PennApps X is the tenth iteration of PennApps, the nation's premier college hackathon, held at the University Of Pennsylvania. PennApps X will take place from September 12th to 14th, with 36 hours of hacking by 1200 of the world's best hackers. Teams begin working on their hacks after the Friday evening kickoff and have until Sunday morning to complete their hack. All final submissions must be made here, on ChallengePost before the end of hacking. Videos are optional.
Eligibility
If you applied to PennApps X, recieved an offer to attend and went on to confirm that you will do so, you are eligible to attend PennApps. If you attended and hacked at PennApps, then you are eligible to make a submission.
Requirements
Make your product, submit your hack to ChallengePost and attend the PennApps expo to show off what you built.
Prizes
$16,450 in prizes
Grand Prize
$5k + Thalmic Myo + Oculus DK2 + Leap Motion + Android Wear + Raspberry Pi B+ Visit to Rocket Fuel HQ + Visit to MongoDB HQ + SmartThings Kit + Demo at Venrock HQ
Second Place
Oculus Rift DK2 +
Android Wear +
Raspberry Pi B
Third Prize
Android Wear +
Raspberry Pi B
Hardware Prize
Oculus Rift DK2's
AlphaLab Gear Prize
(3)
Presented by AlphaLab Gear
Best iOS App
(3)
Presented by Apple. Winners will receive iPads
Best Healthcare Hack
Presented by BenefitFocus. Winners will receive Fitbits
Best Use of Bloomberg API
(2)
Presented by Bloomberg
Most Consumer-Friendly Bitcoin Hack
Presented by Circle. Winner will receive $1000 in BTC
Best Bitcoin Hack by Coinbase
Presented by Coinbase. Winner will receive $1000 in BTC
Best Internet-Connected Hardware Project
Presented by Electric Imp. Winners will receive multimeters
Best Use of Facebook API
Presented by Facebook. Winners will receive a trip to Facebook's HQ to compete in the Hackathon Finals
KPCB Fellows Award
Presented by KPCB
Best App Built Using Mashery API Network
(2)
Presented by Mashery. Winners will receive electric powered air hockey tables
Best Microsoft App
(3)
Presented by Microsoft. 11st place is an Xbox one, 2nd place is entry into Second round of the Imagine Cup, 3rd Place: Dell Venue Pro Tablet
Best Use of MongoDB
Presented by MongoDB
Best Collaboration Hack
Presented by Moxtra
Best use of Plaid API
Presented by Plaid
“That’s Crazy, Man”
Presented by Plaid. Winner will receive gift certificate for 100 slices from Allegro's
Best Use of SendGrid
Presented by SendGrid. Winner will receive PowerUp 3.0, Pocket Microscope, Capacitive Touch Gloves, Charge Card
Best Use of Video
Presented by Tubular Labs. Winner will receive a GoPro
Best Use of Twilio API
Presented by Twilio. Winners will receive custom 4" action figures
Most Intuitive Interface
Presented by WillowTree Apps. Winners will receive Spark Core and WillowTree Swag.
Best Data Visualization Hack
Presented by Sift Science. Winners receive custom Sift Science lab coats and T-Shirt
Best Use of ML
Presented by Sift Science. Winners receive custom Sift Science lab coats and T-Shirt
IBM Prize Presented by IBM
(3)
1st Place: All expenses paid 2 day trip to IBM Design Studio for 1:1 time with the team, mentorship, and networking with executives.
2nd Place: Interviews and 10 hrs of 1:1 mentorship with the IBM Design team.
3rd Place: 3 month subscription to IBM Bluemix.
Top Myo Hack
Presented by Thalmic Labs. Winners will receive Myo Developer Kit
Most Creative Hack
Presented by Clover. Winner will receive $500
Best Use of Geolocation / Uber API
Presented by Uber. Winners will receive $200 in Uber credit.
Penn Engineering Dean's Innovation Prize
Presented by EDAB. Winners will receive lunch with Dean Glandt. For the best product that aids curriculum (undeclared engineering major) deferred students. (Penn students only).
Best “Smart Watch” Health Solution
Presented by IBC. Smart Watch (Apple or Samsung)
Best hack for Electronic Medical Records
Presented by Epic. $500 NewEgg gift card
Best Domain Name
Presented by Namecheap
Best User Experience
Presented by Goldman Sachs. Winners receive Boss speakers.
Intel IoT hack
Best overall web leveraging hardware hack. Basis smartwatches for each team member.
Top Intel hack
Best hack including Intel tech. Basis smartwatches for each team member.
Intel runway hack
Best Intel wearable hack. Basis smartwatches for each team member.
Mad inventor hack
For the most ridiculous Intel hack. Basis smartwatches for each team member.
Smartthings Prize
Presented by SmartThings.
Venmo Prize
Presented by Venmo
Special Recognition from Mozilla
Presented by Mozilla
Jawbone Prize
Presented by Jawbone
Apple - 1st Place
Presented by Apple
Apple - Runners Up
(2)
$25 App Store Gift Card
Best Hack People Will Use Everyday
Presented by 50onRed. Winner will receive $1500 and a trip to the 50onRed HQ
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Only current students in University or High School who have been accepted to PennApps X can make submissions.
Judges

Nick

Dave Jagoda

Jasdev Singh

Randall

Tamer el calamay

Sandhya Kapur

Micah Wylde

Cassidy

Max Guo

Sam Panzer

Evan Benshetler

Peter Szocs

Janhavi sahasrabuddhe

Robert

Andrew Sutherland

Andrew Rosenthal

Sevada Abraamyan

Rob Spectre

Ricky

Swift

Robert

Jeremy Rossmann

Hans Schmitz

Shiftan
CTO, Curalate

Alex

Stephanie

Mohammad

Pamela

Neil G

Dan

Goldman #1

Amit

Daniel

Sam

Angel
Andrew

Goldman #3

Clay
Judging Criteria
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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? -
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? -
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?
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