11–21 July 2026 · Online

Global and local impact, built by students.

TechCommons hosted an online community-focused hackathon for students across secondary school years, encouraging participants to create technology addressing problems in their communities or around the world.

Event record

A completed challenge with visible output.

The participation and submission figures are TechCommons’ organisational totals. Public project pages remain owned by their creators and are linked through the event platform.

118
participants
70
submitted projects
Years 5–12
organisation-wide focus
11
calendar days

TechCommons Hacks V1 winner

Reloop, by Jia Wei.

The winning project turns the hackathon’s social-impact theme into a practical piece of technology.

Explore Reloop on Devpost

The brief

Participants worked under the theme Global & Local Impact. The challenge invited technology projects connected to problems around them, while leaving room for different project types and approaches.

What the event demonstrates

Project participation

Students moved from an open brief to public submissions within a defined online event window.

Range of ideas

Seventy submitted projects created a public record of varied problem choices and technical approaches.

Independent work

Participant projects belong to their creators. TechCommons does not republish project media or long descriptions without permission.

A base for future activity

The format gives schools and supporters concrete evidence when discussing workshops, project days or future challenges.

Public project information

For rules, projects, prizes and judging details, use the official event page rather than a copied version on this site.

Open the TechCommons Hacks event page →

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