JAMHacks is Waterloo's first high school hackathon. On April 9th, come join 100 other high school students for 12 hours of creativity, innovation and learning!

Please plan to arrive between 8:00–8:30am to sign in, find a spot and get settled in.

Requirements

All code for your project must be written between 9:00am and 9:00pm on Sunday, April 9th. You may use any publically available libraries/packages.

Prizes

$9,000 in prizes
1st Place
1 winner

For each team member (up to 4):

- Choice of 1 Intel Edison Kit, Intel Edison Arduino Kit or Intel Xadow Wearable Kit
- $1000 in Indico API credits
- Automatic acceptance to Hack the North

2nd Place
1 winner

For each team member (up to 4):

- Choice of 1 Intel Edison Kit, Intel Edison Arduino Kit or Intel Xadow Wearable Kit
- $500 in Indico API credits
- Automatic acceptance to Hack the North

3rd Place
1 winner

For each team member (up to 4):

- Choice of 1 Intel Edison Kit, Intel Edison Arduino Kit or Intel Xadow Wearable Kit
- $250 in Indico API credits
- Automatic acceptance to Hack the North

Best use of Projection - Christie
1 winner

- Christie Pico Projector

Judges

Kaitlyn Yong

Kaitlyn Yong
Co-Director, Hack the North

Katherine Lu

Katherine Lu
Co-Director, Hack the North

Diana Chang

Diana Chang
MasseyHacks

Ian Pilon

Ian Pilon
IoT Waterloo Region

Daniel Urquhart

Daniel Urquhart
Christie

Tina Wilton

Tina Wilton
Communitech

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity (10)
    Is the idea unique and innovative?
  • Usefulness (5)
    What are the real-world applications?
  • Presentation (5)
    Does it look polished and professional?
  • Technical Difficulty (5)
    What type of technical challenges did the you solve?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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