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CruzHacks 2025 Seeking Volunteers
CruzHacks 2025 returns April 11-13, uniting innovators for a weekend of coding and collaboration. Volunteers needed for 2-3 hour shifts from April 10-13. Enjoy free food, swag, and networking. Sign up now to be part of the action!
SignSight: A Computer Vision ASL Translator
At CruzHacks 2024, students created SignSight, a mobile phone application that interprets American Sign Language (ASL). It allows the user to record and translate someone's ASL gestures using a computer vision-based action recognition model.
March Santa Cruz New Tech CruzHack-tastic!
Our monthly New Tech on March 1 will feature the top teams and projects from the 2023 CruzHacks.
CruzHacks 2023 a Smashing Success
CruzHacks 2023 returned to the UC Santa Cruz campus from February 3-5, 2023. Nearly 400 students from across the country participated.
CruzHacks 2023 a HUGE Success!
An in-person event for the first time in two years, CruzHacks 2023 was a rousing success with 86 teams pitching their projects at the Stevenson Event Center
CruzHacks 2023 is On!
Annual event rescheduled to February 3-5. Co-founder Mark Adams will speak at opening ceremonies. We interview Tony Ma / Co-President of Cruz Hacks 2023. He gives us a sneak preview of the upcoming largest hackathon on the central coast CruzHacks.
CruzHacks 2023 Postponed
We interview Tony Ma / Co-President of Cruz Hacks 2023. He gives us a sneak preview of the upcoming largest hackathon on the central coast CruzHacks.
CruzHacks 2023 Seeking Sponsors, Mentors, Participants
CruzHacks is back and excited to announce that the 2023 hackathon will take place in-person on January 13-15. Join us as a mentor, graphic artist, project manager, coder, or all of the above!
Remedy: 1st Place Best High School Project at Cruz Hacks 2022
This all girl team won first place for creating AI software to diagnose skin diseases.