Meet the Projects and Volunteer to Judge the Build a Present Contest!

25 Jan 2022

The Build a Present competition is now closed and we are looking for volunteers to choose a Grand Prize winner and award the First Place finishers. If you didn't get a chance to participate and this is a theme of interest to you then we could use your help in picking a winner!

Build a Present

You could do a project inspired by gifts, food, or cards exchanged during the holidays. Or you could focus on electronic ways of sending the warmest wishes to friends and family, such as an electronic greetings card, a way to automatically email or use RF transmission to link up via video etc. It can also be a fun project that's made in the holiday spirit such as a snow globe that will warn you of inclement weather conditions, voice-activated ornaments, jazzed up holiday cards, LED decorations - anything that means the holidays to you. Your project can be related to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Festivus for the rest of us related! It can even be a Star Wars project, if you only believe in the Force. The only thing that we ask is that your holiday project shows heart!

You will be judged on the basis of the following criteria:

Follow the Steps - Did they provide the steps it took to complete the project (text, video, or images) and/or schematics.
Submit Video Proof - Did they post a video proof of their project?
Stick to the Theme - How well did the project stick to the theme of the competition?
Demonstrate Originality - Did they come up with a clever name for their project? Or did they introduce something new or that is not commercially available?

The project that shows the most heart wins a tool kit (~ $500 value) that includes a handheld oscilloscope, a usb soldering iron, a bench power supply, wire strippers, along with a $400 shopping cart plus a $100 gift to give to another member for their project. Three first place winners will receive will receive a tool kit bundle (~value of $300 value) along with a $200 shopping cart and a $100 shopping cart to give to another member for their projects. All Gift to Gives can be given to any member’s that the winners think are deserving but did not win.

The Grand Prize:		3 First Place Winners:

Gift to Keep: Multicomp Tool Kit (~$500 value) plus a $400 Shopping Cart!	Gift to Give: A $100 Shopping Cart!	Gift to Keep: Tool Kit Bundle + $100 Shopping Cart!	Gift to Give: A $100 Shopping Cart!

Volunteer to Judge

Can't submit a project? We need your support in keeping this program running. By volunteering to judge you help ensure that the winners of Spy Nerd reflect the diversity of thought and opinion that makes this the best online community for engineers in the galaxy!

Those of you that have volunteered to judge in the past, you know the drill. Comment below to let me know or message me directly @tariq.ahmad

You're under no obligation to vote for the best project but we do ask that you look for complete projects and let us know your thoughts on the winners you pick.

The Projects:

Build a Project Contest - Tiny-Tree by Sebasthanos94

Smart Musical Greeting Card by harjinagi

New! Improved! Flower Pot for a Cat Lover by fmilburn

Robot Santa: Merry Xmas by fmilburn

Singing Christmas Star by carmelito

Elderly's Walker transformed into an Animatronic Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer by robogary

Slip Ring Snowman by ralphjy

Slip Ring Snowman - Undone

Arduino UNO TFT LCD Chess Clock with full time controls by javagoza

Build a Present # Mini Aquarium by fyaocn

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