What to Build

A prototype that runs. Something in **neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, genomics, or bioinformatics** that advances science and helps humanity.

That's the scope. The rest is yours.

Use **Cortex Premium** as your primary research instrument — analyze literature, run computational simulations, scrape live sources, parse datasets, generate visualizations, verify claims. The system is built for exactly this kind of work. Push it.

What we want to see:

- Real scientific problems, not toy demos

- Depth over polish — a messy prototype with genuine insight beats a beautiful app that does nothing

- Originality — work that doesn't already exist in the same form

- Rigor — claims backed by data, not vibes

What we don't want to see:

- Another chatbot wrapper

- A dashboard that visualizes something everyone already knows

**Judging criteria (weighted):**

| Criterion | Weight |

| Problem Significance — Is the solution of high impact? | 25% |

| Technical Depth | 25% |

| Innovation | 20% |

| Scientific Rigor | 15% |

| Execution | 15% |

What to Submit

- 🎥 A 3-minute video — demo your prototype, explain your problem, show your depth. Hard cap. One second over and it's auto-disqualified. No exceptions.

- 📄 A one-page technical abstract (PDF) — problem, approach, methodology, results, what makes it novel. One page. Make every word count.

- 🗂️ A public GitHub repository (If applicable)— code, documentation, everything. Open-source. If we can't read it, we can't judge it.

Rules:

- All work must be done during the innovation period (Sept 17–24)

- Cortex must be your primary tool

- Ethical data handling is mandatory

- Open-source requirement — your repo must be public

- Originality — no repackaged existing work