Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! We’d love to have younger students involved with the event. Attendees under the age of 18 need to be accompanied by an adult guardian and are not allowed to stay over night (between 11PM and 6AM) on site.

Programming languages are at the discretion of the participants. Our only requirement is that the language tools (compiler, linker, etc) are free and open-source, available to all participants.

Participants should bring their own computers and other equipment. Some demonstration tools may be available during workshops.

We provide male and female designated sleeping quarters for participants 18 years or older. Minors will not be allowed to stay on premise during the night, but there are a number of inexpensive hotels nearby. Participants staying on-site should bring their own sleeping supplies and toiletries (sleeping bag, pillow, PJs, Spider Man toothbrush, etc). We do not have shower facilities on site. We have plenty of snacks and drinks and a midnight meal to keep participants from getting hungry.

Yes, each team member will need to get a ticket on Eventbrite. We use this to plan food/drink and other resources.

We have 65 registered hackathon participants. Additionally, we’re providing Day Passes so that people may attend workshops on Saturday and experience LabHack without participating in the hackathon. Total attendance will exceed 100 people.

Absolutely not. You’re free to come and go as you please. Doors will be locked and controlled for security and only authorized attendees will be allowed to enter the Tec^Edge facility.

Yes, see here

Uniform of the Day is super hero or internet meme t-shirt of your choice. Comfy clothing required. BDUs permitted only if they allow you to blend in with the office furniture.

The presentations will be in the Einstein Room with screencast / spillover into the Founders Room. See map

There are VGA and HDMI cables as well as standard 3.5mm audio mini jacks for the A/V system. Plan on bringing your own adapters (e.g. for macbook).

Saturday

Breakfast

• Bagels
• Cream Cheese
• Apples
• Muffins
• Orange Juice
• Coffee
• Water Bottles
• Brown Sugar
• Oat Meal Packets
• Cutlery Set
• Napkins
• Plates

Lunch

Franco’s Pizza

Dinner

Franco’s Lasagna, salad, bread sticks

Late Night Snack

Waffles with the fixins

• Chocolate Syrup
• Strawberries
• Nutella
• Chocolate Chips

Sunday

Breakfast

• Bagels
• Cream Cheese
• Apples
• Muffins
• Orange Juice
• Coffee
• Water Bottles
• Brown Sugar
• Oat Meal Packets
• Cutlery Set
• Napkins
• Plates

Lunch

Jimmy Johns Sandwiches and Chips

Appetizer

• Chocolate Fountain
• Pretzel Sticks
• Strawberries
• Marshmallows
• Sticks
• Jimmy Johns Party Platter

The LabHack competition has some basic rules that all participants need to follow.

• Fresh Code: We all start coding at the same time. This is done to keep things fair. Please don’t come in and build on top of previous projects if you want to win. It’s cool to work on designs beforehand, digital mockups, open source frameworks, and anything else available to everyone, but try to keep things within just limits.

• Code Review: Winning teams will be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning.

• Ownership and IP: For the sake of simplicity, all team projects judged in the event will be open source with a permissive license. Submissions must use one of the following licenses

• Team Size: Teams of two to five humans are allowed. You can also add 1 cyborg, Furby, drone, or Sphero. Part of the intent of this competition is to meet and work with new people. For this reason, single person teams are not allowed for this competition

• Remote Participants: Teams may have remote participants. However, At least 49% of team members must be physically present during demos and judging.

• Submissions: Projects should be submitted on our hackathon.io page. Submission time is 2pm Sunday.

• DEMO your Hack: You must demo your hack in order to present. No slide-decks or power-points will be allowed. Don’t be scared if you didn’t finish… it’s okay long as you tried your best.

• Have fun: It’s a hackathon! Use whatever languages or hacks you have in your arsenal. Show us hardware. Show us new concepts. Show us anything you’d like.

To quote Wikipedia

A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is an event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers and project managers, collaborate intensively on software projects.[1] Occasionally, there is a hardware component as well. Hackathons typically last between a day and a week. Some hackathons are intended simply for educational or social purposes, although in many cases the goal is to create usable software. Hackathons tend to have a specific focus, which can include the programming language used, the operating system, an application, an API, or the subject and the demographic group of the programmers. In other cases, there is no restriction on the type of software being created.

All participants

• Laptop
• Cat5 network cable
• Any connectors you may need for a wired network (we have wireless but it's not super fast)
• Wireless adapters (if needed)

If staying over night, suggested items:

• Pillow
• Sleeping bag or blankets
• Ear plugs
• Sleep mask
• Toiletry items