We are back! Following the great success of PhysTech 2025, we are excited to invite you to this year's edition: PhysTech 2026. Website: https://binnovative-boston.github.io/phystech/2026.html Discord: https://discord.gg/mt4RVtcA7h Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phys.tech26/ Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/17528013/ Book publication: Your project will be featured in a book in the Binnovative Innovation Book Series. 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. PhysTech is hosted by Binnovative, a nonprofit organization in Massachusetts. Book chapter publication: We will publish a book that features the projects presented at PhysTech 2026. Selected participants will be invited to extend their project descriptions and publish them as a book. We are planning to publish this book as a part of the Binnovative Innovation Book Series. InnovArt is hosted by Binnovative, a nonprofit organization in Massachusetts. Organizers:
Konomi Karube (Co-chair)
Naomi McCreary
Rei Nagata (Co-chair)
Hanna Suzuki (Co-chair)
Alyssa Yasuhara (Co-chair)
Rimi Yoshikawa
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