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A man works during the Boston Stupid Hackathon on Saturday. The goal of the hackathon was to “bring bad ideas to life.” PHOTO BY MAGGIE LEONE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston startup community gets dumber, sillier with ‘Stupid Hackathon’

By Hannah Shearer April 9, 2018

In a room full of creative minds making stupid things sits Glen Chiacchieri, the organizer of the day, wearing a homemade shirt that reads “Capitalism is Terrible.” This is Boston’s Stupid...

Artisan’s Asylum hosted MASSDestruction, a robot Competition, Saturday in Somerville. PHOTO COURTESY IAN MILLER

MASSDestruction robot competition encourages engineering, camaraderie

By Lauren Frias November 17, 2016

Taking post on opposite corners, two robots face off in a fight to the death in a bulletproof arena. The audience counts down from five, eyes glued to the plexiglass. Upon the final number, the robots...

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