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2010 Finalists

These are the 2010 finalists.

marco.bodoira
Grand Champion
Guitar footswitch effect
The dream of every guitarist is try all pedal effects and choose their preferred ones, to play with them among their friends.
This guitar footswitch effect can contains several different guitar effects all in one single unit.

All guitarists will want to try it!
1/10/2010
Entry Views: 705
From: marco.bodoira
The Bowman's Assistant
Finalist
The Bowman's Assistant
Rowing is a popular sport where one to nine participants row in sync to propel a 25 to 60 foot boat known as a shell. The bowman, who sits in the front of the shell, could be considered the captain. The bowman must steer the shell with voice calls to the crew. Additional bowman tasks include navigating the course, avoiding obstacles and other shells in the race, and maintaining the stability of the shell.

This embedded system will be worn by the bowman and will integrate and display crew and shell performance data.
1/9/2010
Entry Views: 420
From: DuckPaddle
Uber Tag
Finalist
Uber Tag
Uber Tag is the ultimate team combat system. Featuring high powered infrared guns, and real time communications between system including GPS based location data, allows you to know where your teammates are and allows you to call an airstrike on your enemy!
10/8/2009
Entry Views: 304
From: waldozer

2009 Finalists

These are the 2009 finalists.

CogswellCogs
Grand Champion
The Smart Pill - An intelligent medication dispenser
Prescription medications are powerful chemicals that must be administered and taken with care. Keeping track of the vast information surrounding these medications and managing them correctly can be a daunting task. The Smart Pill is my name for a device that addresses many of the issues surrounding medication errors. It combines disparate technologies into a machine that recognizes a patient’s medications, understands the pharmaceutical information, and helps the user take the correct medication at the right time.
3/8/2009
Entry Views: 3884
From: CogswellCogs
JHershkowitz
Home Brain System (HBS)
As more devices in the home become network enabled, the home will need a central nervous system to handle all of them, and allow them to function together based on the occupants’ wants and needs. Like a human body, the home’s central nervous system will be comprised of numerous sensors, which will feed into the home’s brain, providing it the input needed to make decisions about the environment. The home needs to not only make decisions when people are home to interact with it, but also when there is no one home, it is night time or people are asleep.
3/11/2009
Entry Views: 3705
From: JHershkowitz
Spark
Computing at a Glance
Ambient computing, or taking the computing world and projecting it into physical objects has had some success but remains mostly research and “toy” oriented, and even more cripplingly remains a mostly one way communication . This project’s goal is to extend that into a natural free flowing two way interface, primarily through using eye motion as a prime indicator of interest, and a few simple, natural gestures.
3/11/2009
Entry Views: 2905
From: yasth

2010 Challenge
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Round 3 ends in:
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Key Dates
  • April 27
    embeddedSPARK
    2010 SUMMER
    Challenge Opens
  • June 15
    R1 Closes
  • June 22
    R1 Winners
    Announced
  • August 31
    R2 Closes
  • September 7
    Winners/Finalists
    Announced
  • September 21
    Three Finalists Compete
    LIVE on Stage at
    ESC in Boston
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