Take what you love, fuse it with tech, build something the world has never seen.
Camp is a place for creation, exploration, and imagination. At Bitcamp, you’ll have 36 hours to combine your curiosities and wild ideas with code and gadgets to make something awesome. Throw in world-class mentors and hundreds of peers from around the world, and you’re in for an amazing time. See you by the bonfire!
Eligibility
Individuals over 18 years of age.
Requirements
Your submission must combine one of your personal interests with technology. The rest is left as an excercise to the hacker.
Prizes
$8,230 in prizes
Best Hack Built Using the SocialRadar API
As judged by VP John Fontaine.
One prize given to each member of the team (up to four).
Best Hack Built With Microsoft Products
(3)
Free trip to Redmond, WA headquarters to the winner of this challenge (to take place in Fall or Winter of 2014 on a mutually agreed date).
Booz Allen Hamilton's Best Big Data Hack using D3
Sphero Robot Ball (game system for iOS and Android) for up to four team members!
Best use of the Rdio API
2-years Rdio Unlimited for each member of the winning team.
Best Project Built Using Twilio Voice or Messaging
USB-connector Nintendo 64 controllers for PC, one for every member of the winning team.
Daocloud's Most Impactful Mobile Health App
1 bag JAVAZEN plus $10 off coupon (per person).
Interviews for Developer Position at DaoCloud.
Advertisement of your hack in the DaoCloud mHealth app library.
The Best Hack Built With The SendGrid API
A Goal Zero Switch Eight Solar Charger + Mobile Battery Pack for each team member. Keep charged while on the go or camping.
Most creative use of the Clarabridge API
$200 AmEx Gift card to the winning team
BookHolder's Best App/Program Using Internet-Sourced Data
1 BTC (bitcoin) per team + Chance to intern with CEO
BookHolder's Coolest Use of Raspberry Pi or OpenWRT device
Free RPi or OpenWRT device for each team member + Chance to intern with CEO
BookHolder's Best Combo of Open Source Tech
Free RPi or OpenWRT device for each team member + Chance to intern with the CEO
OPIS's Best Gamification of Lifestyle or Productivity Data
$500 for the winning team
Best Hack Using an Oculus Rift
up to 4 DKHDs - 1 for each member of the winning team
Best App Built using Mashery API Network
4 Evolution of Video Game Controllers + $200 Amazon Gift Cards
Best Hack using the Kloudless API
"$1400
Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Quadricopter
$1000 Kloudless API credit for all new accounts created on https://developers.kloudless.com
Marketing your hack to our partners and in our app gallery.
We're also giving away an additional AR Drone! You don't even need to use our API. All you have to do is help us decide what to built into our API next: http://bit.ly/1lGfWnI"
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Sign up at https://bitca.mp/
Judges

Beth Blauer
Director, Socrata GovStat

Sharon Paley
Co-Founder, Hack Baltimore

Eric Rosenberg
Android Engineer / Twitter; Co-Founder / Startup Shell

Brooke Salkoff
Venture Partner, Disruption Corporation and Crystal Tech Fund

Nathan Smoot
CTO, iStrategyLabs

Omar Balkissoon
Co-Founder and CEO, OGSystems
Judging Criteria
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