HackUPC

Challenges

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 some amazing prizes!

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a <a href="https://mlh.link/mongodb" target="_blank">$50 credit for students</a> or sign up for the <a href="https://mlh.link/mongodb-free" target="_blank">Atlas free forever tier</a> (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with <a href="https://mlh.link/mongodb-university" target="_blank">free resources from MongoDB University</a>! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5Stack IoT Kit for you and each member of your group.

Best Use of ElevenLabs

Deploy natural, human-sounding audio with ElevenLabs. Create realistic, dynamic, and emotionally expressive voices for any project, from interactive AI companions to narrated stories and voice-enabled apps. ElevenLabs will empower you to build rich, immersive experiences without the need for actors or complex audio production, using simply the power of AI. Integrate fully autonomous audio experiences into your hack with ElevenLabs and give your project a voice, along with giving your team the chance to win some wireless earbuds!

Best Use of Solana

The world of development is evolving fast and Solana is leading the charge with a network built to handle all of your infrastructure needs. Forget high fees and slow confirmations, it’s time to build applications that are fast, efficient, and scalable. Harness Solana's core advantages like blazing fast execution and near-zero transaction costs to make your hackathon ideas become real world projects. With Solana, the possibilities are endless. <ul> <li>Create a game, social app, or consumer product that relies on instant, high-frequency transactions. </li> <li>Design a sophisticated trading, lending, or decentralized exchange (DEX). </li> <li>Build a prototype for supply chain, identity, or payments that can handle massive, real-world volume. </li> </ul>Show us how you can innovate with Solana for a chance to win some cool prizes for you and each member of your team!

Best Use of Presage

Presage is pioneering the Human Sensing Layer, enabling any application to understand a person’s real-time physical and emotional state. With Presage, you can leverage clinically-proven vital signs, movement, emotion, and/or focus tracking to build a project that gives the standard camera super powers. Use any of the <a href="https://mlh.link/presage-sdk" target="_blank">Presage SDKs</a> to integrate capabilities like real-time heart rate, breathing rate, engagement levels, and facial expressions into your hack with just a few lines of code. <ul> <li>Immersive Gaming & Entertainment: Dynamically change game difficulty or story elements based on a player's excitement or focus levels. </li> <li>Contactless Wellness & Fitness: Build a non-invasive app that monitors stress, recovery, or fitness performance. </li> <li>Accessibility & Security: Utilize vital signs for effortless authentication, or to enhance accessibility. </li> <li>Productivity: Design a tool that tracks focus or stress. </li> </ul>Build your next hack with Presage and show us the future of human-computer interaction! Win awesome prizes along for with the following perks from the Presage team: <ul> <li>Free refills for Presage Development credits to accelerate you through your next three months of building </li> <li>30% off all Presage usage charges for your first year after going live </li> </ul>

Best Use of Gemma 4

Leverage Gemma 4 through the Google Gemini APIs with your choice of Google's latest open weight models. Choose from four different models, including "Effective" and "Mixture-of-Experts (MoE)" models. Gemma 4 is released under the Apache 2.0 license, which is a big deal for developers. It means you can use it for commercial projects, modify the code, and distribute it without having to pay royalties to Google or share your own proprietary data. Gemma 4 is the ultimate open-source toolkit for building advanced AI features that run fast and privately!

[Qualcomm] 1st place