Welcome to the official DiamondHacks github repo! DiamondHacks '22 is entirely virtual and will take place on March 26th and March 27th. Check out our website for more information about the hackathon.
This repository holds the following information:
- Rules: The list of rules participants must follow, taken from [MLH's Official Hackathon Rules).
- Schedule: A schedule of DiamondHacks events.
- Judging Criteria: The criteria by which your hackathon project will be judged.
- Prizes: How prizes will be awarded at DiamondHacks.
- Cheating Response Procedure: How people can report violations of the rules and how those reports will be dealt with.
- Session Information: Information needed to get ready for DiamondHacks workshops.
- Fill out our registration form
- Join our Discord
- Read through our website
This year, we encourage you to work on a hack in one of the following categories. If you submit under one of the following categories, you will be eligible for additional prizes!
- 💡 Innovation
Get inspired by the latest technological advancements.
Incorporating new ideas and discoveries into your work can be exciting and rewarding. Maybe you design solar powered coffee makers or a new heat insulating glass for your home. Whatever the solution, innovation is at the center! Find a way to feature outside of the box thinking and creative twists to improve an otherwise ordinary idea.
- 🌳 Sustainability
Set us on a better path towards sustainability.
Build a mobile app that identifies local farmers markets in your area or create a tool that recommends sustainable fashion brands personalized for your taste. Get creative with how you can help us reduce our environmental footprint in our day to day lives!
- 💛 Social Impact
Make the world a better place for someone else.
Tackle inequalities in gender, education, health, and more! You might design a website for education tailored towards students with color blindness. Make an easy to navigate digital map of health resources in cities. There are so many ways you can make a difference so get to it!