How would you use technology to improve medicine & healthcare?
HackMed is a medical hackathon aimed at developing creative solutions to solve problems within medicine and healthcare. It is a student-run event for individuals from various backgrounds interested in the crossroads of life sciences and technology.
Throughout the weekend, hackers at HackMed will have a unique opportunity to learn from each other, build awesome projects together, and share them with other hackers. This will allow a multi-disciplinary mesh of people working on developing solutions to pressing problems within healthcare and medicine.
Prizes
$510 in prizes
First Prize
4 Marsboy wireless bluetooth speakers
Second Prize
4 Raspberry Pi 3
Third Prize
4 VOX+ GEAR VR Headsets
Best Use of Data awarded by Oxford Nanopore Technologies
4 £20 Amazon vouchers
Best Use of the Nexmo API
4 Sumo Parrot Jumping Drones
#HackHarassment
Use your tech skills for good and hack online harassment! Build a software solution that can help reduce the frequency and/or severity of online harassment. Members of the winning team receive Hack Harassment Battery Packs!
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
$30 Amazon Gift Card
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Domain.com Swag Bags
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Dr. Dennis Wang
University of Sheffield
Richard Ronan
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Gregor Engelmann
Major League Hacking
Sam Machin
Nexmo
Judging Criteria
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Usefulness (25%)
Did the solution solve a real-world medical problem? How much of an impact will it have on medicine and healthcare? -
Technical difficulty (25%)
How hard was it to implement the solution? Was it a simple website or did the team build something that we’ve not seen before? -
Originality (25%)
How new the idea? Is it the next Uber for doctors or are they creating something groundbreaking new? -
Design/User experience/Polish (25%)
Did the team build something with the end user in mind? How polished is the hack?