RevolutionUC is a 24-hour student hackathon where students from around the world come together for a weekend of learning, coding, community, and fun. Join us in our passion to create amazing things with technology!

Please register on our website first to participate in our hackathon. To register and learn more about RevolutionUC visit https://revolutionuc.com/

For information about our schedule visit https://revolutionuc.com/schedule

Requirements

All submissions must include a video.

  • Include in your Devpost submission
  • All videos must be 3 minutes or less, no exceptions

You will have to present your projects to the judges. Also don't forget to fill out the other details about your project on Devpost. 

When you're creating your video and submission, don't forget to:

  • Demo the project you've been working on for the past 24 hours
  • Be proud of what you've created!
  • Tell us what you've learned while hacking
  • Check out the judging criteria (projects are judged based on learning, execution, and originality)
  • Tell us if you're going for an opt-in or sponsor prize category

Devpost submissions close at 11:00 AM on Sunday, February 25th.

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Prizes

$9,970 in prizes
1st Place Overall
1 winner

Free 1-Year Subscription to NordVPN, Incogni, and NordPass +
Pick 1 from the following:
Xbox series S
Sony XM4 Headphones
Nintendo Switch w/ Mario Kart 8 and 3-month subscription
Meta Quest 2
HS720 GPS Drone
HP Mixed Reality Headset Developer Edition

*All team members will also receive an MLH Winner Pin.

2nd Place Overall
1 winner

Pick 1 from the following:
Samsung S6 Lite Tablet
Logitech G Pro X Wireless Keyboard
Air Pods Pro
Schwinn Electric Scooter
Sphero Bolt
Apple TV 4k

*All team members will also receive an MLH Winner Pin.

3rd Place Overall
1 winner

Pick 1 from the following:
Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse
Gotrax Hoverboard
Arduino Official Starter Kit
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller
Razer Viper Ultimate Mouse
JBL Speaker

*All team members will also receive an MLH Winner Pin.

Best Educational Hack
1 winner

Pick 1 from the following:
Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse
Gotrax Hoverboard
Arduino Official Starter Kit
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller
Razer Viper Ultimate Mouse
JBL Speaker

Best Design Hack
1 winner

Pick 1 from the following:
Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse
Gotrax Hoverboard
Arduino Official Starter Kit
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller
Razer Viper Ultimate Mouse
JBL Speaker

Best Social Impact Hack
1 winner

Pick 1 from the following:
Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse
Gotrax Hoverboard
Arduino Official Starter Kit
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller
Razer Viper Ultimate Mouse
JBL Speaker

Best "Useless" Hack
1 winner

Pick 1 from the following:
Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse
Gotrax Hoverboard
Arduino Official Starter Kit
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller
Razer Viper Ultimate Mouse
JBL Speaker

Best Digital Solution to Improve the Clinical Trial Process (Medpace)
2 winners

1st Place: $1000 Amazon Gift Card split among team
2nd Place: $500 Amazon Gift Card split among team

Medpace is responsible for conducting clinical trials for biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies. Historically, clinical trials have always been done in a physical location, but recently the industry has seen a shift toward virtual trials. When clinical trials move to a virtual format, several vital factors must shift to be more participant-centric: Logistics and tracking of shipping medicines to a participant's private residence, virtual healthcare services to create connected engagement with doctors, wearable/self-administered medical devices for collection of participant data, etc. Your challenge is to create a digital solution involving one or more of these critical factors to improve the clinical trial process.

View full challenge information at https://drive.google.com/file/d/11zgopMbph9LtmKYiA_eCqSSdQEEzhrEO/view?usp=sharing

EnableUC Challenge
1 winner

Create a way in which a patient can be reminded to take their meds at specific times of the day. This assumes that the patient takes more than one pill at different times of the day.

Prizes: T-shirt for each member (assuming it's a team of 4) and a few fun prints that EnableUC will be printing out before the hackathon

Best Use of Postgres (Tembo)
1 winner

Prize: $500 for the winning team, and each team member gets a Tembo merch box which includes glass water bottle, socks, stickers, and a $50 discount code for the store.

Tembo is the Postgres developer platform for building every data service. With Tembo, developers can quickly create specialized data services using Stacks, and pre-built Postgres configurations, and deploy without complex builds or additional data teams. This prize will be awarded to the team that best takes advantage of a Tembo Stack and/or extensions. Information on Tembo stacks found here: https://tembo.io/docs/tembo-stacks/intro-to-stacks

Best Use of AWS
1 winner

Prize: Amazon Echo Pop for each team member

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. This prize will be awarded to the team that uses at least three AWS services to power the most innovative and impressive project. Preference will be given to teams that integrate services or use more than three services.

Best Implementation of an LLM or Other Generative AI Model (CincyTech)
1 winner

$250 split among the team

UC Climate Action Plan Challenge (Metamorphosis Consulting)
1 winner

Prize: Net Impact Merch & Direct Entry Opportunity to become a Consultant at Metamorphosis Consulting

The University of Cincinnati is revising its Climate Action Plan across 8 sustainability areas: Buildings, Landscape, Water, Energy, Transportation, Food and Dining, Purchasing, and Waste. Innovate with us by developing a solution that aligns with these domains to advance UC’s sustainability efforts. If you have identified a sustainability problem outside of these categories, propose a novel approach to an operational challenge you've identified on campus. Ready to build UC’s sustainable future? Start with UC’s Climate Action Plan for goals and guidance. (https://www.uc.edu/content/dam/refresh/af-62/pdc/sustainability/Univ_Cincinnati%20Sustainability_Climate%20Action%20Plan%202019-05_31.pdf)

Parkinson's Together Synapse Sprint
1 winner

Create a product that can help address the struggles of individuals with neurological disorders

$100 dollars to the winning team with possible additional prize money if they choose to continue working on their product with our nonprofit

Best Product Market Fit (Center for Entrepreneurship)
1 winner

The team with the best product-to-market fit will get $500 split among the team!

Best Data Science and Analytics Hack (Fortified Data)
1 winner

The best project focusing on data science and analytics will get a $50 Amazon gift card for each team member

Best Use of Auth0
1 winner

Wireless Headphones & Battery Pack
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones and a battery pack for you and each member of your team!

Best Use of MATLAB
1 winner

Wireless YoYo Speaker
MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.

Best Use of Taipy
1 winner

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
1 winner

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!

Best .Tech Domain Name
1 winner

Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for Life!
Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for Life to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

William Hawkins III

William Hawkins III
UC CS Professor

Judging Criteria

  • Learning
    Did you learn something new? Have you attempted something you haven't before? Did you challenge yourself?
  • Execution
    How well did you achieve what you set out to do? How polished is your project? Are the features you included functional and thorough?
  • Originality
    Did you think outside of the box? If it's been done before, what did you change? How did you improve it?

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