Welcome to SBUHacks, a fully virtual 24 hour hackathon from Sept.24-25 Best of luck to all participants and happy hacking!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

Rocketing Finances Hack

Best FinTech Hack

Low Orbit Ion Cannon Hack

Best Security Hack

Area Fifty-WON!

Best GameDev Hack

Med Bay Hack

Best Health Hack

Impact Hack

Best Social Impact Hack

Out of this World Hack

Most Unique Hack

Big Bang Hack

Best Beginner Hack

The Most (Nebu) Laughs

Funniest Hack

Aurora Hack

Cleanest UI/UX Design

Best Domain Registered with Domain.com

Description:
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.

Prize:
PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger

Best Use of Google Cloud (2)

Description:
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks and lanyards. International winners will receive a Google branded backpack.

Prize:
Google Cloud Swag Bag or Backpack

Most Creative Use of Twilio

Description:
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!

Prizes:
Twilio Swag Box
GameGo Console

Best use of CockroachDB

Description:
Build your hackathon project on CockroachDB's open source and indestructible SQL database. Utilize CockroachDB in your hack for a chance to win a 3D printing pen for each team member. What's more, ALL projects submitted that use CockroachDB will receive a free t-shirt!

Prize:
3D printing pen

Best Use of Auth0

Description:
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including a Miir 12oz tumbler, Rubiks Cube, and sticker! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Save some time on your hack and set yourself up for a big win. It doesn’t take much to get started. Auth0 is free to try with up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today!

Prize:
Exclusive Auth0 Swag made for MLH Winners (Branded Tumbler, Rubik's Cube & Sticker)

Best Space App powered by Space Force

Description:
The sky is not the limit! Try your hand at making a space-themed application for a chance to win a wireless Bluetooth speaker for you and your team from the U.S. Space Force! We’re looking for amazing solutions to any space-related problems you can imagine. For any sci-fi enthusiast, this is the perfect opportunity to push the limits of your creativity by building the technology of tomorrow, today. We can’t wait to see the solutions you build! Please note: the majority of your team members must be located in the United States to qualify.

Prize: Wireless Bluetooth Speaker

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Taylor Devaney

Taylor Devaney

Rob Kukta

Rob Kukta

Aisha Haynes

Aisha Haynes

Rahul Sondhi

Rahul Sondhi

David Schiffer

David Schiffer

Mucteba Celik

Mucteba Celik

Christopher Page

Christopher Page

Richard Page

Richard Page

Brandon Maggadino

Brandon Maggadino

Christine Cesaria

Christine Cesaria

Kevin McDonnell

Kevin McDonnell

Praveen Tripathi

Praveen Tripathi

Paul Fodor

Paul Fodor

Brayan Ruiz Arias

Brayan Ruiz Arias

Ruolin Wang

Ruolin Wang

Moiz K. Malik

Moiz K. Malik

Rajat Kumar

Rajat Kumar

Rajesh Prabhakar

Rajesh Prabhakar

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
  • Functionality
  • Presentation
  • Other Prize Specific Criteria

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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