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This video tells you what happened at a special two-day event called the "Design and Tech hackathon". Hannah Rosen organized this event because she felt tired of working on small problems at her old job. She wanted people with computer skills to use their talents to help solve bigger problems in the world.

The main question for the 19 people who joined was: **"How can we build tools to change how we use technology that is hard to stop using?"**.

The event had expert speakers, including one who studies how people get addicted to their smartphones. The seven teams worked together for two full days to build new ideas.

Here are some of the ideas they made:

*   One team created an app called "Screen Climb". This app uses fun games and friendly competition to help people and their friends reduce the time they spend looking at their phones.
*   Another idea, "Connect Le," wanted to stop the habit of just scrolling through phones when you are bored. It would let friends know when they are both free so they could meet up and connect in real life instead.
*   A third team came up with a hardware idea. They wanted to put a small extra screen on the back of the phone. This would pop up to interrupt you when you pick up your phone just because of habit—which happens nine out of ten times.

Hannah learned that the event was great because everyone enjoyed connecting with others who cared about the same things. People also liked that the hackathon was run by itself and not sponsored by a big company.

One participant realized that technology has two parts: the part that is addictive and the part that is valuable. Being at the event helped people find useful tools, like an app called "One Sec," which gives you a quick stop to ask if you really want to open an app before you start using it without thinking.