If you are a creative mind, looking to engage in some exciting, thought provoking and productive activity in 2017, we’ve got something in for you!

THIS WEEKEND Seen the posters? Visited the website? Watched the promotional video? Registered for the event? Still not sure what is Hamp Hack? Here is the inside scoop at Hampshire College: Prizes, Friends, Food, and Hacking! The registration table in Franklin Patterson Hall gives goody bags, handles check-in, gives information, and provides the offical HampHack t-shirt! Participants then filter into the Main Lecture hall for the opening ceremony where the curtain will unveil. Immediately following will be the idea jam, where people who aren’t in teams yet can collaborate and jumpstart their thinking!

1. Win prizes There are several different categories, which means you have a bunch of chances to win a prize. These include anything from an Amazon gift card to the makings of BB-8, from the new Star Wars movie. 2. Give your Netflix a day off Let’s face it, most of us have a serious love interest with Netflix (or…

Hamp Hack is an event aiming to unite multi-disciplinary thinkers to collaborate and create a product within a theme such as Environmental Sustainability, Brain and Development, Life Hacks, and Artificial Intelligence. Here are some examples of game ideas that can be #hamphacked! 10. Chess Light up board with touch sensitive pieces to…

10: Procrastinate Give yourself time to hatch an idea! Art is long, but life is short. Balance the delay with a hard deadline. Internal pressure helps push out the good stuff. 09: Start unscrewing Pick a random device (any household item) and take it apart! Remotes, toys, kitchen appliances, vacuums… We are surrounded by deceptively…