Imagine if every light in the world had intelligence. If streetlights and building lights were equipped with sensors and connected, there would be an incredible amount of real-time and historical data that could unlock the potential to make the world intelligent.

From improving community safety to reducing parking gridlock and even recognizing pedestrian patterns, there’s no shortage of urban insights to be gained by using live traffic data streamed from outdoor streetlights. And with data from indoor lights, businesses can provide better experiences for their employees and patrons. This is the ultimate goal of the Intelligent Environments services on GE’s Predix platform — to help cities and businesses enhance everyday life through insights and solutions built with real-time sensor data.

In the Intelligent World Hackathon, you’ll be one of the first developers to leverage and build Industrial Internet of Things applications powered by the Predix platform. You’ll get free access to GE’s real-world datasets, Predix catalog services, engineering support, and developer resources for the life of the hackathon.

How could an app using live data from LED sensors in your city help solve problems with traffic, parking, public safety, urban planning, or retail and building management?

Use Predix services to illuminate the possibilities. Let’s go build an intelligent world.

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Need some inspiration? Check out this article for app ideas and code snippets: How GE Current APIs Power Smart City Applications.

$58,000 in prizes

1. Register for the Intelligent World Hackathon.
2. Review the Predix Platform Sign-up Tips and then sign up for your Predix Free Trial (Note: Predix trials are for 60 days. To extend your trial until September 9, please fill out this extension form.)
3. Visit the Categories and Tech Resources pages to learn more about the Predix platform, submission category topics, and more.
4. Find a teammate (optional). Do you have UX chops, but need someone who can code? Are you a genius coder, but need some design flair? Join our competition-only Slack channel. 
5. Build your app & shoot your demo screencast video.
6. Provide Devpost access to your app for judging and testing by including an active URL where your app is deployed.
7. Make sure your entry adheres to all the requirements and submit on IntelligentWorld.Devpost.com before 5pm ET on August 2, 2016.

• Quality of the Idea and App
  Includes creativity and originality of the application idea, usability, design, and intuitiveness.
• Potential Value or Benefits
  Includes the degree to which the solution provides scale and value — either economic or social — to a city or retail/commercial building.
• Use of Additional Predix Platform Services
  Includes the extent to which additional (more than the three required services) Predix, Intelligent Cities, or Building Services were used AND/OR the extent to which live data was incorporated from a Predix machine-enabled device.
• Ease of implementation
  Includes the extent to which the value provided to the end user is realistically achievable with existing technologies within the near term; not vague or overly complex to user, or reliant on a technology that is not yet on the market.
• Pitch of App
  Includes the clarity and description of the problem addressed, how the app solves the problem, what technology is used, what Predix services are leveraged, what sensor and other data is used, and the connection the app makes to real-world problems.