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National Hack the Government Day 2012

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9 winners

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    Loftify

    by @stef
    Best in Show
    Group buying for families to make older relatives' homes more energy efficient
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    Happy House

    by Florian Rathgeber, Alex Mackay, Corinne Pritchard, Laurence Watson, Nicholas Scott and Tom Martin
    DECC Challenge Prize
    Find the most energy efficient properties in your area.
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    Bycycle barometer

    by Richard Pope
    Government Digital Service Award
    Should I cycle or should I tube now?
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    Play Your Cards Right

    by Jordan Hatch
    @harrym Likes the Most
    A game of higher or lower with UK Government website costs from 2010/11
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    FarmAllot

    by Hon Lee, Chi Yau
    Most Likely to Annoy Government
    FarmAllot
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    Exam Timetables

    by Harry Rickards
    'No Shit, Sherlock' Award
    Easy searching of scraped current/previous/future exam timetables
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    The Lazy Cyclist

    by Mark Chapman
    UK Location Award
    Lets flexi-time workers who commute by bike maximise the assistance they get from the wind
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    WindyTrumps

    by Rob Young, Isabell Long
    Unwitting Comedy Award
    Did you visit the windiest place in the country today?
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    A Nice Day Out

    by Thomas Shadwell
    Wallace and Gromit Award
    Helps you locate and organise a nice trip to the beach.

25 projects

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    aa sneaky dip

    by John Lyons & Florence La Guyader
    Find the nearest safest swimming area
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    Analytopocalypse

    by @beng
    Anonymising analytics data
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    A Nice Day Out

    by Thomas Shadwell
    Wallace and Gromit Award
    Helps you locate and organise a nice trip to the beach.
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    Bycycle barometer

    by Richard Pope
    Government Digital Service Award
    Should I cycle or should I tube now?
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    De-leaker

    by Nick O'Leary and Roo Reynolds
    An interactive location-based web tool to demonstrate potential savings for de-leaking your home.
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    Electronic Weather House

    by Jed & psd
    An arduino powered swedish weather house, which uses modelling figures to show the weather using information from the met office.
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    Energy Efficient Home

    by Bruno Girin
    What energy efficiency improvements make sense for your home?
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    Exam Timetables

    by Harry Rickards
    'No Shit, Sherlock' Award
    Easy searching of scraped current/previous/future exam timetables
  • Farmallot

    FarmAllot

    by Hon Lee, Chi Yau
    Most Likely to Annoy Government
    FarmAllot
  • Gdssms

    GDS SMS (slideware)

    by David Durant
    Giving non-smartphone users access to government digital services
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    Happy House

    by Florian Rathgeber, Alex Mackay, Corinne Pritchard, Laurence Watson, Nicholas Scott and Tom Martin
    DECC Challenge Prize
    Find the most energy efficient properties in your area.
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    Identify

    by Nick Stenning, Dave Marshall, Alice Newton
    A recon game to clean datasets
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    InsulateMe

    by Elliot Hughes and Andre Pinho
    Tool to measure insulation energy saving potential on your house (comes with a report on energy consumption, energy costs and insulation potential).
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    Loftify

    by @stef
    Best in Show
    Group buying for families to make older relatives' homes more energy efficient
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    Play Your Cards Right

    by Jordan Hatch
    @harrym Likes the Most
    A game of higher or lower with UK Government website costs from 2010/11
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    Proactive Lobbying Transparency

    by Rob McKinnon
    Adding to WhosLobbying.com ability for organisations to proactively report their meetings with government - saves public waiting 6-9 months for reports from government departments.
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    Roaming Roadkill Reporter

    by Michael Mokrysz
    Exploded whales? Crushed bunny? Tyred pheasant? Get your local roadkill cleared up!
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    Should I Really Buy That?

    by Craig Snowden, Kevin Lewis
    This hacks tells you if the car you're about to buy is likely to get stolen.
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    The Green Deal - Insulation Revolution

    by Matt Glover
    Application to raise awareness of forthcoming Green Deal initiative to be launched in Autumn 2012.
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    the green games

    by John Lyons
    A reward scheme to keep members of your household green
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    The Lazy Cyclist

    by Mark Chapman
    UK Location Award
    Lets flexi-time workers who commute by bike maximise the assistance they get from the wind
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    Underwater

    by Michael Mokrysz
    Watch the potential effects of Climate Change
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    Utilities Under Control

    by Andrey Kozlov
    iPhone Application/Backend for tracking expenses and usage with Ecology map
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    where's my new house?

    by Tim McGinley and Kevin Daniells
    spatial visualisation showing the number of new houses that could potentially be built on local authority land
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    WindyTrumps

    by Rob Young, Isabell Long
    Unwitting Comedy Award
    Did you visit the windiest place in the country today?