Derbyhacks is the culmination of a lot of work and a lot of love for hacking. A weekend long invention competition designed to bring lots of people together for a great time of learning, laughing and building.
Prizes
Day See Me Hacking
Best hack for a smart city. Bonus points for incorporating open data.
Home is Where the Hack is
Best integration of smart city and the home
The Shayne Memorial
Best useless hack
Hack to the Heart (and You're Too Late)
Best health-related hack
Let's Get Technical, Technical
Hack that demonstrates the most challenging and well-executed technical proficiency
FirstBuild Prize (Build Me Up)
Best appliance or home related projects, judged by FirstBuild staff members
American Showman (SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOOOOOOOT)
Goes to the team that can best sell their project
#LetMeTakeASelfie
Best social media post over the 36-hour period using the hashtag #makeyourcity
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
Win $250 AWS credit
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Win Domain.com swag bags
First Place
Google Home
Second Place
RC QuadCopters
Third Prize
Special Pi3 Kit
Most potential value for the world / biggest market
Free passes to Louisville Startup Weekend (April 7-9) and Heine Brother's gift cards.
Judges
Shayne Hemminger
Judging Criteria
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Impress Shayne (applies to Shayne only)
no puns, nice technical skills
Questions? Email the hackathon manager