Come hack with us!
Join us this year for sunhacks on Spetember 20th-22nd at the Tempe SDFC. sunhacks is a student-run hackathon at Arizona State University committed to growing the local tech community, providing students with brand new opportunities and connections, and contributing to a world-wide community: the hacker community. Our vision is to bring people of all backgrounds together to develop skills together as they learn, build, and code here at sunhacks. Whether you’re a tech savvy programmer or just getting started, sunhacks is an amazing opportunity to learn, build, and code. For more information and registration visit sunhacks.io.
Prizes
$4,322 in prizes
1st
Bose Sunglasses
2nd
Sennheiser HD 4.50 SE Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones - Black
3rd
HP 23.8-inch FHD IPS Monitor with Tilt/Height Adjustment and Built-in Speakers (VH240a, Black)
Best IoT Hack
Wyze Cam Pan 1080p Pan/Tilt/Zoom Wi-Fi Indoor Smart Home Camera with Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Person Detection.
Solutions heavily reliant on creating an Alexa skill or Google Action, utilizing cloud processing, etc. Can have no hardware component to complex hardware component.
Best Hardware Hack
Arduboy.
Microcontroller solutions not heavily reliant on cloud processing or solutions (IoT is allowed, but should not be singularly the creation of an Alexa skill or Google Action using a basic hardware setup, see the Best IoT Hack for that)
Best UI/UX Design
Herschel Backpacks.
Solutions that have aesthetically pleasing design and/or thoughtful, innovative, and efficient user experience
Best Data Science Hack
Sphero R2-Q5.
Encompasses solutions pertaining to data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other advanced topics.
Best AR/VR/MR Hack
Razer Basilisk Essential.
Solutions that utilize or rely on Augmented and or Virtual reality. Unity/Unreal solutions also applicable if virtual reality hardware not available.
Best Sustainability Hack
Grand Canyon Hydro Flask.
Solutions that address, inform, implement, or other sustainability or other humanitarian efforts, approaches, ideas, etc.
See State Farm's prize for social good.
Most "Useless" Hack
Flashlight gloves.
For hacks that are a seemingly an ingenious solution to a particular problem but are nothing more than a useless gag. While not exactly useful, somehow... not altogether useless...
See: Chindōgu Inventions, Uncommon Hacks
Most "Extra" Hack
Clout goggles/glasses.
extra (adj) - (def) over the top, excessive, dramatic behavior, way too much
Best Embedded Project - Performance Software
Raspi 4 starter kit
Social Good - State Farm Insurance
Raspi 4 starter kit.
Create a technical solution hack. A hack that addresses local/ global social issues. The hack should help people improve social issues they may face today.
Joining Forces - GoDaddy
Create a hack that embodies a GoDaddy value, joining forces.
Most Innovative Use of AWS - Amazon
Echo Dots. Most innovative use of AWS with regards to AI/ML.
Best Use of Esri Products - Esri
Best Use of Esri products
MLH - Best Automation Hack with UiPath
UiPath/MLH Branded Backpack,
DROCON Drone per Team Member
MLH - Best Domain Registered with Domain.com
Domain.com branded backpack for each team member.
MLH - Best Use of Google Cloud
Google Home Minis for each team member
MLH - Best Use of Transposit
Only 24 hours to create your project? No problem, Create an app and compose different APIs together with the world's first API composition platform, Transposit. Each winning team member will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.
MLH - Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
Create a hack using MongoDB Atlas to host a database in the cloud! Automate the provisioning and deployment process with ease, while focusing all your efforts on your hack. Projects built using MongoDB Atlas will be eligible to win an AirCharge Plus per team member.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Eligibility
In accordance with MLH acceptance, participants must be a college or community student, a bootcamp student, or a recently graduated (within one year) alum.
High schoolers are also accepted through MLH acceptance, however, in accordance with venue rules must be 18 or over.
Team sizes are limited to 4 maximum, and 1 minimum (meaning you can be a team of 1 person).
Requirements
All hackathon submissions must be submitted to devpost here by 7:30AM 9/22.
Judges

Cecilia La Place
Judging Criteria
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Design
Criteria available on hackathon start. -
Originality
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Functionality
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Complexity
Criteria available on hackathon start.