List of hackathons in Saratoga, United States in 2015

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Java Game Design Hackathon will be building games with an open-source Java library. Students of all ages and skill levels are welcome to attend!

    tvOS Hackathon First Apple TV Hackathon in San Francisco   About Want to be the first to bring apps to the smart TV? With the upcoming release of the App store on the new Apple TV, creators will now have the chance to be the first to Hack the TV with Games and apps. It’s gonna be huge.  Hack The TV will be a three day intense hackathon with the goal of developing software/apps to hack the new Apple TV. We aim to be the first to traverse this new space. We urge you to accompany us in this opportunistic endeavour.  Prizes:  The Winning Team will receive 64 GB Apple TV 4th Generation. $900 Credit toward Co-Working Space at the X Institute.  Location The X Institute - 3410 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110.  We will provide food, music, and lots and lots of Red Bull. Bring your own blankets to nap, although wont need too much sleeping.   Event Schedule Friday, November 20th - Day 1 6:00 PM      -    Kick off events, registration opens 6:30 PM      -    Kick off talks 7:30 PM      -    Team Formation & Hackathon Begin 11:59 PM    -    Snacktime & Hack through the night. Saturday, November 21st - Day 2 8:00 AM      -    Breakfast served & Coding Begins 9:00 AM      -    tvOS Workshop 12:00 PM    -    Lunch served 06:00 PM    -    Dinner served 12:00 AM    -    Take a Break for a Guitar Hero Contest. Sunday, November 22nd - Day 3 8:00 AM      -     Breakfast served & coding continues.  12:00 PM    -     Hacking concludes. Lunch served.  12:30 PM    -     Prepare for final presentation.  1:00 PM      -     Product prentations & Live demos begin. 3:00 PM      -     Q&A from panel of judges.   3:30 PM      -     Winning teams and prized announced.   Media Follow us and join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #hacktheTV. For Sponsorship, please contact keri@xinstitute.space or hackathon@xinstitute.space. 

