Come out to Brooklyn and hack out of a 25,000 square foot warehouse! We want to encourage collaboration between students, artists, and developers and anybody else interested in learning and creating.
Register here
The event will be hosted at Pioneer Works in Red Hook and there will be food provided by some of the best local food trucks and restaurants. There are no limits to what you can build - mobile apps, web apps, hardware hacks - anything you want!
We'll have prizes for hacks that address certain community issues, several company sponsored prizes, and overall grand prize for best hack.
Eligibility
Participants: Individuals interested in building and expressing themselves through technology
Requirements
You are free to create whatever you want. However, keep in mind the prize categories.
Prize Categories:
Community Development
Red Hook Transportation
Coastal Awareness
Most "Awesome" Hack
Prizes
$1,290 in prizes
Best Hack
X-Box One
RHI Favorite
Brooklyn Ice House Credits
Best Bike Hack
Red Hook Crit x Timbuk2 Especial Claro Messenger Bag
Best Use of Twilio API
2 Tickets to the Brooklyn Nets Playoff Game on 4/25
Coastal Awareness
Fort Defiance Credits
Funkiest Hack
Good Fork Credits
NY Theremin Society Hack
The NY Theremin society is looking for someone to help them with some web design and Leap Motion Visualization! They are awarding the following:
$100
free concert tickets for two to the NY Theremin Society Concerts
NY Theremin Society tote bag
Record *avalanche* by Dorit Chrysler
Leap Motion Device
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Friday, April 18
7pm - 8pm - Registration/Meet Other Hackers!
7pm - Dinner - Pizza Moto!
8pm - 9pm - API presentations
9pm - Pitch Ideas->Find Teams->Start Hacking!
10pm - Learn to Code AKA Make Flappy Bird presented by MakeGamesWithUs
Saturday, April 19
12am - Midnight Surprise Snack!
7am - Breakfast!
12pm - Lunch - Snap Truck!
2:30pm - Submit hacks to HackerLeague
3pm - 4pm - Demos
4pm - 4:20pm - Judges Deliberate
4:30pm - Winners Announced and Prizes Awarded!
Judges
BBQ Dave
Pioneer Works
Stacey Mulcahy
Microsoft
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
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Innovation
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Community Building
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