Apply to MakeUofT at makeuoft.ca!
Join us at MakeUofT to transform your ideas into reality! In this 24-hour event, you and your team will make a project from scratch using hardware and present your project to a panel of industry judges to compete for prizes. This year, the themes for MakeUofT are Smart Home Tech, Useless Inventions, and Accessibility Tech! For more information about MakeUofT, check out our website at makeuoft.ca!
To help facilitate your learning experience, we will host online workshops throughout the event featuring speakers from some of the top companies in the industry. We can't wait to see your creations!
Requirements
All work on a project should be done at the hackathon and solely for MakeUofT. We will verify it by your git repository.
The following ideas pertain to the requirements of the teams:
- Teams can use an idea (but can not use materials-code from previous hackathons) they had before the event. Teams can work on an idea that they have worked on before (as long as they do not re-use code).
- Teams can use libraries, frameworks, or open-source code in their projects. Working on a project before the event and open-sourcing it for the sole purpose of using the code during the event is against the spirit of the rules and is not allowed.
Devpost Requirements:
In order to submit your project, you must submit the following items through Devpost:
- Project name
- Team member names
- A short description of your design
- Your code and pictures of your project
- A video of your project for Most Innovative Use of Qualcomm HDK8450
Please ensure that you select all of the prize categories that you wish to be considered for!
Prizes
1st Place Prize
Win first place overall and get AirPods 3rd Generation for each of your teammates!
2nd Place Prize
Win second place overall and get a Fujimax Instax 12 Camera for each of your teammates!
3rd Place Prize
Win third place overall and get a Razer BlackWidow V3 Tenkeyless mechanical gaming keyboard for each of your teammates!
Useless Inventions - Theme Prize
Get an INIU Power Bank for each of your teammates!
Accessibility Tech - Theme Prize
Get a JBL Go 3: Waterproof Portable Speaker for each of your teammates!
Smart Home Tech - Theme Prize
Get an Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) Smart Speaker for each of your teammates!
Most Innovative Use of Qualcomm HDK8450
Get Meta Quest 3 VR Goggles if your team has the most innovative use of Qualcomm HDK8450!
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
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 Use of Flow
$200 USD in FLOW Token
Flow is a public, decentralized, layer-one blockchain designed for creating limitless Web3 apps for mainstream adoption. Flow empowers hackers like you to build decentralized applications and share them with the world. Write safe and readable smart contracts with Cadence and explore the potential of composable, on-chain logic. With SDKs in multiple languages like Javascript, Go, Kotlin, Python, Swift, Unity, you can jump in and start your hack using Flow this weekend for a chance to win $200 USD worth of FLOW token for each member of your team!
Best Use of Taipy
Wireless Headphones
Taipy is a powerful yet easy to use open-source Python library for creating full stack web applications! If you’re a Python developer, this library enables you to build interactive and dynamic graphical user interfaces and support them with data-driven backends. All of these functionalities are just a pip install taipy away and can cut your development time in half! Use Taipy in your hackathon project for a chance to win a set of Wireless Headphones for you and each of your team members, as well as a chance to have your project featured on the Taipy website!
Best Use of Kintone
Breadboard IoT Kit
Still not sure what backend to use in your hack? 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. If you're interested in IoT, your team can snag a FREE microcontroller by signing up for Kintone and visiting the MLH table. If you use Kintone in your hackathon project, you'll have a chance to win a breadboard IoT kit to power up the hardware hacking for each member of your team!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
IEEE
IEEE
Judging Criteria
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Idea Originality
Idea is original and described with great detail. Idea is useful in that it solves a problem, provides a service, or enables a significant function. This is also used to evaluate how well thought through the original idea is. -
Hardware Technical Complexity
Multiple peripherals are used to provide the necessary functionality required. Interfacing circuits are created with no problems. -
Technical Integration
System is well-designed and all components with their respective interfaces are working and well-designed. No bugs are present and there is some handling of non-ideal components. -
Working Demo
Demonstration works flawlessly, is repeatable, and impressive. Demonstration is clear and presents the underlying design principles. -
Presentation
Presentation is convincing and summarizes learnings, troubles, and deep understanding of technology used. Presentation is well rehearsed, demonstrates contributions by individual members, and reflect how the team was able to work effectively together.
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