About the challenge

Welcome to RiverHacks 2024, a stellar fusion of creativity, technology, and innovation powered by the ACC Computer Science Club and the new ACC ACM Student Chapter. As a sanctioned even tof Major League Hacking, we invite sudents to push the boundaries of possibilibity on April 13-14 at the historical and technologically revitalized Rio Grande Campus of Austin Community College.

At RiverHacks, you'll embark on a 24-hour journey to turn your boldest ideas into reality. RiverHacks is more than a hackathon - it's a gateway to a community of thinkers, makers, and visionaries. Join us in the hear of Texas' tech hub, near the pulse of innovation giants like Google, and make your mark on the future.

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Get read for an unforgettable weekend of coding, camraderie, and competition. Create something new, challenge yourself, and win awesome prizes along the way. Whether you're a first-timer or a seasoned hacker, RiverHacks 2024 is the palce to be. Come innovate with us!

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Prizes

$1,570 in prizes
1st Place Overall
1 winner

MLH Winner Pins
4 x Sandisk 1 TB Drive

2nd Place Overall
1 winner

4x Amazon Kindle & MLH Winner Pins

Most Y2K/Nostalgic
1 winner

4 x Tamagotchis

Best Frontend Design
1 winner

4 x Super Mario Lego Set (Piranha Plant)

Best Cloud Hack
1 winner

4 x My Charge PowerHub Max 15,000mAh All in One

Best Pitch
1 winner

4 x Vinyl Record Player Wireless Turntable with Built-in Speakers and USB

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
1 winner

Hack from Home Kit
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Best Use of MATLAB
1 winner

Wireless YoYo Speaker
MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.

Best Use of Starknet
1 winner

Starknet Care Package for Coders
Starknet is redefining the very notion of Web3 by tackling one of the most intimidating technical challenges in the industry - scaling a blockchain while maintaining its security and decentralization.

Starknet was the first general purpose ZK-Rollup service on Ethereum in Feb. 2022, and has proved its potential to be a market leader. Essentially, it increases the processing speed, while reducing the cost of operating on the Ethereum blockchain.

As a result, we are seeing a variety of “traditional” tech businesses - payments / social media / AI / online gaming - now being integrated with blockchains using our technology.

Moreover, the Starknet community is a growing pool of global talent - from feisty college students to some of the most illustrious PhDs in the world.

Best Use of Kintone
1 winner

Breadboard IoT Kit
Still not sure what backend to use in your hack? Kintone is a low-code web database that lets you set up your backend in minutes. It's beginner friendly, allowing you to customize your Kintone app using nothing but JavaScript and HTML. Your team can snag a FREE microcontroller by signing up for Kintone and visiting the MLH table, and if you use Kintone in your hackathon project, you'll have a chance to win a breadboard IoT kit to power up the hardware hacking for each member of your team!

Best Use of AI in Education
1 winner

TickTime Pomodoro Timer
Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, such as large language models (LLMs), are transforming how we interact with computers. During this weekend's hackathon, we want you to apply AI towards improving education to produce tools that support the quality, accessibility, and equitability of learning in today's classrooms. You can use AI to address any challenge teachers and students face, such as curriculum planning, question selection, teacher training, content generation, personalized feedback, automated grading and more.

For this challenge, we encourage you to draw on your own educational experiences and propose technical solutions to problems you've regularly encountered as students — after all, you are the best to know where our education system needs improvement. Design impactful and effective AI tools for education for a chance to win a TickTime Pomodoro Timer!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judging Criteria

  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "WoW"?
  • Design
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be more about how good the human-computer interaction is.
  • Completion
    Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted?
  • Learning
    Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before? Did they explore new areas? if so that exploration should be rewarded.

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