About the challenge
HackDown 2022 is a weekend of fun, learning, and innovation with the opportunity of freebies, exciting workshops, and the chance to gain prizes and meet our incredible sponsors.
Requirements
What to Build
Build anything you want!
Your project submission should include the following:
- A link to your public GitHub repository
- A short description of your project
- Prize categories for which you wish to compete
- Images are optional, but recommended!
Prizes
Best Overall Hack
Holy Stone GPS Quadcopter Drone
MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interviews + MLH Winner Pins
Best Healthcare Hack
CiBest Mini Projector
Best Sustainability Hack
Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones
Best Social Justice Hack
Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 Instant Camera
Best Beginner Hack
ELEGOO Mega R3 Project Ultimate Starter Kit
Best Random Hack
Echo Dot 5th Generation
Best Use of Microsoft Cloud for Your Community
LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and Xbox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass
Bring your idea to life using the Microsoft Cloud - automatically build and deploy a full stack web app from a code repository, create and train a Machine Learning model, develop business applications with little to no code using Power Platform, and more! View our recommended popular solutions in the Education Hub at https://aka.ms/startedu.
Build your hackathon project with the Microsoft Cloud that tackles a social impact issue of your choice, and have a chance to win a LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and an XBox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass.
Most Creative Use of GitHub
GitHub Octocat Puzzle & Sticker bundle
GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!
Most Creative Use of Twilio
Twilio Swag Box & GameGo Console
Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using a web service API. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe you'd like to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any Twilio API for a chance to win some awesome prizes! Get started with $50 in free credit!
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Domain.com Branded Backpack
Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a Domain.com branded backpack for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!
Best Use of DeSo
$100 worth of $DESO coin, an exclusive DeSo Tumbler, and a YubiKey!
DeSo is the official Web3 sponsor of the MLH Hackathon League and the first Layer 1 blockchain custom-built for decentralized social media applications. While a blockchain like Avalanche costs $0.50+ to store just a 200-character post, the DeSo blockchain is built with custom indexing and storage optimizations which make it 10,000X cheaper to store social content on-chain! In order to qualify for the contest, build a hack that uses the DeSo API. While social media apps are a great fit for DeSo, you can also build financial apps, marketplaces, and more on the DeSo blockchain. To get started, sign up for a DiamondApp account, make a post tagging @deso with both your event hashtag & #MLH. The DeSo team will then send you even more $DESO coin to build your hackathon project! On top of that, the team with the Best Use of DeSo gets $100 worth of $DESO coin, an exclusive DeSo branded tumbler, and a YubiKey Security Key!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Dr. Mark Russo
TCNJ Computer Science
Dr. John DeGood
TCNJ Computer Science
Justin Diliks
TCNJ Design and Creative Technology
John Kuiphoff
TCNJ Design and Creative Technology
Dr. Sharif Mohammad Shahnewaz Ferdous
TCNJ Computer Science
Judging Criteria
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Technology
How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"? -
Design
Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be more about how good the human-computer interaction is. -
Completion
Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted? -
Learning
Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before? If a team which always does vr projects decides to try doing a mobile app instead, that exploration should be rewarded. -
Accessibility
Did the team take into account accessibility? Is there contrast with colors used, is the text legible? If the team couldn’t implement any accessible features, did they address any future implementations in their presentation?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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