HACKATHON:
Hardware EDITION
Location - San Francisco
04/17 - 04/19
Apply by 2/9
04/17 - 04/19
Apply by 2/9
some of our past sponsors
LET’S BUILD WITH HARDWARE
Let’s get physical. Hardware is having its moment - we’re seeing more wearables, smart glasses, ambient listening pins, and more.
Come to our hackathon where we’ll be combining hardware with AI tools to build healthcare applications in a weekend. You don’t need previous experience building with hardware.
We’ll supply the wearables, raspberry pis, AI tools, healthcare experts, and copious energy drinks. You show up with the building spirit
Come to our hackathon where we’ll be combining hardware with AI tools to build healthcare applications in a weekend. You don’t need previous experience building with hardware.
We’ll supply the wearables, raspberry pis, AI tools, healthcare experts, and copious energy drinks. You show up with the building spirit
Replay Our Last Hackathon
How To Apply
SQUAD
Apply as a team.
Bring your crew. Need at least 1 engineer. If you have less than 5 people, we’ll add to your team.
SOLO
Apply without a team.
No team, no problem. We’ll do our best to match you with others.
Apply by 02/09
Event capped at 15 teams
Event capped at 15 teams
Weekend Schedule
KICKOFF
Friday, 04/17 5pm-8pm
Meet the other attendees and have dinner. We’ll run a brainstorming session to help you hone in your project ideas.
HACKING
Saturday, 04/18 9am-???
The marathon hacking day. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry when things break, you’ll learn from experts giving talks.
DEMO DAY
Sunday, 04/19 9am-8pm
It’s game time. Doors open, the public comes in, and hackers show off the projects they built. Plus drinks, mingling, and delirious wind-down.
Only want to come to demo day or help with the event? RSVP to attend or be a sponsor!
Past Projects
COPI
Copilot For New Parents
2nd Place People’s Choice
“I’m Using This Tomorrow” Award
2nd Place People’s Choice
“I’m Using This Tomorrow” Award
GrumpyNurse
Referral Coordinator Between Visits
Cartoon Care
Personalized Storybooks for Pediatrics
1st Place People’s Choice
Most Fun Award
1st Place People’s Choice
Most Fun Award
Code Blue Co-pilot
Voice-to-text “Recorder”
3rd Place People’s Choice
3rd Place People’s Choice
Clara
The Dementia Assistant
ARC
your Automated Referral Center agent
Clinicians Unchained
Autonomous Workflow Engine to Reduce Phone Calls
Winner of the “Damn Son” Award aka. for the application that was most mindblowing + 2nd place People’s Choice Award
Winner of the “Damn Son” Award aka. for the application that was most mindblowing + 2nd place People’s Choice Award
DRY Health
Social shareable health record
Carely
Caregiver (Enhanced) To-do Lists
CliniCall
Voice Calls To Find In Network Care
Medi-Triage
Sorting The Physician Inbox by Importance
WeNome
Talk To Your Genome! Get Answers!
U Good?
A Personal Health Assistant
Check out the full round up of projects here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where will this be in SF?
You’ll find out if you’re accepted :) Additional details about the exact address and event logistics will be sent as the date approaches
Does it cost money to attend?
The hackathon is free, thanks to the beauty of capitalism and sponsors.
However, we will be asking attendees for a $150 deposit that we will refund within 48 hours of the event if you attend. This is to prevent flaking, which is really tough for events like these where teams are depending on you.
However, we will be asking attendees for a $150 deposit that we will refund within 48 hours of the event if you attend. This is to prevent flaking, which is really tough for events like these where teams are depending on you.
What kinds of projects would be good fits?
Think using heart rate data to power a patient video game, a video pin to record what caregivers do to fill out documentation, smart ring to track new digital endpoints for a trial, etc.
Fun, weird, and practical ways we can use hardware in different parts of healthcare. These don’t need to be your final projects.
Fun, weird, and practical ways we can use hardware in different parts of healthcare. These don’t need to be your final projects.
How does the matching process work?
Our goal is to create teams of 5. If you apply with less than 5, we’ll add people to your team until we reach that. If you’re an individual, we’ll match you up with teams or other individuals into teams of 5.
We’ll combine based on skillsets and similarity in the project types you want to build.
We’ll combine based on skillsets and similarity in the project types you want to build.
What's the actual schedule of events?
The weekend kicks off on Friday from 5–8:30pm with team mixing, problem use case highlights from partner companies, and an ideation session.
Saturday runs from 9–10am with breakfast and presentations, followed by hacking from 10am until late (typically around 11pm) with workshops, office hours, and scheduled meal breaks throughout the day.
Sunday is focused on final hacking from 9am–2pm with breakfast and lunch provided, followed by a 3pm demo day and a 5:30pm closing happy hour.
Saturday runs from 9–10am with breakfast and presentations, followed by hacking from 10am until late (typically around 11pm) with workshops, office hours, and scheduled meal breaks throughout the day.
Sunday is focused on final hacking from 9am–2pm with breakfast and lunch provided, followed by a 3pm demo day and a 5:30pm closing happy hour.
What about lodging?
We’ll be getting a hotel block if there’s enough interest from people participating in the hackathon. While we won’t be covering the cost, we’ll secure a hotel block at a discounted rate for participants. More details coming soon.
For other questions, please contact events@outofpocket.com
