Battle of the Code is an amped-up, all-night problem solving competition for regional college students where sponsors pitch a problem or open up their technology for teams to develop innovative solutions and win some amazing prizes.
Battle of the Code is a unique hackathon because it will not only connect students to sponsoring technology but will connect students to Kansas City’s top employers, established developer community and organizations that foster connections in the KC region. Come get connected!
Challenge Categories & Prizes
Overall Winners
1st Place
$3,000.00 Scholarship
$250.00 groceries gift certificate
2nd Place
$2,000.00 Scholarship
$150.00 groceries gift certificate
3rd Place
$100.00 groceries gift certificate
Pinsight Media helps brands connect to mobile audiences. Every brand has a story and when they tell it well, they connect with their customers. However, many fail in the mobile environment. Think you have what it takes to create a new, unique way to present advertisements inside a mobile experience? Let’s see what you got.
Prize: One month of free consulting and three months of free product promotion to help jumpstart your product. (up to $5000 value)
Use HTML and a charting framework along with the Google Analytics API’s to help build a dynamic and robust dashboard for analytics of web and mobile applications. Google Analytics provides a simple and powerful APIs to retrieve report data from Google Analytics.
More details and questions can be found at our Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115903224948858098383
1st Place
DJI Phantom Aerial UAV Drone Quadcopter for GoPro $479
2nd Place
GoPro HERO3 $299
3rd Place
Apple TV $99
Best use of Sirqul API
Prize:
6 months free use of the Sirqul platform (up to $5,000.00 value)
Most creative use of the world's first Health & Lifestyle Canine API
Examples: http://www.fitbark.com/2014/01/03/fostering-innovation-with-an-open-api/
1st Place
2 FitBark Activity Monitors + 1 Wi-Fi Base Station + 1 FitBark T-Shirt
2nd Place
1 FitBark Activity Monitor + 1 FitBark T-Shirt
3rd Place
1 FitBark T-Shirt
Create a mobile application or simulation using an mobile framework and available API’s for the competition that will allow the user to: save, view, notate, categorize, decision and report analytic data from their Health Spending Accounts (HSA) receipts. This would include the ability to upload receipts from the user’s email, disk storage, camera, or mobile phone.
1st Place
1 Apple Ipad Mini 3 64 GB Wi-Fi Silver $499 Value
2nd Place
2 Fitbit Charge Wireless Activity Wristbands, Black, Large - $129 each for $260 total value
3rd Place
1 Fitbit Charge Wireless Activity Wristband, Black, Large - $129
Develop a fully function app for the interactive art project “Urban Colonization.”
The goal of this app is to help the public locate hidden art installations of lichen colonies at various sites around Kansas City and encourage them to keep seeking the colonies. Locations for hidden colonies include: The Anita B Gorman Discovery and Conservation Center, Plug Projects, Union Station & Science City and The Mid-America Arts Alliance.
1st Place
$500 cash prize to the winning individual/team
A one of a kind work of art (valued at $1000)
2nd Place
Private 3 hour workshop in drawing or photography for up to 5 people (valued at $500)
a one of a kind work of art (valued at $500)
Available APIs
Sirqul allows you to create mobile location-based apps that enable commerce, coupons, vouchers, gamification, geo-fences, push-notifications, game level generation, media management (photo, audio, video, text, news, etc.), social networking, groups, likes, notes, and much, much more.
Interested?
1. Create a free developer account here: http://dev.sirqul.com/users/add
2. Review intro videos explaining the platform capabilities: http://dev.sirqul.com/dev/index.php
3. Check out the developer documentation: http://dev.sirqul.com/docs
4. For questions and support during the hackathon: hackathon@sirqul.com
Twilio allows software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls and send and receive text messages using its web service APIs.
Check them out: https://www.twilio.com/
Interested?
1. Create a free developer account here: https://www.twilio.com/try-twilio
2. Check out the API documentation: https://www.twilio.com/docs/api
3. Receive your $20.00 credit when you arrive on February 21st
The FitBark API furthers the bond between man and his best friend by seamlessly connecting FitBark activity and sleep data with products and services that make the lives of our dogs richer. Let’s build together. The doggie mobile health revolution starts today.
Big Bang allows software developers to create realtime applications in seconds, without the need for infrastructure or servers.
1. Create your free developer account https://cloud.bigbang.io/signup/
2. Check out the SDK documentation https://github.com/bigbang/bigbang-client-js
Check back for additional sponsors and prizes. They won't disappoint!
Interested in sponsoring and getting involved? Contact monica.mcatee@sprint.com
