Science Hack Day

Astrophysicists inspire space-related projects at a 24-hour hack-a-thon in San Francisco. As the space flick Gravity plays on large monitors in the open office space of a San Francisco tech company, nearly 175 people fight off sleep in their final push to finish their work within the time limit. One team assembles a mechanized, dancing cardboard dinosaur fitted with a red glowing eye. Another prepares a quad-rotor mini-copter security drone for a flight test in a local park. This is Science Hack...