Please join us for an exciting weekend of collaboration and exploration at the intersection of fashion and technology! Now in its ninth year, the Fashion Tech Hackathon is a FREE event that brings together university students from different majors, backgrounds and locations and gives them resources and space to learn new skills and create innovative projects. With the support of mentors from a variety of universities, industries and disciplines, the event fosters networking, collaboration and innovation. Whether it's designing wearable tech, a new innovative app, or an inventive way to further develop existing technologies, student teams will have the opportunity to solve problems using fashion and technology (and win some awesome prizes)! Sponsors and mentors have the opportunity to work and network with potential future employees, and will have access to innovative, leading-edge products and software.  

Again his year we have a fully online, virtual hackathon in Gather.town to allow participants the ability to help define the future of fashion from the comfort of their own homes!  We look forward to your participation in the 2022 hack! 

The Fashion Tech Hackathon in partnership with the School of Fashion's TechStyleLAB, Kent State's Design Innovation,  Kent State’s LaunchNETand with the support of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation Grant.

Requirements

  • KSU FTH is a university student hackathon - any student enrolled in a college or university is eligible.
  • Teams must consist of 2-5 students.
  • Team Devpost must be complete and submitted on time.
  • One Project per team - one team per participant.
  • Teams must self-select the one awards category for their project submission.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$3,000 in prizes
Transform Experience (Burton D. Morgan Foundation)
1 winner

How can we transform experiences? What sort of experience are we seeking that can create a greater connection between ourselves and the greater good? This can relate to a multitude of things: retail experiences, physical health, play, mental health, self expression, fashion, activities, etc.

Sponosred by Burton D. Morgan Foundation

Transform Objects/Wearables
1 winner

How can we harness change into a tangible form? In what way can existing objects be modified for an ever changing world? What should exist that doesn’t already and has the capability of evolving? How can fashion and technology transform?

Transform Community/Space (Design Innovation)
1 winner

How can we rethink our environment and spaces we exist in? With the current societal changes, what opportunities do we have to be thoughtful of what a community is. How do we connect to create our own semblance of community?

Sponsored by Design Innovation

Best Domain Name from Domain.com
1 winner

Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi wireless phone charger.

Best Use of Google Cloud
1 winner

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks and lanyards. International winners will receive a Google branded backpack.

Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key
1 winner

Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with embedded Arduino Uno compatible board. Each winning team member will receive a prize!

Best Space App powered by Space Force
1 winner

The sky is not the limit! Try your hand at making a space-themed application for a chance to win a wireless Bluetooth speaker for you and your team from the U.S. Space Force! We’re looking for amazing solutions to any space-related problems you can imagine. For any sci-fi enthusiast, this is the perfect opportunity to push the limits of your creativity by building the technology of tomorrow, today. We can’t wait to see the solutions you build!
Please note: the majority of your team members must be located in the United States to qualify.

Best Use of Auth0
1 winner

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including a Miir 12oz tumbler, Rubik's Cube, and sticker! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Save some time on your hack and set yourself up for a big win. It doesn’t take much to get started. Auth0 is free to try with up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today!

Best Space App powered by Space Force
1 winner

The sky is not the limit! Try your hand at making a space-themed application for a chance to win a wireless Bluetooth speaker for you and your team from the U.S. Space Force! We’re looking for amazing solutions to any space-related problems you can imagine. For any sci-fi enthusiast, this is the perfect opportunity to push the limits of your creativity by building the technology of tomorrow, today. We can’t wait to see the solutions you build!
Please note: the majority of your team members must be located in the United States to qualify.

Most Creative Use of Twilio
1 winner

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Kat Simmons
TechStyleLAB Associate Director

Kirsten Schaefer
Ryerson

Markus Vogl

Markus Vogl
The University of Akron

Laverena Wienclaw
Tiny Circuits

Naser Al Madi

Naser Al Madi

Martin Steubler
Bio Fluff

Nagaveni Nandeesh
Dept. of Fashion Bangalore, India

Krissi Riewe Stevenson
Kent State University

Jessica Frantal

Jessica Frantal
Mount Mary University

Jennifer Whitty
Parsons school of design

George Climer

George Climer
California College of the Arts

Sahil Rahman

Sahil Rahman
Instamojo Technologies Private Limited

Melissa Dawson

Melissa Dawson
Rochester Institute of Technology

Krish Munot

Krish Munot

Judging Criteria

  • PROTOYPE: Designs
    Create a variety of images or renderings/designs (non-realistic and/or a photorealistic effect) ie. Designs such as renderings, 3D, etc. Example: Turn information from a 3D graphic model into a 2D image to present your concept.
  • PROTOYPE: Tech Spec
    Document describing the technical specifications of project implementation choices from a technical perspective.
  • PROTOTYPE: UI/UX wireframe
    Low fidelity sketch of user interface (UI). Plan the layout and interaction of the interface. Wireframing the main features, functions, and content of a user face without design. Information hierarchy of design for web, app, or other.
  • PROTOTYPE: Code
    Collaborate & find technical coding skill team-mate (computer science) Describe what you have done with the code, what it does, attribution to any code used, and github link
  • MARKETING + BRANDING: Define
    Define your brand: Mission, benefits & features, branding message/tagline, create logo and visual imagery. May include: Executive summary, goals, project interactions, flowcharts, illustrations, metrics, security/privacy/risk, milestone markers.
  • MARKETING + BRANDING: Analysis
    List three (3) other similar competitors with existing product idea. Create your SWOT analysis comparison (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
  • IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY: Pathway to Market
    Provide actionable recommendations: - Prioritize critical tasks - Research needed - Define objectives & tactics - Responsibilities moving forward - Other entities need to be involved - Budget considerations
  • IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY: User Testing
    Develop plans to test with users in the your defined market
  • SUBMISSION Requirement 1: Presentation
    PDF Presentation: 1 PDF document - project presentation including all the criteria requirements stated above.
  • SUBMISSION Requirement 2: Project Video
    Project Video: 1 minute video of project overview.

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