WHACK, the Wellesley College hackathon, will be held November 10-12, 2017.

Eligibility

College students who are at least 18 years old.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$6,671 in prizes

#1 Crowd Favorite (4)

First to choose 1 item from the following: Snapchat Spectacles, a RC Quadcopter Drone, or a 1TB External Hard Drive.

#2 Crowd Favorite (4)

Second to choose 1 item from the following: Snapchat Spectacles, a RC Quadcopter Drone, or a 1TB External Hard Drive.

#3 Crowd Favorite (4)

Third to choose 1 item from the following: Snapchat Spectacles, a RC Quadcopter Drone, or a 1TB External Hard Drive.

Design Award (4)

Given to a hack with the best overall user experience and design.
Prize: Custom WHACK Moleskine notebooks and assorted Sakura drawing pens.

Most Creative Hack (4)

Prize: T-Rex costume

Best Rookie Hack (4)

All members of the team must be either a first year, a sophomore, or a first time hacker.

Winners receive tickets to the Harvard WECode conference and Nerf guns.

Sponsored by Dropbox: “Cupcake” Award (4)

Awarded for a hack that brings surprise and delight.
Prize: Dropbox swag bag & storage space

Sponsored by MassCEC: Best Ecological Hack

One members of the team must be a resident of MA or go to a college/university in MA.

Prize: $1000 for the team and an office visit

Rough Draft Ventures: Most Entrepreneurial Hack (4)

Awarded to the hack most likely to continue post-hackathon.
Prize: Winners will receive an invitation to pitch for 25k in funding from Rough Draft Ventures.

What we are looking for:
Team:
-balanced skillset: technical expertise and knowledge of the problem you are solving
-passionate about what you are working on

Market:
-big market size that allows the startup to grow exponentially
-not overly saturated

Product:
-significantly better than existing players
-great UX if consumer-facing
-ability to overcome the technical challenge

Community fit:
-the founders being great addition to our community and can benefit from our community

Social Good Award (4)

Prize: Pusheen stuffed animals and a single $100 donation to charity of choice

Best Hardware Hack (4)

Hacks where the main focus is on hardware.
Prize: BB-8

Best Audio or Sound-Related Hack (4)

Prize: Audio-technica ATH-M20x Professional Monitor Headphones.

Best AR/VR Hack (4)

Prize: Google Daydream View - VR Headset

Best Game (4)

Prize: Steam Gift Card - $50 value

Best Food-Related Hack (4)

Prize: An obscene amount of mac & cheese

Punniest Project Name (4)

Prize: Giraffe onesie

Social Media Challenge Winners (2)

Prize: Disney Moana Lego Kit

Squeaky Clean Award (5)

Be entered in a random lottery when you take a shower at the Keohane Sports Center!

Prize: Spa gift pack

First 25 Teams to Submit to Devpost (100)

Be one of the first 25 teams to submit to Devpost.
Prize: Custom WHACK notebook

Best IoT Hack Using a Qualcomm Device

Qualcomm DragonBoard 410c + power source

Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS (4)

$250 AWS credit

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Raspberry Pi and PiHut Essential Kit

Sponsored by Viacom: Best Multimedia Hack (4)

Prize: Amazon Fire TVs and Game Controllers

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

WHACK Team

WHACK Team

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation
    How interesting and innovative is the idea of this project?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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