Grand IoT HACKATHON

You might have seen the ongoing Microsoft Azure IoT contest on Hackster.io already. If not, check this link out.

You have the chance to enter the contest and win a Microsoft HoloLens!!!

Microsoft Flux is organizing and hosting an IoT hackathon as a kick-off for those who want to participate in the Hackster.io contest. Our goal is to provide you with local support and help you make the best possible solution, so you can submit it to Hackster.io and hopefully win. We will provide working space, IoT devices (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, sensors, full list below) and some food for the hackathon. You will have time to finish your project until 18.9.2016 and submit it to hackster.io website. Please check the webpage, read the contest criteria and rules and sign up for the contest already.

Sign up today for both the contest at Hackster.io as well as IoT Hackathon in Eventbrite and join us for a memorable weekend filled with sensors, things, code, cloud and cool helpful people. The idea is to gather to together, share our knowledge and experiences, learn, be creative and have fun.

For the Hackster.io competition, you can use any hardware/software combination as long as it includes Microsoft Azure. You will get $200 of Azure credit after signing up in Hackster.io website for the contest. Check the full rules here.

The hackathon starts on 2.9 at 16:30 and ends on 3.9 at 19:00.

• https://www.hackster.io/contests/AzureEnterpriseIoT

• The communications for the hackathon will be in English but teams are of course free to use whatever language
• We will set up a Slack team for communication during the hackathon – you will receive an invitation to the team to your email
• We will be tweeting about what is going on at the hackathon with #builtinflux, our username is @msftflux
• We will probably also post short videos

• Korkeavuorenkatu 35, Helsinki (how to find us video)
• Microsoft Flux space photos
• On Friday (2.9), Flux will be open until midnight for the participants. Then Flux will be closed, so you can go home and rest for the next day. We will start the next day with serving breakfast in the morning.
• There will be some IoT devices and gadgets available (see the list below)
• Please bring your own laptop!
• You can also bring any kind of other devices/gadgets you want to work with

• We will form teams at the start of the hackathon, but if you’d rather work alone or already have a team, that’s ok too
• You can have a ready idea you wish to work on, but we will also have a session for creating new ideas at the start of the hackathon
• You do not need to be a programmer, our teams will be richer with people from different backgrounds. As long as you are interested in the theme of the hackathon and are ready to work with us, that’s enough!
• At the end of the hackathon, we will have short presentations where the team presents what they have come up with

• We will have coffee, tea, soft drinks and food provided
• Of course all the cafes and restaurants of midtown are at our disposal

We have a comprehensive list of available devices, gadgets, sensors and anything to connect them together. Check out pictures below for more information about each device. Besides those, we also have:

• 3D printers, Laser cutter, CNC machine
• Arduino bluetooth/wifi/cellular shields
• Jumper wires
• Power supplies
• Capacitors
• Diodes
• Transistors
• Resistors
• Relay modules
• Voltage regulators
• IR sensor
• Optical detector
• Photocell
• LEDs
• LED strips
• Analog to digital converter
• Pushbuttons
• Solder iron
• Ultrasonic sensor
• And more! 

The full list of devices is available at: http://www.microsoftflux.com/iot-hackathon/