List of hackathons in San Francisco, United States in 2016

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), collaboration with Automatic Labs, are pleased to host this Connected Car Hackathon, an event focused on making technologies for the safer smart-driver of tomorrow. Bringing together programmers, developers, artists, technologists, data analysts, environmental stewards, travel behaviour experts, commuters, and others who are interested in using technology to address this region’s transportation challenges. Participants will have the opportunity to use data sets coming from connected cars to build apps and tools that encourage smarter driving, safer driving, and maybe even encourage travellers to consider alternate travel options. So come to develop apps and tools to encourage smart driving and/or solve transportation and mobility challenges!

These Hackathons will focus on coding and programming for youth. Bring your kids and let them discover how they can use code to generate the beginnings of interactive functions on-screen. There will be 5 separate hackathons, one per month starting February and ending in June! Teen Dev Camp teaches middle & high schoolers the leading edge of modern film making as well as web app development. Students will be able to create websites, web apps, web games, and even iPhone and Android apps!

This is a hackathon organized by Wellex Corporation and IBM on Internet of Things. Subjects that will be covered on this day include Cognitive Computing With IBM Watson IoT Platform, Wellex Manufacturing, Services and Move into IoT, and IoT Startups Pitch for innovations. Take part in the Internet of Things Open house to learn how to build services starting from a minimum viable product (MVP) to completely assembled and tested systems. Learn how IBM Watson IoT Platform extends the power of cognitive computing to the Internet of Things—billions of connected devices, sensors and systems that comprise the IoT.  You will hear from a group of emerging IoT startups pitch and showcase their solutions. Included is a hands-on session where you’ll learn the components necessary to build innovative apps in the Cloud using IBM Bluemix – The Digital Innovation Platform. All IoT subject matter experts, investors, corporations and startups are welcome to attend this event and for a space for networking and potential opportunities!

This is a hackathon is hosted by Agora partnering with BitTigeron to build creative new applications for cutting-edge real time communication through mobile devices. Agora is developing the next generation of web RTC technology, and is already working with some of the biggest mobile application producers like Xiaomi. Very fast voice and video calls open up new possibilities for collaboration and communication. This is an open-ended challenge, you are free to come up with whatever you want. Examples of user cases could be collaborative e-learning, social applications, dating apps, customer service, telehealth, gaming, etc. Participants are allowed to begin work on the projects as soon as the official announcement and registration link opens Participants must incorporate either the iOS or Android SDK and a real-time-communication feature as a core part of the project. Otherwise it is an open challenge. The final coding workshop session, with support from BitTiger teachers, will be on Saturday and final demos will be presented. People are welcome to join even if they cannot attend the final in-person workshop on March 26th. There will be a live stream for remote participants to present their demos.

This is a 3-day workshop where you all about Big Data with a specific focus on Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL and Cassandra. The workshop is targeted for a small focused group of attendees with more than 70% hands on lab. You will not only learn the technology but also get familiarized with industry specific applications. This course is appropriate for any Big Data enthusiast including Software Programmer, Project Manager, Product Manager, Architect, DBA or Quality Analyst. Prior experience with programming is not necessary.

This is a one-day hackathon for all baseball lovers! Come along to create websites, applications, or data visualizations for casual fans, hardcore fans, players, coaches, analysts, etc. So bring you ideas, creativity, and love for the game. Also, your own laptop and charger, and any other tools and materials you might need to realize your idea!

This is a VR Hackathon which will provide an exploratory environment where disruption, innovation, and creative ideas are brought to life. It looks to bring together crowd sourced knowledge for the advancement of virtual reality & immersive technologies.

This event welcomes all bootstrapped founders, engineers, business hackers, students, and mentors/investors interested in tech. Guests seeking to launch a startup across platform and industry will enjoy this chance to mingle and network with potential founder, partner or investors along top industry leaders. The example of Work that will need to be completed during this hackathon would be: a) - Team have a very complex solution to a very large market and cannot create an MVP in two days (in this case work together to complete a compelling pitch deck by sunday 6pm) and submit/add it to your application b) - Team have a very simple solution to common problem and can create an MVP in two days (in this case work together to complete your minimum viable product by sunday 6pm).and submit/add it to your application The winners of the hackathon will receive acceptance to OneTraction with sponsored Funding by top VC, Tech Corporate Venture or our Mentor Investors for $25k to $250k contingent on graduation, along inclusion in Press Release and featured on the sites.

North Bay Make-A-Thon is bringing students together with hackers, makers and industry professionals for a 27 hour event that will result in inspiration, real time education, new uses for existing technologies and access to talent for local industries. Teams will be provide with prototyping software from Autodesk and 3D printers along with mentorship support from technical experts to help you co-design and develop your ideas!

Join Comcast NBCUniversal's hackathon in the Silicon Valley to work on new innovative forms of storytelling inspired by emerging technologies. You will be free to use platforms, electronic components, APIs, SDKs and content from leading edge technology firms. The challenges that the event will be focused on will be announced soon so stay updated!