Dan Maloney
:D
I'm sure he has a few projects of his own...
Incase anyone doesn't know, he is part of the 2018 winning team :-)
Gee James, I've got this really good project, and I was thinkin...
@Majenta Strongheart I was deeply honored to be able to give the acceptance speech for my team.
@Tom Dowad That's MY line most of the time. I have one now that I have no time to work on and can't get anyone interested in. LOL. It's everyones story I think. We all have great ideas. As time passes, I have more and more respect for simple ideas that people have actually found the time to MAKE.
And don't anyone point out that I would have more time to work on projects if I wasn't on here chatting... 'cause.. that's... true... Doh...
:)
oh just quit your job for more project time, its what I did
the struggle is real
Its changing the topic a bit, but complexity multiplies, and there is a point where one gets kind of stuck in it. Molasses.
My point being, I agree, a simple project that can be completed means a lot.
cheers to that!
Is there a discord / chat / forum for people on this project?
Is there a mentor for someone that has never entered anything into any Hack-a-day challenges before but has a project that I believe would be a good candidate to be entered?
100% That's what I was thinking about. Brilliant ideas that can't be implemented have little value. Incremental advances that can actually be done; priceless.
aside from this right here, of course?
I would recommend just posting on the hack chat or in the discord server.
I think I'm going to try to get my makerspace to enter something. If I can't get enough interest, I may be looking for someone who needs help. I'm pretty damn sharp with SMPS design, which would probably prove rather useful for anyone doing an energy related challenge.
Yes ask questions here :) and/or reach out to old finalists on their project pages to see if they'd be interested in mentoring you
Here's a relevant question. Its in the rules no doubt. Can the same person be on more than one team?
@Tom Dowad yes they can, and the same person can also enter multiple projects on their own if they'd like (but they won't be selected as a finalist in more than one challenge)
OK great.
Where would I go to find previous year entrees & winners?
On the mentor thing, note that if you happen to get a lot of advice from a mentor who also happens to be a judge, they will probably be recused from judging and not able to vote for your project. I know I dropped myself out of voting for a project I had advised last year.
@itsjustme_d great question! You can see the 2021 finalists under each challenge page on the 2020 contest page, for example: https://hackaday.io/contest/179533-supplyframe-designlab-2021-hackaday-prize/log/192966-challenge-1-rethink-displays
OK folks, top of the hour's here and I know Majenta has a meeting coming up. I'm just going to wrap things up with a big "Thanks!" for her time, and to everyone for a nice discussion. Good luck to everyone in this year's Prize, too!
there are also Hackaday.com articles for each round of finalists and all the past grand prize winners
thanks @majen
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Thanks everyone! You can always email prize@hackaday.com with questions or message any of the Hackaday team members on here and we'll get an answer to ya one way or another :)
thanks @Majenta Strongheart and @Dan Maloney
Thanks @Majenta Strongheart!
thank you!
Thanks all! And we'll be changing things up a bit next week:
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