WEHack General Challenge + WEHack Design Track Challenge

Develop an application that follows our theme “Adventure is Out There.” Think: travel, taking risks, and/or being bold and creative with new ideas!!

 

Toyota Challenge

Toyota’s vision is for customers to experience amazing. Using the latest tech trends, you are tasked with creating a next-gen mobility solution that enhances safety and/or convenience, further elevating the unsurpassed Toyota customer experience. Use your imagination to develop the concept, build documentation & visualization and vividly demonstrate it through a software MVP that helps our judges understand and appreciate your core idea. We can’t wait to see your vision come to life!

 

L3 Harris Challenge

Design an app that will stimulate interest in STEM principles among all children under the age of 12.

 

State Farm Challenge

As good neighbors, we treat others with respect, dignity and empathy, creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels they belong, can grow and thrive. All of us own the responsibility to exemplify inclusive behavior in every relationship – at school, at work, or in the community. We work with others to make the world around us a better place. Create a digital experience (a game, application, etc.) that supports these goals by promoting understanding, diversity, and inclusion.

 

CBRE Challenge

CBRE is the #1 commercial real estate firm in the world. Your challenge is to create a prototype intended to improve the “site selection” process in commercial real estate – which is the process of selecting a plot of land or existing building/structure to develop for business purposes. Utilize AI/ML to help CBRE confidently identify the location of their next commercial development endeavor. Factors that are considered, when choosing the best possible site, are 1) target audience, 2) demographics (location, zoning, labor analytics, etc.) and 3) historically profitable locations/markets.

Please use the data here:

[https://cbre.ent.box.com/s/i8all613pbe71bex02e4jecsxuhr4d6d](https://cbre.ent.box.com/s/i8all613pbe71bex02e4jecsxuhr4d6d)

 

 

 

Requirements

What to Submit

Please submit your GitHub link (unless you are soley competing in the design track), the names of the team members, the challenge you chose, if you are competing in the design track, a description of the submission, and any demo video/screenshots you want to attach as well. You can choose to enter for multiple chellanges, but you have to submit another submission for each challenge you choose.

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Prizes

$2,845 in prizes

WEHack General (3)

1st Place - Mini Projector
2nd Place - Amazon Echo Show 8 with Smart Display
3rd Place - Logitech G G213 Prodigy Gaming Keyboard

WEHack Design Track Prize

JBL Flip 5 Portable Waterproof Speaker

Toyota Challenge (3)

1st Place - JBL Flip 6, Toyota backpack w/ swag, Camelback hydration pack, and monitor
2nd Place - JBL Clip 4, Camelback hydration pack
3rd Place - JBL Go 3, Camelback hydration pack

L3 Harris Challenge (3)

1st Place - $200 Amazon gift card each
2nd Place - $100 Amazon gift card each
3rd Place - $50 Amazon gift card each

State Farm Challenge (2)

1st Place - ASUS TUF Gaming 27" 1440P HDR Curved Monitor (VG27WQ1B) - QHD (2560 x 1440)
2nd Place - Sennheiser HD 450BT Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless Headphone with Active Noise Cancellation

CBRE Challenge (3)

1st Place - $150 Amazon gift card each
2nd Place - $75 Amazon gift card each
3rd Place - $50 Amazon gift card each

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 a web service API. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe you'd like to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any Twilio API for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box & GameGo Console ! Get started with $50 in free credit

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a Domain.com branded backpack for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!

Most Creative Use of GitHub

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 Best 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!

Best Use of Microsoft Cloud for Your Community

Prize: LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and Xbox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass Bring your idea to life using the Microsoft Cloud - automatically build and deploy a full stack web app from a code repository, create and train a Machine Learning model, develop business applications with little to no code using Power Platform, and more! View our recommended popular solutions in the Education Hub at https://aka.ms/startedu. Build your hackathon project with the Microsoft Cloud that tackles a social impact issue of your choice, and have a chance to win a LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and an XBox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass.

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

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! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

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Judges

Swarita Kelwada

Swarita Kelwada
WEHack

Judging Criteria

  • Theme
    Theme is TBA at the opening ceremony on February 11th, 2023.

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