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Hardware Hackathon
Y Combinator has seen a huge increase in the number of hardware startups they fund. And so in an effort to encourage the renaissance and throw some gas on the fire, we are hosting a hardware hackathon. The focus is on getting like-minded hardware hackers into the same space, sharing ideas, designing hardware and ultimately creating more hardware startups.
Want a taste of what goes on in a hardware hackathon? Read about Upverter's first ever hackathon in August 2012: Day 1, Day 2 and the wrap up. We also held a hardware hackathon at the Open Compute Summit just this past month.
If you’re hardware savvy and interested in starting a hardware startup, you should apply to come and hack with us!
Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator.
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Participating Companies
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When
February 23rd, 2013, 10AM - 10PM
Where
Y Combinator
320 Pioneer Way
Mountain View, CA 94041
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Schedule
| 8am - 10am | Registration, Ideation, Team Formation |
| 10am - 12pm | Idea Hacking, Tools & Hardware How-To Sessions |
| 12pm - 1pm | Lunch |
| 1pm - 7pm | Hack |
| 7pm - 8pm | Dinner & Presentations |
| 8pm - 10pm | Prizes & Mingling |
Additional Information
Applications are open until February 8th.
Accepted applicants will be informed by email shortly after.
Apply as individuals or as a team.
Around 80 teams will be accepted.
There is no team size limit.
Judges TBA.
Prizes TBA.
View Hackathon Projects
Next Steps
Ideation
Work on coming up with or refining an idea. Give the Ideation board a try.
Learn
Learn how to design hardware and how to use the Upverter design tools.
Find & Design Building Blocks
Start piecing together the block diagram for your idea and designing the building blocks of your idea (similar to which APIs and libraries you’d use in a software hackathon).
Environment & Dev Tool Setup
Get your laptop(s) all set up for the day of the hack.