PalyHacks is an 24-hour hackathon for high school students hosted at Palo Alto School in Palo Alto, CA; run by students, made for students. In PalyHacks, we invite anyone with an interest in technology to come and build a project! Regardless of your skill level, you and your friends are invited to code, build, learn and have fun!
Eligibility
You must be enrolled in high school. If you are not in high school, contact info@palyhacks.io.
Requirements
Attend and present at the hackathon, then submit your project to Devpost.
Prizes
$19,359 in prizes
1st Place Overall
Amazon Echo Dots (2), Monster 121819 4-Outlet Surge Protector, 1 year of free personal subscription for any single JetBrains tool/IDE (4)
2nd Place Overall
Monster NTune High Perofrmance On Ear Headphones, Ultimate Ears Waterproof Backpack, UltraHD Black Platinum 4K High-Speed HDMI W/ Performance Indicators
3rd Prize Overall
Monster iSport Intensity In-Ear Earbud, MONSTER 123876 7 Feet Monster Icable for Car, Monster ScreenClean 2.0 +CleanTouch 2.0 Clean and Shield System, and Twilio Credits
Top 7 Teams (7)
A year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro for each team member.
Best Designed Hack
Sketch licenses for each team member.
Best Mobile Hack
Monster® Power Bank, High Performance Charging Solutions, 7500mAh and Red Monster Sport-Tek Tee L
Best Beginner Hack
Raspberry Pi Starter Kit and Gray Monster Sport-Tek Tee M
Best Entertainment/Gaming Hack
Nokia Purity On-Ear Headphones (Magenta) and Orange Monster Sport-Tek Tee L
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Attend and present at the hackathon, then submit your project to Devpost.
Judges
Chris Tseng
CS Professor at San Jose State University
Henry Wong
MD of Garage Capital III and Founder and MD of Diamond TechVentures
Charles Li
Manager and Engineer at CIeNet Technologies
Yinghua Yang
Cofounder, Design Lead, and COO at FlipWord
Thomas Reese
Cofounder and CEO at FlipWord
Judging Criteria
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Technical Difficulty
Is the hack technically interesting or difficult? Is it just some lipstick on an API, or were there real technical challenges to surmount? This is the most important criterion that your hack will be judged upon for the general prizes. -
Practicality
Is the hack practical? Is it something people would actually use? Does it fulfill a real need people have? -
Creativity
Is the hack more than just another generic social/mobile/local app? Does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem?
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