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Best Use of Google Cloud

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: <a href="http://g.co/cloud" target="_blank">g.co/cloud</a>. Learn more about the tools and opportunities with Google Cloud by joining the Google Cloud Student Innovators program - <a href="http://goo.gle/student-innovators" target="_blank">goo.gle/student-innovators</a>. Winners will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack!<br><br>Be sure to redeem your Google Cloud Credits as soon as possible through the <a href="https://hackp.ac/googlecloudcredits" target="_blank">Google Cloud Credit Form</a>. Use the promo code in your pre-event email to access the form! <br>

Most Creative Use of GitHub

GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events &amp; learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!<br><br>

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains an assortment of awesome swag along with a tote for easy transport.<br>

Best Use of Hedera

Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!<br><ul> <li>Build a decentralized application on Hedera using our JavaScript SDK.<br> </li> <li>Build applications that never sleep using EVM compatible smart contract service.<br> </li> <li>Say goodbye to cumbersome databases and hello to seamless scalability of Hedera Consensus Service. With no need for writing your own APIs your data is securely stored and easily retrieved.<br> </li> </ul><br>

Best Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade

Avanade has put sustainable tech at the forefront of their ongoing mission! Sustainability is about conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources and focusing efforts to reduce and improve the environmental impact of technology, processes, and operations on our planet and society. For your hackathon project, we want you to make a genuine human impact using your ingenuity to address sustainability through an innovative use of technology. Demonstrate how you can create a more sustainable future and help the environment. As an added bonus, the team with the best sustainability hack will be rewarded with awesome lego sets!<br>

Most Innovative Startup Idea

<p>Most Innovative Startup Idea<br></p><p>Imagine having the tools, resources, and support you need to turn your idea into reality. With the<a href="https://goo.gle/mlh" target="_blank"> Google for Startups Cloud Program, </a>you can harness the power of the Google Cloud Platform to supercharge your startup and scale your project faster than ever. <br></p><br><ol> <li><p>Come up with your next big idea and form a team around it.<br></p></li> <li><p>Purchase a domain and create an email forward i.e. setup <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> to forward to your personal email.<br></p></li> </ol><ol> <li><p>If you do not yet have a Google Cloud Console account,<a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial?redirectPath=https://cloud.google.com/startup/apply" target="_blank"> sign up</a> using your @business.com email address. <br></p></li> <li><p>Apply <a href="http://goo.gle/mlh" target="_blank">here</a> using the same email in Step 3 or apply by visiting goo.gle/mlh<br></p></li> </ol><br><p>Do these three things, and you can get up to $2,000 USD in cloud credits over 2 years, technical training, business support, and Google-wide offers!  On top of that, the team with the most innovative idea will win a Google Branded Backpack. <br></p><br>

[MLH] Most Creative Use of GitHub

[MLH] Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry

[MLH] Best Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade

[MLH] Best Use of Google Cloud

[MLH] Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

[MLH] Best Use of Streamlit

Side Track - Enhances Accessibility - Sargent College

[MLH] Best Use of Hedera

Side Track - Tech Solutions to Climate Change in Boston - BU Spark!

[MLH] Most Innovative Startup Idea

Side Track - Best Financial Hack - Capital One

Sustainable Solutions - Mini Drone

In our rapidly evolving society and technologically driven society, it is easy to lose touch with the natural world that has supported human life for billions of years. While we immerse ourselves in the technological world, we must not forget about the sanctuary this earth has provided. Thus we must utilize technology to bring about the preservation and conservation of nature. How can we harmonize our technological progress with maintaining our natural world? Winners will receive MLH Winner Pins.

Digital Dreamers - Nintendo Switch

As we grow older, we often reminisce about the days when we were young children—when our imagination ran free and our minds weren’t constrained by reality. We could create new worlds and entire stories with our toys and embark on journeys to the uncharted territories of our mind. This track brings us back in touch with the creative child we once were, where we can construct new worlds with technology. How can we leverage technology, AI, and collaborative platforms to push the boundaries of interactive storytelling, artistic expression, and immersive experiences? Winners will receive MLH Winner Pins.

Inclusive Innovation - 2nd Generation Airpods Pro

With the growing and ever-evolving landscape of technology, it is essential as creators and innovators to embrace our responsibility to address the challenge of upholding fairness, inclusivity, and basic human rights. As developers, we have the unique opportunity to utilize technology to bring people together and empower those who might not be as fortunate. The world is a big place with a diverse group of people from all walks of life—think of how you can utilize technology to create a more culturally-connected, accessible, and healthier society and foster a more inclusive and/or equitable society. Winners will receive MLH Winner Pins.