HackED 2018

Ideation advice. The judging criteria is skewed towards real world problem solving and creation. The best hacks that come out of HackED all have great answers to the question, "What is a problem and how can I solve it?" If you can wow the judges and design a great experience too, even better.

How judging works. Projects submitted to hacked.hackerearth.com will demo to judges that will come to your assigned table. Tables assigned during the event. Your team is allotted 3 minutes to demo your project. The judges are asked to ask you questions to help their understanding of your hack.

Other rules:

• You may not begin working on your project before 12:00 AM MT on Saturday, January 27. No work may be completed before this time, with the exception of pre-printing or cutting 3D parts or other hardware components.
• You must submit your project at hacked.hackerearth.com before 12:00 PM MT on Sunday, January 28 to be eligible to present your project.
• Plagiarism is not acceptable and teams with plagiarized work will be disqualified.
• Teams can have up to 5 members of registered hackers. Contact us for remote participation.

Criteria Technical Complexity: (10pts) What type of technical challenges did the group deal with? Practicality/Usefulness: (20pts) How useful is the hack? Is it practical for it's potential users?
Wow Factor: (20pts) Are you blown away by what you see? Creativity/Originality: (20pts) How unique and innovative is the hack? Can it be found in previous submissions? Aesthetic and User Experience: (10pts) How well was the hack made in terms of user-friendliness and aesthetics? Completeness: (10pts) Is the hack well completed, nearly completed, not close? How well does it work? System Design: (10pts) How well the hack was planned out in comparison to a naive design, outside the limitations of the hack.