HackSMU IV

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 Microsoft Cloud for Your Community

Bring your idea to life using the Microsoft Cloud! Automatically build and deploy a full stack web app from a code repository, create and train a Machine Learning model, develop business applications with little to no code using Power Platform, and more. View our recommended popular solutions in the Education Hub at <a target="_blank" href="https://aka.ms/startedu">https://aka.ms/startedu</a>.<br><br>Build your hackathon project with the Microsoft Cloud that tackles a social impact issue of your choice, and have a chance to win a <a href="https://premium.linkedin.com/" target="_blank">LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription</a> and an <a href="https://www.xbox.com/xbox-game-pass?xr=shellnav%22%20%5Cl%20%22faq%22%20%5Co%20%22https://www.xbox.com/xbox-game-pass?xr=shellnav#faq" target="_blank">XBox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass</a>.<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>

MLH Challenge Prize : Best Domain Name from Domain.com

MLH Challenge Prize : Best Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade

MLH Challenge Prize : Most Creative Use of Twilio

MLH Challenge Prize : Best Use of Microsoft Cloud for Social Impact

MLH Challenge Prize : Best Blockchain Project Using Hedera

1st Prize: 4 G915 TKL Keyboards

A Mechanical Keyboard for each member of the First Prize team!

2nd Prize: 4 Razer Viper Mice

A Gaming Mouse for each member of the Second Prize team!

3rd Prize: 4 SteelSeries Arctis 3 Headsets

A Headset for each member of the Third Prize team!

Best First Time: 4 Anker Portable Charger

An Anker Portable Charger for each member of the Best First time hacker team!

Best Pitch: 4 Anker Portable Charger

An Anker Portable Charger for each member of the Best Pitch hacker team!