CONNECTED WORLD HACKATHON

1: I have a great idea, but for implementation I need access to a Connected car. Also for complete implementation I would need investments. What kind of help can I expect from Hacker Earth and HARMAN.
At the prototyping phase, please check if you can represent the functioning of a connected car by using off the shelve processing device like, raspberry pie, mobile phone, Arduino board etc.

2.I have a great idea, but for implementation I need access to a Satellite communication. What kind of help can I expect from Hacker Earth and HARMAN.
At the prototyping phase, please check if you can represent the same at a smaller scale. Since the Judges know that you do not have access to satellite communication, any mechanism which best represents this will be considered.

3.Do I need to pay any money to register for the Hackathon?
No. You do not have to pay anything to anyone to register yourself for any Hackathon on HackerEarth.

4.Do I need to have any specific qualifications to be a participant for the Hackathon?
If you love to code and work on new ideas, you are more than welcome to participate in the Hackathon.

5.How do I submit what I have made for the Hackathon?
In the first phase (Idea Submission Phase), you have to submit a write-up about your idea synopsis. Your synopsis should cover the following aspects:

• What problem is your idea trying to solve? Is your idea providing an experience to the user which is not present right now?
• How have you determined that the problem / pain area that you are trying to address is indeed a valid one for a large section of end consumers? Have you come across any end consumer surveys / opinion polls / some other experiences that validate this?
• Technical feasibility – Idea description with a High level block-diagram representation/blueprint or wire-frame.
• Have you seen or read about an existing product like this? If yes, please share those details as well.

6.Do we need to have the entire idea fully working?
The entire idea need not be fully implemented however, the idea submitted should be functional so that it can be reviewed by the judges.

7.How is the environment? Will your environment support any language? Will you provide any IDE and DB for us to work on ideas?
As Phase 1 is Idea Submission Phase, it is not mandatory to develop a working model/prototype in phase 1 itself. Phase 2 is when teams with best ideas would be invited for a prototyping round. However, if you desire, you can also develop the entire application on your local system and submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code. Additionally, if you are developing an application in Phase 1 itself, please also submit a video demo link.

8.Does one have to be online and available for the entire duration of the Hackathon?
No, one does not need to be logged in on HackerEarth or be online for the entire duration. You can develop the idea synopsis on your local system based on the given themes and then submit it on HackerEarth, on the specific challenge page.

9.Since there is no specific technology mentioned, are there any restrictions on using number of pre-built libraries? There is no restriction to use any language, technology stack, or libraries. You can use any of them to create the web/mobile application.

10.Do I need to give a demo for the product that I have built?
If you want you can submit a small presentation or video that demos your submission, however it's not mandatory, and only good to have for Phase 1. In case you are one of the winners, you might be invited to demo your application at a physical event, details of which will be shared with sufficient advance notice.

11.If it is a team submission, does that mean all team members will have access to work at the same time?
Yes, all team members can work together for coming up with the idea and login from their account and do idea submission on HackerEarth under the same team name.

12.Who will own the IP (Intellectual Property) Rights to the product that I have built?
The developer/developers of the web/mobile application will have all rights and own the IP of the product. However, all code needs to be in public domain (open source) so that it can be evaluated by the judges.

13. Where do I submit High Level block diagram and PPT for the idea submission Phase?
You would be required to send across any high-level block diagram or other presentation material you would want to submit as part of your Idea Synopsis to this E-Mail Id: arihant@hackerearth.com. Please mention your Team Name while you are submitting the same via E-Mail.