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A project log for Analyzing the Hackaday Prize 2015

An unofficial project for finding patterns in cool projects. If you like analyzing stuff and would like to help, please apply to join!

frankstripodfrankstripod 06/08/2015 at 11:520 Comments

Update: I added that stubborn LibreOffice pie chart at the end ;)

What does it take to be a winner? Getting an entry in early sure helps.
I think projects with pictures, videos, and clear details, look like they get more attention.

Here is the competition, see if you can find a pattern. Congratulations to all you winners!

The unofficial list of winners projects with views, comments, followers, skulls, and some with number of projects entered by the same hacker:

Contest / Date Project Name View Com Follw Skull Ent
Environment-Related Ideas Improve the Bosch-Haber process 2700 16 75 36 1
March 31 DayBreaker 374 8 12 5 3

Domestic Geothermal Stirling Power Unit 635 4 12 2 2
Aging in Place Personal Medical Assistant 517 0 11 5 1
April 07 Julia's Speakerphone 643 2 10 12 1

Aging in Place: Being There with Pi 688 2 13 4 7
Urban Gardening The Smart Garden 612 4 35 8 4
April 14 Soil Moisture Sensor for Agriculture 58 13 13 3 1

Solar Water Pump 626 0 14 4 1
Water Problems AKER
0 33 12 1
April 21 Modular Vertical Farming 551 1 51 14 1

Condensate capture for micro-irrigation
4 7 1 1
$50 at OSH Park (30) 100$ Xray desktop CT scanner 1200 4 68 21
April 30 Algorithmic Composter 124 3 13 2

An IOT Device That Tells Dad the Stove is Off 530 3 17 7

Arduino MPPT Solar Charge Controller 5200 36 162 79

Binary Fuel Tank Err? :(



BLE Intertial Measurement Unit
0 13 5

Blockits 276 2 11 4

Chocometer 491 19 79 35

Dual Channel Battery Charger/Analyzer 377 0 25 3

E-ink Raspberry Pi display 1500 9 65 20

ESPLux - Smarts for your downlights 467 4 12 7

Eye drive wheelchair
9 58 70

Gas Sensor For Emergency Workers 373 4 25 22

http://guerillamesh.net 202 2 20 8

Internet enabled smoke alarm
0 11 3

Medical tricorder 903 6 71 54

Open Ground Penetrating Radar 766 15 116 36

Open Source Cell Phone 1100 2 65 20

Pathfinder - Haptic Navigation 424 4 41 14

Portable environmental monitor 550 12 68 48

sat.Send 2700 3 43 12

SentriFarm (Farmer stay in Bed, too hot to reap!) 617 11 27 5

Share the Warmth
0 11 4

A Smart Fridge With Brains 187 0 15 2

Smart Solar Lamp 261 9 11 4

SubPos - Positioning System 3000 53 90 39

Tact-Tiles 66 1 12 4

Terra Spider 899 0 33 13

The Vision Project 237 9 24 10

Wireless Batteryless Mouse 553 2 28 13
LightBlue Bean (50) A Wireless I2C Bridge for Amateur Radio Use
0 5 2
May 07 An IOT Device That Tells Dad the Stove is Off. 530 3 17 7

