Hoya Hacks is Georgetown's premier hackathon. We are gathering 300 talented students for 36-hours this winter to build and innovate in both software and hardware, as part of a larger technological revolution at Georgetown.
No experience necessary. We invite you to come learn something new!
Eligibility
Participant Eligibility
- You are a student over the age of 18 (Georgetown students are eligible regardless of age)
- You have received an invitation to Hoya Hacks
- You have confirmed your attendance to Hoya Hacks
Project Eligibility
- No lines of code written before 9pm on Jan 29, 2016
- All code must be submitted to Devpost by 9am on Jan 31, 2016
- Project must be presented at the expo on Sunday to be eligible for prizes
Requirements
A link to a github is required.
Prizes
$4,972 in prizes
First Place
Dell Venue 10 5000 Android Tablet, Amazon Fire Stick with Voice-Control remote, Prescription Coffee mug, $200 in DigitalOcean credit
Second Place
Small Quadcopter, Sound-Activated LED T-Shirt, $150 in DigitalOcean credit.
Third Place
Color-Changing LED Candles,Foldable, WaterProof Lightweight Keyboard, $100 in DigitalOcean credits.
Best Software Project
R2D2 USB car charger, Floppy disk coasters.
Best Hardware Project
Ultimate Arduino Starter Kit with Ethernet Connection
AABDP: Best innovation in Data Analytics
Gift cards
AIS: Best user experience
Tablet
BAH: best Internet of Things hack
FiscalNote: Best use of FiscalNote API
Gift cards
MITRE: best use of Pi
Raspberry Pi
Optum 360: Best potential to improve health
Beeck Center: Best Social Innovation
$250 in gift certificates to Adafruit.com
Twitter: most interesting use of Twitter APIs
Four 64GB AppleTVs
General Assembly: Best Education Hack
Best use of Domain.com
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
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Judging Criteria
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