About the challenge

HackSheffield 8! A fun Hackathon filled with events, swag and free food. Run by the University of Sheffield Computer Science Society.

ELIGIBILITY

Teams of 1-4 people. Must be a current student or a recent graduate.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

£1,870 in prizes
Best Hack 1st Place
1 winner

4x JBL Flip 6 Bluetooth Speakers

Best Hack 2nd Place
1 winner

4x HyperX Cloud II Headsets

Best Hack 3rd Place
1 winner

4x Xioami Smart Band 8 Graphite Black

Funniest Hack
1 winner

4x Programmer Socks

People's Choice
1 winner

4x Anker P2i buds

Most Inventive
1 winner

4x Firestick Lite

Best Newcomer
1 winner

4x £10 Amazon Vouchers

Best AI Solution
1 winner

4x Anker Wireless Chargers

Best Cybersecurity Solution
1 winner

4x Mexllex LED strips 30m

Solar Zero & HeatIO Challenge 1: Optimise Battery Usage
1 winner

4x Anker Power Bank PowerCore 20k II

Solar Zero & HeatIO Challenge 2: Energy Usage Forecast
1 winner

4x Amazon Echo Pops

Solar Zero & HeatIO Challenge 3: Grid Mix Decarbonisation
1 winner

4x Aeropress'

Hackathons UK Hackiest Hack
1 winner

Build something over the top, over engineered and held together with tape and string. Use your imagination! Win a baby Blahaj skark ><^,⋗

MLH Best Use of Google Cloud
1 winner

Google Cloud Backpack
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. Learn more about the tools and opportunities with Google Cloud by joining the Google Cloud Student Innovators program - goo.gle/student-innovators. Winners will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack!

Be sure to redeem your Google Cloud Credits as soon as possible through the Google Cloud Credit Form. Use the promo code in your pre-event email to access the form!

MLH Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
1 winner

M5GO IoT Starter Kit
MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

MLH Most Creative Use of GitHub
1 winner

GitHub Swag
GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!

MLH Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
1 winner

Hack from Home kit
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

MLH Best Use of Streamlit
1 winner

Want to take your Python skills to the next level? Streamlit is an open-source Python library that makes it easy to share and build custom web apps for machine learning, data science, and more. Instead of writing Python scripts without a UI, you can create a beautiful web app, complete with widgets and data visualizations, and deploy it for free to the Streamlit Community Cloud. You can even build a fully functional LLM-powered app with just 25 lines of code! Hack with Streamlit this weekend for your chance to win some awesome tech hardware for you and each member of your team.

MLH Best Use of Circle
1 winner

Circle Branded Hardware Wallet
With Circle, you can embed secure wallets into your app in just minutes. Circle Web3 wallets are compatible with multiple blockchains and are supported by over a dozen programming language SDKs. Circle’s programmable wallets will enable you to add secure transactions to your hackathon project using RESTful APIs, with options for both user and developer controlled transactions. If your hackathon idea involves in-app purchases, user to user payments, app to user payments, or all of the above, integrating Circle programmable wallets to your Web2 or Web3 tech-stack may be the perfect solution.

Sign up for a developer account and start using Circle’s APIs today, for a chance to win a Circle Branded Hardware Wallet for you and each of your teammates!

MLH Best Use of Starknet
1 winner

Starknet Care Package

Starknet is a general-purpose network where you can write and deploy your own smart contracts and interact with other contracts just like Ethereum. Build your application around Starknet using Rust or Python for your backend infrastructure, Starknet DSL for smart contract development, and React / JavaScript for your front end user interface. There are several SDKs available for you to choose from, making integrating Starknet into your hackathon project a breeze. Use Starknet in your project this weekend for a chance to win a Starknet care package, including a backpack, socks, water bottle, and a ticket to a Starknet sponsored Web3 conference of your choice!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

HeatIO

HeatIO

SolarZero

SolarZero

BSI

BSI

CompSoc

CompSoc

Major League Hacking

Major League Hacking

NetCraft

NetCraft

Innovative Technology

Innovative Technology

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