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Welcome to HackPrinceton Spring 2022, a student-run hackathon by Princeton University.

At HackPrinceton, you'll meet fellow hackers from around the world, learn new skills, and work alongside seasoned mentors. We'll have free workshops, lecture series, mentorship, prizes, games, and more. Don't have a team, or even an idea? Don't worry! We'll give you the tools to build something incredible.

For 36 hours on April 1st - 3rd, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate and build out brilliant, innovative, and impactful ideas.

 

TRACKS

1. Social Good

Social good is the concept of generating a positive impact for the public. The social good track is for hackers who strive to make the world more equitable using community-focused applications of technology.

 

2. Education

Education projects are focused on lowering the barrier of entry to knowledge. The education track is for hackers who seek to make education more accessible and bring awareness to certain topics.

 

3. Sustainability

Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality. The sustainability track is for hackers who aim to improve environmental sustainability through the use of technology.

 

4. Health

Health-focused projects can take on public health challenges (ex: COVID-19, etc) or personal wellness (nutrition, mental health, fitness, etc).

 

Requirements

1. You must submit a link to your project's public GitHub repository created between April 1-3, 2022.

2. You must submit a video demo that does not exceed 2 minutes in length. Remember to leave time to upload your video to YouTube/any other platform and add the link to your video to your Devpost submission. Demo videos should clearly indicate the problem your hack attempts to solve and a walkthrough of your hack's functionality.

Please add your Discord usernames to your submission so we can contact you if you win a prize!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$14,270 in prizes
1st Place Overall
1 winner

Each team member will win an Oculus Quest Headset!

2nd Place Overall
1 winner

Each team member will win Beats Powerbeats Pro!

3rd Place Overall
1 winner

Each team member will win Tile Bluetooth Tracker Essentials!

Best Design
1 winner

Each team member will win a 3Doodler Create+ 3D Pen!

Best Use of DeSo
1 winner

DeSo is the official Web3 sponsor of the MLH Hackathon League and the first Layer 1 blockchain custom-built for decentralized social media applications. While a blockchain like Avalanche costs $0.50+ to store just a 200-character post, the DeSo blockchain is built with custom indexing and storage optimizations which make it 10,000X cheaper to store social content on-chain! In order to qualify for the contest, you must launch an app that writes to the DeSo blockchain and implements DeSo identity. While social media apps are a great fit for DeSo, you can also build financial apps, marketplaces, and more on the DeSo blockchain. For inspiration on project ideas, you can check out some of the existing 200+ apps already live on DeSo at Bithunt.com as well as our DeSo APIs. The Best Use of DeSo gets $100 worth of $DESO coin & an exclusive DeSo branded tumbler!

Most Creative Use of Twilio
1 winner

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 some awesome prizes! Get started with $50 in free credit!

Best Web Monetization Project
1 winner

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! Build a web monetized hack using Coil for a chance to win an Anker Quick Charge Portable Charger, Coil pin and $60 Coil credit redemption card!

Best Use of Auth0
1 winner

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!

Best use of Google Cloud
1 winner

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. Winners located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks & lanyards. Winners outside of the US will receive a Google branded backpack.

Best Domain Name from Domain.com
1 winner

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger 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!

Best Princeton TigerApp - TigerApps
1 winner

This weekend at HackPrinceton only, USG is sponsoring a prize for the Best Princeton TigerApp. Awarded to the best software project designed for Princeton students. You’ll get a Kindle for each team member.

BotDoc Sponsored Award
1 winner

The team with the best use of BotDoc in their project will receive a cash prize of $500, as well as 1 year worth of Core/White-label service ($60K) and $10,000 in API Credit!

Best Social Impact
1 winner

Each team winner will win a Phillips Sunrise Alarm Clock!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Blake Elias

Blake Elias

Arnav Sahu

Raghav Poddar

Jesus del Valle

Silvia Bez

Silvia Bez

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
    Think big and come up with new ideas! How original and innovative is this hack?
  • Depth and Usefulness
    Identifying problems and build a project to thoroughly solve them! How thoroughly does this hack solve the stated problem? Can you identify edge cases that would break the hack? Can this hack be used in real life to better somebody's life?
  • Design
    Create a polished experience! Does it feel like a quickly hacked-together project or something that is well thought out? Is the user experience and interface smooth and well-designed? Is this hack designed to most optimally solve the stated problem?
  • Presentation/Demo
    Articulate well the purpose and workings of your hack! Was the purpose and added value of this hack clearly stated in the demonstration? Is there a distinct problem this hack aims to solve and is the solution well presented?

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