CRISIS 01
The Earth Breaks
[ SEISMIC DEFENCE ]
Detect abnormal vibration/motion in real time and trigger a physical protective response before damage occurs.
PRTCL // CRISIS 01SEC-CLEARANCE // L1
⚠ SEISMIC BREACH DETECTED
◈ CORE MELTDOWN IMMINENT
◉ RF BLACKOUT — ALL BANDS
△ GLOBAL COMMS FAILURE
▣ INITIATING ZEROTH HOUR PROTOCOL
DEFCON 1 PROTOCOL
JAYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
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// PRESENTSMAKEATHONPROJECT ZEROTH HOUR
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SEPT 23 // 5-HOUR MAKEATHON
Venue: Jaya Auditorium · Registration queue open
PRIZE CACHE
₹22K
+ MERCH & CERTS
REGISTRATION
₹200
FOOD & WI-FI INCLUDED
// INDUSTRY CONNECT
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// POWERED BY
CORE EVENT LOOP PROTOCOL // MANDATORY RULE
Every submission must demonstrate a physical sensor, real-time decision logic, and tangible hardware actuation.
// STUDENT MAKEATHON CRISIS SECTORS
Choose Your Crisis: Sense, Adapt & Survive
Select a high-stakes engineering problem below. Click "View Crisis Details" to expand scenario specifications, hardware challenges, and implementation examples!
Planetary Defense Bounty
Overall Prize Cache: ₹22,000 INR
Champion
1ST PRIZE
₹10,000
+ Winner Trophy, Merch & Certificates
Runner-up
2ND PRIZE
₹7,000
+ Excellence Shield & Certificates
2nd Runner-up
3RD PRIZE
₹5,000
+ Merit Shield & Certificates
CRISIS 02
The Ocean Takes the Land
[ HYDRO DEFENCE ]
Detect rising water level and trigger a physical adaptation — before the water wins.
PRTCL // CRISIS 02SEC-CLEARANCE // L1
CRISIS 03
Humanity on Mars
[ OFF-WORLD DEFENCE ]
Sense changing environmental conditions (light, temp, dust, power) and adapt operation autonomously.
PRTCL // CRISIS 03SEC-CLEARANCE // L1
CRISIS 04
The World Goes Silent
[ COMMS DEFENCE ]
Build a hardware communication path that works without relying on existing cell/internet infrastructure.
PRTCL // CRISIS 04SEC-CLEARANCE // L1
CRISIS 05
The Spread
[ BIO DEFENCE ]
Detect rising contamination/air-quality danger in a zone and automatically seal or isolate it before spread.
PRTCL // CRISIS 05SEC-CLEARANCE // L1
CRISIS 06 (OPEN)
Open Innovation
[ WILDCARD DEFENCE ]
Bring your own hardware crisis. Any sense → decide → act system with real physical response.
PRTCL // CRISIS 06 (OPEN)SEC-CLEARANCE // L1
TACTICAL INTERFERENCE EVENT
[ The Sabotage Quiz ]
Planning to bring some chaos to the sprint? We're introducing a high-speed, ECE-focused live quiz event. Any interested squad can deploy one operative to participate. The winner secures temporary interference cards to sabotage competing teams!
Winner-Takes-All
Deploy a sabotage action to any team of choice.
Open to All Teams
One representative from any squad can enlist.
Sabotage actions are designed for fun and must be executed in the presence of an event coordinator.
Available Sabotage Protocols
5 Mins
EMP Wi-Fi Jammer
Target team's internet connection is suspended. They must rely on offline knowledge.
5 Mins
Keyboard Lockout
Target team's lead coder must code using only a touch keyboard or with one hand.
10 Mins
Telemetry Jam
Restricts target team's communication and access to Faculty/Student mentors.
5 Mins
Noise Injection
Target team must wear headphones playing heavy static noise to test focus under pressure.
// MAKEATHON SCHEDULE
Event Schedule & Roadmap
JAYA AUDITORIUM | SEPT 23 · 5-HR MAKEATHON
- STAGE 1 // REPORTING08:00 AMJaya Auditorium
Event Registration & Squad Check-in
Squad check-in, clearance badge verification, kit allocation, and preliminary briefing.
STATUS: REGISTRATION DESK ACTIVESTAGE / 01 - STAGE 2 // KICKOFF11:00 AMJaya Auditorium
Makeathon Official Start — 5-Hour Build Sprint
5-hour intense continuous sprint begins. Squads start prototyping hardware, firmware, and student engineering solutions.
STATUS: SPRINT ACTIVESTAGE / 02 - STAGE 2 // REVIEW01:00 PMJaya Auditorium
Mid-Point Progress Inspection & Lunch Break
Mentors visit tables for prototype reviews, technical feedback, and troubleshooting support.
STATUS: MENTOR ROUND ACTIVESTAGE / 03
Ready to build your survival tech?
₹200 per squad. Open to students, researchers, and builders. Secure your clearance badge before squad lockdown.
// CLASSIFIED MISSION BRIEFING
Engineering the last hour
Project Zeroth Hour is a high-stakes 5-hour crisis response makeathon engineered around one urgent premise: the cataclysm warning has already fired.
Student squads rapidly prototype tangible hardware & embedded systems designed to sense real-time threats, execute rapid decision logic, and trigger physical mechanical adaptations across 5 fronts of planetary survival.
Physical Sensor + Actuation Mandatory
Live Disaster Injection at Midpoint
5-Hour High-Intensity Rapid Build
₹22,000 Prize Cache + Merch
₹200 / SQUAD JAYA AUDITORIUM · CHENNAI
// TELEMETRY DATA STREAM
- PRIZE CACHE
- ₹22K INR
- SPRINT DURATION
- 5 HOURS
- THREAT SECTORS
- 5 TRACKS
- CLEARANCE RATE
- OPEN TO ALL
Top 3 Squads Rewarded
High-Intensity Build
Open & Focused Domains
All Colleges & Streams