Are you ready to show us your full range of skills, creativity, and innovation? The "Best Overall" category is the grand prize that recognizes the team that achieves excellence across all aspects of our hackathon. Whether you're a coding virtuoso, a design genius, a problem-solving wizard, or a visionary thinker, this is the challenge that brings it all together. Your task is to create a project that excels in every dimension—implementation, design, idea, impact, and overall learning- to compete for the winning prizes.
Best overall - wins AirPods 2nd gen! (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Are you ready to show us your full range of skills, creativity, and innovation? The "Best Overall" category is the grand prize that recognizes the team that achieves excellence across all aspects of our hackathon. Whether you're a coding virtuoso, a design genius, a problem-solving wizard, or a visionary thinker, this is the challenge that brings it all together. Your task is to create a project that excels in every dimension—implementation, design, idea, impact, and overall learning- to compete for the winning prizes.
Overall runner-up - wins a Logitech mouse! (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Are you ready to show us your full range of skills, creativity, and innovation? The "Best Overall" category is the grand prize that recognizes the team that achieves excellence across all aspects of our hackathon. Whether you're a coding virtuoso, a design genius, a problem-solving wizard, or a visionary thinker, this is the challenge that brings it all together. Your task is to create a project that excels in every dimension—implementation, design, idea, impact, and overall learning- to compete for the winning prizes. 3rd overall - wins a Razer rainbow keyboard! (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

You made it this far, congrats!! We hope that this experience has taught you a little about design, coding, and product management! This challenge is a best overall - which means it will assess hacks on implementation, design, idea, impact, and overall learning.
Best Novice - wins Sony headphones! (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

You made it this far, congrats!! We hope that this experience has taught you a little about design, coding, and product management! This challenge is a best overall - which means it will assess hacks on implementation, design, idea, impact, and overall learning.
Novice Runner-up - wins Keychron keyboard! (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

You made it this far, congrats!! We hope that this experience has taught you a little about design, coding, and product management! This challenge is a best overall - which means it will assess hacks on implementation, design, idea, impact, and overall learning.
Best Novice - wins Anker power bank! (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Part of what makes a hackathon project really good is that you think of who the end user is, what kind of impact you want to drive, and how to market the message of the product! This challenge judges based on the design of the hack, thinking about components, User Interface, and User Experience. The winner receives a Wacom drawing tablet! (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Do you have the gift of persuasion, the power to captivate an audience, and the ability to present your project with the charisma it deserves? If so, the "The Sweet Talker" challenge is tailored just for you! In this hackathon category, we're looking for teams or individuals who can develop innovative solutions and convey their ideas convincingly and compellingly. The winner receives an Echo Dot! (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Google Cloud Backpack
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Learn more about the tools and opportunities with Google Cloud by joining the Google Cloud Student Innovators program - goo.gle/student-innovators. Winners will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack!

Be sure to redeem your Google Cloud Credits as soon as possible through the Google Cloud Credit Form. Use the promo code in your pre-event email to access the form!

M5GO IoT Starter Kit
MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (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! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

GitHub Swag
GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!

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.

Compact Mechanical Keyboard
Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!

Build a decentralized application on Hedera using our JavaScript SDK.
Build applications that never sleep using EVM compatible smart contract service.
Say goodbye to cumbersome databases and hello to seamless scalability of Hedera Consensus Service. With no need for writing your own APIs your data is securely stored and easily retrieved.

Want to take your Python skills to the next level? Streamlit is an open-source Python library that makes it easy to share and build custom web apps for machine learning, data science, and more. Instead of writing Python scripts without a UI, you can create a beautiful web app, complete with widgets and data visualizations, and deploy it for free to the Streamlit Community Cloud. You can even build a fully functional LLM-powered app with just 25 lines of code! Hack with Streamlit this weekend for your chance to win some awesome tech hardware for you and each member of your team.

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!

TinyMCE is a rich-text editor that allows you to create formatted content within a hacker-friendly interface. Adding a Rich Text Editor component has never been easier! Alongside functionality like bold, italics, underlines, hyperlinks, or titles (to name a few), the editor also allows users to enable HTML tags, MarkDown or CSS. TinyMCE even gives you the ability to edit your text elements directly with no code, similar to the way you would edit a word document.

TinyMCE also has dozens of plugins that allow developers to customize their user’s experience. From implementing accessibility checkers, autocorrect, and enhanced image editing to utilizing emoticons, adding responsive design with auto resize and even a ChatGPT AI Assistant, there’s a plugin for every use case imaginable!

