CodeRED Exploration will feature two tracks: Internet of Things and Augmented / Virtual Reality. Teams can submit their projects to one of these tracks for a chance to win one of the great prizes for that track. Even if the project does not fall under a particular track, the team will have a chance to take home the general prize.
See our website for more information at uhcode.red
Each of our sponsors have a track as well!
Prizes
$5,554 in prizes
4x ASUS 556UA Notebook
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4.
4x Monoprice Select Mini 3D Printer
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4.
4x Jetbrains Single Tool/IDE Professional Licenses
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4.
IoT track: 4x CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 Ultimate Starter Kit - 32 GB Edition
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4.
VR Track: 4x Google Daydream Headset + Case
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4.
Oracle Track: 5x Oracle Medallion + Oracle Backpack + Oracle Headphones
Best Use of Oracle Cloud!
PROS Track: 4x Drone
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4
BlueChasm Challenge #1: Timbuk2 Parkside Laptop Backpack
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4
BlueChasm Challenge #2: Code&Quill Monolith notebook and Rotring mechanical Pencil
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4
Citadel Casing Solutions Track: Amazon Echo
1 per member of the prize-winning team, limit 4
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
$250 Amazon Web Services Credit
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Eligibility
All student hackers who are 16 years old by November 4th, 2017 can attend. This includes high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
Requirements
Submission requirements
- You are allowed to enter ONE (1) submission for consideration by the judges.
- Source code via GitHub repository (preferred) or compressed .zip
- Please be prepared to demo your submission IN PERSON to the judges.
- Please include the following information in the description for your submission:
- Inspiration for your submission
- What your submission does
- How you built it
- Challenges that you ran into, and how you overcame them
- Accomplishments that you're proud of
- What's next for your product?
- (Optional) Anything else you want to include
Judges
Gene Janiszewski
Paradigm Group, Inc.
Sanjay Parihar
Academy Sports
Reenie Askew
City of Houston
Michelle Ferrel
Croozen
George Crawford
Catapult Energy Services
Faysal Sharif
Oracle
Andrew Rubin
Virtus Partners, LLC
Victoria HIlford
University of Houston
Kashif Khan
Chevron
Moe Khan
Oracle
Phillip Schmidt
Oracle
Sayali Ketkar
Houston Methodist
Ginny Torno
Houston Methodist
Deepesh Jain
PROS
Sindhu Menon
City of Houston
Chris Buckner
FanReact
Ken Myers
FanReact
Giulia Toti
University of Houston
Ernesto Bochas Jauregui
BlueChasm
Syed Raza
CougarCS
Judging Criteria
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Innovation
Was the project like nothing you have seen before? Did it use a particularly clever technique? Did it use many different components in a unique way? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"? -
Design
Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface; is it creative? For a website, this might be about how beautiful it is. For a hardware project, it might be more about how good the human-computer interaction is. -
Implementation
Does the project work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted? Was this the most optimal way to solve this problem? -
Application
What are the real-life applications of this project? What are the short-term and long-term benefits of this project? How would this effect society? -
Presentation
How well is the project presented to the judges? Are the goals and achievements of the project clearly explained? Was the presentation professional and engaging? Did it make you want to invest in the product?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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