Name: StarkHacks Original
Start: 2026-04-18T16:45:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-04-19T08:00:00.000-04:00
Location: StarkHacks Original

StarkHacks Original

Build the future of hardware at the world’s largest hardware hackathon - 36 hours of the brightest sparks coming to life.

Who can participate

Accepted StarkHacks Participants
Above legal age of majority in country of residence
Students only
All countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions

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StarkHacks is the world's largest hardware hackathon, presented by the Humanoid Robot Club and AMD, and cohosted by Ford Motor Company. It is a 36 hour project sprint where you can build any physical project with other smart people. You get access to free food, free equipment like 3D printers, soldering stations, microcontrollers, sensors, and more, and a community ready to build.

The Humanoid Robot Club Purdue, a student club building world's first humanoid robot for space, StarkHacks is meant to give students of all experience levels a chance to prototype, solder, and ship physical projects without any limitations. This is your chance to join 1000+ of the best hardware students from all over the world and set a World Record!

Requirements

You can build anything physical from drones, to robotic arms, to smart trash cans, to cool 3d printed games! You can also can hack on any pre-existing hardware like meta ray bans, google home, etc. to build cool new applications!