DubHacks

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 Twilio

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using a web service API. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe you'd like to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any Twilio API for a chance to win some awesome prizes! Get started with $50 in free credit!<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 Use of Appwrite

Building a full-stack application can be time consuming, especially if you’re more of a frontend developer or lack experience with things like databases or authentication. At hackathons you want to make every minute count, which is why Appwrite is the missing ingredient to your recipe for a successful hack. With all the core backend functionalities you need already pre built and ready for customization, all you’ll need to do is make an API call to take advantage of an Appwrite database, media storage, user auth, and even custom compute functions. Use Appwrite in your hack this weekend for a chance to take home some Fitbits for you and your team. <br>

Best Use of Velo by Wix

We know how difficult it can be to create a phenomenal website in a short period of time, especially when it comes to hackathons. Velo by Wix cuts down your development without sacrificing on functionality! With a built-in database and fully customizable JavaScript front-end and back-end, you can develop a full-stack application directly in your browser. With Velo, all the tools you need are conveniently located in one platform! Build your hackathon project with Velo by Wix for a chance to win Wacom Drawing Tablets for you and each of your teammates.<br>

Best Use of Velo by Wix

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Best Blockchain Project Using Hedera

Environment Track Winner

Slalom Build Game Jam Challenge

Connectivity Track Winner

The ways in which people connect and collaborate with one another have been forever changed in the past few years. Now that life is slowly but surely returning to what it once was before the pandemic, how can technology be used to rekindle and foster connections that were once seamless? Topics to Consider: social apps/mental wellness, friendship, dating, mindfulness, music, games, peer-to-peer interaction, special interest groups. Each winning team member may choose one of the following prizes: Sony WH-1000XM4 Headphones, Nintendo Switch OLED, Curved Monitor, Standing Desk, Bose SoundLink Revolve+, $350 donation to charity of choice.

Community Track Winner

Community is often both a source of inspiration as well as a motivation for us to continue creating. Whether it be for those who share our background, our culture, our experiences, those in the future we haven’t and may never meet, or even for ourselves—what we create has the potential to empower the people around us. Topics to Consider: homelessness, education, neighborhoods, political activism, crime, social justice, grassroots movements, equitable opportunity. The ways in which people connect and collaborate with one another have been forever changed in the past few years. Now that life is slowly but surely returning to what it once was before the pandemic, how can technology be used to rekindle and foster connections that were once seamless? Topics to Consider: social apps/mental wellness, friendship, dating, mindfulness, music, games, peer-to-peer interaction, special interest groups. Each winning team member may choose one of the following prizes: Sony WH-1000XM4 Headphones, Nintendo Switch OLED, Curved Monitor, Standing Desk, Bose SoundLink Revolve+, $350 donation to charity of choice.

Connectivity Track Finalist

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

Community Track Finalist

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

Environment Track Finalist

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

T-Mobile Most Marketable Hack

Best potential to create a commercial product with creative usage of the T-Mobile DevEdge IoT Developer Kit and the T-Mobile network Prize: $500 gift card for each team member

T-Mobile Most Un-Carrier Hack

Most creative, out of the box application of the T-Mobile DevEdge IoT Developer Kit. Prize: $500 gift card for each member.