TAMUhack

Challenges

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! 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!

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!

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 & 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!

Best Hardware Hack Presented by Digi-Key

<h4>Grove Beginner Kit, with embedded Arduino Uno compatible board </h4>Grove Beginner Kit for Arduino is one of the best Arduino Beginner Kit for beginners. It includes one Arduino compatible Board and 10 additional Arduino sensors and all in one-piece of PCB design. New to hardware? No problem. We've put together some great resources for you to start hacking with the Grove Beginner Kit! ⇩ ⇩ ⇩ <ul> <li><a href="https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Beginner-Kit-For-Arduino/" target="_blank">Seeed Grove Beginner Kit product page</a> </li> <li><a href="https://files.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Grove-Beginner-Kit-For-Arduino/res/Grove-Beginner-Kit-For-ArduinoPDF.pdf" target="_blank">Grove Beginner Kit Manual</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.arduino.cc/en/software" target="_blank">Arduino IDE download</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14BI6blBJj0" target="_blank">The Easiest Way to Get Started with Arduino (Video Walk-through)</a> </li> </ul>

Best Beginner Hack

Best Domain Registered with Domain.com

Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key

Best UI/UX

Best Hardware Hack

American Airlines Challenge

PIMCO Challenge

Capital One Challenge: Best Financial Hack

echoAR Challenge

TAMUhack 2021 Grand Prize

Dual Monitors

TAMUhack 2021 Second Place Prize

iPad (Latest Generation)

TAMUhack 2021 Third Place Prize

Oculus Quest 2

Hacker Favorite

JBL Flip 4 Bluetooth Speaker

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Challenge

At Hewlett Packard Enterprise we believe in being a force for good and making bold moves. Our culture defines us as a company; how we act, how we treat others, and how we conduct business. Our culture is more than words on page. You create our culture and bring it to life.We are looking for a hack that helps put these beliefs into action. Create a solution to a social, health, or environmental issue facing your community and serves as a force for good. Solving problems facing our communities is what we do. Our customers' challenges inspire us to advance technology and create solutions - their success is our success. Challenge Parameters. •We are looking for a hack that exemplifies being a force for good. Solve a health, social, or environmental issue facing your community. •HPE is transforming how people interact with technology. Projects that showcase how customers would interact with your solution, or how it could be deployed as a service is encouraged. •HPE covers it all – Edge to Cloud – so keep in mind that your solution space isn’t limited. Winners will be awarded a Raspberry Pi 4 Kit

Dell Technologies Challenge

Dell Technologies is a leader in the work from home initiative. Think about the classes you are in; the students/faculty members you work with, or who work with one another; the data generated, transmitted, or received from the various devices used throughout the pandemic. Consider the problems that have risen from the new way in which we work, learn, communicate, and protect ourselves (as well as personal/device data). Provide a solution to such an issue in which you have seen and/or experienced in the past 8-ish months that would make a positive impact on the vast majority of people working from home. Each member of the winning teams will receive an exclusive Dell Technologies swag pack!!

Best Use of Google Cloud Challenge

First Place Prize: Each team member will win a GCP Patagonia Backpack and a GCP water bottle or if you are competing internationally a choice of a Patagonia backpack or Patagonia tote Second Place Prize:Each team member will win a Parkland Backpack (International team members too!) Other Top Finalists: Members will win Reserval Google Pillow, Google Cloud Beanie, Google Cloud socks, Google Cloud journal, and a Google Cloud lanyard

1517 Fund Challenge

1517 Fund loves to work with founders at the earliest stages and invest in outstanding projects. Two of the best projects will each receive a $1,000 grant from 1517 Fund to continue further pursuing your project!

Best CockroachDB Hack

Build your hackathon project on CockroachDB's open source and indestructible SQL database. Utilize CockroachDB in your hack for a chance to win a 3D printing pen for each team member. What's more, ALL projects submitted that use CockroachDB will receive a free t-shirt!

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