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  DesignAThon

Summary

Registration for this event has been closed.

In this contest the contestant or team of contestants design and build a solution to a problem disclosed 4 weeks before the judging.

A Gold medal and a $250 A-WIT Gift Certificate will be awarded to first place.
A Silver medal and a $150 A-WIT Gift Certificate will be awarded to second place.
A Bronze medal and a $50 A-WIT Gift Certificate will be awarded to third place.

DesignAThon Chain of Events

Registration

Contestants will register for the DesignAThon via the register link on the Events page under the DesignAThon column. Upon successful completion of the transaction, your package will be shipped. When you receive your package it will include a Microcontroller Activity Kit and a Design Number, this number is to be placed on your entry in the DesignAThon so as to identify your entry while leaving you anonymous, the package will also include two tickets to the 2008 Trenton Computer Festival.

Pre-Problem

Contestants should use the time between them receiving the package and the problem being disclosed to familiarize themselves with their Microcontroller Activity Kit. During this time contestants can not only work through the existing projects that comes in the A-WIT Documentation but also test their own ideas that they believe will be beneficial to them once the DesignAThon problem has been revealed.

Problem

The problem will be disclosed four weeks before the DesignAThon Judging (03-30-08)
Once the problem has been disclosed contestants will then be able to use the remaining time to build a solution to the problem that best meets the criteria for judging.

Judging Checklist

The following things are needed to enter in the DesignAThon

1.) Solution to Problem using included Microcontroller Activity Kit.

2.) Bill of Materials for items purchased in addition to the TCF 2008 DesignAThon Kit.

3.) Design Number located on entry.

Judging

Contestants will go to the designated area for DesignAThon entries during the DesignAThon Check In time and place their entry with their Design Number in front of it.
NOTE: If your Design Number is not present, your entry will not be able to be judged!

DesignAThon Entries will be judged on the following criteria (in order of importance):

1.) How well it does what it needs to do (Functionality
)

2.) How cheaply can it be made (Efficiency)

3.) How good it looks (Aesthetics)

Prize

A Gold medal and a $250 A-WIT Gift Certificate will be awarded to first place.
A Silver medal and a $150 A-WIT Gift Certificate will be awarded to second place.
A Bronze medal and a $50 A-WIT Gift Certificate will be awarded to third place.

 

 

Important Dates

12/31/08 - Early Registration Ends
 

04/25/09 - 11a-1p Precipice Avoidance


04/25/09
- 3:30p-5p Maze Navigation

 

 

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