MonkeyBars is teaming up with TechNexus to try out some new hackathon techniques and they need participants. The 24-hour Open Build will begin at noon on Friday, September 26 and end on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at the offices of TechNexus, located at 20 North Upper Wacker Drive, Suite 1200, Chicago.

The event will include food, beverages, and prizes. Engineers from GrubHub will be looking to hire at the event and Thalmic Labs will provide five Myo Armbands for playing and two armbands for prizes. Participants are invited to work on whatever project they choose.

Get tickets here.

MonkeyBars is a collaboration company co-founded by IIT student Taylor Harvey that creates and uses hackathons to help people and organizations learn and solve problems. TechNexus a national private sector venture collaborative that enables established companies to forecast tech disruption, then works with entrepreneurs to deliver meaningful and sustainable business results.