hackBCA III is the third annual hackathon hosted at the Bergen County Academies high school in Hackensack, New Jersey. Created and planned solely by students, hackBCA is open to all high school students who are interested in exploring computer science. Prior programming experience is not needed: hackBCA is an open floor to anyone who wants to create.
Prizes
1st Place
Dell Venue Tablets, (4) Octocat Figurines, Pitch/Get Feedback from Envision VC, Trophy, MLH medals
2nd Place
(4) Programmable Laser Gaming Mouse, Octocat Figurine, Pitch/Get Feedback from
Envision VC, Trophy, MLH medals
3rd Place
(4) Arduino Uno Ultimate Starter Kit's, Trophy, MLH medals
Best Mobile Application Prize (Intel)
(5) Sphero Balls BB8, Trophy
Best Project on .TECH Domains (.TECH)
$30 voucher per member, Trophy
Best Education Hack (Intel)
(5) Intel Compute Stick / Wireless Keyboard Trackpads, Trophy
Best Startup (NYTechDay)
Booth at NYTechDay, Trophy
Best Twilio Hack (Twilio)
(2)
(4) Technomancer 2.0 Digital Wizard Hoodie, Trophy
Most Polished
(4) Raspberry Pi, Trophy
Best Humanities Hack
(4) Solar Chargers, Trophy
Best Use of 3D Printing
$50 Shapeways Gift Card, Trophy
Most Creative Beginner Hack
(4) Gaming Keyboard, Github Octocat, Trophy
Best Overall Beginner Hack (Github)
(4) Dancing Water Speakers, (2) Octocat Figurine, Trophy
Best Beginner Web App Hack (Intel)
$100.00 Amazon Gift Cards, Trophy
Best Beginner Mobile App Hack (Synchrony Financial)
iPad Air 2, Trophy
Best Beginner Website Hack
Octocat Figurine, Trophy
Best All Girls Team (Intel)
$100.00 Amazon Gift Cards, Trophy
Best "Code for Good" Technical Hack (Intel)
Best "iOS Dev" Path Hack
(4) Charging Cases, (1) Octocat Figurine, Trophy
Best Hardware Hack (Recon Indu)
Labrecon breadboard experimenter, Top 3, Trophy
Best Use of AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Dell 1TB Hard Drive, Trophy
Best Use of Domain.com (Domain.com)
Domain.com Swag Bag (Sparkfun Redboards), Trophy
Best Developer Tool (Github)
Github Octocat, Trophy
Best Use of Arduino
Hardware prize
Best "Code for Good" Concept Hack
(5) DJI Phantom 3 Standard, Trophy
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Josh Bancroft
Developer Relations at Intel
Chris Wanstrath
Cofounder and CEO of GitHub
Tom Lehman
Cofounder and CEO of Genius
Jeremy Rossman
Cofounder of MakeSchool
Cindy Gallop
Founder and CEO of If We Ran The World
Tea Ho
Product Designer at DonorsChoose.org
Kate Machtiger
Senior Analyst at Luminary Labs
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. -
Originality
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? -
Polish
Is the hack usable in its current state? Is the user experience smooth? Does everything appear to work? Is it well designed? -
Usefulness
Is the hack practical? Is it something people would actually use? Does it fulfill a real need people have?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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