Ready, Set, Make!
Photography by Bob Murata
Twenty-five teams, 1 box of parts, 4 hours, winner takes all — welcome to the 2008 XD Design Build Prize.
Sometimes you come across an object, device, or tool so compelling that you make up excuses to use it. This is how I feel about the Arduino, an open source, low-cost, easy-to-use electronics prototyping system designed to be used by people of all skill levels, from rank beginner to high wizard (see MAKE, Volume 07, page 52, “Arduino Fever”).
That’s why I hosted a contest at an internal Technology Summit held biennially by Adobe Systems, where I work as a senior computer scientist, ...
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