Welcome to VandyHacks - 36 straight hours of pure creativity, companionship, and innovation. Step out of your comfort zone, think out of the box, and, together, let's change the world.
Use this as a resource to meet awesome new teammates that have your crazy passion for hacking! When you and the rest of Team Awesome finish your project, please make a short video to include with your submission!
Eligibility
- Teams: No more than 4 members per team
- Location: All participants must be physically at the event
- Age: Anyone of college or highschool age is permitted
Requirements
All submissions require a short description of the project as well as a video demo or log.
It is highly suggested to also include the following:
- Screenshots of the completed project
- Link to the source code
- Correctly tagged technologies
Prizes
$7,046 in prizes
Grand Prize
Dell Venue 8 Tablet
3-year Qiqqa Premium+ Membership
Second Prize
2nd place medal
Gameboy or NES Flash Drive (https://www.etsy.com/shop/8BitMemory?section_id=7924780)
3-year Qiqqa Premium Membership
Third Prize
3rd place medal
Premium Github Memberships
1-year Qiqqa Premium Membership
Hacker's Choice
Your choice of a NES Hard Drive (https://www.etsy.com/shop/8BitMemory?section_id=6678855)
Best Use of Wolfram Tech
(3)
1st: $500 cash prize, 1 year Developer Level account for Wolfram Programming Cloud
2nd: 1 year Developer Level account for Wolfram Programming Cloud
3rd: 1 year Developer Level account for Wolfram Programming Cloud
Best Healthcare Hack - Epic
$400 NewEgg Gift Card
Best Hardware Hack
$350 worth of hardware featured in the MLH Hardware Lab. You get to choose how it's spent.
Best Nashville Spirit
Your team gets one INSTRUMENT 1 from Artiphon.
Judged on how well your hack represents and embodies Nashville.
Best Use of Open Source Software - Rustici
$250 ThinkGeek gift card
Digital Reasoning's Choice
$100 to winner's charity of choice + X hours of one-on-one Google Hangout sessions with DR engineers.(Judged based on same criteria as 1st/2nd/3rd prizes.)
Best Education Hack
3-year Qiqqa Premium+ Membership
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Brendan Wovchko
HackTennessee, Co-Founder
Yiaway Yeh
Chief Officer of Innovation, City of Nashville
Robbie Goldsmith
Director of Project Music, Community Outreach (EC)
Jules White
Assistant Professor of EECS, Vanderbilt University
Judging Criteria
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Originality
Is the hack more than just another generic social/mobile/local app? Does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem? -
Technical Difficulty
Is the hack technically interesting or difficult? Is it just some lipstick on an API, or were there real technical challenges to surmount? -
Polish
Is the hack usable in its current state? Is the user experience smooth? Does everything appear to work? Is it well designed? -
Usefulness
Is the hack practical? Is it something people would actually use? Does it fulfill a real need people have?
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