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.On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi@gmail.com> wrote:Cool! I wanna play too!--On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Hol Gaskill <hol@gaskill.com> wrote:
i'm always down for competitive creativity
Apr 17, 2013 08:30:02 AM, rachelyra@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Ken Murphy kenmrph@gmail.com> wrote:
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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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> 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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