Almanac

Challenges

We will have a few nice challenges for you that may or may not end up with you getting some amazing prizes. All of the following challenges are open to teams of up to 4. Good luck!

General Challenges

Judges' Choice Award

We will have a panel of judges going around to judge your hacks on the Sunday. Don't worry, you don't need to enter if you don't want to, but if you do then you stand the chance to win a very nice prize. The winning team will receive tickets to a gig of their choice at The O2, subject to availability.

Our judging panel currently consists of:

Public Choice Award

Be your own Judge and vote for your favorite hack on the Sunday. The winning team will receive tickets to a gig of their choice at The O2, subject to availability. We won't list all the judges, this page isn't long enough!

Sponsor Challenges

Heroku

Heroku is offering a slew of prices to the Most Innovative use of the Cloud: Something cool from Amazon, Platform credits to run and scale your apps in production, Promotion for your app and team on our blogs, and the Professional Heroku Programming book. See their page for full details.

Nokia + Windows

Nokia and Windows have 2 challenges and plenty of Lumia phones are to be won. See their page for full details.

PayPal

PayPal will be offering Spheros for the best use of their APIs. See their page for more details.

TechSmith

TechSmith is offering a LEGO Death Star kit to the person/team that uses any of their products in the most creative way. See their page for more details.

Mailjet

Mailjet will be offering MaKey Makey kits for the best use of their APIs. See their page for more details.

Github

Github has provided us with free private repositories for the HACKED organisation. Additionally they are giving away a 12 month Bronze plan (10 private repositories) to every winner of any of the above categories! See their page for more details.

Tokbox

TokBox will be offering a £150 Amazon Gift Card for the best use of their APIs. See their page for more details.

Partner Challenges

BBC R&D

BBC R&D has a fabulous challenge that asks kids what magical powers they might like to have. See their page for more details.

Philips Hue

Philips Hue is offering a Hue kit to every team member of the team that does the coolest thing with the Hue lights. See their page for more details.