Thanks to everyone who entered the Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest! We had a great time checking out all of the entries with lasers, grappling hooks, and other spy-stealth goodies, all designed by Alex Rider fans ages 8-18. It was a hard decision, but the winners are in! Grand Prize Winner: The Listening Cup by […]
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We had a great contest this year, with tons of awesome projects, and frankly we had a heckuva time picking winners. But the votes are all in, now, and with the scores finally tabulated I am pleased to announced the winners of this year’s Halloween Contest.
Continue ReadingHalloween may have come and gone, but there’s still 24 hours to get your entries in to our Make: Halloween Contest 2009.
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Starting on December 5, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will award $40,000 to the first registered team to correctly report the location of ten eight-foot-diameter weather balloons distributed randomly across the continental United States. From the challenge website:
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Our pals at ThinkGeek are having a contest to see who can design the coolest/geekiest pumpkin-carving template. You can view/download the entries at their contest page.
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The giveaway frenzy continues. Note that the prize bundle has changed slightly this time. Now it consists of one Microchip Technology PIC10F Cap Touch Demo Board and one MCP1252 Charge Pump Backlight Demo Board. Beginning at noon PDT today, and closing at noon PDT tomorrow, we will be accepting comments, below, describing the Halloween-y use […]
Continue ReadingTomorrow, Friday the 23rd, at noon Pacific time, we will be giving away another prize bundle consisting of one Microchip Technology PIC10F Cap Touch Demo Board and one MCP1650 Multiple White LED Demo Board.
This time, the winner will be selected from among our Twitter followers. Send us an @reply containing the phrase “Microchip Technology giveaway theta” and your name will be in the hat, too.
The winner will be announced Friday afternoon through our Twitter feed. If you enter, please be sure to check your Twitter account promptly after the contest is over; DMs are the only way we have to contact you if you win!
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