Hack AE is a 24-hour civic hackathon designed to bring university students together to build software and hardware projects that address real-world challenges facing our neighborhoods, cities, states and country. Hack AE 2019 turns its focus to small farmers and other independent agricultural and agricultural dependent businesses. This year’s event will bring together cross-disciplinary skill sets of students from across the Northeast to address the integration of technology with the economic conditions of small agricultural businesses.

Eligibility

All all currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students at any college or university are welcome to register.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$2,250 in prizes
Best Overall Hack
1 winner

$1,000

Best use of Google Cloud Platform
1 winner

Google Home Minis for each team member

Best Domain Name from Domain.com
1 winner

Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit for each team member

Best IoT Hack Using a Qualcomm Device
1 winner

410C Dragonboard for each team member

First Time Hack
1 winner

$500

Teams consisting of at least 50% first time hackers may qualify for this prize.

Low Bandwidth Communication Hack
1 winner

$250

Hacking Data at the Source
1 winner

$250

Data crunching, visualization, or App
1 winner

$250

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

James Daniels

James Daniels
Senior Developer Programs Engineering/Google

Jude Kelley

Jude Kelley
Technical Staff/MIT Lincoln Labs

Ralph Turner

Ralph Turner
Co-Owner/Laughing Stock Farm CSA

Judging Criteria

  • Judging
    Please see event official for full criteria

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