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For the eleventh time, IEEE at UCLA is pleased to present IDEA Hacks, the largest hardware hackathon on the West Coast! We provide all our hackers with all the hardware, tools, and equipment that they need, including 3D printers and soldering stations, free of charge. Our hundreds of hackers will not only code, but create tangible products from scratch over the course of 36 hours.

IDEA Hacks was founded in 2014 by members of UCLA IEEE and Theta Tau Upsilon Delta. Ever since our first hackathon in January 2015, IDEA Hacks’ vision has been to provide engineering students with a space to learn, create, and inspire one another. As the first and largest hardware hackathon in California, we encourage interdisciplinary teams to build hands-on components as opposed to a software hackathon.

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