BrickHack II
216 Registered
Allowed team size:
1 - 4
216 Registered
Allowed team size:
1 - 4
Winners are announced.
Winners
Best Web Hack
Best Game
Best Design
Best Hardware Hack
Best Newbie
MLH - Best Use of AWS
Simone Center - Best Potential Commercial Product
Staples - Most Innovative Award
MLH & GitHub - Best Developer Tool
Overview
March 5-6 ignites a weekend devoted to 400 designers and coders sinking 24 hours into learning, building, and creating unique projects. Mentors and industry representatives will also join the fray to lend expertise and share wisdom. The event will take place in RIT's Gordon Field House for a centralized, communal hacking experience. Expect food, swag, and timeless brick-laden memories
BrickHack is RIT's annual hackathon! Registration is required & facilitated via the official website at brickhack.io.
Themes
General
Hacks in any theme also belong to General.
Prizes USD $14,000 in prizes
Main Prizes
BrickHack Prizes
See all of the prizes below!
Special Prizes
Best Web Hack
codeRIT will be awarding the team with the best web hack a $50 DigitalOcean credit and a Chromecast!
In addition, CSS-Tricks will land each member with a 1-year membership to The Lodge & CodePen PRO
Best Game
codeRIT's bestowing Steam controllers to the team with the best game!
Best Design
codeRIT is giving a Bamboo Tablet to each member of the team with the best visual design in their hack.
Best Health Hack
codeRIT is giving away JawBone UP2s to the team with best health-related hack!
Best Hardware Hack
codeRIT is giving away Particle Maker Kits to the team with best hardware hack!
Best Mobile Hack
codeRIT is giving away Nexus 7's to the team that creates the best mobile app!
Best Newbie
Arduino Uno starter kits and Dell Venue 8 tablets to best newbie hack! Newbies must be first-time hackers. Courtesy of codeRIT and MLH.
Best Reverse Engineering Hack
codeRIT is giving away WiFi Pineapple kits to the team with the best reverse engineering hack! This can be any hack that incorporates work from reverse engineering an API or any kind of software.
MLH - Best Use of AWS
Everyone gets $100 of credit Amazon Web Services. Best use of AWS wins 1TB hard drive for every team member!
MLH - Best Domain Name
Everyone gets a free .com, .org, or .net domain name courtesy of Domain.com. The best use of a Domain.com domain wins a swag bag with a SparkFun RedBoard!
Sparkpost - Build Something Awesome using the SparkPost API
We are giving away $500 in VISA Gift cards for the best use of our API. You can use transactional or bulk sending and/or utilize our inbound relay webhooks to receive messages. Judging is based on creativity and comprehensive use.
Datto - Best Use of Encryption
The hack with the best use of encryption will win a $500 Amazon gift card for the team!
Microsoft - Best Microsoft Hack
Qualify by using Microsoft Azure cloud (free passes provided at the Microsoft table), any Microsoft API, Kinect (loaners available) or Microsoft Band (loaners available.)
Winning team members get a Surface Pro 4!
Fedora - Best in FOSS
This prize is awarded for the best submission released under Free/Open Source Licenses.
Various prizes will be given to the winning team members!
Simone Center - Best Potential Commercial Product
RIT's Simone Center will give the team with the best potential commercial product $3,000 to build their hack into something bigger! Money can be used for prototyping, student stipends or customer travel.
Requirements:
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Only RIT students are eligible.
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The problem being solved has large market application
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2-4 people on the team; no single-member teams
Staples - Most Innovative Award
A subjective award for the most innovative hack as judged by the Staples mentors.
Winning team wins Dr. Dre Beats Pill 2.0 Bluetooth Speaker for each of the members.
MLH & GitHub - Best Developer Tool
Best developer tool wins a GitHub Octocat statue!
