Registration and Teams

• Registration is open to Technion students, Technion alumni, and external participants.
• An online registration process will be available for all candidates. Registration will close on October 31, 2026.
• The Hackathon Management will assign participants to teams. An effort will be made to create multidisciplinary teams.
• Participants commit to attending all hackathon events. In case of a specific issue, prior approval for absence must be obtained from the hackathon management. Unapproved absences may result in cancellation of participation in the hackathon.

The Challenges

The hackathon will feature 3 core challenge tracks:

• Physiological Monitoring and Performance Enhancement: Prevent sports injuries and improve athletic achievements.
• Bionics and Prosthetics: Develop artificial organs, assistive technologies, and rehabilitation solutions.
• Rehabilitation Engineering and Adapted Equipment: Design adapted equipment for movement limitations, human-machine interfaces, and smart control.

Teams will receive a list of challenges relevant to their assigned track and will select one challenge to solve.

The suggested solution cannot be based on work currently developed by team members in other formal academic or industrial frameworks (such as a thesis, existing project, or company work).

Schedule

Note: The schedule is general, and the content is subject to change.

• Preliminary Event 1 (Online via Zoom) Thursday, November 19, 2026, 16:00 to 18:30
• Preliminary Event 2 (Mehudar Center, Technion) Sunday, November 22, 2026, 16:00 to 19:00
• Main Event HACK 4 MOTION 2026 (ME Faculty, Technion) Thursday, November 26, 2026, 12:00 to 22:00

Competition and Judgment

• Teams will present their solutions in a final public event to a panel of judges.
• Judges will be leading professionals from relevant fields (biomedical industry, mechanical engineering, sports, and academia).
• Selection criteria include clear need, quality of the technological solution, commercial or social value, and project presentation. Different or additional criteria may apply.

Intellectual Property

HACK 4 MOTION is a learning event; therefore, all intellectual property rights arising from the implementation of ideas generated to address a specific challenge and produced by participants belong to the participants who produced them.

To enable future development of the solutions, each participant may individually further develop any solution proposed in the framework of the Hackathon and presented in the competition without any obligations to his/her team members.

The participants will not have any claim on the Technion or the HACK 4 MOTION organizers regarding responsibility or connected to the intellectual property which was developed in the framework of or following HACK 4 MOTION.

Safety, Conduct, and Media

• Safety and Liability: Participation may involve working with lab equipment, mechanical components, and physical activities. Participants are responsible for their own safety and must follow all Technion safety regulations. The organizers, the faculties, and the Technion are not liable for any personal injury or property damage incurred during the event. Participants also commit to maintaining and protecting all Technion equipment used.
• Media Consent: By participating, individuals agree that the organizers may photograph and record video during the event. These materials may be used for marketing, social media, and future public relations purposes.
• Code of Conduct: We require a respectful, safe, and professional work environment. Any violation of these standards will lead to immediate disqualification from the event.

Disagreement

In any disagreement, the head of the organizing committee is exclusively given the final ruling. This ruling is not open to appeal.