Welcome to the seventeenth biannual HackRU, hosted at Rutgers University. Visit https://hackru.org/ for more information.
You are allowed to submit your hack to be considered for one track (Social Good, Health, Education or Maverick). Submitting to more than one track will lead to an automatic disqualification.
Each team is allowed to submit their project for as many superlative prizes as their hack applies to.
Eligibility
Participants must be over 18 years in age and a student.
Participants must have registered on www.hackru.org
Requirements
You must be a registered HackRU participant to submit a project through Devpost, provide a link to the shared repository you used and the slack names of the team members for your submission.
The max team size is 4 people. Each team member must have a Devpost account and be listed as a contributor on the project submission.
During the judging period, the team must be available on slack to answer any questions.
All projects must be made from the start of hacking, 1 pm on Nov 7th, till the end of hacking, 1 pm Nov 8th. You are not allowed to submit a project that has been built before the start of hacking or a project built at/submitted for another hackathon.
When submitting your project make sure to submit a demo video, and answer the questions on the submission page.
You are allowed to submit your hack to be considered for one track (Social Good, Health, Education or Maverick). Submitting to more than one track will lead to an automatic disqualification.
Each team is allowed to submit their project for as many superlative prizes as their hack applies to.
Each team is only allowed to submit a single project.
Any hack that fails to meet any of the above requirements or the eligibility requirements will be disqualified and not be considered for a prize.
Be sure to specify the track you want to be considered for otherwise you will not be considered for a track prize.
Prizes
$6,240 in prizes
Social Good Track
(2)
Each team member of the best hack will receive: Apple AirPods* OR an Ergonomic Laptop Stand
Each team member of the runner up to best hack will receive: a $95 Allbirds Gift Card* OR a Fujifilm Instax Polaroid Camera
*requires extra form to be filled out
Health Track
(2)
Each team member of the best hack will receive: a Fitbit Alta HR* OR a Hydroflask
Each team member of the runner up to best hack will receive: a 1080p 21.5 in Acer Monitor* OR an Echo Dot (4th Generation)
*requires extra form to be filled out
Education Track
(2)
Each team member of the best hack will receive: Beats Solo 3* OR Fire 7 Tablet
Each team member of the runner up to best hack will receive: Smartphone Polaroid Printer* OR Fire TV Stick
*requires extra form to be filled out
Maverick Track
(2)
For any hack that doesn't fit in any of the other three tracks.
Each team member of the best hack will receive: JBL Flip 5* OR Logitech G502 Hero High Performance Gaming Mouse
Each team member of the runner up to best hack will receive: CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 Basic Kit* OR a JORLAI Bluetooth Vinyl Turntable
*requires extra form to be filled out
Best Solo Hack
Superlative Prize: For hacks made by a single person
The winner will receive a Logitech G332 Stereo Gaming Headset
RUSA Presents: Best Rutgers Hack
Superlative Prize: For hacks that address issues impacting the student body
Each team member will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card
Best Newbie Hack
Superlative Prize: For hacks created by first time hackers
Each team member will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card
Best Failure to Launch
Superlative Prize: For hacks that fail at the last minute
Each team member will receive the party game, Throw Throw Burrito by Exploding Kittens
Best Twitch Plays
Superlative Prize: For hacks that are the best use of HackRU's Twitch Plays Library. See the following resources: https://github.com/HackRU/twitch-plays
https://pypi.org/project/twitch-plays-hackru/
Each team member will receive a $20 Amazon Gift Card
Best UI/UX Design
Superlative Prize: For hacks that have aesthetically pleasing and intuitive UI/UX
Each team member will receive a XP-Pen StarG640 6x4 Inch Ultrathin Tablet Drawing Tablet
Best use of Domain Registered with Domain.com
Register a .tech, .space, or .online domain name using Domain.com during the weekend.
Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger & Domain.com Backpack
Best use of Google Cloud
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 will receive a Google Home Mini.
Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key
(2)
Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with Arduino Uno R3 included. 1 prize for each winning team member with 2 winning teams per event!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Fady Besada
Brandon Mazur
Madhu Sivaraj
Kobi Lee
Joe Holdom
Arya Kulkarni
Ozaner Hansha
Heena Desai
Andrew Gallagher
Dhruvil Patel
Gabe Weinbrenner
Aniqa Rahim
Max Handler
Matt Tuazon
Isabella Pham
Aakash Kakadiya
Judging Criteria
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Functionality
Does the hack work as intended? -
Creativity
Is the idea unique? If not, then is it independent from other thought? -
Design
Is the hack aesthetically pleasing and intuitive to use? -
Technical Difficulty
Was the project technically challenging to execute. Does require a higher or deeper level of understanding?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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