100 participants. 48 hours. Develop prototypes of connected hardware leveraging LPWAN  (low power wide area network) connectivity for civic impact.  Sign up for a full weekend of hacking, tinkering, product development and design through teamwork and for civic innovation! Whether you already are a star of the Internet of Things with a connected hardware startup already on track, or are simply a curious hobbyist eager to hone your skills -- You are invited! Get your hands on the latest TI devkit (launchpad + boosterpack), IoT sensors, free subscriptions to the new SIGFOX IoT network (public LPWAN)  and plenty of food and support. Over the weekend, you will be able to hack fun, cool and innovative projects to connect your city. We’ll be giving away more than $200k+ worth of prizes. Why attend: First of all, it's FUN! You will be able to create and work on your own project, and we’ll provide the help and guidance you need to be operational by the end of the event. Interface with the top companies developing technologies for the Internet of Things, and receive access to the latest devkits and platforms. With the help of our teams, you will be able to quickly bring different solutions together. Meet and learn from savvy mentors and influencers, from Product Designers to Technologists to Civic Leaders, who will offer guidance and input along the development of your prototype. Be a smarter citizen by contributing ideas for smarter cities with cleaner air, less congested transportation, or safer neighborhoods. Claim one of several prizes such as equipment, devkits, cloud services, and network access. Have a chance to collect thousands of dollars worth of technology to fully realize your project even after the event ends. Moreover, receive personalized support and a chance for funding. Learn valuable skills to develop products that will shape tomorrow's technological landscape. Find a team, a job, or your next great hire or business partner. The possibilities are endless! Who will be there Organizers SIGFOX, City of San Francisco, Texas Instruments, accenture, Microsoft, Plasma Mentors - Ask, and they shall help We are recruiting a dozen mentors to support you during all phases of developing their prototypes. Sigfox and TI will have staff on site to help you master their devices, and shower the most promising teams with prizes and devices. We are also recruiting more mentors to help you get things done. If you are looking for specific talent, we can reach out to get them there, so drop us a note.  Partner Organizations They are also helping us putting the event together, check them out! City Innovate Foundation - Civic innovation lab Lemnos Labs - Hardware incubator in SF iHangar - The Venue, innovative museum and work space IoT Inc. - IoT meetup located in the silicon valley More to be announced... Winning Categories + Prizes $200,000+ in devkits, service and gift cards  Each team keeps their Texas Instruments Launchpad + Boosterpack devkits used during prototyping and each participant will win a gift card of the amount of the CC2650STK (SensorTag) - $29    The best is that all the winning projects will have a chance to pitch concept and product to San Francisco City Leadership! Best start up project - most promising project to start a successful business modernizing cities SIGFOX: 1,500 free subscription for 1 year on the SIGFOX network ($10,500 value) dedicated support (worth $4,000) TI: $1,000 gift card to redeem on TI’s store dedicated support (worth $4000)  Microsoft: Up to $10,000/month of FREE MIcrosoft Azure services for a year ($120,000 total) Free access to ~1,000 Microsoft software and tools for 3 years (Microsoft Visual Studio, Office...) To be elligible the winning project must be structured as a company (and not a physical person) and should have not already benefit from the BizSpark +Plus program Best civic innovation project - highest impact project that improves citizens' lives SIGFOX: 750 free subscription for 1 year on the SIGFOX network ($5,000 value) dedicated support (worth $4,000) TI: $500 gift card to redeem on TI’s store dedicated support (worth $4000) Best technical project - most technically advanced and ambitious project SIGFOX: 750 free subscription for 1 year on the SIGFOX network ($5,000 value) dedicated support (worth $4,000) TI: $500 gift card to redeem on TI’s store dedicated support (worth $4000) Plasma/C2M: $500.00 Up to $2,000.00/month FREE Connect2.me access – C2M’s cloud service for a year ($24,000 value)** Restrictions apply. To be eligible to win, the project must use C2M platform and must be structured as a company (not as an individual)  **Up to 400 devices, 2Gb storage/mo, 2 users, 400K API calls/mo. Additional restrictions apply. Please contact Plasma Computing for more information. Best Smart City project built using Plasma/Connect2.me platform Plasma/C2M: $1,000.00 Up to $5,000.00/month FREE Connect2.me access – C2M’s cloud service for a year ($60,000 value)* Restrictions apply. To be eligible to win, the project must use C2M platform and must be structured as a company (not as an individual) *Up to 1,000 devices, 5 users, 5Gb storage/mo, 1million API calls/mo. Additional restrictions apply. Please contact Plasma Computing for more information. More to be announced!   Schedule Friday 20th November 2015 - Doors open at 5:30pm 6pm - Welcome! A few talks 7:30pm - Team formation & Dinner 9pm: Teams are formed, refine project scope and architecture plan 10pm: Devkit distribution Saturday 21st November 2015 – breakfast at 8 to 9am 9am: Technical workshops on the technologies offered during the hackathon 12pm Lunch Work on projects 7:30pm: Dinner Work, hack, test, design, build! Sunday 22nd November 2015 – breakfast at 8 to 9am 9am: Work, hustle, fix, patch, refine, align, polish! 12pm: Lunch 1pm: Last stretch! 3pm – Beginning of the project presentations 5pm – Awards and cocktail Prototypes Ideas for a smarter City Post your ideas here Smart city is about connecting objects that have never been connected before to create value, better serve the citizens and optimize operations. The SIGFOX network is unleashing the potential of smart city by offering a cellular-grade, low power, low cost public network.  This disruptive technology allows devices to work for 15+ years with a standard battery and makes them so cheap that they can be distributed everywhere in the city. Here are several examples of applications that might tickle your fancy for this hackathon. Feel free to suggest more and think outside the box! Air, Water quality, Noise control, Energy efficiency Setting up ubiquitous sensors will help refine our understanding of where pollution happens, and where to focus efforts to limit its effects for healthier living. Is air quality better in neighborhoods with different transportation mixes? How does the weather affect energy consumption in businesses? Can the City cut its utility bills by smarter use of sensors? Inventory/Fleet management/Sensors on City equipment How can your City operate efficiently, and stream information from all parts of town in real-time to react faster? Monitoring fire hydrants with smart meters will help fix leaks faster, while saving time on overall maintenance. Geotagging equipment will help distributing equipment across government agencies and counties, and streamline operations. What else can you think of? Traffic, transportation, parking, potholes Bad traffic can impede both city-wide business and quality of life of its citizens. How can the City fluidify circulation, regulate parking and optimize the increasingly mixed means of transportations to most efficiently enable everyone to be on their way?  Security Cities strive to keep their streets safe. Would panic buttons city-wide be feasible? How can having ubiquitous sensors reduce crime?  Kids, pets Never lose them again! GPS trackers can now be integrated in ever-smaller form-factors, longer battery life and very low costs.  Seniors, autonomy Can connected sensors help seniors live more autonomous lifestyles? How can the population least engaged on the Internet remain connected through connected "Things"? Art, street art, performance, interactive performance The streets belong to everyone. Let your inspiration flow freely.   Fire detection, Earthquake, flood warning systems, Disaster relief San Francisco has a history with earthquakes and fires. How can these risks be mitigated with the right network of sensors? Can they be used as backup for basic services if the main infrastruture is knocked out of service? Wild animal tracking Raccoons, sometimes even coyotes can make their way into the city. Outfitting some with sensors can help us react better and promote safety. Parks, urban farms, beekeeping You can have a green thumb even in the city. How can connected sensors improve the food we produce, the health of our parks, and balance the fragile ecosystems around our streets?   FAQs What should I bring to the event? What will be provided? IMPORTANT: The TI launchpad programming requires a windows or linux environment. More details will be sent soon. We expect you to bring your laptop, charger, and any existing project if you want to refine an already started prototype. We will send you ahead of time useful software to pre-install so you arrive ready. We will provide test devices and boards, devkits, and all necessary equipment and documentation. We will also keep you well fed, caffeinated and inspired.  If you plan on spending the entire time at the venue, bring a sleeping bag and warm clothing for night-time hacking.  Where can I contact the organizer with any questions? Please contact us using the Eventbrite button on this page. Is my registration/ticket transferrable? Yes, please notify us ahead of time about the change! 

