List of hackathons in Kenmore, United States in 2016

Connected Lab, the global leader in connected software experiences, is hosting the Watson-Powered Chatbots for Smart Devices Hackathon at the Connected Lab’s Headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. This event will challenge you to create new experiences using conversational interfaces on the IBM Watson IoT Platform. There is a $10 registration fee to hold your spot, which will be refunded 100% when you arrive and teams will be assembled Friday night after the workshop. Bring your laptop, charger, and any other hardware you think you might need. You will be provided with dinner on Friday, breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday.

This is a hackathon to reconnect the Pakistani diaspora in Toronto with some of the issues affecting Pakistan to help create a worldwide community of change makers. Join this kickoff event to see poetry, visual, and performing arts to showcase issues in Pakistan such as women’s rights, health care, and education and create pathways that lead to addressing these controversial and difficult issues. Pakathon is a registered nonprofit community that inspires change makers around the world. The three-day hackathon will provide space in Toronto and connections in developed countries such as US and Canada, as well as, developing countries such as Pakistan to enable the change you want to make.

The Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon Toronto is a hackathon dedicated to creating things that have absolutely no value. You are aloud to create whatever you want as long as it works and contributes nothing whatsoever to the world. Examples of useless ideas to work with are weird food delivery services, emoji intelligence, quicktime for Pegasi, millenial falcons, sensors, virtual fealty, the internet of bees, etc. You may come with a team or just meet new people to create a stupid, terrible idea that nobody needs! At the end of the day everyone will present their stupid terrible nonsense off at the Stupid Job Fair. A hardware library with cameras, Arduinos, Cutting Edge "Electronic" Sensors, and more will be made available to you for creating your stupid pointless garbage idea. Note, no tech expertiseis required, all progammers, designers, comedians, videographers, artists, thought leaders, ideationists, neolibertarian techno-utopian oversimplifiers, and fearless creaitives are invited!

The HackHalton is a hackathon brought to you by Haltech, Sheridan College, and, TechUnder 20. This event will aim to provide you with an open data hackathon focused on improving quality of life in the Halton region through turning data into insights in order for you to produce useful solutions through collaborative software engineering.

The International NASA Space apps challenge is a yearly hackathon which runs for three days in over 130 cities around the world simultaneously.  Come as a developers, makers, engineers or entrepreneurs and take on the NASA-designed challenges, creating solutions that range from silly to serious, fantastical to feasible!

This hackathon invites all Canadian residents over the age of 18 to come and find solutions to tackle the congestion that plagues the rush hour commutes of thousands of employees in Toronto. This will be done by using a policy + technology approach and working with the Mayor's office as well as half a dozen public and private employers, [D]congestant will aim to reduce the countless productive hours lost to traffic every day. It does not matter if you are a developer or a designer, the winning idea will be selected based on potential impact!

Let your creative 8-10 year old become part of a digital storytelling adventure at this kid friendly hackathon, 3-hour workshop held by the New Media students of Ryerson University. Kids ages 8-10 will be introduced to the world of art and technology by teaching them various softwares such as Pixlr, iMovie and Scratch Programming to develop an interactive story. Inspired by Ryerson University’s Story Hackathon and the META art show, kids will be put into teams and will be given a hackathon challenge, on which they will have to work together to create the most inspiring and creative storybook experience! They will also get a glimpse on how to create wonderful works of interactive art, similar to how the artists are making their pieces in the upcoming Ryerson META art show!

ProtoHack wants to provide non-coders with the tools, knowledge and connections to bring their idea to life through the creation of a real prototype. No coding will be required. At the end, you and your team will present your project on stage to a panel of judges to get feedback.

This hackathon is hosted by the global leader in connected software experiences, Connected Lab, exploring voice-based user interfaces for Alexa, the software that supports Amazon’s Echo hardware. Alexa’s Skills enable people to interact with connected devices using just their voice. Attendees will build voice capabilities, called Skills, for Alexa. The Amazon team will provide training prior to the hackathon for using Amazon Web Services with the Alexa Skills Kit. Please bring your laptop and any other hardware devices you want to integrate with Alexa. Prizes include Amazon Echos, Amazon featuring the winners on Amazon’s developer blog, and Connected Lab offering a chance to interview for a full time position or paid internship!

About WiCHacks 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. Hackathon participants can be female college (including non-RIT) or high school students who are at least 16 years of age. This event is open to women of all skill levels: those who haven’t programmed at all, women who have done some programming, and the best women programmers out there. It will be a great day to learn, invent, and create the future. Don’t have a team in mind? No worries -- RIT Women in Computing will be hosting a series of events (including one on the morning of the event) to facilitate team formation. All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) will be provided, and participation is free. New to programming? Join our Newbie Track! The Newbie Track runs right along with the hackathon and teaches basic programming skills to those who have little to no programming experience. Transportation: At this time we will not be providing travel reimbursement. Busses may be provided for high demand areas. For more information about WiCHacks or coding resources check out http://wichacks.rit.edu/ Ticket Types: Hacker - For programmers who wish to participate in the event. Teams will be created before or during the event. Recommended for programmers of any skill. Newbie - For future programmers who want to learn the basics of programing and work on their own mini project for the event. Recommended for future programmers. Volunteer - For someone interested in setting up, tearing down, and running the event but not participating as a hacker or a newbie. We participate in Major League Hacking (MLH) as a MLH Member Event. You authorize us to share certain application/registration information for event administration, ranking, MLH administration, and occasional messages about hackathons in line with the MLH Privacy Policy.