Trinity was one of 15 global sites to host a Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) gathering of volunteer software developers on June 4 and 5, an initiative designed to help find technology solutions for natural and man-made disaster response.     
 
RHoK is a unique collaboration between Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA and the World Bank, and is dedicated to using technology to make the world a better place by building a volunteer community of innovation. This is the fourth RHoK event the partners have hosted since 2009.

Two teams shared first prize at the Hartford site – “First Responder Bluetooth Based Alerting and Tracking System” developed by a team with students from St. Johns University in Queens, N.Y. and Connecticut College, and “Commodities Tracker for Haiti” developed by a team from Trinity. 

(Photo courtesy Trishan de Lanerolle)