Signup for TinyMCE for a free trial and get started today, no credit card required! To qualify for the Best Use of TinyMCE prize category, be sure to render the editor with a Tiny Cloud account and use at least 3 open source plugins and 2 premium plugins in your project, for a chance to win a 3D Printing Pen for you and each of your team members!
Prize: 3D Printing Pen

Capital One would like to challenge HackTX this weekend to create the best financial hack. Any hack involving money qualifies. Money impacts much of our lives and we would like to promote
change for good.
Each member of the winning team will receive $250 Amazon gift cards. We will directly email each member their e-gift cards following HackTX for convenience.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a nonprofit research and development organization dedicated to the advancement of government, industry and the public through innovative science
and technology. One area of discipline we specialize in is the use of radio communications and other RF technologies. The use of connected and integrated RF sensors are found all around us
and have become ubiquitous in how we see, monitor and interact with the world. Our challenge to you is to find an innovative use of software defined radios (SDRs) to monitor or interact with these sensors in a way that benefits government, industry or the public.
Prize: HackRF Software Defined Radio (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Are you ready to transform an extensive export of platform data into something extraordinary? Welcome to the DevRev Challenge, where we invite you to showcase your creativity, technical prowess, and innovation. With an extensive dataset at your disposal, this challenge offers endless possibilities for creating impactful solutions. Bonus points for integrating with DevRev APIs (NOT REQUIRED).
Unleash your creativity and push the boundaries of technology in this category. The "Most Innovative" award will recognize the project that showcases groundbreaking ideas and deploys them in a unique and creative manner. Challenge yourself to think beyond the ordinary and create something that redefines what's possible.
Prize: 4k Mini Drone (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Are you ready to transform an extensive export of platform data into something extraordinary? Welcome to the DevRev Challenge, where we invite you to showcase your creativity, technical prowess, and innovation. With an extensive dataset at your disposal, this challenge offers endless possibilities for creating impactful solutions. Bonus points for integrating with DevRev APIs (NOT REQUIRED).

In the "Most Impactful" category, we celebrate projects that make a real difference in society. If your project has the potential to bring about meaningful social change or
positively affect a large community, this is the category for you. Use your skills and passion to create a project that leaves a lasting impact.
Prize: Kindle (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Are you ready to transform an extensive export of platform data into something extraordinary? Welcome to the DevRev Challenge, where we invite you to showcase your creativity, technical prowess, and innovation. With an extensive dataset at your disposal, this challenge offers endless possibilities for creating impactful solutions. Bonus points for integrating with DevRev APIs (NOT REQUIRED). Dive into the world of artificial intelligence and demonstrate your mastery in
this category. "Best Use of AI" recognizes projects that effectively utilize AI technologies to
solve complex problems or enhance user experiences. Whether it's machine learning, natural
language processing, or computer vision, show us how AI can be a game-changer.
Prize: Waterproof Camera (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Are you ready to transform an extensive export of platform data into something extraordinary? Welcome to the DevRev Challenge, where we invite you to showcase your creativity, technical prowess, and innovation. With an extensive dataset at your disposal, this challenge offers endless possibilities for creating impactful solutions. Bonus points for integrating with DevRev APIs (NOT REQUIRED).

Aesthetics matter, and in this category, we celebrate the
visual appeal and design excellence of your project. Create an eye-catching user interface,
captivating graphics, or an immersive user experience that wows the judges and participants
alike. "Most Visually Stunning/Best Design" honors projects that stand out with their exceptional
visual design. Prize: PolaroidGo Camera (1 per member of winning team up to 4)

Welcome to the “Sensor Fusion Showdown,” a thrilling challenge designed to push your skills in
sensor data gathering, enhancement, and fusion to the limits. In this college hackathon, you’ll be
tasked with creating a sophisticated sensor data processing system using a Raspberry Pi,
Arduino, or your smart phone and a Language Model (LLM) with the option to utilize custom
LLM plugins. This competition will test your ability to collect data from various sensors,
preprocess it using LLM, and enhance it to derive valuable insights.
Prizes will be awarded to the top-performing team, with additional recognition for the most
creative use of LLM plugins. The top team will receive Analog SWAG bags with additional
prizes inside and $25 Amazon gift cards to each participant of the team

Procore is partnering with the B1M to raise awareness of mental health in construction for the
Get Construction Talking initiative. In the fast-paced and high-stress world of construction,
mental health often takes a backseat. The construction industry is unique in its challenges, which
can often lead to mental health issues that are overlooked or ignored. The aim of this challenge is
to leverage technology and innovation to bridge this gap and provide much-needed mental health
support to construction industry employees.
First prize is a 3D printer for each team participant (up to 4)

Procore is partnering with the B1M to raise awareness of mental health in construction for the Get Construction Talking initiative. In the fast-paced and high-stress world of construction, mental health often takes a backseat. The construction industry is unique in its challenges, which can often lead to mental health issues that are overlooked or ignored. The aim of this challenge is to leverage technology and innovation to bridge this gap and provide much-needed mental health support to construction industry employees. Second prize is wireless JBL
headphones and an Anker power bank for each team participant

Procore is partnering with the B1M to raise awareness of mental health in construction for the Get Construction Talking initiative. In the fast-paced and high-stress world of construction, mental health often takes a backseat. The construction industry is unique in its challenges, which can often lead to mental health issues that are overlooked or ignored. The aim of this challenge is to leverage technology and innovation to bridge this gap and provide much-needed mental health support to construction industry employees. Third prize is a power bank for each
team participant

In the current job market, worker benefits are often extremely difficult to track--from difficult language in insurance contracts to hard-to-decipher instructions from HR. Propose easy-to-use tools that are able to reduce the friction of employees attempting to understand how much of their benefits they are missing out on. Do so in a way such that employee personal information remains private.