CruzHacks

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>

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win an awesome Domain.com branded prize for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!<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 Beginner Hack

Notivize - Best Use of Notivize

Tech Cares - Justice Hacks

Google - Best Use of Google Cloud

productOps - Best UX

UCSC Arts Division - Most Creative Hack

Tech Cares - Health Hacks

Amazon - Best Use of Amazon Alexa

Microsoft - Best Use of Azure Challenge

MLH - Best Use of MongoDB

MLH - Best Domain Registered Through Domain.com

Tech Cares - Earth Hacks

MLH - Best UIPath Automation Hack

MLH - Most Creative Radar.io Hack

Spanner - Best Hardware Hack

Spanner is offering to the winning team (Product Design/Hardware category) a $1,000 prize in the form of Strategic Consulting hours to help them develop their idea. The winning team shall come up with a concept answering the following criteria: - Helping to solve a problem related to sustainability, environmental impact, social justice. - Original, Innovative, ingenuous, sustainable - User-friendly - Available to as many people as possible

Poly - Free Gaming Headsets

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

Santa Cruz Works - Best Tech Cares Project

The winning project will addresses issues such as global warming, social injustice, and inequality. Bonus if it is specific to Santa Cruz, issues such as affordable housing, homelessness, water, sea level rise, and transportation.