DeltaHacks is McMaster’s annual student hackathon for change. We want to encourage students in all fields of study to come together to build real world applications that create positive change. The difference between DeltaHacks and other hackathons is that we embrace elements of design thinking to make “hacks” that solve real world problems.
The ultimate goal behind this hackathon is to include, not only the engineering and computer science students, but all talented individuals from all backgrounds to collaborate, create, and bring ideas to life. We want you to shoot for the stars.
For each member of the winning team, up to 4 members:
For each member of the winning team, up to 4 members:
For each member of the winning team, up to 4 members:
Nintendo Switch for each member of the winning team, up to 4 members
Amazon Echo for each member of the winning team, up to 4 members
As AI and voice technologies continue to improve, conversations will become even more important for building relationships, gathering insights, and surpassing customer expectations. Looking for solutions that can help create connected customer experiences across different channels, devices, and new ways of interacting.
For each member of the winning team, up to 4 members, you will get:
Amazon Echo for each member of the winning team, up to 4 members
Prize: $500 for the winning team
Create an intuitive user interface to identify the position and location of a piece of equipment in relation to its surrounding, that can then return any relevant information related to that asset. The information displayed has to be in an easy to understand format that does not interfere with the user’s vision and awareness of their surroundings for safety reasons.
Go Pro for 1 attendee who discovers the vulnerability of DeltaHacks API first.
Though many had participated, Fany Chen is the one who "hacked" our system the first and took away the Go Pro Hero 5 from Indellient!
Prize: $50 Amazon gift card for each team member
Judging Criteria:
Prizes: VR headset for each member of the winning team, up to 4 members
What: Improve the Welcome Week experience for all new students at McMaster University
How: Leverage new technologies to help students interact with other students, get involved in activities on campus and become familiar with the McMaster University Campus.
Why: ArcelorMittal Dofasco believes these technologies will be an important tool to engage new employees and provide them with meaningful work experiences.
Students are encouraged to utilize any hardware/software that they believe will solve the challenges above. We are providing the following hardware to students to help achieve their final product:
Prizes: VR headset for each member of the winning team, up to 4 members
What: Find new ways to ensure workers remain safe while working in a manufacturing environment.
How: Leverage new technology to help provide workers alerts and information to ensure they continue working safely in a manufacturing environment and prevent any accidents.
Why: There is nothing more important than the Health and Safety of everyone invited to and working at ArcelorMittal Dofasco. All injuries and work related illness can and must be prevented.
Students are encouraged to utilize any hardware/software that they believe will solve the challenges above. We are providing the following hardware to students to help achieve their final product:
Prizes: Leap Motion devices (one for each member of the team assuming there are a max of 4 members per team)
We will be bringing approximately 10 Leap Motions, one for each team. We'll be signing them out on the basis of the hack the team are contemplating. One member of each team will have to provide contact information in order for us to secure the devices' return.
$200 of crypto (of your choice!) for the winning team.
Your project must use blockchain technology
$200 for each of the top two winning teams
Your project must be based on one of the challenges in www.deltahacks.com/challenges
Prizes: CN Tower Edge Walk passes for each member of the winning team, up to 4 members
Through the “Presentation and Collaboration Tool,” teams will explore new ways to come up with an innovative web-based application that will allow team members to get access to basic presentation tools. Come check FDM booth for further instructions! The winning team will receive passes to the CN Tower EdgeWalk and an opportunity to visit FDM Office!
Here’s a broader description: When it comes to group presentations, it can be very challenging to collaborate and contribute effectively. One way is to send presentation around via email or put it in a shared directory. Some teams may decide to use Google Drive or Dropbox services and take the advantage of these platforms to keep track of all changes. All these approaches have pros and cons and may need extra applications to be installed on every machine.
We are interested in a web-based application that allows teammates to join the session without registering or installing new apps and collaborate in real time. The application must provide basic presentation tools like adding text or drawing shapes with different colours. Teammates can save their presentation to their local machines or online, which requires registration in the system. Furthermore, adding rich media like images, audio and video has additional points.
Users must be able to use their computers as well as mobile devices to interact with the system in real-time.
Prize: one Drone for each team member of the winning team, up to 4 members.
Please talk to them on fifth floor ETB to find out more!
Prize: Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit
Prize: DragonBoard 410C & Power Source
$250 Amazon Web Services Credit (US ONLY) $30 Amazon Gift Card (Non-US)