What to Build

This is an open ended hackathon but we have a theme of "Out and about"

1. Connections 

During COVID-19, nearly 70% of full-time employees worked from home, and Upwork estimates 22% of the American workforce will be working remotely by 2025 (Apollo Technical). How can your community still effectively build connections and maintain mental health in an increasingly digital landscape? As an idea, consider how other mediums, like music and art, can express and create these relationships.

2. Health & Habits

Over the last few years, obesity rates in the United States have risen due to radically altered schedules and habits. In fact, roughly 30% of adults are overweight (NIH). What are ways you can improve the health and productivity of your community? Explore ways to encourage others to go outside more often and experience nature, or even reinvent the classic task list.

1. Youth Voice

Did you know that 88% of young people ages 18-30 intended to vote, but only 42% actually did? We see that young people care about politics and social justice issues as they are at the forefront of movements from climate justice to Black Lives Matter, but nationally, the voter turnout of young people is low. How can we bridge this gap and get more young people to be more civically engaged and/or vote

1. Environment

The number of California wildfires is rapidly increasing, costing millions of dollars in property damage, displacing vulnerable populations like the elderly, and expelling carbon emissions that accelerate climate change. How can technology improve disaster readiness for natural disasters (wildfires, droughts, earthquakes) and create resilient and sustained biodiversity?

1. Local community (open ended)

Address any issue or topic you are passionate about or interested in solving with technology. It could be anything from a virtual desktop assistant to an AI-powered recipe finder based on items in your fridge to a centralized teen volunteering app. Anything goes!

What to Submit

- YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT IT AS AN ORIGINAL PROJECT

- Code repository (if available)

- Real names and Discord names

- NOTE: Presentations can be 3 minutes max