Intel Edison Developer Challenge - £1,000 award - Applications close on 31 Aug - Page 1
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author: nuse
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 13, 2016, 03:55:27 pm
content: Hi everyone!Just wanted let you know Intel has launched a competition called “Intel Edison Developer Challenge” and is looking for professional developers / makers to submit product proposals with a view to building a new working IoT prototype using the Intel Edison board.The competition is completely free to join. The 10 best ideas will receive a free Intel Edison kit to develop their IoT project and will have 8 weeks to build it.The winner will eventually be rewarded with£1,000 cashand£500 3D printing voucherwith 3D Hubs. Applications close on 31 August.Link competition:http://www.hardwareacademy.io/intel-edison-developer-challengeHope some of you will find it interestingBestFabiano

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2016, 05:37:34 pm
content: Work 8 weeks for £1,000? I don't think so! You'd do better working in a supermarket.

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 13, 2016, 05:49:46 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on July 13, 2016, 05:37:34 pmCome on, Nico. This is a contest, not a job.

author: Kilrah
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 13, 2016, 05:52:16 pm
content: So as big as Intel is, the best they can do to try and market something they never had a clue about is give out a few peanuts for clever people to try and give ideas to their marketing department?Sad

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2016, 08:27:51 pm
content: Quote from: jancumps on July 13, 2016, 05:49:46 pmThe possible reward of a contest should outweigh the energy you need to put into it.

author: LabSpokane
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2016, 11:10:29 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on July 13, 2016, 08:27:51 pm£1000 is just laughable. It may not be a job but 8 weeks is an ass busting schedule for anything innovative by someone who likely has a job.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2016, 12:57:16 pm
content: Working in a super market or bar will earn you more in the same amount of time. Working 8 weeks full-time on the minimum wage in the UK (the price is in pounds so the competition is UK based) gets you 2144 pounds if you are between 21 and 24 years.

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2016, 04:00:03 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on July 13, 2016, 05:37:34 pmWork 8 weeks for achanceof £1000!Intel, listen up: if you want me to ever even consider designing around one of your parts, you need to make full data sheets available within about 3 clicks of your home page - like TI, ST, NXP and just about every other CPU manufacturer manages to do. I want a parametric search that includes pricing, I want block diagrams, and I want evaluation boards, and I want all this to be easy to find,like every other CPU manufacturer.Until you get this sorted, you're completely irrelevant, and I'll keep using ARM parts.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2016, 10:17:57 am
content: Quote from: AndyC_772 on July 14, 2016, 04:00:03 pmI know. I just didn't want to sound too negative

author: Kilrah
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 18, 2016, 01:02:31 pm
content: Again it only looks good on your resume if you're at the top, the chances are pretty low if there's a decent number of participants.If you don't get there you've just spent time and money to offer free visibility for a multinational company's marketing who should really either be doing that on their own, or reward it properly. Many people understand that and are not stupid enough to fall for it anymore nowadays.

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2016, 01:47:21 pm
content: It does say they're specifically looking for professional developers, though - in which case that £1k prize falls clearly under the heading of "not interesting".I completely agree that, if you're an engineering student with time on your hands, it's quite a cool thing to get involved with.Just bear in mind that if you're serious about getting into developing IoT devices, you're about a hundred times as likely to find yourself designing with ARM processors as anything from Intel

author: nuse
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 08:58:57 pm
content: Do you know guys any other websites where I can find IoT related competitions?Thank you!