List of hackathons about iot in 2016

Interested in smart cars? Axis Innovation invites you to participate in Ford Developer Program's first "Make it Driveable" challenge. Be part of shaping the future. Got a mobile app and what it takes to alter the future of mobility? Have an existing relevant mobile application or an idea you’d like to develop? Got ideas on how to leverage technology, data, and analytics into user experiences and mobility services that help keep the world moving? Come and show off your skills! Connect with Ford SYNC AppLink and make your app driveable. Participate in one of four tracks: »Community Track »Smart Cities Track »Business Track »Wild Card Track — using SYNC AppLink

UTS and Meshed are pleased to invite you to an exciting workshop and mini-hackathon featuring the Co-Founder of The Things Network Wienke Giezeman from Amsterdam!  Come and explore new ideas and applications of how to use the free LoRaWAN network. Feel free to bring your LoRaWAN devices or just come along and join in the brainstorming sessions.

For those that have ventured farther into blockchain than most, this full day workshop will take a look beyond the theory of many concepts related to block chain, and give in-depth instruction on how to apply concepts to create a functioning decentralized application.

IoT hackers! Come participate in a TTN-010 hack session and following that, demo your app to the audience. You are also invited to contribute to the development of the open city-wide IoT network for Rotterdam (RIoT)!

Passionate about automated electric vehicles? Come participate in the BRIDGE SF 2016 UC Berkeley Hackathon and explore how Shared Automated Electric and Connected (SECA) vehicles will impact the way people and goods move within a city. Participants will be asked to define and solve the following challenges: 1. How will SECA vehicles impact residents, commuters, and businesses? 2. Can SECA vehicles better serve the underserved? 3. Will SECA vehicles lead to greater safety? 4. What about adapting to new or unpredictable changes including emergencies? 5. How can multiple shared services work together? 6. How can multi-modal integration be achieved between various public and private transportation modes? Teams will be expected to model the impact of SECA vehicles on traffic, the environment, safety, etc. These include EV car-sharing, taxis, public transit vehicles, and delivery vehicles taking into account the need for charging solutions.

As part of the Future of Identity Conference, the blockchain and identity hackathon will have two guest speakers Juan Benet and Trent McConaghy. After the presentation, hackers will be focused on incorporating new blockchain & decentralization tech for target applications in identity, supply chain, IoT, financial, energy, and creative industries so as to continue to grow and improve Estonia's online presence.

Microsoft Flux is organizing and hosting the Grand IoT HACKATHON as a kick-off for those who want to participate in the ongoing Microsoft Azure IoT contest on Hackster.io. You have the chance to enter the contest and win a Microsoft HoloLens! Microsoft will provide working space, IoT devices (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, sensors, etc.) and some food for the hackathon. You will have time to finish your project by 18th September 2016 and submit it to the hackster.io website.

Techies & coders! Business developers! There's stuff for both of you at the IoT for Cities Hackathon. Come and collaborate on cool ideas for the "Internet of Things" — focusing on machine-to-machine communication that´s built on cloud computing and data-gathering sensors. It´s the idea of making anything in our lives — from streetlights to thermostats to cement — "smart". Think: »smart fitness gadgets that track your body functions and can later be analyzed on your computer. »smart home thermostats that learn your habits, check the weather forecast and adapt accordingly. »smart cement that senses ice on the road, communicates with your car, then notifies you to slow down. Participate in one of two tracks, either the one for techies & coders, or the one for business developers.

Sydney Hackastars is Australia's premier hackathon hosted by Tech Pilot Fund. With one of the largest prize pools in Australia, the stakes are high meaning only the best will get to compete. Are you good enough? Are you one of Australia's fifty best coders (developers), creatives (designers), or capitalists (bus-dev people)? Participants will be 50% women 50% men!

Planning to participate in the upcoming "FirstBuild Mega Hackathon - The Future of Cooking”? Come attend the Renesas embedded development introduction event and learn about the Renesas Synergy™ Platform and Ayla Networks' cloud offerings that will be available to Hackathon participants at the live event.