Welcome to the first annual Major League Hacking (MLH) hackathon in Mississippi! The HackState Leadership Team and Mississippi State University are so excited that you’re hacking with us.
A hackathon is a sprint-like coding competition. Over the course of 24 hours, you and your team will design and build a new computer-oriented project, such as a web application, mobile application, or a hardware innovation. Near the end of the event, you will show your progress to judges and possibility win some neat prizes.
Prizes
Best IoT Hack Using a Qualcomm Device
410C Dragonboard for each team member
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
$250 Amazon Web Services Credit
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit
.tech Domains
First Time Hackers - Babel Street
All team members must be first time hackers.
Third Place
Team will receive a variety of development books from Big Nerd Ranch.
Second Place
Seagate Expansion 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0
First Place
Amazon Echo Dot and a Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kit - 32 GB
Best Safety Hack - International Paper
Four battery packs
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Shon Myatt
Babel Street
John Hamilton, Ph.D.
Distributed Analytics and Security Institute
Jay Weaver
Circadence
Judging Criteria
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Judging Criteria
Product, Technology, Coolness & Ambition, Teamwork & Exploration, and Discretionary
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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