The Winners
Hack Dearborn: Conjure Reality took place on October 3 and 4, 2026 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. These projects took home the prizes.
Overall
- First place
- RobBoss
- Second place
- M-TRACE
- Third place
- Braille vibrations
Awards
- VentureWell
- Afterlight
- Best Beginner
- Conjuring Cauldron
Tracks
- Enchanted Transit
- VYZR Halo
- Shaping Society
- Pocket Apothecary
- Mindscapes: Learning Realms
- MagicManual
- Ideation Matrix
- Agentique Desktop Ecosystem
MLH Prizes
- Best Use of ElevenLabs
- Agentique Desktop Ecosystem
- Best Use of Tiger Data
- WaveGuard
- Best Use of Backboard
- Hodeum
- Best Use of Gemini API
- RobBoss
- Best Use of Solana
- VYZR Halo
- Best Use of Vultr
- Divvy
See every project in the gallery
Thank you to every hacker who spent the weekend building with us. Thank you to the judges, mentors, volunteers and sponsors who gave their time and support. Hack Dearborn does not happen without you.
About
Hack Dearborn is the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s largest hackathon, hosted by the Google Developer Group on Campus. For its fifth year, Hack Dearborn: Conjure Reality brings hundreds of students together for 24 hours of building, learning, and a little magic. Teams arrive with an idea and leave with something they have built, backed by mentors, workshops and a campus that stays awake with them.
Hack Dearborn is the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s largest hackathon, hosted by the Google Developer Group on Campus. For its fifth year, Hack Dearborn: Conjure Reality brings hundreds of students together for 24 hours of building and learning.
Conjure a world where innovation reshapes reality itself, and turn imagination into something people can use. Four tracks point the way: Enchanted Transit, Mindscapes, Shaping Society and Ideation Matrix.
Four tracks, one theme: reshape reality.
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