Looking for an exciting opportunity to dive into exciting projects, network with industry professionals, and showcase your skills? Look no further than BeachHacks, the premier 24-hour hackathon at Cal State Long Beach! Join a community of talented students and industry professionals as you collaborate to bring your innovative ideas to life. With prizes, networking opportunities, and technical workshops, BeachHacks is the perfect platform for you to take your skills to the next level.

 

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Requirements

  1. Project name and elevator pitch
  2. Team members' names (if applicable)
    • All teammates must be added as collaborators!
  3. Prize categories you're submitting to
  4. Project story
    • Inspiration?
    • What does it do?
    • How did you build it?
    • What challenges did you come across?
    • What are you proud of?
    • What did you learn?
    • What comes next?
  5. GitHub Repository of your project
  6. In-Person Judging
    • You'll be presenting your project to our judges, science-fair style!

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Prizes

$4,776 in prizes

1st Overall

All qualified submitted projects will automatically be considered for this category. Each member of the winning team will receive:

Meta - Quest 2 Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset - 128GB

2nd Overall

All qualified submitted projects will automatically be considered for this category. Each member of the winning team will receive:

Acer 27" Full HD IPS Computer Monitor, AMD FreeSync, 75hz Refresh Rate (HDMI,VGA)- KB272

Best UI/UX

This prize will be awarded to the team who created an exceptional user experience through their submission. All qualified submitted projects will automatically be considered for this category. Each member of the winning team will receive:

Wacom - Intuos Graphic Drawing Tablet for Mac, PC, Chromebook & Android (Small) with Software Included - Black

Best Beginner Hack

If this is your first hackathon, you're eligible to submit to this category! Each member of the winning team will receive:

Logitech - G305 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Optical 6 Programmable Button Gaming Mouse with 12,000 DPI HERO Sensor - White

Best Work-In-Progress Hack

Didn't finish everything you wanted to in 24 hours? You're eligible to submit to this category! Each member of the winning team will receive:

Apple AirPods True Wireless Bluetooth Headphones (2nd Generation) with Charging Case

Best Game

If you created a game during BeachHacks, you're eligible to submit to this category! Each member of the winning team will choose between:

1 Steam Gift Card ($50), 1 Nintendo Gift Card ($50), 1 Xbox Gift Card ($50), 1 PlayStation Gift Card ($50)

Best Hardware Hack by Arduino

If you used any Arduino materials in your submission, you're eligible to submit to this category! Each member of the winning team will receive:

$250 Arduino Gift Card

Best Google Cloud Hack

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each member of the winning team will receive:

Google Cloud Patagonia Backpack

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Aaron Trank

Aaron Trank
Senior Frontend Engineer @ Amazon

Alex Glow

Alex Glow
Hardware Nerd @ Arduino

Ben Strahan

Ben Strahan
Director, U.S. Market Development @ Arduino

Catherine Pham

Catherine Pham
Software Engineer @ Northrop Grumman

Denil Poudel

Denil Poudel
Electrical Engineer @ Northrop Grumman

Kevin London

Kevin London
Software Engineer @ Snap Inc.

Rushi Jash

Rushi Jash
Software Engineer @ Snap Inc.

Soroush Pourreza

Soroush Pourreza
Software Engineer @ Amazon

Suhas Sridhar

Suhas Sridhar
Data Analyst @ Brightside

More Judges Coming Soon!

More Judges Coming Soon!

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? If a team which always does VR projects decides to switch up and try doing a mobile app instead, that exploration should be rewarded.

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