List of hackathons about iot in 2016

Interested in beacon technology and indoor navigation? Particpate in a 33 hour hack and work on challenges with smart beacons dev kits provided by kontakt.io. Use ibeacons to unlock indoor location intelligence. Support travelers to find the shortest routes. Improve queue management. Keep track of traffic flows and locate incidents quickly. Target mobile ads and notifications. Get insights into customer behavior and feed them back into CRM. The possibilities are endless.

There's an #ExtraOrdinary challenge for IoT developers to showcase your skills designing and coding for Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Your mission: Create a beacon-enabled app in one of 3 streams - MOVE, LOCATE, or FREESTYLE. And you've got 24 hours!

Linux techies! Come and demonstrate your software and hardware prowess at the Uppsala Linux Users Group (ULUG) full day mini-hackathon! This is your opportunity to discuss your favourite Linux-based project and exchange knowledge with like-minded people. You can work together on a joint Linux hack, or just sit and enjoy the company. It's your choice!

All techies in New South Wales! If you're ready to create next-generation ideas for Newcastle and the Hunter Region? Participate in the HunterHackFest. The hackathon format is designed to stimulate ideas amongst teams and help you prototype next-generation ideas and business concepts for Newcastle and the Hunter Region!

Is Virtual Reality your thing? Come and participate in the Philippine Mobile VR Jam. Open for all participants--students, professionals, artists or programmers. The Philippine Mobile VR Jam is a Virtual Reality hackathon that will bring together brilliant minds to learn and collaborate on creating applications with immersive mobile virtual reality technologies. Over the period of 42 hours, teams are tasked to create their own Virtual Reality game or app for the Samsung Gear VR mobile virtual reality headset.

Entrepreneurs, Tech Leaders! Get your FinTech idea off the ground with support from Bank of Queensland. You don't have to be a programmer. The most important part for this Hackathon is the idea generation, validation and customer development. Anyone is welcome to pitch an idea for new technology-based banking solutions to improve customer benefits and experiences. The solutions may fit into one of the following core problem tracks: (1) Big Data for Small Business: how can small businesses leverage big data; (2) Customer Experience: how can we assure that customer data is accurate, complete, whilst ensuring the best customer experience possible; and (3) Creative Genius: innovative ideas to consumer and business banking customers, streamline internal processes, administrative procedures and risk assessments, or improve productivity for the Bank.

If you have an app idea or need an app built for your business then this is the perfect event for you. This is a special Smart City Mobile App Hackathon, produced by the AT&T Developer Program. Hack and build apps/mobile apps, get fed, compete for prizes across different categories and most importantly: meet new people. Experts from AT&T and the local community will be on site to assist with your development.

HunterHackFest is calling out all Hunter region Hackers, Hipsters and Hustlers to join a dash of MakerFaire spirit, a pinch of StartupWeekend spice and some heat from the crucible of TheEdwards Bar and Innx.Hub workspace to quicken the digital pulse of the Hunter region and its urban spaces. Your creations will be part of the Hunter Innovation Festival!

Looking for fullstack technical talent? Find it at Elevation Academy's 1st Coding Bootcamp talent expo featuring their uniquely talented graduates. Elevation Academy graduates have hands-on experience in full-stack programming, with expertise in Javascript, MEAN Stack (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node), software engineering best practices and more. The talent expo will feature demos of each final project for you to discover their talent, new found expertise, story, and more than anything ambition. Elevation Academy's pool of students come from 8 different countries, with diverse backgrounds from marketing expertise, entrepreneurship, biology, and UI/UX design. The event will conclude with a panel on “Innovation and recruitment - why innovation depends on recruiting the right people.

In preparation for VUNK Garage48 Hackathon later this year, prospective participants should sign up for this idea garage event. Idea garages help you prepare for the main hackathon and allow you to meet and get to know potential team members. Idea Garage Vol. 1 covers the topic of Customer Discovery & Problem Validation. And the pitching of your idea!