Identify a need in your local community. How can we use technology to address this issue or inspire the community to get involved in a way that is accessible to all members of the community?

To compete in this hack, at least half of your team must be registered as beginners during check-in (0-3 semesters of computer science classes). This will be validated.
1st Place: Nintendo Switch (1 per member).
2nd Place: Amazon Fire Stick, Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire Tabler (1 each per member).

What is a way we can incorporate computer science into a common curriculum subject, such as math, English, or science to engage students? 1st Place: iPad Airs (1 per member). 2nd Place: Air Pod Pros (2nd gen) (1 per member).

How can we use generative artificial intelligence and machine learning to address an issue with the local, national, or international community?
1st Place: Apple Watch Series 9 (1 per member).
2nd Place: Projector (1 per member).

How can we leverage technology to create an inclusive solution that enhances accessibility for individuals? 1st Place: Sony Headphones (1 per member). 2nd Place: Keyboard, Mouse, Mousepad (1 each per member).

How can we create a technological solution that fosters meaningful connections within the community, bringing together individuals and communities from diverse backgrounds, experiences, ages, interests, and needs? 1st Place: Meta Quest 2s (1 per member). 2nd Place: JBL Speaker, Stanley Cup, North Face Backpack (1 each per member).

In a world where the risk and security landscape is constantly changing, we need software to be written securely. To help save the world from exploits and vulnerabilities, please create Continuous Integration (CI) tool to check code for thread-safe interactions, eliminate memory/buffer overflow exploitations, and identify known vulnerabilities (CVE)’s in libraries and other embedded products. 1st place: Xbox Series X (1 per member). 2nd place : Monitors (1 per member).

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.

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

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!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, such as large language models (LLMs), are transforming how we interact with computers. During this weekend's hackathon, we want you to apply AI towards improving education to produce tools that support the quality, accessibility, and equitability of learning in today's classrooms. You can use AI to address any challenge teachers and students face, such as curriculum planning, question selection, teacher training, content generation, personalized feedback, automated grading and more. For this challenge, we encourage you to draw on your own educational experiences and propose technical solutions to problems you've regularly encountered as students — after all, you are the best to know where our education system needs improvement. Design impactful and effective AI tools for education for a chance to win a TickTime Pomodoro Timer!

Adobe Express 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 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.

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 this weekend for a chance to win a Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet and JBL Go3 Mini Speaker for you and each member of your team!

Use SmallTalk in your hack in some way to qualify for this mini-category!