[sudo-discuss] Fwd: [hackerspaces] Radio Shack Hackerspace Challenge seeks challenger

[David Rorex]

A laser harp is easy compared to what we built (a laser shooting gallery
with moving targets, sound effects, and score display)...and we still lost
(probably due to not really trying to market ourselves to win votes).


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:

> ok hold on, Artisan's Asylum built a Laser Harp! If we do accept it wont
> be easy. Are we ready to send something in to orbit yet?
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> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Hol Gaskill <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
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>> i enjoy a multi-pronged approach
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>> Apr 17, 2013 02:07:39 PM, andrew at roshambomedia.com wrote:
>> so who can create the largest bot net for voting. got it. I'm in :-)
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>> >On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:16 PM, David Rorex drorex at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >If you do get selected, the key to winning is not making the best
>> project, but getting the most people to vote for you. There's no objective
>> judging process, it's all based on how many people click your name on an
>> online website voting form. But don't worry, the loser still gets a
>> consolation prize of a couple hundred dollars radio shack gift card.
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>> >On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Naomi Most pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Cool!  I wanna play too!
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>> i'm always down for competitive creativity
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>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Ken Murphy kenmrph at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Hello Hackerspace folks-
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>> > Last year was the first Radio Shack Hackerspace Challenge, a friendly
>> competition between Ace Monster Toys in Oakland, CA, and Artisan's Asylum
>> in Somerville, MA.  It's happening again this year, and we're looking for
>> challengers to take on the current champs (Artisan's Asylum).
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>> > The challenge is sponsored by Radio Shack, and will be featured in
>> print in Popular Mechanics magazine (and therefore seen by millions of
>> people).  It's part of Radio Shack's "Great Create" campaign, which
>> includes an effort to improve their offerings to the DIY community.
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>> > This is a great opportunity to work on a cool project, and get some
>> good publicity for your hackerspace and for the hackerspace movement
>> overall. I'd love to hear from spaces interested in forming a team and
>> throwing their hat in the ring.
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>> > More specifics on the challenge will be available a bit later, but it
>> will take place over the month of June, and each team will build a project
>> based on a theme (tba).  Both teams will get profiled in the magazine.
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>> > Some info about last year's challenge, including links to the print
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>> > If you're interested, and think you get a group together from your
>> space, drop me a line!
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