Requirements

Judges may review Devpost during deliberations, please ensure all important information is included in the submission. 

Projects must include a link to a public Github repository which includes all of their source code and any other relevant files.

Devpost video submissions are required and cannot be longer than 3 minutes. A Youtube link is required to complete the submission, please plan ahead considering upload times. 

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Prizes

12 non-cash prizes
Best Overall Hack
3 winners

First Place — INSIGNIA 43" Class F50
Series LED 4K UHD Smart Fire TV​ + MLH Winner Pins
Second Place — Fujifilm Instax Mini 12
Instant Film Camera + MLH Winner Pins
Third Place — Rocket Notebook​ + MLH Winner Pins

[MLH] Best .Tech Domain Name
1 winner

Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years!

Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

[MLH] Best Use of Gemini API
1 winner

Mechanical Keyboards

It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?

- Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice
- Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers
- Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more

Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?

[MLH] Best Use of ElevenLabs
1 winner

ElevenLabs Airpods 4

Deploy natural, human-sounding audio with ElevenLabs. Create realistic, dynamic, and emotionally expressive voices for any project, from interactive AI companions to narrated stories and voice-enabled apps. ElevenLabs will empower you to build rich, immersive experiences without the need for actors or complex audio production, using simply the power of AI.

Integrate fully autonomous audio experiences into your hack with ElevenLabs and give your project a voice, along with giving your team the chance to win exclusive ElevenLabs branded airpods!

[MLH] Best Use of Arm
1 winner

Handheld Game Console

Building with ARM allows you to create highly efficient, performant, and scalable applications & software! From IoT and Smart Devices, to AI and Machine Learning, ARM’s high performance computing and extreme energy efficiency will power whatever hackathon project you’re creating into the next level.

With hundreds of sample projects and tutorials, you’ll find everything you need to get started and then some, at ARM’s developer hub. With ARM powering the vast majority of the world’s smartphones, tablets, laptops, servers, and IoT devices, now is your chance to get hands on with the most popular processor architecture around!

Assemble your team and build your hack using one of Arm's learning paths today for a chance to win some awesome prizes!

[MLH] Best Use of DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI
1 winner

8BitDo Retro Mouse

DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI is a unified AI cloud for building, training, and deploying machine learning models and AI agents. Get access to GPU infrastructure like DigitalOcean GPU Droplets and Bare Metal servers, along with serverless inference and 1-Click Models for instant deployment of your favorite LLMs!!

Sign up for DigitalOcean today and get $200 worth of free credits that you can use towards building your next Gradient-powered hack. Enable your next project with DigitalOcean GradientTM AI for a chance to win some great prizes for you and each of your team mates!

Redstone Engineer
1 winner

First Place — Soldering station​

Game Development​
1 winner

First Place — Raspberry pi​

ACM​ Education Track​
1 winner

First Place — Tesla Box -
Electronic Puzzle Box - Escape
Room Game in a Box​

Beginner Track​
1 winner

Open to freshman and high schoolers!

First Place — Djungelskog Bear 39.3 Inch​

Best Design​
1 winner

First Place — HUION Drawing Tablet​

Community Impact Track​
1 winner

First Place — Instax bundle​

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

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Hack K-State Judges

Judging Criteria

  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"?
  • Design
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be more about how good the human-computer interaction is
  • Completion
    Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted?
  • Learning
    Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before? If a team decides to switch up, that exploration should be rewarded.
  • Originality
    How innovative was the hack? Something new, unique, creative?

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