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Collaboration Hackathon 2026
CoNECT, Synaptech, Allen Institute
Date:
3/6-3/8
Email:
Location:
HSEB 345 (third floor)
Key card access needed, contact leanneq@uw.edu or message in the discord channel if you cannot get into the building
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First Place
Kintsugi
Ishaan Awasthi, Nick Ressler
A low-cost, end-to-end stroke recovery platform covering six of the seven major rehabilitation domains and incorporating gesture and speech recognition, TENS, and eye tracking
Second Place
Tendonix
Dhruv Darbha, Gowtham Senthilkumar, Shiv Vinodshankar
A clip-on infrared filter and machine learning system that converts a smartphone camera into a portable imaging device capable of capturing tissue signals beneath the skin
Third Place
EchoLimb
Amrith Gandham, Hasan Wazir, Rohan Simha, Sahith Sivankala, Alexander Skibiski
An affordable, real-time neural interface that translates forearm muscle activity into VR hand movements with haptic feedback
Celebrating the 2026 Winners!
Resource Links:
Click Here for Hackathon TA Availability (If you signed up to be a judge/TA and are not on this list or have not been contacted, contact neurotec@uw.edu)
Click Here to Join the Discord (communication platform during the hackathon)
Click Here to View Your Assigned Team
Click Here for Hardware Cheatsheet
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*Note: Su-Yee Lee created demos which take individuals step by step through the process of how the dataset was obtained, how to view the data, and what to do with it. This is similar to an online course but with TAs and project creation!*
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Tech List:
TENS
Oculus Rift VR System
Tobii eye tracker
FitBit
OpenBCI
Muse EEG
Myo Electromyography (EMG)
Emotiv
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Overview
Day 1-Team formation, Allen Institute Workshop, Tech Reservation, Project Creation/Work time
Day 2- Workshop, Work time
Day 3- Work time, judging
Getting started! Form your teams, learn about the projects that you can create, finalize your project idea, and begin working!
Listen in on Harshil Sharma's EEG workshop or keep working!
The final day to work on your project! At 1:00pm, groups will begin to present to judges during a project symposium. This means that groups will be presenting, answering questions, and discussing with judges and visitors! Winners will be announced at the end of judging and prizes will be given.
