GreatUniHack 2017: GreatUniHack is a 24-hour hackathon run annually by HackSoc, The University of Manchester tech society.

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Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

All Saints, All Saints Campus, Manchester M15 6BH, UK

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1st Place

Best overall projects.

Prize: Google Home Mini + Philips HUE Smart Lightbulb x4
2nd Place

Best overall projects.

Prize: SHD 8600 wireless headphones x4
3rd Place

Best overall projects.

Prize: 3D Pen x4 + filament
Popularity Prize

Most voted project.

Prize: Neck Massager with Kneading and Heat x4
American Express

A fun and innovative real time digital travel companion. We aren’t looking for the next TripAdvisor or FlightRadar24. We’re looking for something surprising that will make us smile when we’re next on the go. To get you thinking, a good set of open data sources is at https://github.com/caesar0301/awesome-public-datasets . Beyond that, the sky’s the limit :).

Prize: Pirate Radio Pi Zero W Project Kit x4
WebApplicationsUK

Build something to help young people engage with programming.

Prize: Sega MegaDrive x4
GoldmanSachs

Best financial hack. Solutions will be judged on: Innovation, User Experience, Functionality, Content and Overall quality.

Prize: Bose speakers x4
OcadoTechnology

Design a 3D packing algorithm that uses a list of grocery items to calculate the number of containers required for a customer order, grouping the items into specific containers according to a set of predefined rules. The output will also contain a list of picking sequences which will describe which items from which order will go into which container based on the rules provided. More info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRXktr4qIgHph_HCExlFK-y4aHWNC-GEYgM5kM58G939u6tOG_0oxa-j9JbXforZjcfv58BBngRJIcz/pub.

Prize: Google Daydream x4
TheHutGroup

Build a tool to help customer service agents at THG prioritise and categorise customer emails, using NLP tools/techniques. Is the customer making a complaint? Is it a question about a product? Which of our websites are they talking about? Use any libraries/APIs you like. Should be able to analyse at least English, with other languages optional.

Prize: record players x4
AutoTraderUK

Create a hack to make the world a better place, i.e. by considering inclusion and the needs of diverse range of users etc. More info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSnpKrYiIlGXRDMTjvCFRc5nkcpAeSBd1W1Pvsrjpz2vrQC2zh3z0SKbkxEBQHfRpUBtlnWHlwQqqFM/pub.

Prize: Amazon 100 Voucher x4 + vip visit Autotrader office
Skyscanner

The best/most creative use of Skyscanner's API.

Prize: 100 pounds travel voucher x4
Bloomberg

Best Tech

Prize: FitBit Blaze smart watch x4
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS

$250 AWS Credit
Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit

GreatUniHack is a 24-hour hackathon run annually by HackSoc, The University of Manchester tech society.

We are GreatUniHack, an annual 24-hour student-oriented hackathon organised by the University of Manchester tech society, HackSoc.

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Tech
50% weight
Design
25% weight
Impactful
15% weight
Pitch
10% weight