ENHANCE invites participants to envision and design innovative add-ons, extensions, widgets, and more that improve existing browsers and applications. Throughout the course of ENHANCE, you will be tasked with identifying common pain points encountered by users during their day-to-day online activities, and how creative widgets can enhance their experience with technology.

Select one of the following prompts:

  1. Accessibility: Design an add-on, extension, or widget that improves accessibility for specific demographics of users, such as the elderly or individuals with learning or physical disabilities. Consider how your design can alleviate the challenges these individuals might face in everyday life.

  2. Community Engagement: Design an add-on, extension, or widget that fosters civic engagement. Consider how your design can encourage participation in community activities, facilitate communication among community members, and strengthen social bonds overall.

  3. Sustainability: Design an add-on, extension, or widget promoting sustainable everyday practices. Consider how your design can encourage users to make sustainable choices, reduce waste, or manage resources more efficiently.

  4. Or choose your adventure! Draw inspiration from your personal experiences and design an add-on, extension, or widget that can improve users' interaction with existing applications/software.

Requirements

What to Build

Envision and design an add-on, extension, or widget that improves existing browsers, applications, or operating systems.

What to Submit

  • High-fidelity prototype of the widget, add-on, or extension

  • A visual of your design in the context of a device screen, application, or browser

  • At least 2 flows of your prototype is required

  • Visual design present on all screens

  • Max 3-min demo video explaining your prototype

  • Devpost writeup

 

 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

3 non-cash prizes
SimpliSafe Home Security Package
1 winner

One of the three available prize options to choose from

AirTags & Magnetic Portable Charger
1 winner

One of the three available prize options to choose from

$20 Amazon Gift Cards
1 winner

One of the three available prize options to choose from

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Abigail Chen

Abigail Chen
UC Berkeley

Kai Jordan

Kai Jordan
Cash App & Pratt Institute

David Olsen

David Olsen
Wellesley College

Judging Criteria

  • Criteria
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