cite web|url=http://sciencehackday.org/london2010/|title=Science Hack Day — London, June 19th–20th|publisher=sciencehackday.org|accessdate=2016-07-13}}

The event was attended by around 100 participants{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/open-platform/blog/science-hack-day-at-the-guardian|title=Science Hack Day at the Guardian {{pipe}} Open Platform {{pipe}} The Guardian|newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 June 2010 |publisher=theguardian.com|accessdate=2016-07-13 |last1=McAlister |first1=Matt }} who had 24 hours to build new hacks. Many stayed overnight at the venue and over 25 hacks were built, submitted and demo'ed by the end of the weekend.{{cite web|url=http://sciencehackday.pbworks.com/w/page/43590539/London%202010%20hacks|title=Science Hack Day / London 2010 hacks|publisher=sciencehackday.pbworks.com|accessdate=2016-07-13}}

Soon thereafter a second Science Hack Day was organized by Ariel Waldman in San Francisco, and several years since, often filling up with a waitlist.{{cite web|url=https://gigaom.com/2012/11/01/science-hack-day-bridging-the-gap-between-coders-and-chemists/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103005307/http://gigaom.com/2012/11/01/science-hack-day-bridging-the-gap-between-coders-and-chemists/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |publisher=GigaOM |title=Science Hack Day: Bridging the gap between coders and chemists |author=Eliza Kern |date=2012-11-01 |accessdate=2020-09-08}}{{cite web|url=https://gigaom.com/2013/08/28/what-to-expect-at-the-2013-san-francisco-science-hack-day/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828171223/http://gigaom.com/2013/08/28/what-to-expect-at-the-2013-san-francisco-science-hack-day/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 28, 2013 |publisher=GigaOM |title=What to expect at the 2013 San Francisco Science Hack Day |author=Signe Brewster |date=2013-08-28 |accessdate=2020-09-08 }} Since that first year, more than 50 Science Hack Day events have taken place around the world, including a recent 2020 March Science Hack Day Dublin.{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/science-hack-day-2020 |title=Check out the Science Hack Day projects you could take part in |author=Jenny Darmody |date=2020-03-02 |accessdate=2020-09-08}}

The events are attended by a diverse range of science enthusiasts.