List of hackathons about media in 2016

Join The Senic Studio's first-ever Nuimo Hackathon for a few hours of new friends, new software and a look inside the Senic Studio where Nuimo is being designed and developed. Share ideas and develop some cool projects on the very first Nuimos. You can bring a Nuimo if you have one, otherwise you will be given one.

The Accessible Music Hackathon is featuring Bela, a new embedded platform for low-latency interactive audio. The goal of the hackathon will be to create new musical instruments accessible to disabled musicians. Hacks could produce complete working instruments, or a demonstration of a concept or sensor which could be used in a variety of instruments. There will be prizes for the best hacks addressing these challenges, and best overall instrument.

Join the Martyr Loser King Hackathon, where competitors will work on projects dedicated to fighting social injustice and code for change. Participants will show their finished projects to guest judge, Saul Williams, the famous poet, rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, writer, actor, and activist. Bring your A-game to this exciting event!

Join the Seattle Mini VR Hackathon for the ultimate VR experience, learn about new technologies, and work on a project to pump up your portfolio! There's no theme or prizes for this hackathon, it is simply a gathering for creatives and passionate people to let out their imagination! You also don't need to have experience developing for VR to participate. There will be hackers from all sorts of backgrounds and levels of expertise, so it will be a great learning experience for everyone involved!

Open to any skill levels, CommunityHack is joining Vassar CS Majors and Vassar students in other departments as well as local high school and community college students in order to provide them with the opportunity to explore innovative applications of Computer Science to incorporate CS into dance, music, art, video games, and many more.

This hackathon brings together artists, programmers, designers, humanists, educators and others to create something new out of open cultural heritage materials!

The Baseball Analytics Hackathon invites you to invent new ways to represent and visualize data. It is the perfect opportunity for you to work with baseball executives and data scientists to refine your data science and analytic skills and show off your creativity by finding new ways to change the game. Hackathon participants will work to develop innovative data science and visualization solutions using unique datasets that will provide alongside anything else that is openly available on the Internet. Prizes will be awarded for the most impressive projects!

A Hackathon for musicians, programmers, scientists, and other artists to hack together on projects exploring music. At the end there will be a concert and presentations of the art, technology, and research developed. The event is open to everyone whether you want to participate or just have a look.

Hack the Future is an all-day hackathon celebration to show you what it's like to be a hacker and see if it's for you. You won't won't be told what to do. You'll be free to work on whatever you want. A unique opportunity to learn about state of the art software, hardware design and engineering from mentors working for Bay Area startups as well as big companies like Facebook and Microsoft. Learn how to make your own video games, learn to solder electronics, create a webpage, make mods for existing games like Minecraft, create things using a 3D printer, design a new product, and many more!

#HackTrafficking4Good is a 48 hour hackathon find technical solution to combat online sex trafficking. Too many children are at risk of being trafficked for sex and a majority of those victimized in the sex trade are recruited and sold via the web. Developers, engineers, coders, and other experts - the world needs your help!