[papercruncher]

If I don't know much about hardware, would this be a good event for me to attend, learn more and potentially build something really basic?

I'm asking because I see there is an application process which makes me think that only experienced teams would be accepted

[mwoodworth]

You should apply, but make sure you say what you experience is (in electronics and anything else that you do). We will take a look at the makeup of the applicants and see if we can get a good mix of people at the event, maybe you can help with the electronics and write some code. electronics are quite complex, there are many skills needed to create a complete hack.

We want to make sure that everyone that comes is successful and pushes their limits. 12 hours is not a lot of time to design hardware! You should jump in on the ideation board (http://ideation.upverter.com) and submit some ideas.

The applications are for a couple of reasons, them main one is that there is only so much room, so we want to make sure people are serious about coming.