DHack - Powered by Detroit Startup Week, Wayne State University & AngelHack's Global Hackathon Series 2018

Everyone ages 11 and up, from middle, high schools, universities, tech communities, and neighborhoods across metro Detroit and beyond will convene on Wayne State’s campus in a 24 hour blitz to create something useful, original and, most of all, cool. Examples include websites, mobile apps, video games, wearable technology, sensor technology, hardware, and so much more. Let's make your idea a reality.

This year, we will have three tracks, one for experienced developers, one for intermediates and one for beginners. This way we can truly empower all who aspire to be hackers and developers. For aspiring developers we will have tech coaches to aid, powered our partners AngelHack,  Techstars Startup Week Detroit, and of course Wayne State University as well as the the local tech community.  We will have a place for people who are not developers as well!  We are looking for designers and individuals with business or project ideas, entrepreneurs, to participate as well!  All are welcomed! 

Every year, AngelHack adventures across the globe for our yearly Global Hackathon Series. Over the course of Summer 2018, we’ll hit six continents, bridging the gap between Silicon Valley innovation and entrepreneurs all over the world.

This year’s theme? Seamless Technology. Hackathons are built for rapid innovation, and rapid isn’t always pretty. But no matter the roadblock, broken code or bumps, we continue on and push forward, together. There’s no boundary or limit to what we can create.

We offer our own Grand Prize AND team up with awesome sponsors who have their own challenges and prizes you can go after. Aiming for the HACKcelerator invite? Only in it for some cool hardware? Good news, you can go for as many challenges as you want!

AngelHack Challenge: Challenge yourself and your entrepreneurial spirit. Make something innovative without limits, something that brings positive change to the world, even something that solves a small problem. It’s that simple.

AngelHack Prize: The winning team from each hackathon will receive an invite into AngelHack’s HACKcelerator program.

Bonus AR Challenge: Create a hack that enhances a real-world experience using AR (augmented reality).

Bonus Prize: An Amazon Echo Dot for each member of the winning team. 

Code For A Cause Impact Award Challenge: Build technology that solves a social or environmental problem and positively impacts your local community.

Code For A Cause Impact Award Prize: One Impact Award will be given out at each event. At the end of the Global Hackathon Series, the top Impact Award projects will be chosen by an expert judging panel including; Chan Zuckerberg, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; and more. These top five teams will receive an official invite into the HACKcelerator.

Challenge: Create an app or clock face using the Fitbit OS SDK or Web APIs to empower and inspire users to live a healthier, more active life. Everything you need to get started is here: https://dev.fitbit.com

Prize: Fitbit Ionic for each team member.

For additional help check out Community Forums and Discord server.

Fitbit is also providing 10 Fitbit Ionic’s loaners for attendees to check out and use at the event. First come first serve on the loaners, hardware lab opens up after the opening ceremony.

Every attendee will receive 2,000 free credits.

Prize: Every attendee to Ubidots sponsored events will receive 2,000 free credits. The winning team of each Ubidots sponsored event will receive a complimentary IoT Lab License for 3 months (must be redeemed in the same year the Hackathon took place)

Challenge: Get ready for Call for Code with this preliminary challenge to improve logistics based on traffic and weather activity. Use the Understanding weather and traffic conditions can reduce the number of people affected by mobilizing them effectively IBM Code Pattern for inspiration to kickstart your solutions or build your idea upon other IBM Code Patterns and services provided by the IBM Cloud .

Call for Code, https://developer.ibm.com/callforcode/ is a worldwide, multi-year initiative that inspires developers to solve pressing global problems with sustainable software solutions. Get a leg up on the competition, by using this challenge to create an application that helps build resilient communities, and safeguards the health and well-being of individuals and institutions.

Virtual Prize: The overall winners of the city challenges will win the following:

• First Place $7500 USD to be split amongst the winning team
• Second Place $2500 USD be split amongst the winning team

Hurify/Paasmer Platform Challenge: Build an IoT pipeline using the Paasmer SDK’s; create a developer profile on the Hurify Platform and post your results as Portfolio Item. Choose any edge device supported by Paasmer’s Core SDK’s, including Arduino, BeagleBone, and Raspberry Pi. Entries will be judged according to novelty, relevance to a real-world problem, and maximal utilization of the Paasmer IoT Stack (Core/Device SDK, Cloud SDK’s, Edge Analytics, Machine Learning, Entries must be submitted through the Hurify Platform at platform.hurify.com .

Prize: US$5,000 Equivalent HUR Tokens to be split amongst the winning team in each city. Can be kept for future use or converted to hardware from Arrow.com via the Hurify Marketplace.

DHack 2018 is open to ages 11 and up, open to students (Middle, High School and College) and to the community that wants to partake in technology and compete. Therefore we have three different categories all participants can choose from: developer/coder/programmer, entrepreneur/idea person or designer/artist. Also any level:  beginner, intermediate or experienced can compete.  We have something for everyone. 

Come solo or in a team of up to five, and spend the weekend learning new skills, meeting your local tech community and tech sponsors, enjoying free food, and more.

Our attendees typically consist of developers looking to improve their skills or expand their horizons, students, designers of all skill-sets, and serious entrepreneurs that can add value to teams. Bring your ideas and let’s go!

Want to get involved in another way? We’re always open to chat with potential sponsors, mentors, and judges! Just email info (at) angelhack.com to get connected.

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We know some rules are meant to be broken, but you should probably (read: definitely) stick by these:

1. Fresh Code - We all start coding at the same time. It’s cool to work on designs beforehand, digital mockups, open source frameworks, and anything else available to everyone, but keep things within fair limits.

2. Code Review - Winning teams may be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning. This is to ensure that all code used is in fact fresh.

3. Ownership and IP - You own your IP and whatever you create. Simple as that.

4. Team Size - No more than five people.

5. Submissions - Each hackathon has its individual hackathon.io page where projects need to be submitted by the designated time. You’ll receive an email with instructions on how to do just that.

6. Demos - You’ll have 2 minutes to demo the functionality of your project and talk through your idea, and 1 minute for Q&A from judges.

7. Be cool to your fellow hackers! Check out our Code of Conduct.

Curious what it looks like to sponsor awesomeness and innovation? Reach out to us at info@angelhack (dot) com