People are always evolving, learning, and adapting. In the 21st century, new technologies force us to change more quickly and dramatically than ever before. Peapod delivers groceries straight to our homes, while TaskRabit helps us find someone to run our errands—from returning merchandise to putting together Ikea furniture. And why go out on a Saturday when all you have to do for entertainment is plop down on your couch and fire up Netflix?

It's an incredible new world that leaves us with a burning question: is technology advancing humanity or is it making us lazy?

On August 13, Startup Institute is hosting the HackHuman Hackathon. This 12-hour hackathon will challenge you to build and pitch a product/service that uses technology in order to advance the way we live, work, or play.

How can we use technology to:

• Enhance our quality of life?

• Create more meaningful work?

• Make our lives more fun and playful?

Not a coder? Not a problem! This event is open to educators and human services professionals, business minds, artists, students, technologists, and more. Join us on August 13 to help us innovate a better world.

• Impact
  Impact: What impact does your idea have on the users of your product?
• Creativity
  Creativity: How is your product unique?
• Design
  Design: Is your product easy to use and understand?
• Customer Validation
  Customer Validation: How confident are you that users will use your product?
• Technology
  Technology: The complexity of the technology used. If used
• Business Model & Scalability
  Business Model & Scalability: The pace in which you think your business will grow exponentially.