Have you ever harbored a wild idea you've been itching to bring to life? At HackBeanpot, we invite you to unleash your imagination and build whatever your heart desires! Encouraging creativity and wit, we present to you, Silly Sailor!

The past few years were full of social and environmental change, and it doesn’t need to stop there! We challenge you to continue the trend into 2024 by creating a hack that uses tech to inspire positive change or promote sustainable causes.

New to tech? If you're just dipping your toes into the vast ocean of technology, we encourage you to dive headfirst into new tools, embrace challenges, and soak up knowledge. We can't wait to see you make waves as you explore, learn, and dive deeper into the tech community!

After a weekend of completing challenges with your crew and making projects, we are excited to see what you’ve learned! HackBeanpot values exploration and teamwork. If you want to try your hand at learning a new technology, we challenge you to create the most innovative or technically challenging project you can!

Aspiring front-end developers and designers, this challenge might be for you! We challenge you to create a hack that has a beautiful, intuitive, and usable front-end. This winning hack will be declared the Heart of the Sea!

You have it all! Your team is the most well-rounded, be it a glamorous UI, astounding creativity, innovative solutions, or technical difficulties. You are the best overall hacker team, and of course, the pirate with the most booty.

M5GO IoT Starter Kit (Up to 4)

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a [$50 credit for students](https://hackp.ac/mongodb) or sign up for the [Atlas free forever tier](https://hackp.ac/mongodb-free) (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with [free resources from MongoDB University](https://hackp.ac/mongodb-university)! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

Hack from Home kit (Up to 4)

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit!

Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger (Up to 4)

At Fidelity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are viewed as major keys to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to create forward-thinking financial tech that promotes equality for all people! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put financial opportunities and resources within reach for all communities, creating accessible, sustainable, and/or inclusive solutions. The team with the best hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

JBL Wireless Headphones (Up to 4)

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!

$200 USD in FLOW Token (Up to 4)

Flow is a public, decentralized, layer-one blockchain designed for creating limitless Web3 apps for mainstream adoption. Flow empowers hackers like you to build decentralized applications and share them with the world. Write safe and readable smart contracts with Cadence and explore the potential of composable, on-chain logic. With [SDKs](https://hackp.ac/flow-sdk) in multiple languages like Javascript, Go, Kotlin, Python, Swift, Unity, you can jump in and [start your hack using Flow](https://hackp.ac/flow-gettingstarted) this weekend for a chance to win $200 USD worth of FLOW token for each member of your team!