About the challenge
Welcome to HackPrinceton Spring 2023, a student-run hackathon by Princeton University.
At HackPrinceton, you'll meet fellow hackers from around the world, learn new skills, and work alongside seasoned mentors. We'll have free workshops, lecture series, mentorship, prizes, games, and more. Don't have a team, or even an idea? Don't worry! We'll give you the tools to build something incredible.
For 36 hours on March 31- April 2, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate and build out brilliant, innovative, and impactful ideas.
TRACKS
1. Education
Education projects are focused on lowering the barrier of entry to knowledge. The education track is for hackers who seek to make education more accessible and bring awareness to certain topics.
2. Sustainability
Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality. The sustainability track is for hackers who aim to improve environmental sustainability through the use of technology.
3. Interactivity (includes Game Design)
Interactive solutions facilitate our communication with digital devices and content. This track welcomes hackers who want to improve our day-to-day experience with technology. Projects can range from website navigation tools, social media platforms, to game designing.
4. Disruption (technology disruption, especially blockchain/web3, ML/AI)
Disruption track welcomes hackers who aim to ignite innovative approaches to existing industries and technologies. Be it artificial intelligence, blockchain/web3, or machine learning, the challenge is up for those who want to expand technological horizons.
Requirements
1. You must submit a link to your project's public GitHub repository created between March 31-April 2, 2023.
2. You MAY submit an OPTIONAL video demo that does not exceed 2 minutes in length. Remember to leave time to upload your video to YouTube/any other platform and add the link to your video to your Devpost submission. Note: In-person demos will be required on Sunday, see below!
3. Judging will be from 9:30am-11am on Sunday, April 2nd. Hackers will be expected to present their finished work in front of the judges during this time period. You must prepare for a presentation explaining/demoing your project to the judges that does not exceed 2 minutes in length, even if you attached a video to your project. Your presentation should clearly indicate the problem your hack attempts to solve and a walkthrough of your hack’s functionality.
Please add your Discord usernames to your submission so we can contact you if you win a prize!
Prizes
Best Overall Hack
Each team member will receive a Meta Quest 2!
Best Education Hack -- Track Prize
Each team member will receive a Microsoft Arc Mouse!
NOTE: You can only opt-in to ONE of the track prize categories (education, sustainability, interactivity, or disruption).
Best Sustainability Hack -- Track Prize
Each team member will receive a Philips Self Cleaning Water Bottle!
NOTE: You can only opt-in to ONE of the track prize categories (education, sustainability, interactivity, or disruption).
Best Interactivity Hack -- Track Prize
Each team member will receive mechanical keyboards!
NOTE: You can only opt-in to ONE of the track prize categories (education, sustainability, interactivity, or disruption).
Best Disruption Hack -- Track Prize
Each team member will win a drone!
NOTE: You can only opt-in to ONE of the track prize categories (education, sustainability, interactivity, or disruption).
Most Innovative Use of Verbwire API
Use the Verbwire API in your project to win $200 -- sponsored by Verbwire.
Creative Use of Verbwire API
Use Verbwire API creatively in your project to win $100 for your team! Additionally, there are $5,000 in Premium API credits for an additional 20 teams! Sponsored by Verbwire.
Most Creative Use of Twilio
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 a Twilio Swag Box & GameGo Console ! Get started with $50 in free credit
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
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!
Most Creative Use of GitHub
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 Best 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!
Best Blockchain Project Using Hedera
Glorious Modular Compact Mechanical Keyboard Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Glorious Modular Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!
Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
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! 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 Financial Hack
Sponsored by Capital One! Each team member wins $250!
Best Beginner Hack
Each team member wins an Oontz Bluetooth speaker!
Backbone Prize
Each team member wins a Backbone One! Sponsored by Backbone.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Atin Batra
Ishaan Gupta
Nick Kaashoek
Theodor Marcu
Kritika Kushwaha
Abhishek Jaiswal
Dhruv Patel
Kush Agrawal
Rohan
Backbone
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
Think big and come up with new ideas! How original and innovative is this hack? -
Depth and Usefulness
Identifying problems and build a project to thoroughly solve them! How thoroughly does this hack solve the stated problem? Can you identify edge cases that would break the hack? Can this hack be used in real life to better somebody's life? -
Design
Create a polished experience! Does it feel like a quickly hacked-together project or something that is well thought out? Is the user experience and interface smooth and well-designed? Is this hack designed to most optimally solve the stated problem? -
Presentation / Demo
Articulate well the purpose and workings of your hack! Was the purpose and added value of this hack clearly stated in the demonstration? Is there a distinct problem this hack aims to solve and is the solution well presented?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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