The Startup Monterey Bay Hackathon (formerly the Ideas of March Hackathon) is a three day Mobile App development competition that brings together teams of students to develop proto-type Apps for non-profits and small businesses in the Monterey Bay area.   Local software engineers will be available along with student mentors to help the teams during the weekend.  Participants will be provided with food all weekend to keep them fueled up for this intense hacking experience. Nonprofit organizations & small businesses that wish to pitch an idea for an APP should register at https://apppitchforstartuphackathonmb.eventbrite.com Space is very limited. Pre-Registration is required. Please register here to save your spot. Any Questions?     Email: innovation@csumb.edu Schedule: Friday, November 20 (snacks and coffee available) 4:00 pm - Registration - outside of Room 104 4:10 pm - Introduction, Application Pitches and selection - Room 104 5:30 pm - Tech Set Up: Intro to GitHub - Room 104 5:45 pm - Teams announced with application pitches - Room 104 6:00 pm - Dinner - provided in BIT building 6:30 pm - Hacking Time 10:00 pm - Work Day Ends Saturday, November 21 (snacks and coffee available all day) 8:00 am Team Work - in BIT Building (continental breakfast available) 12:00 pm - Lunch - provided in BIT building 1:00-5:00 pm - Professional mentors available 6:00 pm - Dinner - provided in BIT building 10:00 pm - Work day ends Sunday, November 22 (snacks and coffee available all day) 8:00 am Team Work - in BIT Building (continental breakfast available) 9:00 am Sign up for practice pitches 11:00am-1:00pm Pitch Practice 12:00 pm - Lunch - provided in BIT building 12;300 -2:00pm - Judges review prototypes - First Floor of BIT building 2:00 pm - Top Applications presented & winners announced - Room 104 2:30 pm -Team photos and closing remarks 3:00 pm - Reception - open to the public - outside of Room 104 4:00 pm - Clean up and go home - please help us by cleaning up your team's workspace in this new building! Thanks to our major sponsors:             Thank You to Our Newest Corperate Sponsor: Sticker Giant who will be promoting swag for our event! Check them out if you like to see more or order your own stickers! http://www.stickergiant.com/  

