Boost Your Tools

What is a hackathon?

A sprint-like event where participants team up and create solutions to real-life challenges in an intense period of time. Using creativity, technology and mentoring, the week results in prototypes, fresh new concepts and innovation.

What is the Boost Your Tools online hackathon about?

This is a unique online competition where the teams combine hardware and software tools to give innovative solutions for DIY use cases.

Can I participate alone?

No, you can’t. You need to find your mates and register in a team of 1 to 5 people.

I have an idea, what do I need to do?

1. Find your teammates.
2. Register to Junction App!
3. Wait until the pre-selection ends.
4. Receive your starter kit.
5. Start working on your project!
6. Submit your project video to the submission platform by 10 am on the last day.

How can I submit my project?

To submit your project you must create a 2-minute-long video, that you upload to Dropbox and create a shareable link for it and paste its link into the submission form where you should provide some more information about your solution. In the video, you have to present everything related to the project: presentation, demo, etc. The jury will evaluate based on this video. Please note that all of the submission videos have to be uploaded into a Dropbox folder, not onto a Google drive one.

What does the evaluation method look like?

Make a 2-minute video with your teammates, upload it into your Google Drive folder, and submit it on the submission platform by the final deadline. The submitted solutions will be evaluated by a professional jury and the 5 best projects have to be pitched in 5 minutes during a live session on the closing day.

What are the evaluation criterias?

The proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the following criterias:

• Innovation (30%)
• User Experience (40%)
• Implementation (30%)

Is participation free of charge?

Yes, the hackathon is free to enter.

Who owns the intellectual property of the hackathon projects?

By participating in the competition, the competing teams agree to hand over the solutions and any related protected knowledge created in the competition to the partner in exchange for a cash prize in accordance with the general terms and conditions.

How do I register a team?

All registration related things happen on the Junction App.

1. When registering on the Junction App, choose Yes when asked if you’re applying as a team.
2. Click the ☰ icon in the top left corner of the page and go to Team page.
3. If you’re the team lead, click Create a new team. Otherwise go to step 5.
4. The platform now generates you a unique team code. Send this team code to your team members.
5. If you’re a member of a team, ask your team lead for the team code. Go to the same Team page and insert the team code to Join an excisting team. If you haven’t received a code from your team lead, ask the team lead to follow these instructions.

Link sharing is not possible through the Junction App, so please share the team code between all team members for example by email.

What does the starter kit contain?

The starter kit contains sensors and devices assembled by Bosch.

Where is the Boost Your Tools organized?

The event is held 100% online. We use open Slack workspace as the main platform for communication and Junction App for the hackathon submissions.

How does the pre-selection look like?

We are looking for teams who have the most relevant background to create something extraordinary with the given items. We will choose the 15 best teams, who have either German or Hungarian addresses.

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