{"id":976,"date":"2012-11-05T03:52:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T16:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/?p=976"},"modified":"2016-09-09T09:26:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T09:26:30","slug":"swarmrobot-competition-free-pcb-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/2012\/11\/swarmrobot-competition-free-pcb-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"SwarmRobot competition &#8211; free PCB prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"240\" height=\"200\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.youku.com\/player.php\/sid\/XNDcwNTI2NDQ0\/v.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed width=\"240\" height=\"200\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/player.youku.com\/player.php\/sid\/XNDcwNTI2NDQ0\/v.swf\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" quality=\"high\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nBeen thinking of running a competition to give away some free PCBs and now that I have your attention thanks to Slashdot, here goes:<\/p>\n<p>Prizes 15 PCB pairs (main controller and IR shield).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individuals &#8211; 5 prizes of 1 PCB pair<\/li>\n<li>Maker\/Hacker spaces or other like minded groups &#8211; 2 prizes, each of 5 pairs of PCBs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To enter: Write a submission on what you would do with the SwarmRobot PCBs. The winners will be those displaying the best spirit of open sharing and learning in what they intend to do with the PCBs and how they intend to do this.<\/p>\n<p>Hints:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look at this sites goals and those of the AFRON competition<\/li>\n<li>Swarm &#8211; of robots and people creating&#8230;..<\/li>\n<li>Individuals &#8211; can work with others via the internet<\/li>\n<li>Groups &#8211; can work as a group or with other groups<\/li>\n<li>XinCheJian is one such group of individuals!<\/li>\n<li>XincCheJian wiki has a lot of SwarmRobot information and ideas<\/li>\n<li>Be creative, but realistic &#8211; it would be great if you can follow through with your ideas and the PCBS!<\/li>\n<li>Look at this sites goals and those of the AFRON competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Entries will close &#8211; near the end of November. Full details with closing time and how to submit will be published shortly. If you can&#8217;t wait &#8211; then look to how <a title=\"DangerousPrototypes\" href=\"http:\/\/dangerousprototypes.com\">dangerousprototypes <\/a>run the 7400 competition &#8211; loose and flexible rules, with core goals of encouragement and having fun!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UPDATES:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong><a title=\"Rules &amp; how to enter SwarmRobot competition\" href=\"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/2012\/11\/11\/swarmrobot-competition-details\/\">Rules &amp; how to enter etc\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong><a title=\"SwarmRobot competition winners\" href=\"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/2012\/12\/11\/swarmrobot-competition-winning-entries\/\">Winners announced<\/a><a title=\"Rules &amp; how to enter SwarmRobot competition\" href=\"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/2012\/11\/11\/swarmrobot-competition-details\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-982\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/udlocal1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stack-of-SwarmRobot-PCBs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-982\" title=\"Stack of SwarmRobot PCBs\" src=\"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/udlocal1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stack-of-SwarmRobot-PCBs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stack of SwarmRobot PCBs\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stack-of-SwarmRobot-PCBs-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stack-of-SwarmRobot-PCBs-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stack-of-SwarmRobot-PCBs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stack-of-SwarmRobot-PCBs-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stack of SwarmRobot PCBs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Been thinking of running a competition to give away some free PCBs and now that I have your attention thanks to Slashdot, here goes: Prizes 15 PCB pairs (main controller and IR shield). Individuals &#8211; 5 prizes of 1 PCB pair Maker\/Hacker spaces or other like minded groups &#8211; 2 prizes, each of 5 pairs &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/2012\/11\/swarmrobot-competition-free-pcb-prizes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SwarmRobot competition &#8211; free PCB prizes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,13,16,19],"tags":[36,63,69],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-hardware","category-open-source","category-pcbs","category-sharing","tag-competition","tag-robot","tag-swarm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions\/1338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usabledevices.com\/ud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}