UMass Lowell's first hackathon!

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Prizes

$11,100 in prizes
Best Use of Domain.com
1 winner

Best domain .com, .net, .org namess registered this weekend gets a Domain.com swag bag!

Best Use of AWS
1 winner

Best use of AWS this weekend gets 1TB Dell Hard Drive

Best Developer Tool
1 winner

Best developer tool gets an awesome Github Octocat statue!

Most Technically Complex
1 winner

The innovation with the most technically challenging work put into it

Practicality: The solution has real-world applications
Novelty: The solution is unlike anything seen before
Likability: The innovation is interesting and appealing
Complexity: The solution requires a (almost unnecessarily) large amount of work
Research: The team is able to explain the function and significance clearly

Biggest Community Impact (1st place)
1 winner

The innovation that has the best potential to immediately benefit the surrounding community

Practicality: The solution has real-world applications
Novelty: The solution is unlike anything seen before
Likability: The innovation is interesting and appealing
Social-Mindedness: The solution has a focus on community improvement
Feasibility: The innovation can be reasonably accomplished in the community

Biggest Community Impact (2nd place)
1 winner

The innovation that has the best potential to immediately benefit the surrounding community

Practicality: The solution has real-world applications
Novelty: The solution is unlike anything seen before
Likability: The innovation is interesting and appealing
Social-Mindedness: The solution has a focus on community improvement
Feasibility: The innovation can be reasonably accomplished in the community

Biggest Community Impact (3rd place)
1 winner

The innovation that has the best potential to immediately benefit the surrounding community

Practicality: The solution has real-world applications
Novelty: The solution is unlike anything seen before
Likability: The innovation is interesting and appealing
Social-Mindedness: The solution has a focus on community improvement
Feasibility: The innovation can be reasonably accomplished in the community

Best Internet of Things Innovation
1 winner

The innovation with the most effective usage of Internet of Things technology

Practicality: The solution has real-world applications
Novelty: The solution is unlike anything seen before
Likability: The innovation is interesting and appealing
User Experience: The solution is easy to use for intended audience
IoT Usage: The innovation utilizes an Internet of Things technology

Most Revolutionary Idea
1 winner

The innovation with the best potential to disrupt markets

Practicality: The solution has real-world applications
Novelty: The solution is unlike anything seen before
Likability: The innovation is interesting and appealing
Future Plans: The team has ideas for the future of their innovation
Scalability: The innovation can easily be built into an actual product

Best Use of Performance Plastics
1 winner

Best use of performance plastics technology to improve lives

Best Use of Haven on Demand
1 winner

Best use of Haven on Demand software

Best Use of Twilio API
1 winner

Best use of Twilio's API

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Hawkathon Team

Hawkathon Team

Judging Criteria

  • Awesomeness

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