Derbyhacks is the culmination of a lot of work and a lot of love for hacking. A weekend long invention competition designed to bring lots of people together for a great time of learning, laughing and building.

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Prizes

$3,018 in prizes
Day See Me Hacking
1 winner

Best hack for a smart city. Bonus points for incorporating open data.

Home is Where the Hack is
1 winner

Best integration of smart city and the home

The Shayne Memorial
1 winner

Best useless hack

Hack to the Heart (and You're Too Late)
1 winner

Best health-related hack

Let's Get Technical, Technical
1 winner

Hack that demonstrates the most challenging and well-executed technical proficiency

FirstBuild Prize (Build Me Up)
1 winner

Best appliance or home related projects, judged by FirstBuild staff members

American Showman (SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOOOOOOOT)
1 winner

Goes to the team that can best sell their project

#LetMeTakeASelfie
1 winner

Best social media post over the 36-hour period using the hashtag #makeyourcity

Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
1 winner

Win $250 AWS credit

Best Domain Name from Domain.com
1 winner

Win Domain.com swag bags

First Place
1 winner

Google Home

Second Place
1 winner

RC QuadCopters

Third Prize
1 winner

Special Pi3 Kit

Most potential value for the world / biggest market
2 winners

Free passes to Louisville Startup Weekend (April 7-9) and Heine Brother's gift cards.

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Judges

Shayne Hemminger

Shayne Hemminger

Judging Criteria

  • Impress Shayne (applies to Shayne only)
    no puns, nice technical skills

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