{"id":33347,"date":"2026-02-19T09:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/?p=33347"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:28:58","slug":"treehacks-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/19\/treehacks-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ideas Take Shape at TreeHacks 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stanford\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/treehacks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TreeHacks 2026<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the largest collegiate hackathon in the U.S., was a weekend of rapid innovation. Over 1,000 students, selected from more than 15,000 applicants, spent 36 hours turning bold ideas into real projects related to AI, healthcare, sustainability, education, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a sponsor, Logitech spent the weekend connecting with the builders of tomorrow who inspire us to design tools that extend their coding potential. During the opening ceremony, we shared how our MX Series helps coders maximize productivity so they can spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time hacking, coding, and creating.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33350  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-822x628.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-1536x1173.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-2048x1564.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-750x573.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TreeHacks-2026-1-1140x870.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we weren\u2019t part of the coding tracks, we did host a \u201cYou\u2019ve Got Options\u201d workshop on Saturday to a standing room only audience who learned how our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/software\/logi-options-plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logi Options+<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> software and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/software\/actions-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actions Ring<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> overlay can simplify workflows and save you up to 33% of time. A live demo during the typing-speed challenge showed how with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/shop\/p\/mx-master-4.910-007558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MX Master 4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Actions Ring you could achieve 468 words per minute \u2013 more than five times faster than the average for skilled professionals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33351 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-471x628.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260214_230422373.MP_-1140x1520.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workshop attendees then created their own actions to improve efficiency in Terminal, a tool for writing code and scripts. They found ways to save time on tasks like running commands and navigating file systems, which is crucial during a hackathon where every minute counts. To support their journeys beyond TreeHacks, we hosted a giveaway and sent participants home with MX Master 4 mice and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/shop\/p\/mx-keys-s.920-011558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MX Keys S<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> keyboards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the weekend, the Logitech table was a popular spot for testing our products, learning more abo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ut Logi Options+ and Actions Ring, challenging friends to a typing competition, and product giveaways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At TreeHacks 2026, coders turned ideas into functional solutions in just 36 hours, reminding us why we do what we do. 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