DurHack 2023

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 Use of Taipy

Taipy is a powerful yet easy to use open-source Python library for creating full stack web applications! If you’re a Python developer, this library enables you to build interactive and dynamic graphical user interfaces and support them with data-driven backends. All of these functionalities are just a pip install taipy away and can cut your development time in half! Use Taipy in your hackathon project for a chance to win a set of Wireless Headphones for you and each of your team members, as well as a chance to have your project featured on the Taipy website!<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>

Best Use of Kintone

Still not sure what backend to use in your hack? <a href="https://hackp.ac/kintone" target="_blank">Kintone</a> is a low-code web database that lets you set up your backend in minutes. It's beginner friendly, allowing you to customize your Kintone app using nothing but JavaScript and HTML. Your team can snag a FREE microcontroller by <a href="https://hackp.ac/kintone-developer-license" target="_blank">signing up for Kintone</a> and visiting the MLH table, and if you <a href="https://hackp.ac/kintone-hackathon-idea" target="_blank">use Kintone in your hackathon project</a>, you'll have a chance to win a breadboard IoT kit to power up the hardware hacking for each member of your team!<br>

Most Creative Use of Redis Cloud

<a href="https://hackp.ac/redis-cloud-free" target="_blank">Redis Cloud</a> is the easiest way to build and scale real-time applications - Period! It includes Redis Stack, adding indexing, querying, full-text search, JSON, time-series, and probabilistic data structures to the already-rich set of features of Redis. <br><br>Redis Stack works with all of your favorite programming languages and can be added to any existing application. It’s the easiest way to build real-time applications that scale and perform.<br><br>Show us how you’ve used Redis Cloud in a way that showcases your unique and specific data structure needs and each member of your team could win a personal, portable Redis Stack server IOT hardware unit to keep developing on the go. Find out why Stack Overflow Developers have voted Redis their “most loved and admired” noSQL database for years-running by rolling Redis into your MLH Hackathon project.<br><br><a href="http://hackp.ac/redis-cloud-free" target="_blank">Sign up for your free Redis Cloud account</a>, and head over to <a href="https://hackp.ac/redis-university-mlh" target="_blank">the MLH jump off page</a> on <a href="http://hackp.ac/redis-university" target="_blank">Redis University</a> for more info and docs links. Enter coupon code MLHFall2023 to claim your Redis Cloud credits and get started for free!<br>

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry

Best Use of Starknet

Come and do something with 3D tech (Waterstons)

Best Use of Datasets (Marshall Wace)

AI assistance (Bede Gaming)

International Space Station (Hackiest Hack)

Large Language Model Acceleration (QRT)

Tools of the trade (BidFX)

Tackling the Digital Divide (Digital Durham/ Durham Country Council Challenge)

Save for the future (Atom)

Data Extraction and Analysis Challenge (QRT)

Designing a budgeting app for students (BidFX)

Out of this world storefront (THG)

Infinity (1st place)

The state or quality of being infinite. Prize: Bragging rights and levitating Bluetooth speakers

Lower Orbit (2nd place)

Prize: Mechanical keyboards

Sputnik (Funniest hack)

Prize: 3D Durhack Dinolights