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In the Air Design Challenge - The Winners

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The full press release can be read by clicking here.
A big thank you to all who participated in the In the Air IoT Design Challenge, the partners, element14 and the wider public have been deeply impressed by the projects we've seen to help create a greener, cleaner world.
It was not an altogether straightforward matter to pick a winner: however, in the end, we've awarded the prizes to the following individuals and their projects.
The Grand Prize
The Grand Prize has gone to Christever del Rosario of New Zealand for his Carbon Footprint Monitoring System.  His project's final summary can be read by clicking here.
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Christever will receive:
  1. 15 inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display
  2. U1273A OLED Multimeter from Keysight
  3. SimpleLinkTm Bluetooth SmartRegistered/Multi-Standard SensorTag (Manufacturer Number: CC2650STK)
Community Choice Winner
The Community Choice Winner by a clear plurality of votes was Inderpreet Singh of India for his Firecracker Aftermath Analyzer.  His project's final summary can be read by Clicking here.
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Inderpreet will receive:
  1. 13 inch MacBook Air
  2. SimpleLinkTm Bluetooth SmartRegistered/Multi-Standard SensorTag (Manufacturer Number: CC2650STK)
Additionally, we felt that two other projects deserved recognition as Honourable Mentions; both engineers will receive a SimpleLinkTm Bluetooth SmartRegistered/Multi-Standard SensorTag as a prize.
Honourable Mention 1
Our first Honourable Mention goes to Ambrogio Galbusera of Italy for his AirMobile project. The project summary can be found by clicking here.
Honourable Mention 2
Our second Honourable Mention goes to Janis Alnis of Latvia for his Air Quality Monitoring In School Classes project.  The project summary can be found by clicking here.
Thank you once again to all the participants for their time, energy and effort: we look forward to more innovative and exciting design challenges in 2015 coming to life.
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  • Hi everyone,

    First off, many thanks to everyone for their support in the votes as well as along the way. Additionally congratulations are in order for the Winner and Honorable Mentions as well as a round of applause for everyone for their efforts.

     

    Secondly, there seems to be some issues with the results and I would like to add my two cents into the matter.

    I understand how you feel Ambrogio Sir since I have been there myself. There have been time when I have spent endless hours working on something and felt my sacrifices were in vain.

         Everyone here produces content at their own pace and it takes time and effort as well and to say I did "A few short Posts" is not entirely correct. I have taken the time to do my research, work out the design, write up what I could and I am sorry if they pale to your standards but I am sure someone finds them useful.

         Having a lot of friends on the community and in real life is something I am guilty of and I am quite proud of it. I care a lot about the people around me and who I come in contact with. I appreciate you and your efforts as well and I hope in due time, we can reach a point where you would consider adding me to your list of friends.

         To argue if "someone" takes a challenge seriously is also something I would like to comment about. I am not sure how that can be measured since a lot of these design challenges work around the world with different people with different backgrounds and variable responsibilities. I did my homework in this instance and put in the time and effort to do what I did. I agree my progress was slow but that does not mean I filled up an application for the heck of it. I hope you understand.

     

         I am not trying to nor will I ever try to justify why I got so many vote. It was a peoples choice poll and yes I have friends who know me and cared enough to vote for me. I do not think that gives anyone the right to challenge the results or the win. I have lost challenges in the past and I respect e14's decision everytime even when it is not in my favor.

         Fredrick Sir, you are right when you say that I missed a few posts and we have a long thread of discussions that need not be repeated here and my reasoning was made clear far ahead of time. We have made suggestions and hope that future challenges have a more "agreeable" rule.

         Dragan Sir, I appreciate your point of view and I would like to add something with regards to the "Lobbying" as you mentioned. I teach around 600 engineering students every year who fortunately enjoy being in my class. It would be incredibly easy for me to muster up at least half that number of votes with a single call which I would consider unethical and hence out of question. This I say because I want to thank the people who voted and I appreciate their genuine support.

     

    I have worked hard in the past and I have been appreciated for it as well for which I am highly grateful. I try to help out and produce useful content to the best of my abilities and in the course of time I have made friends who have helped me learn and become a better me. I am NOT ashamed of the fact that I have well wishers rather I am humbled by this fact and I hope this activity has not lessened the number. I put people, my friends and family before any THINGs because I believe that is the real wealth of life. This place is like a virtual home and the members a like minded family and I hope this gets resolved with no ill-will among us.

     

    If there is still anything to be discussed, I request the concerned to open up a discussion in the Top Members section and leave this thread for other winners to be congratulated on. My apologies to the E14 Team and Dr. Christian DeFeo if they feel I am the cause of any inconvenience.

     

    Sincerely,

    IP

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  • Hi everyone,

    First off, many thanks to everyone for their support in the votes as well as along the way. Additionally congratulations are in order for the Winner and Honorable Mentions as well as a round of applause for everyone for their efforts.

     

    Secondly, there seems to be some issues with the results and I would like to add my two cents into the matter.

    I understand how you feel Ambrogio Sir since I have been there myself. There have been time when I have spent endless hours working on something and felt my sacrifices were in vain.

         Everyone here produces content at their own pace and it takes time and effort as well and to say I did "A few short Posts" is not entirely correct. I have taken the time to do my research, work out the design, write up what I could and I am sorry if they pale to your standards but I am sure someone finds them useful.

         Having a lot of friends on the community and in real life is something I am guilty of and I am quite proud of it. I care a lot about the people around me and who I come in contact with. I appreciate you and your efforts as well and I hope in due time, we can reach a point where you would consider adding me to your list of friends.

         To argue if "someone" takes a challenge seriously is also something I would like to comment about. I am not sure how that can be measured since a lot of these design challenges work around the world with different people with different backgrounds and variable responsibilities. I did my homework in this instance and put in the time and effort to do what I did. I agree my progress was slow but that does not mean I filled up an application for the heck of it. I hope you understand.

     

         I am not trying to nor will I ever try to justify why I got so many vote. It was a peoples choice poll and yes I have friends who know me and cared enough to vote for me. I do not think that gives anyone the right to challenge the results or the win. I have lost challenges in the past and I respect e14's decision everytime even when it is not in my favor.

         Fredrick Sir, you are right when you say that I missed a few posts and we have a long thread of discussions that need not be repeated here and my reasoning was made clear far ahead of time. We have made suggestions and hope that future challenges have a more "agreeable" rule.

         Dragan Sir, I appreciate your point of view and I would like to add something with regards to the "Lobbying" as you mentioned. I teach around 600 engineering students every year who fortunately enjoy being in my class. It would be incredibly easy for me to muster up at least half that number of votes with a single call which I would consider unethical and hence out of question. This I say because I want to thank the people who voted and I appreciate their genuine support.

     

    I have worked hard in the past and I have been appreciated for it as well for which I am highly grateful. I try to help out and produce useful content to the best of my abilities and in the course of time I have made friends who have helped me learn and become a better me. I am NOT ashamed of the fact that I have well wishers rather I am humbled by this fact and I hope this activity has not lessened the number. I put people, my friends and family before any THINGs because I believe that is the real wealth of life. This place is like a virtual home and the members a like minded family and I hope this gets resolved with no ill-will among us.

     

    If there is still anything to be discussed, I request the concerned to open up a discussion in the Top Members section and leave this thread for other winners to be congratulated on. My apologies to the E14 Team and Dr. Christian DeFeo if they feel I am the cause of any inconvenience.

     

    Sincerely,

    IP

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