Hack_NCState 2024: The premier hackathon at North Carolina State University, open to participants from around the state and country.

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE

Hack_NCState is NC State's Annual Hackathon, available for to all college students! Meet other college students and form teams of up to 4 different people to create a project that fits into one of our track descriptions for a chance to win one of our listed prizes!

Our hackathon operates in United States Eastern Daylight Time (UTC - 4:00). All projects that are submitted through DevPost before the 11 AM deadline on February 4th and are eligible for tech prizes. All submitting teams will be eligible for corporate challenge prizes as determined by our sponsors.

February 3rd

10:00 AM Opening Ceremony @ Duke Energy Hall - Hunt Library

February 4th

11:00 AM Project Submission Deadline

4:00 PM Closing Ceremony @ Duke Energy Hall - Hunt Library

GET STARTED

Coding starts on Febrary 3rd (Saturday) at 10:00 AM EDT, at our kick-off event in Duke Energy Hall located inside Hunt Library. We will be hosting workshops, tech talks, and other activities throughout the event for participants to enjoy. All projects must be submitted online before February 4th (Sunday) at 11:00 AM EDT, but you can edit anything after submitting, so we encourage you to submit your products early and often.

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Visit https://hackncstate.org for more information!

Requirements

WHAT TO BUILD

Check our track descriptions see what interests you, then build a project that fits the track for the chance to win one of our prizes!

TRACKS

Harmonic Health

Participants will create a software artifact that relates to circulation with a health-related focus; this can be circulation within the body and its systems, within the healthcare system, or within the reciprocal interaction between patients and healthcare workers. The project can relate to mental, emotional, and/or physical health, but must incorporate the circulation theme.

The Cycle of Life

From birth and growing up to lifelong development and aging, there are many steps in the cycle of life. There exist possibilities to improve any step of the journey! Participants will create a software artifact that encompasses the life cycle of humans and/or any other form of life.

Preserving Black Culture

In honor of Black History Month, participants will create an application that aims to aid in culture preservation. This can take many forms such as software for the assistance of archiving culture, promoting the circulation of black culture, or software that aims to shine a light on lesser known aspects of black history. General culture preservation can be expressed as long as attention to black cultural preservation is articulated.

Out of the Loop

Does something out there feel a bit disconnected? Or do you feel there is something you or others should know about, but just can't put your finger on it? Wish there was some way to connect these ideas? You may be "Out of the Loop"! In this track, participants will create an innovative software artifact that relates to the theme of either missing connections, missed information, or connecting two disparate loops together somehow to make a new one.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

Submit your project with a 2 to 3 minute pitch video. Feel free to include any supplemental documents, files, websites, etc. However, remember that more is not always better!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$4,960 in prizes

First Place Harmonic Health - 34 Inch Sceptre Monitor

1 winner

First Place Cycle of Life - Meta Quest 2

1 winner

First Place Out of the Loop - Bose QuietComfort Over-Ear Headphones

1 winner

First Place Preserving Black Culture - Apple Watch SE

1 winner

Second Place Harmonic Health - YubiKey

1 winner

Second Place Cycle of Life - Anker Soundcore 2 Speaker

1 winner

Second Place Out of the Loop - Logitech G502 Mouse

1 winner

Second Place Preserving Black Culture - Drone

1 winner

Most Creative Adobe Express Add-On - MLH

1 winner

Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet & JBL Go3 Speaker
Adobe Express is an AI-first, all-in-one content creation app that makes it fast, easy and fun to design and share videos, images, PDFs, flyers, TikToks, logos and more. Best of all, it’s free to get started.

Add-ons in Adobe Express are simply extensions and integrations that are built upon very powerful APIs. These APIs provide access to the user’s document, connections to third-party tools, and so much more. You can extend the functionality of Adobe Express using add-ons to unlock new capabilities and workflows. Check out these add-ons to see what other cool ideas developers have implemented!

For this hackathon, we want you to build a creative add-on for Adobe Express. Users are looking for add-ons that involve assets like stickers or icons, work with presentations and data visualization, and work in roles like marketing and e-commerce. Build an Adobe Express add-on this weekend for a chance to win a Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet and JBL Go3 Speaker for you and each member of your team!

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas - MLH

1 winner

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.

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry - MLH

1 winner

Hack from Home kit
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.

Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity - MLH

1 winner

Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger
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!

Best Use of Flow - MLH

1 winner

$200 USD in FLOW Token
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 in multiple languages like Javascript, Go, Kotlin, Python, Swift, Unity, you can jump in and start your hack using Flow this weekend for a chance to win $200 USD worth of FLOW token for each member of your team!