Mindful Makers Hack #9 - Open Ideas Hack
🧘♀️ Mindful Makers Hack #9
JOIN US this Saturday, 3/28 for Mindful Maker's 9th Mindful Technology Hackathon at MIT.
Over the past 4 months, the Mindful Makers community has collectively brainstormed and pitched 160 ideas for mindful tech, pushing 56 rapid prototypes.
Common topics that arise in Mindful Makers hacks can be found at https://mindfulmakers.xyz/tags. These are all open source projects that can be used as inspiration or continued on.
Top themes in mindful tech that emerge:
📴 Removing Digital Distraction
🧘 Techniques for effective in-the-moment stress reduction
🕊️ Connection with spirituality / spiritual traditions
There is a chance to demo your work at the upcoming The Conscious Future Society Conference with Sadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet (https://theconsciousfuturesociety.com/) with top mindfulness/meditation researchers and public figures.
We'll spend the day designing and building apps, websites, and tools that promote mindfulness in everyday life. Our belief is simple: technology can deepen presence, connection, and well-being.
To test our creations, we'll use them ourselves in the days that follow — and see if they truly cultivate ease, warmth, spaciousness, generosity, and connection.
💡 Who Should Join
Meditators: Some experience with meditation is encouraged (occasional dabblers are welcome!).
Non-coders welcome: You don't need to be a programmer — we'll keep a balanced ratio of coders to non-coders (~1:1) so everyone can contribute meaningfully (laptop required). Just be prepared to learn how to build with AI, and potentially sign up for free trails of AI coding tools.
🌐 See: mindfulmakers.xyz for more details.
🗓️ Schedule
9:45 AM — Breakfast
10:00 – 10:30 AM — Welcome + Overview.
10:30 – 10:45 AM — Group meditation
10:45 – 11:15 AM — Idea brainstorming
11:15 AM – 1:30 PM — Make!
1:30 PM — Lunch & Check-in
1:30 – 6:30 PM — Keep making!
6:30 PM — Wind-down exercise
6:35 PM – 7:30 PM — Group presentations
📍 MIT, Location available upon RSVP