Enter the “Raspberry RoadTest” Challenge for a chance to win a Raspberry Pi computer

March 6, 2012, 9:30 am

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element14, the first collaborative community and electronics store for design engineers and electronics enthusiasts, powered by Premier Farnell LSE, is giving Raspberry Pi fans around the world a chance to win one of three of these hotly desired gadgets. Launched today, the global “Raspberry RoadTest” Challenge poses the question: “What innovation…

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NASA, Partners Solicit Creative Waste-Management Solutions

April 3, 2012, 10:25 am

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NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the State Department and Nike today announced a challenge to identify 10 game-changing innovations that could transform waste-management systems and practices. Waste management is important for planning long-duration human spaceflight missions to an asteroid, Mars or beyond. Humans living off the planet…

DARPA seeks robot enthusiasts (and you) to face off for $2M prize!

April 10, 2012, 9:02 am

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As iconic symbols of the future, robots rank high with flying cars and starships, but basic robots are already in use in emergency response, industry, defense, healthcare and education. DARPA plans to offer a $2 million prize to whomever can help push the state-of-the-art in robotics beyond today’s capabilities in…

ZW3D and GrabCAD Present a 3D CAD Model Challenge

April 10, 2012, 9:53 am

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ZWSOFT, a leading supplier of 2D and 3D CAD/CAM solutions to the AEC and MCAD industries, announced today that it will partner with GrabCAD to present a 3D CAD model challenge. This contest wants CAD users to create imaginative and intricate 3D models that are designed in ZW3D CAD/CAM software.…

NineSigma’s Grand Challenges Move the Needle on Solving the World’s Most Complex Issues

May 10, 2012, 9:48 am

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What makes a Grand Challenge grand? Consider the complexities of curing breast cancer, purging greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, launching civilian spacecraft, or eradicating the devastating AIDS pandemic. These are the kinds of problems that require an amplified approach to open innovation, or “connecting with the world” to find new…

NASA Selects Five Universities For 2013 X-Hab Innovation Challenge

May 31, 2012, 10:59 am

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Five universities have been selected to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation. These universities will design habitat systems, concepts and technologies that could be used in future deep space habitats. The selection is the first milestone in…

UAVForge Reveals Challenge of Developing Perch and Stare UAV

June 29, 2012, 9:29 am

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DARPA’s UAVForge, a crowdsourcing competition to design, build and manufacture an advanced small unmanned air vehicle (UAV), set out to determine if a loosely-connected community of UAV enthusiasts could develop a militarily relevant back-pack portable UAV with specific capabilities.  By using a crowdsourcing design approach, the effort sought to inspire…

Student Competitors Sought for Cool Design Challenge

July 17, 2012, 8:15 am

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Recently, students from universities across the country traveled to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) to participate in the first annual Field-Reversible Thermal Connector (RevCon) Challenge, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The RevCon Challenge asks undergraduate and…

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3D Systems Kicks Off the Cubify Challenge

August 8, 2012, 8:59 am

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3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) announced today the Cubify® Challenge design contest. The Cubify Challenge begins today and runs through September 14, 2012 and is open to Cubify registrants of all ages worldwide. Participants are invited to upload their best creation for review by a panel of 3D judges that will…

PTC Sponsors FIRST® Tech Challenge Competition

September 17, 2012, 7:15 am

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Dedicated to promoting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educational opportunities, PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) today announced its continued support of FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and the FIRST ®Tech Challenge (FTC®). Building on previous years of supporting FIRST, PTC will sponsor 30 of the 2500…

NASA Tournament Lab to Launch Big Data Challenge Series

October 4, 2012, 9:22 am

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NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy announced Wednesday the launch of the Big Data Challenge, a series of competitions hosted through the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL). The Big Data Challenge series will apply the process of open innovation to conceptualizing new and novel approaches to using…

Two Youth Inventors Finalists for $1 Million Innovation Challenge

October 5, 2012, 9:45 am

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The Boy Scouts of America® (BSA), one of the nation's largest and most prominent youth development organizations, and Edison Nation®, an idea-to-shelf product developer, announce the selection of two youth inventor finalists from the Boy Scouts of America Innovation Challenge. The Boy Scouts of America Innovation Challenge was an online…

Washington Open Object Fabricators (WOOF) Wins The 3D4D Challenge

October 22, 2012, 8:27 am

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London-based technology charity, techfortrade, is delighted to announce that Washington Open Object Fabricators (WOOF) has won The 3D4D Challenge. The winner was revealed last night during the VIP event at the 3D Printshow in London and awarded a prize of $100,000 to help towards implementing the project. WOOF’s winning project…

PTC Sponsors 2013 Real World Design Challenge®

October 26, 2012, 10:59 am

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PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) today joined more than 70 partners on Capitol Hill to kick off the 2012-2013 Real World Design Challenge and announce the themes for this year’s challenges: Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Next Generation Truck Design. The event was hosted by Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and the…

SpaceClaim GrabCAD Challenge Winners Announced

November 28, 2012, 10:22 am

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SpaceClaim and GrabCAD today announced the winners of the SpaceClaim GrabCAD Challenge. For entries, we asked participants to start with GrabCAD’s collection of models or models from other sources to improve someone else’s design using SpaceClaim Engineer. First Place - Flaviano Crespi combined many models from the GrabCAD site to…

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NASA Launches Exploration Design Challenge

March 12, 2013, 9:30 am

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NASA unveiled an Exploration Design Challenge to give students from kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to play a unique role in the future of human spaceflight. The innovative educational opportunity was announced in a special event at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The challenge asks students in the…

Ultimaker and GrabCAD Launch “Design 3D Printable Toy” Challenge

May 13, 2013, 7:28 am

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GrabCAD, the platform for open engineering and home of the world’s largest community of mechanical engineers, is collaborating with Ultimaker in launching a design challenge soliciting designs that can be 3D printed on Ultimaker 3D printers. With this Challenge GrabCAD and Ultimaker are asking: “What kind of kids’ toys can…

Altair International Student Challenge

October 15, 2013, 1:19 pm

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Students from universities across the globe will recommend ways to improve the products consumers use every day—from sporting goods to automotive components—as they participate in the Altair International Simulation-Driven Design Challenge over the next four months. They will compete for thousands of dollars in prizes and travel to any of…

2013-2014 Real World Design Challenge

October 22, 2013, 12:32 pm

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PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) recently joined more than 45 partners to kick-off the 2013-2014 Real World Design Challenge. The theme of this year’s challenge, “Unmanned Aircraft System Challenge: Precision Agriculture,” was announced in Washington, DC.   A $50,000 scholarship from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will be provided to each student on the national…

DARPA Announces Cyber Grand Challenge

October 23, 2013, 8:57 am

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What if computers had a “check engine” light that could indicate new, novel security problems? What if computers could go one step further and heal security problems before they happen? To find out, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) intends to hold the Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC)—the first-ever tournament…