Seattle Interactive IOT Hackathon - Tiny Home & Automotive

Love fame, fortune and hackathons? Want to meet some new developers in the area?

This hack is focused on IOT for tiny home & automotive. Want to make a crazy robot toaster that spits out Hello Kitty branded toast? Or a remote controlled AC unit with an arduino/raspberry-pi? Maybe an automatic facial recognition system with a raspberry pi that covers your car and that automatically tweets motion triggered images to @seattlePD? 

Vin.li, particle.io, Webtask, Apptentive and T-Mobile to help you pull together an interesting app and all without a server! How? Checkout webtask.io from Auth0.com - IOT devices can now act independently and scale server demand as necessary. And, of course, any idea is welcome and fair game!

Five final teams will all be showcased on-stage at Seattle Interactive Conference for a panel of high profile, celebrity judges for a chance to win a boatload of cash and the opportunity to have lunch with T-Mobile CIO, Cody Sanford.

All participants receive:

• T-Mobile’s recruiting department has agreed that if anyone from the Hackathon applies for a TMO open position using a promo code they will provide, they will be guaranteed an interview with T-Mobile’s head of technical recruiting.

• FREE pass to the Seattle Interactive Conference (passes to be handed out to everyone that presents).

Prizes:

1st Place  

• $7,000 + T-Mobile devices

• Lunch with Cody Sanford (T-Mobile CIO)

• Opportunity to pitch your idea to the senior leadership team at T-Mobile

2nd Place

• $2,000 + T-Mobile Devices

3rd Place

• $1000 + T-Mobile devices

Judges & Criteria

We have also lined up the following judges and mentors help you create the best possible app:

Judges

• Ryan Yokel, T-Mobile, Minister of Emerging Products

• Lisa Weeks, CMO, Hashbang Games

• Joseph Fernando, T-Mobile, Head Innovator & Technical Advisor

• Taylor Soper, Geekwire

• Steve Gomez, T-Mobile, Sr. Director, Digital Services

• Cody Sanford, T-Mobile, Chief Information Officer

Mentors

• Kassandra Perch, Auth0, Developer Evangelist

Judging criteria will be determined on the following points:

• Usefulness - Is the hack practical and does it provide useful info for users? Does it fulfill a real need?

• Originality - Is the hack something novel or a fresh approach to an old problem?

• Technical Difficulty - Is the hack technically interesting or difficult? Is a rehashed API demo?

• Polish / Design - Does the app work and how clean is the UI flow? Is the user experience smooth? Does everything appear to work? Is it well designed?

Schedule / Timeline

The hack into multiple parts and provided a detailed overview schedule of the event:

Saturday

• 10AM - Doors Open

• 11AM Saturday - Talks & Introduction

• 12PM Saturday - Team Formation

• 1PM Saturday - Lunch is served!

• 7PM Saturday - Dinner is served!

• 10PM - Go Home and Rest

Sunday

• 10AM Sunday - Breakfast is served!

• 1PM Sunday - Lunch is served!

• 4PM Sunday - Presentations

• 6PM Sunday - FInalists Announced!

Seattle Interactive Conference

• October 18th - Finalists finetune their presentation with professional coaches

• October 18th - Winners Announced!

Rules and Regulations

Sponsorship Inquiries: hackathon@seattleinteractive.com