India-Israel Hackathon Focuses on Restorative Healthcare

Key facts

• The first India-Israel Hackathon was organised on the theme 'Restorative Healthcare', focusing on practical and accessible solutions for rehabilitation and improved quality of life.
• A winning Israeli solution was a wheelchair-mounted limb mobilisation system that harnesses the natural rotation of a wheelchair's front wheel to enable controlled leg movement without the use of electricity.
• A winning Indian solution used real-time video processing and automated movement analysis to assess the limb movements of injured patients, compare them with healthy individuals, and monitor rehabilitation progress.
• The hackathon addressed 14 problem statements sourced from hospitals, start-ups and universities, with four from Israel and ten from India.
• Thapar University served as the nodal partner for the hackathon in India.
• The hackathon brought 1,300 students and individuals from both countries to address the 14 problem statements.