UniHacks is North Carolina's first student-led, high-school hackathon for social good. Our goal is to empower students to solve pressing societal issues in the fields of Art and Gaming, Sustainability, Education, and Finance. In just 36 hours, you'll meet inspiring industry profesionals, attend engaging workshops, and build innovative software.
Requirements
Our submission guidelines are available here.
Prizes
Calculator - Education Track
Our education track winner will receive a graphing calculator and four tote bags thanks to our sponsor NumWorks!
Book - Finance Track
Our finance track winner will receive up to 4 copies of Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets, a book "highly recommended" by Carl Ryden.
Solar Powered Charger - Sustainability
Our sustainability track winner will receive a solar powered portable charger!
Portable Speaker - Art and Gaming
Our art and gaming track winner will receive a portable speaker!
MLH Prize - Best Hardware Hack
Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with embedded Arduino Uno compatible board. Each winning team member will receive a prize!
MLH Prize - Best Domain Name
Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi wireless phone charger.
MLH Prize - Most Creative Use of Twilio
Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!
MLH Prize - Best Web Monetization Project
Coil is all about providing better ways to access and reward the creators, publishers and platforms that you love. Coil members get to view web monetized sites while streaming micropayments directly to the website owner, or in this case, you! In turn, you can react to payments in real time by displaying a thank-you message, unlocking bonus content, features and so much more! The possibilities are endless. Build a web monetized hack using Coil for a chance to win an Anker - PowerCore Quick Charge Portable Charger, exclusive Coil pin and a $60 coil credit redemption card! Bonus points for originality and creativity!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Marc Baumbach
Head of Engineering, Seguno Software
Dahl Winters
CTO, DeepScience Ltd
Michael Martine
Director, Asset Portfolio Management, IBM
Lin Sun
Ryan O'Donnell
Group Product Manager, Hireology
Judging Criteria
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Originality
Did the team take a fresh approach to an old problem? Does the hack tackle a unique aspect of the problem? -
Impact
Does the hack have clear real-world implications? How well thought-out is the concept? Does the hack adhere to its respective track? -
Execution
How well did the team translate their idea into a functional prototype? Is the hack well-designed? -
Presentation
Was the hack pitched in a compelling manner? How well did the team understand their chosen problem? Is the concept viable for an entrepreneur?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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