Submission Date

1st June 2024: 12pm

Project and Submission Requirements

Teams will submit their video through a form sent to the channel on the submission day. In submission form, teams have to specify:

  • A link to their Github Repo (if any)

  • Answers to the following:

    • What’s your project called? (if any)

    • What is your chosen problem statement?

    • How does your hack answer the problem statement?

    • How did you build your hack?

  • Upload any files of your solution that are not in GitHub

  • Include a README.md in repo detailing the usage of software program (if applicable)

  • Link to demo video (max 10 minutes)

Prizes

Prize Title

Prize amount

1st Place

$3,000

2nd Place

$2,000 

3rd Place

$1,000

Special Category Prizes

Qualities to look out for 

Prize amount

Most boomer-friendly

  1. Text clearly visible (medium to large font size)

  2. Simple and easily understandable phrasing

  3. Easy traversal between menus

  4. Minimal steps required to utilise main function

  5. Translation feature is a plus

  6. Functionality is clear

$250

Most Unorthodox hack

  1. Most unique solution across all hacks

$250

Most impressive Pre-U hack

  1. Highest score for polytechnic, nsf and jc participants.

  2. Team must consist entirely of pre-university students

$250

Most impressive usage of data

  1. Application interacts with some form of data (collection/processing/analysing/manipulating)

  2. Data interaction is done in an appropriate and effective manner

$300

Point hogger

  1. The team who accumulated the highest points throughout the Lifehack event

    1. Points are acquired by participating and winning games

$100

Best Community Impact

  1. Given to the team whose solution has the most positive impact on the community

  2. Addresses a significant social issue

$200

Best undergraduate year 1 hack

  1. Highest score for undergraduate year 1 participants

  2. Team must consist entirely of year 1 undergraduate students

$200