Hack K-State is one of the largest collegiate/high school hackathons in the region. Hack K-State is a 36-hour hackathon at Kansas State University organized by students, for students. It is open-ended with special tracks and is open to students of all backgrounds and experience levels.
Prizes
$1,000 in prizes
[MLH] Most Creative Use of Twilio
Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!
[MLH] Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger
[MLH] Best Space App powered by Space Force
The sky is not the limit! Try your hand at making a space-themed application for a chance to win a wireless Bluetooth speaker for you and your team from the U.S. Space Force! We’re looking for amazing solutions to any space-related problems you can imagine. For any sci-fi enthusiast, this is the perfect opportunity to push the limits of your creativity by building the technology of tomorrow, today. We can’t wait to see the solutions you build!
[MLH] Best use of Google Cloud
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks and lanyards. International winners will receive a Google branded backpack.
Best use of AssemblyAI API
AssemblyAI is a state-of-the-art API for automatic speech recognition. Develop a hack that best utilizes AssemblyAI. Each winning team member will receive a $100 Amazon gift card.
Best Education Hack
Association for Computing Machinery at KSU is wanting you to build the best hack related to education that you can! The winning team will be awarded a prize that sums to $200. The prize(s) will be shipped direct to winners after the event!
Best Video Game Hack
Video Game Development Club at KSU is wanting you to build the best video game hack that you can! The winning team will be awarded a prize that sums to $200. The prize(s) will be shipped direct to winners after the event!
Best Mobile Hack
Mobile Development Club at KSU is wanting you to build the best mobile hack that you can! The winning team will be awarded a prize that sums to $200. The prize(s) will be shipped direct to winners after the event!
Most Accessible Application
Diversity in Computing Club at KSU is wanting you to build the most accessible application that you can! The winning team will be awarded a prize that sums to $200. The prize(s) will be shipped direct to winners after the event!
AI for Good
ACM SIGAI at KSU is wanting you to build an AI that benefits the community or others! The winning team will be awarded a prize that sums to $200. The prize(s) will be shipped direct to winners after the event!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Hack K-State
Jorge
Connor Garcia
Alex Moffet
Ethan Tucker
Nathan Bean
Miriam Feldhausen
Emily Alfs
Brynn Rittenhouse
Israel Lopez
Judging Criteria
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Technology
Technology: How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"? -
Design
Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be more about how good the human-computer interaction is. -
Completion
Completion: Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted? -
Learning
Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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