About

Hack Dearborn is an upcoming annual hackathon in southeast Michigan. Hack Dearborn will be hosted at the University of Michigan Dearborn by the Google Developer Student Clubs chapter at the University. Hack Dearborn aims to provide students with a creative space to solve problems and create real world solutions using technology.

The Challenge

There will be teams of four creating a project in 24 hours to be judged. Hackathon Projects can be something as simple as a small program to websites to complex software. Keep in mind we are beginner-friendly meaning we will have workshops and prizes just for beginners. There are raffles and prizes for winning teams (more about prizes can be found on the website HackDearborn.org). Judges and technical mentors will be from sponsor companies.

Get Started

Build a team of amazing hackers
- Don't have a team? No problem, we will help you build one before the event starts
Register for the event at https://www.hackdearborn.org/ Make sure all your teammates have registered for the event.
Think about what track (Smart Horizons, Revive the Ride, Fintech Frontier, Exploratory Oasis) you want your hack to be about.
Check out our awesome prizes!
Get ready for the Hackathon!

Agenda

Saturday - 12th October 2024

TIME	EVENT
9 AM - 10 AM	Sponsor SET UP
10 AM	HACKER CHECK-IN BEGINS
10 AM - 2 pM	SPONSOR FAIR + innovation Showcase + HEADSHOTS
11:15 AM - 11:50 PM	OPENING CEREMONY
12 PM	HACKING STARTS!
12 pm - 1 pm	lunch
1 pm - 2 pm	technical mentor tables
2 pm - 3 pm	workshops
4 PM - 5 PM	WORKSHOps
5 pm - 8 pm	outdoor carnival
6 pm - 7 pm	night with the student orgs
7 pm - 8 pm	dinner
8 PM - 9 PM	MLH Cup stacking
11 pm	ENTRY CLOSE

Sunday - 13th October 2024

12 AM	DEVPOST SUBMISSION DUE FOR TEAM COUNTS
TIME	EVENT
12 am - 1 am	midnight snack + movie
7 AM	doors reopen
7 am - 8 am	yoga
8 am - 9 am	breakfast
9:30 am - 10:30 am	how to demo for dummies
12 pm	hacking ends! devpost last call!
12 pm - 1 pm	lunch
1 pm - 1:30 pm	hacker demo set-up
1:30 pm - 3 pm	judging
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	closing ceremony

Requirements

What to Build

Pour out all your imagination and creativity into building the most innovative project you can imagine. It can fall under any one of the following tracks:

Smart Horizons (Education)
Revive the Ride (Automotive)
Fintech Frontier (Finance)
Exploratory Oasis (Creativity)

What to Submit

The following are final deliverables:

Project description along with the source code and executables (as per the requirement)
A slideshow presentation explaining the project idea, its working and the key takeaways
Live demonstration/presentation (to be given in-person after the event ends)

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$6,803 in prizes

1st Place

1 winner

Playstation 5

2nd Place

1 winner

Apple Watch SE (2nd Gen. + 44mm)

3rd Place

1 winner

Beats by Dr. Dre Studio Pro Wireless Over-Ear Headphones

Smart Horizons (Sustainability)

1 winner

Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen.) + Smart Wifi Light Bulbs

Revive the Ride (Automotive)

1 winner

Marshall Emberton II Portable Waterproof Wireless Speaker

Fintech Frontier (Finance)

1 winner

Retro Typewriter Keyboard Wireless Mechanical Keyboard

Exploratory Oasis (Creativity)

1 winner

FUJIFILM INSTAX MINI 40 Instant Camera Bundle

Best Beginner Hack

1 winner

Coca-Cola 8 Can Portable Mini Fridge

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

1 winner

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 (https://mlh.link/mongodb) or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier, no credit card required (https://mlh.link/mongodb-free). 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 (https://mlh.link/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.

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry

1 winner

Hack from Home Kit

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity

1 winner

Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger

At Fidelity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are viewed as major keys to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to create forward-thinking financial tech that promotes equality for all people! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put financial opportunities and resources within reach for all communities, creating accessible, sustainable, and/or inclusive solutions. The team with the best hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

Best AI Project with Databricks Open Source

1 winner

Assorted Lego Sets

Databricks is an open analytics platform that helps you build, deploy, and maintain large scale data & AI solutions! Whether you’re working with large language models using Mosaic AI, storing data with Databricks Data Lakes, or deploying GenAI powered applications using MLflow, Databricks Open Source software has the tools you need to make your hackathon project state of the art.

Build an AI powered project utilizing Databricks Open Source projects like the ones mentioned, or Databricks friendly Open Source projects like LanceDB and Llama Index, for a chance to win some amazing prizes for you and your teammates! Check out the following link to see all qualifying Databricks' Open Source technologies.

Most Creative Adobe Express Add-On

1 winner

Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet & JBL Go3 Speaker

Adobe Express (https://mlh.link/adobe-xp) is an AI-first, all-in-one content creation app that makes it fast, easy and fun to design and share videos, images, PDFs, flyers, TikToks, logos and more. Best of all, it’s free to get started.

Add-ons in Adobe Express (https://mlh.link/adobe-xp-addons) are simply extensions and integrations that are built upon very powerful APIs. These APIs provide access to the user’s document, connections to third-party tools, and so much more. You can extend the functionality of Adobe Express using add-ons to unlock new capabilities and workflows. Check out these add-ons (https://mlh.link/adobe-xp-inspo) to see what other cool ideas developers have implemented!

For this hackathon, we want you to build a creative add-on for Adobe Express. Users are looking for add-ons that involve assets like stickers or icons, work with presentations and data visualization, and work in roles like marketing and e-commerce. Build an Adobe Express add-on (https://mlh.link/adobe-xp-tutorial) this weekend for a chance to win a Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet and JBL Go3 Speaker for you and each member of your team!

*You can also submit to this prize category if you have a prototype idea for an add-on or have a partially completed add-on. As long as you’ve built with Adobe Express, we want to see your hack!

Sauce Labs Hot Sauce Raffle

1 winner

Sauce Labs Swag Bag

Sauce Labs (https://mlh.link/saucelabs-docs) empowers you to develop, test, and deliver top-tier web and mobile apps quickly and efficiently. Their unified platform makes automated testing and error monitoring easy to do, enabling you to save time building your hackathon project! Let Sauce Labs help resolve any issues with your code so you can get back to building an award winning hack. Make sure your project is hackathon-tested by signing up for a Sauce Labs account!

To spice things up even more, we're running the Sauce Labs Hot Sauce naming raffle and selecting up to 4 individual winners at this event. To qualify come up with a cool hot sauce name and submit it to the Sauce Labs raffle form (https://hackp.ac/saucelabs-rafflesubmission-form) for a chance to win some awesome swag including a backpack, beanie, and a bottle of Sauce Labs hot sauce!