NYC Hackathon for Google Glass

NYC Hackathon for Google Glass!

http://Hack.UbiTech.co

If you see a waitlist, please join it and we will open up space as it becomes available. Early bird admissions is free, standard $25 (covers our operating costs).

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We are going to be tackling some great issues for both Personal & Enterprise uses of Glass.

Schedule:

Day 1 (Saturday, September 6th)

9:00 AM - Registration/Breakfast

9:30 AM - Welcoming Message

10:00 AM - Design Sprint

12:00 PM - Lunch

12:30 PM - Tech Talks:

• ​Mailjet: How to incorporate emailing into your hack
• NYCEDC: Developing for NYC
• NYC 311: Developing with 311 data​
• Google: Designing and Developing for Glass​

3:00 PM - Mentors Check-in with Teams

5:00 PM - End of Day

*No overnight

Day 2 (Sunday, September 7th)

9:00 AM - Welcome Back

9:30 AM - Inspirational Kick-off

12:00 PM - Lunch

2:00 PM - Mentors Check-in with Teams

4:00 PM - Teams Submit Projects

4:30 PM - Presentations and Judgement Time

5:00 PM - Winners Announced

5:30 PM - Close

The Finale will be combined with the NYC GDG Hackathon for Android Wear on October 18th (https://www.meetup.com/UbiTech/events/202108652/).

Let's do this, good times ahead!

Line-up of Mentors and/or Judges available throughout the weekend (more TBA):

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Allen “Prisoner” Firstenberg is a Google Developer Expert, recognized by Google as one of the leaders in the developer community for Google+ and Google Glass, and is a Glass Explorer and Pioneer. prisoner.com (http://prisoner.com/) | https://github.com/afirstenberg

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Dario Laverde is the NYC-GDG Organizer and HTC Developer Evangelist. Expert on Google Glass and Android Wear. @nycjava (http://www.twitter.com/nycjava) | G+ (http://www.google.com/+DarioLaverde)

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Peter Crysdale is the Founder and CEO of StrategyHack. He founded the company in 2013 to bridge the divide between the startup and marketing communities. @PCrysdale (http://www.twitter.com/pcrysdale) | instagram.com/PCrysdale | LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/petercrysdale)

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Matthew Weinberg is a Senior Project Manager at the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s Center for Economic Transformation. Matt oversees several of the City’s tech and start-up initiatives. @mattjweinberg (http://www.twitter.com/mattjweinberg) | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-weinberg/24/477/b05)

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Sponsored Challenges and Prizes:

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Challenge: Best use of Mailjet's powerful REST APIs, which can be used to send transactional and marketing emails, parse incoming emails, and track open and click rates of emails you send.

Prize: Arduino/Raspberry kits.

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Challenge: On Site Opera is looking to further develop its use of real time English translations of opera text
through Glass. Details and conditions to follow.

Prize: The winning app will be used during the next On Site Opera production (June 2015) and be featured on our website, social media, and select publicity materials. The app may also be promoted at the 2015 Opera America conference to opera industry leaders from all over the country.

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Challenge: Augmate (http://www.augmate.com) is challenging participants to develop an Enterprise Supply Chain Application. Details and conditions to follow.

Prize: $1,000.

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Challenge: To enable customers to learn about a specific location/area or topic using data provided in either or both 311 sets provided below. We encourage participants to be as creative as possible and think about how they interact with the City on day to day basis. Both data sets provide unique information of interest to New Yorkers.

Currently 311 provides 2 open data sets. The first, and perhaps the most popular is our Service Request (SR) data set that provides access to complaints and request for services submitted by the public from 2010 to the present. ( https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/311-Service-Requests-from-2010-to-Present/erm2-nwe9 ? )

We also have the 311 Content API available which provides our web content, including a list of facilities (such as parks, recreation centers, homeless shelters). This can be accessed by creating an account through the NYC Developer Portal ( https://developer.cityofnewyork.us/user/register?destination=node/89 )

Prize: Ongoing promotion on 311 social media. Exposing the product to over 80,000 followers through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. A tour of the 311 Center and a visit with Executive Team.

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Challenge: Can you make NYC more sustainable with wearable technology? Develop an app for a wearable that encourages sustainable urban living, such as saving energy or making environmentally friendly decisions:

• Can you make an app for a wearable that alerts you to the risks of flooding or other extreme weather?
• Can you make an app that can detect pollution levels and notify users?
• Develop an app that can allow your device to tell you if you’ve had a low or high carbon day.

Prize: NYCEDC will run a blog post about this, either before or after winners are announced. Mentorship office hour with the VP of clean technology, energy and entrepreneurship economic development for the City of New York. If applicable, facilitate mentorship opportunities with other agencies.

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A limited number of Google Glass devices will be made available courtesy of Augmate (http://www.augmate.com/).

Resources: https://developers.google.com/glass/

Book: Designing and Developing for Google Glass (http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032564.do)

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Sponsors:

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GPOP - http://www.stepbot-fitness.com (http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stepbot-fitness.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH4VVP5NsK1O1M3ZoSYqEffhQRBZA)

• ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND SPONSORS TO FOLLOW, Stay Tuned... -

Want to become a sponsor? Check out our sponsor deck (http://www.sponseasy.com/p/nyc-hackathon-for-google-glass), and Contact us. (https://www.meetup.com/UbiTech/suggestion/)

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Rules:

Contestants may submit a new product designed specifically for the Hackathon or an existing product that includes functionality that is significantly different from previous versions and that was developed as part of the Hackathon. All Apps must:

1. Be solely owned by Contestant such that no other party has any rights or interest, whether known or unknown; and not violate the intellectual property, common law, or privacy rights of other parties.

2. Be original.

3. Comply with the terms of use of data sets listed by Sponsors.

4. Not be indecent, defamatory, in obvious bad taste, demonstrate a lack of respect for public morals or conduct, or adversely affect the reputation of the Sponsors; be illegal under applicable laws; depict hatred, defame, threaten a specific community in the society or incite violence; contain vulgar language or violence; or contain pornography, obscenity, or sexual activity.

Contestants selected as Winners of the Hackathon must also be willing to sign a Winners Agreement that certifies that the Contestant has complied with all rules of this Hackathon.

Failure to comply with any of these requirements may result in disqualification from the Hackathon at the Sponsors’ sole discretion.

Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor's and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding on all matters related to the Hackathon. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

Evaluation Criteria:

Judges will be looking mostly for a strong design and indication that the project can be completed and submission ready by October 18th, 2014 for a final competition and event. A demo would be great, but not required. Screenshots and process flows are encouraged. The following criteria will be considered during judging:

1. Long-term viability, including size of potential user base and business prospects;

2. Innovative use of technology and data sets or APIs;

3. User experience and design;

4. If the project originated during the weekend hackathon.

To be deemed eligible for prizes, teams must submit their app by 5:00 PM on Sunday, September 7th, 2014 to the submission form.

Ownership of Information

• Contestants will own the intellectual property rights to their Submission, but must comply with any additional rules and requirements set forth by the sponsor of the API/prize.

By entering the Hackathon, Contestants agree to the Rules.

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