HackEindhoven is a 24 hours challenge themed around “Connected”. Nowadays, connections between everyone and everything are everywhere to be found. We have entered the era of a digital society, in which technology is transforming people’s lives through groundbreaking innovations, changing business processes, and in uencing decisions. These effects occur due to continuous connections between customers, businesses and devices. You can think of smart cities or digital and tangible solutions for social or societal problems. One might say connections are the fundamentals of the society of the future. The theme is split up into six di erent tracks: virtual reality, smart cities, future mobility, intelligent buildings, healthtech, and e-commerce.

Motivation

Brainport Eindhoven Region, the Dutch Top Technology Region. Situated in a city in which a lot of ambitious and excellent students are situated. Self-development is of great importance in one of the most innovative regions in the world. Being innovative and working on self-development are two key concepts of a hackathon. With the connection between the knowledge students acquire in college and the challenge of a hackathon, we try to stimulate the self-development of the students. These combinations lead more often than not to incredible ideas.

Link: HackEindhoven