A team of competitors cluster around a laptop screen; their table is decorated with snacks, caffeinated drinks, and scribbled Post-it notes. Stationed inside a large room with 100 other participants for 48 hours, they battle it out at HealthHACK. The place is buzzing and the energy is intense. This was the scene last year at MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node’s annual hackathon. This year, the event took a virtual pivot when the Covid-19 outbreak went into full swing. Undaunted by the disruption, MIT Node, MIT Hacking Medicine, and The D….
