hackathons.dev

A list of ideas and prompts to help you at your next hack

Tool to raise awareness and engagement of social movements
social good
The best routes for skating, managed by the community
health, sport
Chain reaction machine
silly, hardware, software
Gyroscopic mouse pointer
silly, hardware
Make a local guide of your town or city's best _____s
business, community, social good, travel
What if a lazy susan moved instead of spun?
fun, hardware, robots
A chair that alerts you if you've sat down for too long
furniture, silly, health, hardware, move
Make the most incredible button
silly, software, hardware, interface
Make the world easier to navigate for people with physical limitations
health, social good
Interactive map and story of historic migrations
education, software
Training game to make the perfect coffee
silly, game, play, simulation, skill
Gamify exercise
game, health, sport
Make a font
art, skill, design
Make Owen a hat to keep his head warm in winter
wearables
Make a toy vehicle
hardware, move
Model car that moves in mysterious ways
silly, hardware, robots
The environment moves the players (or the players move the environment)
game
An app that helps you save money on your groceries
app, utility, software
Make a dot-to-dot image generator for kids
art, app, website, printed media, software
Doodle Jump, Angry Birds or Flappy Bird with a twist
game
Battle bots; battle it out during a show and tell
hardware, robots
Make a habit/goal tracker
utility, app, website, software, health
Make an actual helicopter hat
silly, hardware
Interactive visualiser for data flow (think Github Globe)
software
Translate movement into music or art
art, hardware, software
Wizard’s Chess
game, hardware, software
Augmented cutlery
silly, hardware, interface, food
Make a game based on a movie scene
game, games, app, play, software, movies
Make a "what's on" app for your town or city, like Timeout London
utility, community, software, app, website
P2P web application for sharing things
utility, software
Pinball, but with unconventional materials
game, hardware, software
Musical gloves
wearable, wearables, sound, music, play
Make a specialised marketplace for collectibles you are interested in
app, business, software, website
Make an opponent to practice against
utility, games, sport, software, app, simulation, hardware, skill