The Startup Monterey Bay Hackathon (formerly the Ideas of March Hackathon) is a three day Mobile App development competition at California State University Monterey Bay that brings together teams of students to develop proto-type Apps for non-profits and small businesses in the Monterey Bay area.    During the weekend teams of students will produce a real, working prototype application in return for meals and a chance for fame and fortune, should one create the next killer app.  We are looking for App ideas from local community organizations, small businesses, startups, and university departments.   If your organization, company or department is interested, please Register and describe your idea for an App. Provide a short description no later than Monday, November 16th that can be sent to the students ahead of time. Have someone from your organization give a 2-3 minute pitch to the students on Friday, November 20th, at 4pm.  This really helps in getting your App idea chosen. Have someone from your organization available by phone  to answer questions from the team about your App idea. Or stop by to visit the team.  Join us on Sunday, November 20th beginning at 1:00pm to see the Apps, see the winning Apps, and celebrate with the students on their hard work. The event kicks off on Friday, November 20, 2015 at 4:00 pm with ideas proposed by Monterey Bay community organizations and small businesses. Students will choose which Apps they are interested in working on and teams will be formed on those chosen by at least 4 students. Teams will have the rest of the weekend to build a working prototype application. The Apps will be evaluated by judges on Sunday, November 22, 2015  afternoon and the winners chosen.

ThinkThank (n. \ˈthiŋkˈthaŋk\):  A collaborative network focused on solving social-sector challenges by connecting professionals that help realize ideas and solutions that create impact. Non-profit and social enterprises have a myriad of problems: Scaling, operations, marketing, technology, the list goes on. Yet, there are many altruistic professionals in the private sector want to find a way to give that uses their skills and engage directly with the causes they believe in.  ThinkThank envisions a world where “giving” is redefined. Where the toughest challenges facing the social sector are tackled, the brightest ideas implemented, and their stories of impact shared with the world. By curating hackathon-esque events, this medium provides the collaborative space for these professionals to provide much needed insight to social-sector organizations. We collaborate at events, but also are building an ongoing network of people, resources, and opportunities to help these groups.  Sponsored by Executive Path*  The structure of this event is: Social Enterprises and nonprofits explain a problem they are facing or pitch an idea they are trying to implement. We group them with peers doing work in those areas, and assign the best moderators and do-gooder professionals. Groups hack for just under an hour, and present back the potential solutions and evolutions ideas. After everyone networks and finds great projects to keep working on until the next month’s ThinkThank. Why go? For professional that wants to give more: ThinkThank gives you a easy, fun, and impactful way to give while networking with your peers. For nonprofits that need help: Consulting is expensive, but not at ThinkThank. We have the best and brightest at 0 cost and connect you to longer term help. There will be delicious beer, wine, and food provided to fuel your innovation… *Executive Path conducts scientific research to gain a deeper understanding of the changing work environment with the goal of using that data to create new infrastructure, strategy, and attitudes for workers, companies and communities. Our research is always made free and available for the public benefit.

