BrickHack: RIT’s premiere collegiate hackathon.
BrickHack: RIT's premiere collegiate hackathon. April 18th ignites a weekend devoted to 400 designers and coders sinking 24 hours into building and creating. Mentors and industry representatives will also join the fray to lend expertise, and share wisdom. The event will span 3 floors of the GCCIS' atrium, for a multi-tiered hacking experience. Expect food, swag, and timeless brick-laden memories.
Prizes
$10,800 in prizes
Best Domain Name
$150 in Namecheap credit!
Best Use of the DigitalOcean API
One team will take home $200 in DigitalOcean credit and a $50 AMEX gift card (up to 3 people on a team).
Best Use of the Spotify API (2)
Spotify will be awarding the team with the best use of the Spotify API!
Best Design
codeRIT is giving a Bamboo Tablet to the team with the best visual design in their hack.
Best Use of Twilio
Twilio is giving away Phonejoy gamepads to the team who does something really awesome with the Twilio API!
Best Health Hack
codeRIT is giving away Pebbles to the team with best health-related hack!
Best Use of AWS
MLH will award the team with the best use of Amazon Web Storage with free SSDs!
Best Hardware Hack
codeRIT is giving away LED Matricies to the team with best hardware hack!
Best Mobile Hack
codeRIT is giving away Spheros to the team that creates the best mobile app!
EMC Innovation Excellence Award
EMC will be giving out a prize to the team that showcases their innovation first.
Best Web Hack
codeRIT will be awarding the team with the best web hack Nexus 7 tablets!
Most Creative Use of Bose SoundTouch API
Bose will be awarding the team that best leverages the SoundTouch API with Bose SoundTouch 20 speakers!
Best Game
codeRIT's bestowing Leap Motions to the team with the best game!
Datto Sponsor Prize
Best Newbie
Makey Makey's to best newbie hack! Newbies must be first-time hackers. Courtesy of codeRIT.
Best Pebble Hack
MLH is giving away Pebble Steels to the team that builds the best Pebble hack!
Best Android Hack
3 LG G watches to the best Android hack! Courtesy of Google.
How to enter
Must be attending the physical event to join and submit a project. Simply register and submit.
Judges
Eric Willis
Fearless engineer at Flickr.
Greg Koberger
Founder of ReadMe.io
Ian Mikutel
Founder of TheWiire.com
Brandon Littell
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Colden Cullen
Software Engineer at Amazon
Daniel Jost
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Jon Gottfried
Co-Founder of MLH
Judging Criteria
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Technicality
What was the stack? How difficult was the project? -
Polish
How well does the app run? How does the app look? How entertaining is the game? -
Originality
Is the hack something new, fresh, or exciting? -
Usefulness
Are there useful applications to the real world?