Brainstorm word cloud
Terms mined today from the brief, current gallery submissions, past winning projects in related Devpost hackathons and the discussion board. Bigger = more frequent (brief and winners weigh more). Click a word to see winning projects that mention it.
AI · platform · community · gemini · tech · social · stage · themes · sign language · students · solution · speak · data · real-time · nearby · multimodal · emergency · powered · issues · safer · business · connecting · personalized · children · agent · learning · bic · develop · idea · networking · living · national · pitch · choose · move · mentorship · problem · impact
Past winners in related hackathons
Winner-badged projects from ended Devpost hackathons that share a theme with this one. Read a few before you pick an idea.
- CaptionForge — Audit, repair, and export accessible captions for online video. (Sound for All)
- ORION - Operating Room Intelligent Orchestration Node — A voice-directed surgical co-pilot for robotic surgery. Surgeons can speak naturally & instantly receive answers, live data on display, and real-time visual assistance - all without breaking scrub. (Gemini Live Agent Challenge)
- Team Discover - EUvsVirus Health & Life Domain Winner — We give nurses SUPERPOWERS! (The European Commission's EUvsVirus Hackathon)
- Enlive — Worldwide Exhibitions to enrich Scenes & Objects through Facebook's Augmented Reality Platform (2018 Developer Circles Community Challenge)
- CartWise — Find nearby grocery deals and track your savings. (TechNisa Hacks )
- ResumeFit — Most AI resume tools stop at feedback. ResumeFit closes the loop. Upload a resume, Gemma runs a health check, ranks you against hundreds of real SWE internships with a fit score and matched skills. (305 SummerCodex Edition July 2026)
- Meta-Cognitive SignBridge — Medical-grade multimodal AI platform for the DHH community—real-time sign language translation, emergency communication, and legal document accessibility powered by Gemini 3 Pro's reasoning engine. (Sound for All)
- drone-copilot — Voice-controlled drone copilot powered by Gemini Live API and Google Cloud Run (Gemini Live Agent Challenge)
- Linistry for safe retail — Retailers need to solve the following issues for a safer retail: limit the number of customers in-store and manage queues at the entrance. Linistry provides a digital solution. Ready to scale. (The European Commission's EUvsVirus Hackathon)
- Blitz — Blitz is an instant business networking app connecting freelancers and creators. (2018 Developer Circles Community Challenge)
- Bridge ADAPTIVE — Bridge Adaptive uses AI to transform standard Islamic lessons into personalized, sensory-friendly experiences for neurodivergent children, adapting to how they learn best. (TechNisa Hacks )
- Sankofa — Transforming fragmented family history into living, breathing, multimodal stories. (Gemini Live Agent Challenge)
Judging criteria
Criteria as listed on the official page; weights are not stated there, so they are drawn equal. source ↗
**Problem, Innovation, Solution, Technology, Impact, Feasibility, Scalability, Prototype, Competitive Advantage & Presentation** — evaluated on clarity, originality, practicality, real-world impact, and execution potential.
Timeline
Submission period (from Devpost): Sep 18 - Oct 10, 2026. Deadline: Deadline: Oct 11, 2026 @ 12:00am IST.
How a beginner can ship
- Read the rules page
Check eligibility, team rules and what must be submitted.
- Pick one idea from the word cloud
Choose one problem and one user; cut everything else.
- Build the smallest working version
One flow that works end to end beats five half features.
- Record the demo early
Most Devpost judging leans on the video and description.
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