While the Shift It Design Challenge was announced, I wasn't actively participating and contributing in Element14 Community (due to some personal reasons). But this challenge seemed to be a perfect opportunity to comeback, to learn and engage with the community.
I learned a lot from my project as well from the other contestants' projects. I learned how effectively I can use Edge Impulse and Object detection. I got a chance again to create projects with Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 and Raspberry Pi.
I learned how not to crimp connectors and to redo all connections again from scratch without wasting while having limited resources. Thanks to TE Connectivity, all their components were of premium quality and loved doing projects with them.
There were challenges regarding timeline, shipment of prizes but a huge thanks to Element14 Community team for proactively handling and making sure to keep us updated. Special thanks to E14Alice who didn't miss an update on the shipment of prizes and making sure I get the prize. Also, thanks to e14phil , cstanton for helping with shipment and other challenge related support.
Though my family were expecting the "iRobot Roomba Self Emptying Robot Vacuum Cleaner" which was the prize initially, due to the challenges with the shipment, it was replaced with a more rewarding iPhone 16 plus as prize! Now I have an additional phone to shoot the project videos 
