over 7 years ago

We would love your feedback!

It's really important to us to get your feedback on the Connected Car Hackathon.  Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/connectedcarhackathon to fill out a short feedback survey to help us understand what you liked and didn't like about the event. 

Your feedback will be used to help us plan events like this in the future and will let us know where we met your expectations as well as where we should focus on improving. 

The survey will be open for one week, until noon on Monday, April 18th, so please take a moment to fill it out now if you can.

Thank…

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over 7 years ago

And the winner is...

The judges have weighed in, and our community has voted! Go to the Connected Car Hackathon Presented by MTC gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.

Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.

Questions?

We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.


over 7 years ago

Connected Car Hackathon Day One is a Wrap - See You Tomorrow!

The Connected Car Hackathon is off to a great start as we wrap up Day 1.  App ideas being developed revolve around a wide variety of needs and uses, including car pooling, gamification strategies, and addressing parking woes.  Attendance at Day 1 of the Hackathon was not required to submit a submission; please feel free to join us tomorrow morning starting at 9:30 a.m. if you'd still like to get involved.

Submissions are due by 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, April 10, on the Devpost site.  Presentations to the judge's panel will begin shortly after that deadline.  Popular voting will begin as…

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over 7 years ago

Getting Started with Automatic's Developer Portal

A discussion thread has been created to help get you started working with Automatic's Developer Portal as well as other related open-source data sets.  Visit the http://connected-car.devpost.com/forum_topics to check it out.  Feel free to ask questions and participate in the conversation.

Please set up your account with Automatic and be able to log in prior to the hackathon.

Questions?

We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.


over 7 years ago

Eventbrite Registration Required to Participate

IMPORTANT:

In order to attend and participate in the hackathon you must have a ticket via our Eventbrite page. 

Space is limited so be sure to grab your ticket now at http://connected-car-hackathon.eventbrite.com.

Please contact the event organizer, Virginia Lingham, if you have any questions about this requirement.

Questions?

We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.


over 7 years ago

Numenta Joins the Connected Car Hackathon as a Gold Sponsor

We are happy to announce that Numenta is supporting the Connected Car Hackathon as a Gold Level Sponsor.

Founded in 2005, Numenta is tackling one of the most important scientific challenges of all time: reverse-engineer the neocortex to understand how it works and apply those principles to software to create intelligent machines.  Based on a wealth of neuroscience evidence we have created a technology called HTM (Hierarchical Temporal Memory) that models key aspects of neocortical learning. HTM is ideally suited for classifying, making predictions, and detecting anomalies in streaming data. Unlike most other machine learning methods, HTM learns time-based patterns…

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over 7 years ago

Prizes!

Prize packages are being finalized and have been posted to the site.  Check it out!

 

Questions?

We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.


over 7 years ago

Food!

We will be placing the catering order soon.  Please contact Virginia if you have any special requests or diet restrictions that we should know about. 

Questions?

We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.


over 7 years ago

Official Rules are Posted

The Official Rules for the Connected Car Hackathon have been posted under the rules tab or click here.  Please take a moment to read through the rules!

All participants will be required to sign a statement indicating that they have read and will comply with the rules when they check in on the day of the event.

 

Questions?

We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.


over 7 years ago

Lyft Joins the Connected Car Hackathon as a Silver Sponsor

We are happy to announce that Lyft is supporting the Connected Car Hackathon as a Silver Level sponsor.

Getting around is easy with Lyft, the app that gets you welcoming, affordable rides in minutes. Download the app, request a ride with the tap of a button, and get picked up by a friendly local driver within minutes. Wherever you’re headed, we’re here to get you there.  www.lyft.com

Sponsorship Opportunities are Currently Available - Please contact vlingham@mtc.ca.gov for more information or CLICK HERE.

Questions?

We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion

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over 7 years ago

Connected Car Hackathon Registration is Now Open

Registration is now open for the Connected Car Hackathon! Registration is limited to 50 participants and we expect the event to reach capacity. So sign up today!

To participate in the hackathon, you MUST register as a participant via EventBrite at http://connected-car-hackathon.eventbrite.com.  

Questions?

We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.