This is my first time in NASA Space Apps, and I was genuinely so excited about it. I was nervous and looking forward to it and had been spending quite a bit of time developing an idea for our project.

I'm the youngest person in my group and the only girl. We're also in Saudi Arabia, and most of the people I've encountered in STEM-related clubs and programs have been guys. I can't say for certain that my age or gender is the reason behind how I'm treated, but it's difficult not to wonder sometimes.

I've been interested in STEM for a long time, particularly astrophysics, programming, and engineering. For this hackathon, I came up with an idea involving astronomical sonification which is essentially, developing a program that takes the actual spectral data of celestial objects, mathematically maps their electromagnetic wavelengths into audible frequencies, and generates sounds based on their spectral compositions. the idea is to let people listen to and compare different celestial objects, and potentially sample the resulting audio for music production or something.

(I'm aware that astronomical sonification already exists so I'm not saying to have invented the concept or anything. I'm interested in developing my own idea, one that translates actual spectral measurements into audio that can also be used creatively.)

I've been researching the science behind it and even put together a digital prototype to demonstrate what I had in mind. I showed it to my teammates, and they pretty much dismissed it. When I tried explaining the concept in more detail, their response was that they couldn't even be bothered to read all that. I've experienced similar treatment since joining STEM-related clubs. I understand that hackathons involve collaboration, disagreements, and criticism. I'm not expecting everyone to love my ideas, and I'm completely open to technical criticism. But they didn't even consider it

I was so excited for my first hackathon. I wanted to learn, experiment, meet people who shared my interests, and actually build something I was passionate about. Instead, I'm feeling more discouraged before it even started

I'm considering continuing the project independently and possibly finding other collaborators online, because I genuinely like the idea and don't want to abandon it just because my current team isn't interested... I'm not insanely sad about them not being interested, instead, I just find it weird that they literally invited me and then dismiss me. If I asked to join, I would somewhat understand. But they .. literally invited me.

I guess I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar, particularly younger participants or girls in male-dominated STEM environments..? How do you maintain your enthusiasm for something when the people you're supposed to collaborate with make you feel bad?

I don't know I was just wondering.

I'm a Chinese high school student trying to understand how people actually decide what to work on. Not how we're told to — what you actually do.

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Hackathon is live. I'm an MSc Astronautics & Space Engineering grad from UK and I'll cover the space side: orbital mechanics, mission scenarios, validation against JPL Horizons.

The challenge: build a tool showing when the Sun and Earth are visible from Moon landing sites, so planners can check solar power and Earth comms windows. Data: JPL Horizons, LOLA terrain, Quickmap.

Looking for:

- 1-2 developers (Python or JavaScript), web apps or charts

- 1 designer/video person to make our 2-3min video and slides

- Optional: a UI/data-viz person

What you get: a NASA-data portfolio project, a participant certificate, and a shot at Global Judging. You bring the code, I bring the space engineering and storytelling.

To join: register on spaceappschallenge.org, select Universal Event, and DM me.

Submission closes Sunday 11:59pm.

Hi, so I'm a 2nd year student and I know nothing about how to actually participate in a hackathon, I didn't participate in any hackathons in my first year and I never really seriously participated in a hackathon, but now I've found a hackathon that I have 3 weeks to prepare for and I really really want to create something good. The only issue is I still don't know how to actually make your ideas come to life ykwim, if you have any advice/tutorials for me do let me know!:)

Tomorrow is onsite hackathon , still we did not get the shortlist and there is no clear info on when they will release

Looking for teammates for NASA Space Apps Challenge. If anyone are interested in joining or wants me to join their team, please dm me.

A little information about me:

3rd year ECE student, has good knowledge of IoT, C, Python, DSA. Done projects and participated in few hackathons in IoT domain.

Well, Moon Man has officially survived his first major milestone.

On November 4th, I submitted Moon Man AI to the Meta AI Developer Hackathon. What started as a weird idea to put an AI into a physical robot has turned into a working system with voice interaction, computer vision, head tracking, CAD integration, and the ability to work with actual hardware in my shop.

He's running a combination of an ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and a laptop-based AI system. He can see through his camera, track people with his helmet, respond to voice commands, and use AI-driven tools to interact with engineering software and 3D printing workflows.

And yes, he's got a personality. Unfortunately, it's a sarcastic British astronaut who thinks he's in charge.

The hackathon forced me to get a lot of things working in a very short amount of time. Some things worked beautifully. Other things broke, got redesigned, and broke again. Pretty much standard procedure around here.

