What is HackDay?

Hack-Day is a single-day, 8hr, hackathon where teams of 3 choose one of the provided challenges to develop a solution concept and work to bring it to life for a chance to win big prizes!.

Why participate?

Come develop skills, make friends, and enjoy our relay race mini-event! We will be providing free meals (New York Eats and Chipotle), snacks, and the chance to earn prizes through hacking tracks with a special track from Google Gemini! Aditionally, free MLH swag will be awarded!

How do I prepare? What if I'm a beginner? What will be available for me?

During the event, there will be technical—and non-technical—opportunities hosted throughout, and mentors ready to assist throughout the 8-hour hackathon. We highly recommend beginners submit their projects, regardless of how clean it is! The experience is more than worth it. :)

Requirements

Requirements

Judging will be conducted in person. For a project to be considered for prizes, it must be submitted on Devpost and include the 3 items: 

1. Title

2. Description

3. GitHub URL 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

2 non-cash prizes
Main Track
3 winners

Apple AirPods Pro 2
25" 280Hz Dell Gaming Monitor
Mini Projector

Make sure to be on the lookout for our challenge prompts during the opening ceremony! This track will be updated with each challenge as the opening ceremony comes to a close; please note that all challenge prompts will be weighted the same for our main track, so pick the one your team likes most!

Best Use of Google Gemini API
1 winner

Arduino Tiny Machine Learning Kits

It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?

Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice

Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers

Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more

Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Dominic Lamanna

Dominic Lamanna
HackUTA

Judging Criteria

  • Technology
    How difficult is the hack?
  • Design
    How was the user experience?
  • Learning
    Have you worked with similar technologies or did you use something new to you?
  • Completion
    Does it function as intended?
  • Originality
    How creative is the project?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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