List of hackathons in Newburgh, United States in 2016

Experienced and inexperienced makers and hackers welcome. This meetup is focused on Internet of Things, in preparation for the New Haven Hackathon. The purpose is to socialize with others and get exposure to the technologies and sensors that will drive the New Haven Hackathon. This is an excellent time to make connections with future team members. Have a project with sensors, Arduino, beacon, 360 camera, or drone? Bring it!

People are always evolving, learning, and adapting. In the 21st century, new technologies force us to change more quickly and dramatically than ever before. Is technology advancing humanity or is it making us lazy? Startup Institute is hosting the HackHuman Hackathon to challenge you to build and pitch a product/service that uses technology in order to advance the way we live, work, or play. Not a coder? Not a problem! This event is open to educators and human services professionals, business minds, artists, students, technologists, and more.

Are you a tabletop game maker and enthusiast? Ultimaker and MakerOS invite you to participate in GAMESMASH - The Game Design & Fabrication Challenge. At this 2-day event, you'll participate as part of a team of 3-6 like-minded individuals. You'll have access to a range of fabrication methods, including 3D printing, laser cutting, vinyl cutting, and CNC milling. Design and build the best tabletop game possible and then present it to a jury of expert game designer judges.Compete for prizes for Best Design, Best Mechanics, and Best In Play! Check out this tips pagefor advice on taking part in the hackathon!

The Fownders $10K Start-Up Pitch Competition is happening! The goal is to mentor and guide early stage entrepreneurs to take their ideas from seed to scale.  Teams will be judged on:  ⇒a solid MVP + ⇒understanding of their market + ⇒growth and sustainability planning + ⇒branding and design + ⇒and execution.

Sign up for VR Weekend Bootcamp in Unity for HTC Vive & Google's Project Tango. Learn how to build a world with Unity and inhabit the world with the HTC Vive Virtual Reality Kite. At this intensive three day VR boot camp, you'll learn how to build fully functional VR experiences using Unity. You’ll learn how to build worlds, develop truly cross-platform VR experiences, and get introduced to the New York VR community. With this grounding in VR fundamentals, you'll explore the unique features of modern VR equipment and how to develop for each. You'll also be introduced to developing Augmented Reality and 360 Film with Unity®.

Join NYU MusEdLab for the Interactive Surfaces Hackathon, ft. Chairigami x Novalia — two days of creating, collaborating and turning ideas into musical realities. Participants will be transforming cardboard furnitures into interactive music surfaces with Zachary Rotholz, the founder and CEO of Chairigami, a company that designs and create beautiful cardboard furnitures, and Dr. Kate Stone, the founder of Novalia, a design company based in UK that brings print to life. The workshop will have two phases: 1) Planning - Brainstorm, design and prototype your ideas. 2) Making and Sharing - Bringing the cardboard furnitures to life with your music and art.

Looking for a great job in high tech? Then "The Algorithms and Resources to get into Top Tech Companies" is for you! Come along for an evening of networking and algorithm conversations and receive valuable information from featured speaker -- Ivan Vashchenko -- on how to increase your chances of getting hired at the company of your choice. Hear what it's like working with algorithms on major projects, learn about the different resources you need to prepare for the coding interview, and connect with others in the NYC tech community.

Want to learn how to code or learn about REST APIs? What about Cisco Spark and Tropo Cloud Services? Participate in this coding camp to learn how to build apps that use Cisco Spark and Tropo. Then join in a Hackathon and compete for prizes by developing the next generation of collaboration enabled applications

NYCVRU invites all those interested in virtual reality to VRathon 2. It's the best way to learn and make friends with like-minded VR people. All skill levels are welcome. This event will give you the basic skills as well as instructions for publishing your hack online. Teams will have an entire week (and additional VR resources) to work on their hack. All projects get submitted (and judged) online. NYCVRU is a volunteer-based VR developer group, specifically focused on the Unity® (free) platform, and best practices for Google Cardboard, Oculus Rift, and other VR hardware.

Minorities in technology - come join the monthly New York meet up! The meet up features speakers from around New York City speaking on topics ranging from their experiences in technology, how to run a start up, and much more. For all game developers…Sara Cornish of Games for Change will be giving tips on game development and Richard Murby of devpost will talk about the devpost Leads Hackathon. You'll also hear from Kim Wales on financing/crowdfunding and from Maisha Walker from INC. Magazine.