Hi,  This topic is particularly hot right now. We have a lot of diversity among the fintech landscape & want to build serious tools to disrupt the big financial players.  We will have power networking sessions before and after the talks, a few demo tables if you would like one (please email me zee.west@gmail.com). Looking for speakers (7 min slots/panel members) and startups to speed pitch for the future of Banks (3 mins slots). Hopefully food and drinks - always looking for generous sponsors! Kindest regards, Zee Update.. Hi Rebels,           Hope you are all enjoying a beautiful start to the autumn. We have outgrown the allocated space for the Meetup & Eventbrite numbers, so are looking to reschedule for mid November.  If any of your kind selves know of a free venue for around 150 people please let us know... dates from 16th-27th November inclusive. We will have an extra special treat to apologise for having to move it. We still have room for speakers/panel & pitches/demo tables if you are interested - we would love to hear from you. Please label emails #WeAreFintechSF zee.west@gmail.com if you want to get involved. We have found a lot of success in London with holding [hot topic] events, our next one is [Cyber Security] & one in January for [Insurance tech] if you are keen to work with us on those... please get in contact. A couple of shout outs WeWork are holding a Halloween Party for those of you who are celebrating http://halloween.wework.com/sf  Intuit is inviting developers to attend its second annual QuickBooks Connect hackathon and conference at the San Jose Convention Center from November 1-3. The Connect event features a $100,000 hackathon starting on November 1, and the conference itself offers wealth of in-depth developer-focused programming and the ability to network with 1000s of accountants and small businesses to uncover the apps they really want and need. Use this code for $50 off registration QBCDEV50 or, if you’re getting 4 or more tickets use QBCGROUPDEV to get our lowest $49 each rate.  Register here: http://bit.ly/1LG1t3Z  Hope to see you soon. Kindest regards, Zee 

Kinetech Arts’ (SF Weekly’s “Best Genre-Defying Sci-Artistic Collaborative” of 2014) annual Dance Hack Day is a non-profit event that brings together performers and developers to inspire one another and experiment with emerging technologies.   Combining a traditional hackathon with a dance lab, Dance Hack Day fosters cross-disciplinary partnerships and sparks unconventional projects. Participants will create original performances that fuse movement with cutting-edge technologies. Workshops will be offered throughout the day. At night, you’ll have an opportunity to present the results of your experiments to an audience and prizes will be awarded. Last year, Kinetech worked with the New Eccentrics and Codame to bring together tech innovators like Tessel and Hack Reactor and arts leaders Counter Pulse and Central Market Now. This year, Dolby Labs and FX Pal have already joined the growing lineup.

The Cardinal Game Jam is our one and only game jam event. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. Come make games, learn how to make games, or play games!   Our goal is to bring together people with all kinds of backgrounds to contribute to game development and creativity. It is an opportunity to push boundaries and collaborate on a fast-paced challenge.  Anyone is welcome to attend. Just bring your computer, toothbrush, and enthusiasm! Saturday, November 1, 2014 10:00am - Check-in 12:00pm - Game jam begins 1:00pm - Lunch 7:00pm - Dinner 12:00am - Midnight snacks Sunday, November 2, 2014 8:00am - Breakfast 12:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm - Submissions due 2:30pm - Demos 4:00pm - Award ceremony Eligiblity  Registration is open to all. Teams should consist of between 1 and 6 participants.  Participation We encourage you to plan your game in advance. Before the game jam, you can: pre-install software on your laptop; setup infrastructure (hosting, DNS, SSL, empty github repo, etc.); design a logo and create a color scheme; create wireframes, mockups, and user flows; and write documentation for your proposed design Art/Audio Assets may be created in advance of the event. All code, outside of public libraries and development tools/platforms available to all participants attending the game jam, should be completed during The Cardinal Game Jam. Please don't start coding before noon on November 14.   On-site participants may stay for the entire time or leave and return as convenient.   Electricity, Internet, and space will be provided. Participants are responsible for bringing their own equipment, including at least one phone they can build and demonstrate on.