Social Inclusion and Empowerment

Aiming to promote social inclusion among young people and reduce discrimination against marginalized groups.

• Educational or community engagement platforms
• Platforms for dialogue on topics related to minority issues
• Platform for connecting young people with NGOs

 Access to Quality Education

Making education more accessible through various solutions aimed at simplifying concepts, processes, or other aspects in the field.

• Educational tools for making the material more accessible
• Interactive tools for applying theory
• Game theory and learning through games

Smart City and Urban Development

The development of key domains (transportation, recycling, interaction with institutions, etc.) through solutions aimed at simplifying various processes that support citizens and local administration.

• Tools for making public information more accessible
• Transport monitoring platforms
• Platforms to facilitate selective recycling
• Platforms for promoting local culture and arts

Building a healthier and better society. 

Exploring and promoting solutions in the medical field aimed at simplifying processes, making medical adjustments through technology, and improving the lives of individuals suffering from various health issues.

• Virtual consultation platforms
• Remote patient monitoring systems
• Health trend monitoring and prediction solutions
• Medical service accessibility platforms

Rewarding the best overall TypeScript implementation of a full-stack application (web or mobile).

Performance:

• Best usage of data structures based on the context (e.g., use a dictionary/map/hashmap instead of an array when frequently accessing the data)
• Rendered HTML re-use

Code Quality:

• Design patterns and software development principles (DRY)
• Typings - you lose a point for each “as any” or inferred “any” :)

Notice: You are allowed to have other programming languages in your project, but you must use at least one TypeScript-based framework.

Rewarding the best overall React implementation.

• UI/UX
• Code Structure
• Performance

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Be sure to redeem your Google Cloud Credits as soon as possible through the Google Cloud Credit Form. Use the promo code in your pre-event email to access the form! 

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GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!

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.

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.

Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!

• Build a decentralized application on Hedera using our JavaScript SDK.
• Build applications that never sleep using EVM compatible smart contract service.
• Say goodbye to cumbersome databases and hello to seamless scalability of Hedera Consensus Service. With no need for writing your own APIs your data is securely stored and easily retrieved.

With Circle, you can embed secure wallets into your app in just minutes. Circle Web3 wallets are compatible with multiple blockchains and are supported by over a dozen programming language SDKs. Circle’s programmable wallets will enable you to add secure transactions to your hackathon project using RESTful APIs, with options for both user and developer controlled transactions. If your hackathon idea involves in-app purchases, user to user payments, app to user payments, or all of the above, integrating Circle programmable wallets to your Web2 or Web3 tech-stack may be the perfect solution. 

Sign up for a developer account and start using Circle’s APIs today, for a chance to win a Circle Branded Hardware Wallet for you and each of your teammates!

Imagine having the tools, resources, and support you need to turn your idea into reality. With the Google for Startups Cloud Program, you can harness the power of the Google Cloud Platform to supercharge your startup and scale your project faster than ever. 

1. Come up with your next big idea and form a team around it.

2. Purchase a domain and create an email forward i.e. setup username@business.com to forward to your personal email.

1. If you do not yet have a Google Cloud Console account, sign up using your @business.com email address. 

2. Apply here using the same email in Step 3 or apply by visiting goo.gle/mlh

Do these three things, and you can get up to $2,000 USD in cloud credits over 2 years, technical training, business support, and Google-wide offers!  On top of that, the team with the most innovative idea will win a Google Branded Backpack.