WHEN IS IoTHACKDAY?

#IoTHackDay will occur on Oct 17th at Minnetronix. Teams compete from 8am to 8pm to build the most innovative solution that they can. The cutoff for your team to enter has passed, but you can still reach out to us and register to join an exisiting team. Contact us at admins[at]iothackday.mn if you would like to participate.

Additionally, if you would rather just attend during the evening, see what teams are building and help to vote on the winning team, register for FREE as a public voting attendee at: http://bit.ly/iothackday2015attendee

WHAT IS IoTHACKDAY?

#IoTHackDay is a fun, FREE day that brings together teams, novel ideas, and an entrepreneurial spirit to dream up and build cool new devices to solve every day problems. Teams submit their ideas and build their teams ahead of the event!

After hacking for 12 hours, at 8:00 pm on Oct 17th we will have an audience vote were the top teams receive hardware and prizes! 

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Do you have kids who might like to participate in hacking their own halloween costume? For a small fee of $20, join the LED Costumes event going on during #IoTHackDay!

Kids (and adults)... come that day to the same location and learn how to create your own glowing costumes! We will have sample materials to create LED glowing costumes that you can program with a low cost Arduino computer.

It's going to be an absolute blast! Registration and additional information for the LED Costumes project can be found at: http://bit.ly/ledcostumes2015­

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Interested in sponsoring? We would love ot hear from you! Find out all about sponsorship opportunites and how you can help at: http://bit.ly/iothackday2015sponsors

 

Eligibility

Do you have an ideas? You are eligiable. Anyone can enter #IoTHackDay.

Not interested in being on a team and competing, but would like to attend and see the outcome and vote on the winner? Register HERE

Intersted in having your kids learn about how to make and LED Costume? Register for the LED Costumes portion going on at the same time at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/led-costumes-at-iothackday-2015-tickets-18252900918

Requirements

The submission requirements are very relaxed. Send in a short response on what you are planning to create that day in 12 hours. You are open and encouraged to build modules and what you need ahead of time and be able to prepare yourself for success. The competition is all about not only the product you have envisioned and created, but additionally how much you have been able to build that day. The more you can build to what you orginally spec'ed and share with the group the better chance you have to win.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

Hardware & Services

We are putting together the details, but like in previous years, the top 3 teams will be awarded free hardware and services from a number of our sponsors valued at many thousands of dollars.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

Create your team and submit your solution to by creating a new and novel solution which uses the IoT to solve much of the basic problems that we encounter in our lives. Registration is free. All you need at this time is an idea and making sure you have a team to help execute on your vision.

Judges

Crowd [Public Voting]

Crowd [Public Voting]
IoT Hack Day Participants

Judging Criteria

  • Public Vote
    The crowd will vote for the winner!

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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