WiCHacks 2019: RIT's all-women, 24-hour hackathon hosted by Women in Computing

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Louise Slaughter Hall, 78 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA

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WiC: Best Newbie Hack

Is this your first time attending a hackathon or creating a hack? For all the people who came here just starting to code, we encourage you to keep building things and learning. This is just the start of a truly rewarding journey.

**To be eligible for this category, at least half of the team has to be first-time hackers. We want to encourage all first-time hackers to submit their creations.

Wireless headphones for each team member (max of 4 prizes).
WiC: Best Women and Gender Issue Hack

We love seeing women empowering other women through technology! Whether it’s for equality in the workplace, women’s health, or anything else you can think of, this prize category is for women empowering each other. Given to the team with the best hack that empowers women.
Fire TV for each team member (max of 4 prizes).
WiC: Best Implementation

Sphero Mini for each team member (max of 4 prizes).
WiC: Best Hardware

Got hardware? Given to the team with the best hack where the main focus is on hardware.
Canna Kit for each team member (max of 4 prizes).
WiC: Most Innovative

Polaroid Cameras for each team member (max of 4 prizes).
Best use of Google Cloud Platform

Use Google Cloud Platform in your hack. Find a full list of GCP products & services at: https://cloud.google.com/products/. Each winning team member will receive a Google Home Mini
Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Register a domain using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit.
Best IoT Hack Using a Qualcomm Device

Use a Qualcomm device, like the Dragonboard 410C, in your IoT project. Each winning team member will receive their own DragonBoard 410C.
Snap Kit Prize

Use Snap Kit's web or mobile SDK in your hack. Each winning team member will receive an awesome Casio calculator watch.
TCGPlayer: Best Use of Gaming Data

TCGPlayer has an an open API with gaming data, but you're free to use any source.
$200 amazon Gift Card for each team member.
Wegmans: Best Mash-Up of the Wegmans API

Take our data and mash it up with any other data, or make something unique, a game, etc.
$250 Wegmans gift card for each team member.
JP Morgan Chase: Best Hack for Social Good (2)

Develop a web or mobile app that would help increase the number and capacity of female entrepreneurs and small business owners. Each winning team member will receive an iPad (6th Generation)
Capital One: Best Financial Hack

$150 Amazon Gift Card per team member.
Constant Contact: Best Technical Hack

$100 Amazon Gift Card, Constant Contact Mug and a Seek Bluetooth Tracker for each team member.
Harris: Best UI

Each winning team member will receive an Amazon Gift Card between $25-50
Constellation Brands: Best Constellation Brands Consumer Experience

Consumer facing creative use of emerging technologies. Some useful technologies can be found at https://github.com/cguthy/HackathonResources. Each winning team member will receive a

Cana Kit, Constellation Brands backpack and ski mask.
Simone Center: Most Commercially Viable Product

$1000 grant - Only available to RIT students
Microsoft: Making the World a Better Place through Accessibility or Education

Xbox One S for each winning team member (max of 4 prizes).

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RIT's all-women, 24-hour hackathon hosted by Women in Computing

WiCHacks is an all-women, 24-hour hackathon hosted by Women in Computing at RIT. A hackathon is a collaborative programming event in which participants create an app, website, game, or other piece of software over the course of the event.

This event is open to all skill levels: from women who haven't programmed at all, to the best women programmers out there, it will be a great day to learn, invent, and create the future!

Hackathon participants must be female identifying students currently enrolled at a college/university and are 18 years or older.

Registration Required!

Apply now! https://wichacks.io/

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Eligibility

All attendees must be female identifying students currently enrolled at a college/university and are 18 years or older

How to enter

You must register at https://wichacks.io/ in order to attend.

Judges

TBD

Judging Criteria

Judges make the final decision.