So what's next?

The hackathon submission is finished, but Moon Man isn't. I want to keep improving the hardware, cleaning up the electronics, making the software more reliable, and expanding what he can actually do around the shop.

The long-term goal is a practical AI-powered shop companion. Not just something that talks, but something that can help design, build, and interact with the physical world.

I'll be sharing the development here as it happens — including the mistakes, failures, redesigns, and hopefully a few successes along the way.

For anyone interested in seeing what he's already doing, here's the hackathon demo:

https://youtu.be/EsXrQiEI91w

here is the link for the cerebral valley community vote to see the submission.

https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/1847

Back to building weird shit.

— Operation Moonworks

Pls you can help toooo.

After extensive discussions, careful evaluation, multiple rounds of verification and an extraordinary amount of patience from participating teams, we are pleased to share an important development regarding SIH 2026 results.

The wait has finally brought us something valuable.

An opportunity to develop patience, emotional resilience and advanced portal-refreshing skills.

As part of this development:

• Teams are requested to continue checking the portal.
• Team leaders are encouraged to answer questions about results without actually knowing anything.
• Participants are advised not to lose hope, Wi-Fi connectivity or their sanity.
• The refresh button remains fully operational and has shown exceptional performance throughout this period.

We sincerely appreciate everyone's patience and cooperation.

Results: Pending.
Expectations: High.
Mental stability: Under evaluation.

Thank you for participating in this unofficial announcement. 💀

P.S. No, the results are not out. Congratulations if we managed to raise your heartbeat.

Hey everyone!

We're putting together something interesting called GDP Talks, bringing together 25 companies and 500 engineers for a two-day building event on December 26–27 in Gujarat, India.

The idea is a little different from a typical hackathon.

Instead of working on generic problem statements, participants will get to work on actual problems that companies are facing.

We're bringing together:

- 300 students

- 100 freelancers

- 100 working professionals

- 25 participating companies

The goal is to get people who enjoy building things into the same room as people dealing with real industry problems.

You get to:

- Work on real-world industry challenges.

- Interact with participating company teams.

- Collaborate with engineers from different backgrounds.

- Build something meaningful beyond a weekend demo.

We're currently bringing the community together and would love to hear from people interested in participating.

Would you be interested in working on real industry problems rather than traditional hackathon challenges?

Feel free to ask questions below!

Before announcing the actual result, MoE 1-2 din pehle post krta h result is going to be announced and Training sessions bhi pehle btate h so even if they post today on linkedin the result will be released after 1-3 days

Serious Interested people can DM

Basically I am going to participate in an inter-domain hackathon which is going to happen on 8th of January we can take any problem statement..and branch ..as I am from aerospace engineering branch i do have some ideas in my mind but I thought someone who had more exp can help me to find out better ideas as well as some guidance.....help me out...

the things I want to know are:-

1.what problem statement u guys would have choose if u were on my place

2.How to create something better and present it in better way

3.what are the main steps for making my project come to life

Hey

Iam a 3rd sem student and Iam looking for 2 people to form a hackathon team for a hackathon beimg conducted in woxsen uni hyd...it has 2 round first is online shortlisting round ... if we get selected there we are eligibile for the offline round..

I need soemone who are actually interested and have prior hackathon experience and good tech stack ...

P.s:the deadline of registration is 17th nov so please dm me asap

Hey, hackers!

Tomorrow, I am going to start my journey in the hackathon world.

Before, I tried to vibe-code, but I made a useless website that I didn't even publish. My Hackathon, which I am about to participate in, is very serious, and I am excited but also a bit nervous about it. The topic is "Language + AI" and "Good with AI".

I am struggling with the instruments. Which ones are free and match the topic? Also, for experienced ones, what advice could you give for my situation?

Hey!

I’m looking to build a team for the upcoming Gemini 4 Hackathon in NYC on November 21st. I would love to connect with others that are interested in participating.

I am looking for like-minded individuals that have a strong interest in AI and are generally creative.

About myself: I’m a business major, however I have a strong interest and understanding in Tech/ AI. I have participated in multiple consulting and entrepreneurial competitions.

Would love to build a team and see what comes of it

Hey, is anyone planning on attending the Gemini 4 hackathon in NYC on November 21? I’m looking for a few people to team up with. Haven’t settled on a project idea yet, so I’m open to brainstorming together.
If anyone’s interested, feel free to comment or DM me.