Participants: Individuals (must currently be in high school); Teams of 4 maximum;

Health has always been a field where issues are created just as often as they are solved. While epidemics such as the infamous chicken pox and measles are almost fully eradicated, cancer, obesity, and other degenerative diseases are facing our society today. And that isn’t all — there are plenty of physical and mental disabilities that limit other people’s ability to succeed. In Health, your goal is to help make the world a safe, inclusive place — with a project that makes someone’s life easier, whether it’s a modern-day text-to-speak program or an ingenious app for quick medical communication.

We’re in Silicon Valley, the core of American entrepreneurship — and ultra-competitive, at that! Students participating in Expo Hacks will get to see a combination of tech and business that will coalesce to show them what exactly the Tri-Valley is about; the versatile application of online skills to problems that aren’t only faced by ordinary people, but startups and corporations as well. Let your passion for tech take you above and beyond — accept no limits!

School is a staple in most people’s lives for more than a decade — and education is an area in tech that can often go overlooked. What do you think is a problem your school needs to solve? What issue do you know you can fix? Use your skills to create multi-faceted, inventive, accessible solutions. And remember, use your imagination — education can encompass an enterprising way to raise female education rates in developing countries or address poverty in systems all around the world. It’s all about knowledge; use yours to help educate the world!