About the challenge
Prepare to pull off the ultimate digital heist at this year’s DiamondHeist, where tech enthusiasts of every skill level unite to mastermind ingenious projects with real-world impact! Whether you're planning sophisticated security breaches, orchestrating high-stakes data extractions, or engineering clever systems to outsmart the competition, there's a role for you in this daring operation.
Join us on April 5th-6th for an in-person competition with numerous workshops, tons of prizes, and countless opportunities for fun!
Requirements
What to Submit
- Video submission: 3 minutes for video
- Submissions should be in English and uploaded on Devpost
- Explain inspirations, how the project was developed, and a short demo in the background.
- Include your code and any other other necessary files to run it in your submission
- To qualify for beginner prize, members of your team have attended at most 2 hackathons or have less than a year of programming experience
Prizes
1st Overall
Drones ($55 x 4)
MLH Winner Pins
2nd Overall
Amazon Echo Dot ($40 x 4)
MLH Winner Pins
3rd Overall
JBL Bluetooth Speakers ($30 x 4)
MLH Winner Pins
Patient Safety Challenge Prize
Smart Watch ($50 x 4)
Best Solo Hack
HKKB Keyboard ($241)
Best Duo Hack
HKKB Keyboards x2 ($269 x 2)
Knowledge Caper
Logitech Mice ($15 x 4)
Loot & Ledger
Gift Cards ($15 x 4)
Fortified Infiltration
Raspberry Pi Kit ($25 x 4)
Robin Hood
Airtags ($70)
Best Beginner Hack
Anker Power Bank ($24 x 4)
MLH: Best Use of Gemini API || Google Branded Backpack
It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?
Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice
Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers
Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more
Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?
MLH: Best .Tech Domain Name || Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years!
Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!
MLH: Best Use of MongoDB Atlas || M5GO IoT Starter Kit
MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.
MLH: Best Use of Auth0 || Wireless Headphones
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones for you and each member of your team!
Best Use of Letta
$1000 in Letta Credits
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Arun Pratap Singh
Ashmeet Kaur Chandok
Senior Engineer, Qualcomm
Can Erdogan
Chetan Pathade
Security Engineer
Chuanrui Li
Hrishekessa Raghu Eeti
Software Engineer at Cisco
Jiazhao Shi
Karthik Bojja
Senior Enterprise software engineer at Wolters kluwer
Phillip Greiner
Prashanthi Matam
Senior software engineer
Qihang Zhang
Senior Product Designer at Chartmetric
Rahul Ramachandran
Product Manager at Google
Rajesh Vakkalagadda
Saptarshi Banerjee
Sr.Solutions Architect
Sara McMannus
Saumil Hukerikar
Software Engineer at Meta
Shreyash Karandikar
Siddharth Vohra
Software Engineer II at AWS AI
Vivek Yadav
Xianghan Wang
Zhiyi Fan
Judging Criteria
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Usability
Is the user experience easy to use by the target audience? -
Practicality
Will anyone use it? -
Impact
Will this solve a real-world problem? -
Functionality
Does the project function as intended? Are there any gaps in implementation? -
Adaptability
Can the project be easily expanded in the future? -
Technology
How impressive was the solution technically? Did the team have a particularly efficient approach or use new technology?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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