HackFW: MADE Challenge

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 · data · students · robot · plan · digital · food · snap photo · management system · gemini · assistant · data-driven · solar · verification · agent · resources · bridge · doses · count · impact · discover · portable · ai-powered · generation · helping · costs · cell · platform · smart · patient · information · critical · care · talent · creates · building · infrastructure · fort worth · technical

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.

• SketchQuest — SketchQuest turns a hand-drawn platformer into a playable game. Snap a photo, Gemini reads the level, checks if it’s beatable, repairs it if needed, and brings your sketch to life. (Emberhacks Day 2026)
• productivity tool — an productivity tool used for students daily work and shows dashboards etc.. (Hackdays Maa Chandika Convent School )
• RoboChef: GPT-OSS Powered Kitchen Assistant — Ask for a dish, get it done. Our GPT-OSS kitchen assistant turns natural language into robot actions, orchestrating Isaac GR00T with a live UI that tracks progress and next steps. (OpenAI Open Model Hackathon)
• Project FarmSpeak — We offer a patented farm management system to mitigate climate-related losses, turning unpredictable heat stress and disease outbreaks into manageable data-driven outcomes. (Africa Deep Tech Challenge 2025)
• SafeHer — Not just the fastest route — the safest one (Zero Origin)
• RoofGrid — Turn any rooftop into a practical, data-driven solar plan. (InfinityX Global Hackathon 2K26)
• SafeServe — Cooking meals safely through imitation learning and LTL-based verification. (Revolute Hackathon)
• Gauntlet - Go safe or go home — GAUNTLET sends adversarial AI's to attack your AI service agent with multi-turn fraud. Every breach becomes a regression test in Test Manager, OWASP-tagged and AVSS-scored. Native to UiPath. (UiPath AgentHack)
• Solar Sync — Eco-conscious mobility: Empowering you to drive greener. (Girls in Tech : Hack for the Environment)
• Paper Machine — Your pen is the keyboard. Photograph a hand drawn state diagram, Gemini compiles it into a live program, and editing the paper edits the program. No typing, no retyping, no modelling tool. (Emberhacks Day 2026)
• TransPride Equality Among All — TransPride empowers equality for all communities—building an inclusive digital space with resources, stories, and support to bridge divides and celebrate unity. Join us! (Hackdays Maa Chandika Convent School )
• A Printer… for Smell — (AI “Scent Songs”) — An AI “scent compiler” turns prompts into a JSON plan (recipe + timeline). A syringe gantry doses ±2 µL-accurate drops, then two diffusers crossfade fresh and deep blends into time-synced scent songs. (OpenAI Open Model Hackathon)

Judging criteria

Criteria as listed on the official page; weights are not stated there, so they are drawn equal. source ↗

Timeline

Submission period (from Devpost): Oct 01 - 30, 2026. Deadline: Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 @ 11:00am CDT.

How a beginner can ship

1. Read the rules page

   Check eligibility, team rules and what must be submitted.

2. Pick one idea from the word cloud

   Choose one problem and one user; cut everything else.

3. Build the smallest working version

   One flow that works end to end beats five half features.

4. Record the demo early

   Most Devpost judging leans on the video and description.