Are you ready to change our solar system!? Plutohacks is a hackathon organized by Broward College's own Computer Science and IT Department, and in this year we want to SPARK CHANGE. In our hackathon, we have workshops to help our hackers learn as much as they can during the weekend. Panels are also available to inspire projects and ideas...and don't forget about all the fun we will have with our games throughout the whole event!

This year, Plutohack's main tracks are focused on Humanitarianism. Your solution to humanitarian efforts can be scoped to something global or local! Show us creative ways that we can help one another!

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Prizes

$2,500 in prizes

Best Overall - Humanitarian

A hackathon category dedicated to helping others. Your solution to humanitarian efforts can be scoped into something global or local. You can think big— such as finding a solution to solve hunger— or you can think small— such as a solution for your elderly neighbor's daily tasks.

Best overall projects based on creativity, execution, and impact. All projects submitted are automatically entered for the best overall category.

The Best Overall prize is $200 per team member

Second Place - Best Overall - Humanitarian

A hackathon category dedicated to helping others. Your solution to humanitarian efforts can be scoped into something global or local. You can think big— such as finding a solution to solve hunger— or you can think small— such as a solution for your elderly neighbor's daily tasks.

Best overall projects based on creativity, execution, and impact. All projects submitted are automatically entered for the best overall category.

The Second Place Best Overall prize is $50 per team member

Best Accessibility Hack

There are many people who struggle with everyday tasks because their disabilities prevent them to, and the world we live in is not very accessible to them. What can you create to help increase access to those with disabilities?

The Best Accessibility Hack prize is $100 per team member.

First Time Hack

This category is for beginner hackers. If this is your first hackathon, we encourage you to participate in this category! You can submit anything to this as long you or one member on your team is a first-time hacker.

The First Time Hack prize is $100 per team member.

Best "Useless" Hack

Have you ever come up with an idea that is fun, but not necessarily useful or convenient to anyone? Participate in creating the best "useless" hack! You can create something silly, create something for creation's sake, or over-engineer something! Sometimes laughter is the best we can do for humanity!

The Best "Useless" Hack prize is $100 per team member.

Echo3D - ✨Sponsor Challenge✨

$100 Amazon Gift card is awarded to the team with the best use of Echo3D. Use your imagination and come up with something creative!

Miami Dolphins - ✨Sponsor Challenge✨

The accessibility factor of websites and applications is something that is commonly overlooked. Does your submission stand up to the WCAG accessibility standards?

The winning prize will be a special surprise!

Microsoft - ✨Sponsor Challenge✨

Use MRTK3 to build something you wish you would have learned in high school.

The winning team will be invited to an opportunity to showcase their work in december to a community of educators with Microsoft!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Denise Mendez

Denise Mendez
Principal Software Engineer / Microsoft Mixed Reality

Tony Casciotta

Tony Casciotta
CIO & VP of Information Technology / Broward College

Derron Stewart

Derron Stewart
Director of Campus Technology at Broward College

Tangy Frederick

Tangy Frederick
Founder / Cre8tive Devs Software

Hernán Londoño

Hernán Londoño
Senior Strategist - Higher Education / Dell Technologies

Judging Criteria

  • Originality
    Originality, does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem?
  • Execution
    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? Note: For the Best Useless Hack, YOU WANT TO BE AS USELESS AS POSSIBLE!
  • Presentation
    How well was the project presented? Did it make the hack more compelling? Did it give a good idea of its purpose?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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