PhysTech 2026: Physical Activity and Technology Hack Day: Move, Inspire and Innovate! Demonstrate your talent and showcase your hack for physical activity.
About the challenge
PhysTech is an online international hackathon led by students for anyone who does, watches, analyzes and promotes physical activities - including sports, workouts, fitness exercises, casual hobbies/pastimes, and recreational adventures. PhysTech welcomes any type of physical activity. Sports and physical training are in. Yoga, pilates, ballet? Of course. Swimming, kayaking, cycling, dancing, skateboarding, rock/mountain climbing, hiking, horseback riding? Sure. Fishing, bowling, paddleboarding, scuba diving, rafting, cheerleading, outdoor bird watching, gardening, kite flying, disc golf (frisbee), or cornhole? Why not! Not only athletes and recreational players, but also fans, coaches, referees/judges, and analysts are welcome. PhysTech offers you a platform to address various needs, wants, and challenges in physical activities and produce creative solutions (hacks) with technology. PhysTech welcomes anyone of all ages and all technical skills, from limited experience to advanced. Entry is free. Expected project topics include, but are not limited to: Monitoring and enhancing performance, Logging and tracking practice, training, and exercise, Recording, analyzing, and communicating activity data, Applying data analytics to physical activity, Enhancing fan experience, Increasing participation/engagement in physical activity, Promoting health and wellness through physical activity, Preventing and helping heal from injuries, Improving dietary and nutritional assistance, Protecting and improving the environment for physical activity. Solutions can take many different forms, such as apps, games, social platforms, websites/services, devices, sensors, robots, audio/video, data collection/storage, data analysis/forecasts, data visualization, information retrieval, and 3-dimensional modeling/printing.
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