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Design News and MAKE announce gadget contest

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Calling all gadget freaks!

Design News and MAKE announce the Gadget Freak Design Contest!
The contest invites participants to design a gadget which must incorporate electronic elements and involve sensing, motion, timing and/or networking elements, and to submit instructions on how to build it. The grand prize winner will receive $1,000 plus the opportunity of posting their winning design and kit on MAKE’s new “Makers Market” online marketplace (makersmarket.com).

The Contest is co-sponsored by: Allied Electronics, Alibre and Texas Instruments

For more information visit

http://www.makezine.com/gadgetfreakcontest.

Good luck!

Steve Ravet

EDN Gadgeteer

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