About the challenge

Calling all students! Work with other students in the Northwest Arkansas and beyond to build technical prototypes for awesome ideas! We'll provide free food, free tshirts, and prizes to the top teams! This is a fantastic opportunity to get plugged into the tech community in Northwest Arkansas, and we'll be bringing in J.B Hunt, SupplyPike, ArcBest, Garmin, Netsmart, and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation to host the event!

Get started:

See our website for info and location!: https://uark-acm.github.io/hoghacks/

Requirements

What to Build

Software, hardware, or both! The point here is to make something and get your hands dirty. Definitely a bonus though if it's inline with our "surprise" theme the day of the event.

What to Submit

You'll submit your project repo, description, and short demo video (optional) on devpost!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,497 in prizes
Best Overall
3 winners

Top prize. Other prizes given out as well -- see which ones at the opening ceremony

[MLH] 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.

[MLH] 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!

[MLH] Best Use of Starknet
1 winner

# Starknet Care Package for Coders #
# FREE Tickets to a Web3 Conference by Starknet #

Starknet is redefining the very notion of Web3 by tackling one of the most intimidating technical challenges in the industry - scaling a blockchain while maintaining its security and decentralization.

Starknet was the first general purpose ZK-Rollup service on Ethereum in Feb. 2022, and has proved its potential to be a market leader. Essentially, it increases the processing speed, while reducing the cost of operating on the Ethereum blockchain.

As a result, we are seeing a variety of “traditional” tech businesses - payments / social media / AI / online gaming - now being integrated with blockchains using our technology.

Moreover, the Starknet community is a growing pool of global talent - from feisty college students to some of the most illustrious PhDs in the world.

Wanna be a part of this growing community? Let’s get you started!
https://book.starknet.io/
https://book.dojoengine.org/
https://www.gizatech.xyz/

[MLH] Best Use of Kintone
1 winner

# Breadboard IoT Kit #

Still not sure what backend to use in your hack? [Kintone](https://hackp.ac/kintone) is a low-code web database that lets you set up your backend in minutes. It's beginner friendly, allowing you to customize your Kintone app using nothing but JavaScript and HTML. Your team can snag a FREE microcontroller by [signing up for Kintone](https://hackp.ac/kintone-developer-license) and visiting the MLH table, and if you [use Kintone in your hackathon project](https://hackp.ac/kintone-hackathon-idea), you'll have a chance to win a breadboard IoT kit to power up the hardware hacking for each member of your team!

[MLH] Sauce Labs Raffle
1 winner

# Sauce Labs Swag Bag #

[Sauce Labs](https://hackp.ac/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](https://hackp.ac/saucelabs) account and running at least one test on the platform. Include a screenshot of your test results in your project submission to get entered into the Sauce Labs raffle for a chance to win a backpack, beanie, and a bottle of Sauce Labs' famous hot sauce for you and each of your team members!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Kanat Bekt

Kanat Bekt

Tyler Loukota

Tyler Loukota

Dana Lepene

Dana Lepene

Wei He

Wei He
Major League Hacking

Naveen Pujari

Naveen Pujari
J.B. Hunt

Judging Criteria

  • TBD
    See at opening ceremony

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