UB Hacking

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 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 Hardware Hack Presented by Digi-Key

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

Best use of Google Cloud

Best Domain Registered with Domain.com

Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key

UB Hacking Best Freshman Hack

UB Hacking Lead-a-Newbie Prize

Best Failure to Launch Prize

Best use of DataStax Astra

Best Hack to build a "Smart" Tech Hub Ecosystem 1st place

UB Hacking First Place

The first-place team will receive a total of $2500

UB Hacking Second Place

The second-place team will recieve a total of $2000

UB Hacking Third Place

The third-place team will receive a total of $1500.

Best Hack to build a "Smart" Tech Hub Ecosystem 2nd place

♚ 1st Place: $250 for each winning team member from a prize catalog ♚ 2nd Place: A coffee chat with one of our M&amp;T Technologists for each winning team member Research the concepts and design principles of Smart Cities and Smart Campuses to drive innovation in our new Tech Hub at Seneca One. Showcase your ideas to create new experiences and services leveraging smart technologies - which are connected to the Internet and AI-driven - to improve various aspects of the employee and guest experience on Seneca One Tech Hub campus. You should attend M &amp; T SMART Description event Saturday @ 1pm. View our PDF for more information: Tech Hub Fact Sheet: http://bit.ly/MAndTSmartTechHub M&amp;T Tech Talk: http://bit.ly/MAndTTechTalk2 Tech Hub Slides: http://bit.ly/MAndTSenecaOne Use Case Flyer: http://bit.ly/MAndTUseCaseFlyer Race for Place Doc: http://bit.ly/MAndTRace4Place

Best use of Microsoft Azure cloud services, presented by Moog Inc.

Find clever use of available tools &amp; services or just run your project in the cloud. Free services are available at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/. The winning team will receive $200 in Amazon Gift Cards.