Hardware & IoT hackathons 2026
Hack123 tracks 69 Hardware & IoT hackathons; 39 are open for registration. Next deadlines: HackRPI 2026: In the Clouds (Nov 7), HackUTD 2026: Zero Day (Nov 7). Biggest prizes: Meta VR Start Developer Competition… ($1M), Snap SPECS Hack: Brussels '26 ($100k).
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- Open · soonest deadline first (39)
- HackRPI 2026: In the Clouds
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- HackUTD 2026: Zero Day
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- MakerMods Physical AI Hackathon (San Francisco)
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- MakeUC 2026
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- Oxford Neurotech Hackathon 2026
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- UB Hacking 2026$3k
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- HackStorm 3.0: Sense · Think · Act Hackathon 2026$5.2k
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- Intel × Viam Robot Hackathon: Edge of Intelligence (New York)
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- X Square Robot Physical AI Hackathon$9k
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- HERHACK 2026 (Echelon Institute of Technology, Faridabad)
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- HackUMass XIV
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- Qualcomm × Liquid AI On-Device AI Hackathon: Cleared for Takeoff (San Francisco)
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- Garmin × Tech Thursday Hackathon Calgary 2026: Build a Connect IQ Watch App
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- Hack The Nest 2026 at Eastern Michigan University (GDG on Campus EMU)
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- sunhacks 9.0 (ASU, Tempe)
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- Hardware for Good · UXDuck Hackathon San Francisco 2026 (YC F26)$500
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- VexoHacks 2026: AI Wearables Hackathon at Y Combinator (OpenAI, ElevenLabs)
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- UGREEN Hackathon 2026 on AI NAS$46k
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- Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026$1M
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- Source↗Hongqiao Tech Week Hackathon 2026 (Shanghai)¥100k
- Snap SPECS Hack: Brussels '26$100k
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- HackLab #2: ROBOTICS X AI Hackathon (Berlin)€10k
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- Tech For Community 2026 Youth Hackathon (St. John's, Newfoundland)
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- HackWithAditya 2026 (Aditya University, India)
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- Arduino UNO Q × Embedder Build Challenge
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- Physical AI Hack San Francisco 2026 (supported by Google DeepMind)
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- EasyEDA Spark 2026 (Global Hardware Creator Program, $85K)$85k
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- Website↗heypcb Hardware Challenge 2026 ($2,000: most-liked + best board)$1k
- Website↗Industrial Culture Innovation Contest · 2026 AI Future Design
- INNOX Geek Camp Hardware Hackathon: Negentropy – Deploy or Die (Shenzhen)
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- Hack K-State 2026
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- AMD × Copernicus Berlin LOCAL HACK: Local AI Hackathon (Berlin)
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- Dabao Open Hardware Hackathon$5k
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- BlackBerry QNX Global Hackathon 2026: Build on QNX 8.0$50k
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- PICO Space Program 2026 China Developer Competition¥300k
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- GenHacks 2026: Online Student Hackathon
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- Hackster↗Infineon Boss Battle in the AI Arena 2026 (PSOC Edge AI Kit, $2,000)$2k
- AI for Research & Engineering Hackathon — Malaysia 2027
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- SpartaHack 12
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- Closed · most recent first (30)
- Website↗1 looking for teammatesAssay-A-Thon London 2026
- TreeHacks 2027
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- Website↗1 looking for teammatesportableMRI NerdFest-2 (Shenzhen)
- AI Culture Maker Hackathon 2026¥66k
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- MineArena 1.0 BIET National Hackathon
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- Sukesong 2026 Suzhou Hackathon¥500k
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- Luma↗AI Agents + Hardware MCP Hackathon (San Francisco, $4,000+ cash)$4k
- Website↗Junction 2026 Hackathon in Espoo€100k
- ShanHaiWoo GBA 72-Hour AI × Hardware Hackathon (Shenzhen)
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- Website↗Black Forest Hackathon 2026: Smart Automation€6k
- WTCC 2026 | Hack for Life¥50k
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- Devpost↗SwampHacks XII (University of Florida, $11,000+ cash)$11k
- ASUS UGen AI League Hackathon 2026$20k
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- PalmettoHacks 2026 (University of South Carolina, MLH)$2.5k
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- Tripothon S1 World-Building Hackathon$50k
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- XiHack 2026 (Xi'an)¥500k
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- Anker Hackathon Challenge (1st edition)¥180k
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- Insta360 Bold Maker Smart Imaging Challenge 2026¥300k
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- Evolution Tavern Agent Hackathon¥100k
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- Website↗Hack the North 2026
- Website↗HackMIT 2026
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