Automatic Plant Watering System
5 25 8

Bicycle Computer 160 2 16 7

BLE Intertial Measurement Unit
0 13 5

BloodWatch
0 20 5

Braille Computer
9 22 15

BSU – BS Free USB 571 15 52 22

Chocometer 491 19 79 35

CoreConduit: Automated Garden Controller System
0 15 3

CTRL-BA 110 0 6 1

DayBreaker 374 8 12 5

Density Altitude Gauge
0 8 6

Dusty – The smart dustbin 193 0 13 3

ESPLux – Smarts for your downlights 467 4 12 7

FacilTempo – weather station 735 7 40 11

Gas Sensor For Emergency Workers 373 4 25 22

HydroPWNics 64 9 78 31

Indoor air pollution reduction
2 10 1

Inexpensive Water Quality Testing System
3 12 2

Instant Traffic Collision Notifier 1200 9 18 8

LiteHouse 55 0 1 0

Low Cost Wireless Home Automation and Security
2 43 8

Low-noise, Easy-to-use Analog Data Logger: SiGZiG 229 8 16 6

LTA based Farm Monitoring Solution
2 4 2

Mesh network based Internet access
1 7 0

MiCubes are your cubes!
0 15 5

NIRGM – Non-Invasive NIR Glucose Meter
18 67 22

Open Sensor Array 145 0 13 0

Personal Medical Assistant 517 0 11 5

PixiFlood 789 0 19 3

Portable tiny IoT device solving general problem 4400 13 46 17

Power Monitor 8000 15 168 50

Reagent Robot 323 14 22 4

Rice Ridiculously Automated Dorm (RRAD!) 128 0 14 3

SciPIo 402 9 13 5

Smartphone Tricorder
0 4 3

Squirco Smart Home System – Sensor Network 876 2 56 11

StormSafe
6 23 6

Teleimperium
2 12 3

the HOT project
0 0 2

The ProReg – Fuel Monitoring System 368 17 12 7

The Smart Garden 612 4 35 8

Theme Park of Everyday Installation
0 7 6

Timstock Slim – a tool for the autistic
5 20 13

Very Expensive Tool + Green Lasers 188 1 6 3

Very thin (but touch type-able) USB keyboard ! 858 0 21 10

Weather Controlled SmartWindow 181 4 21 5

Wireless Batteryless Mouse 553 2 28 13

Your satellite devkit and launch 11600 50 133 43
Teensy-LC (125) Poor Man's "Laser" Cutter 248 19 25 8 2
May 14 C12666MA Micro-Spectrometer 2100 23 107 34 1

HydroPWNics 64 9 78 31 1

NodeUSB- 'Eat your own dog food' WiFi IoT DevKit 555 0 25 6 1

AltiRocket
1 7 6 1

Home automation using RF mesh network and arduino
4 31 9 1

Timstock Slim – a tool for the autistic
5 20 13 2

Squirco Smart Home System – Sensor Network 876 2 56 11 3

Low Cost Weather Station 475 10 56 12 1

Impact
10 24 12 1

Sunburn Monitor
5 12 4 1

Indoor air pollution reduction
2 10 1 1

Driverless Mouse and Keyboard Sharing 407 12 64 22 2

Keep the basil alive
0 6 1 1

An IOT Device That Tells Dad the Stove is Off. 530 3 17 7 1

Mute-ation 166 1 10 4 1

EzeeSample
0 3 1 1

Portable environmental monitor 550 12 68 48 1

Eye drive wheelchair
9 58 70 1

Low Cost Wireless Home Automation and Security
2 43 8 2

ESPLux – Smarts for your downlights 467 4 12 7 1

SubPos – Positioning System 3000 53 90 39 2

Wi-Fi Gauge
0 6 1 1

A low cost multispectral imaging payload for a UAV 417 0 36 10 1

Portable tiny IoT device solving general problem 4400 13 46 17 3

NIRGM – Non-Invasive NIR Glucose Meter
18 67 22 1

Braille Computer
9 22 15 4

8-bit binary/hex/braille keyboard 51 5 19 7 4

Bench Power Supply 10600 41 242 82 3

Gas Sensor For Emergency Workers 373 4 25 22 1

BLE Intertial Measurement Unit
0 13 5 1

DC Motor Controller for CNC Router 532 5 41 9 2

Bicycle Computer 160 2 16 7 4

FacilTempo – weather station 735 7 40 11 4

Earthquake Early Warning and Monitoring System
1 10 6 1

Data-Theft-Detecting Router & Server
1 17 4 2

Smart Dew-Point Water Harvester 422 7 29 6 1

The Temperizer
3 8 3 1

BloodWatch
0 19 5 1

Pill Minder – Automatic Pill Dispenser 473 5 22 8 1

Cheepit: Sparrow (dev boards for smartphones) 1100 2 23 14 1

#T_H_S 195 4 16 3 1

Modular Vertical Farming 551 1 51 14 1

Indoor Aquaponics now: AAGriculture 281 5 33 5 1

Density Altitude Gauge
0 8 6 1

The Smart Garden 612 4 35 8 4

100$ Xray desktop CT scanner 1200 4 68 21 5

A Smart Fridge With Brains 187 0 15 2 1

Personal Medical Assistant 517 0 11 5 1

Big Old Bus RV Conversion 793 0 13 4 1

Open Source Cell Phone 1100 2 65 20 1

TeensyGLCD 52 0 23 1 1

The Informer
0 17 1 1

Smart Hot Water Heater Controller
0 1 0 1

Squirco Smart Home System – Hub + Thermostat 61 3 11 2 3

ButlerBOT 115 0 9 1 1

Tact-Tiles 66 1 12 4 1

Terra Spider 899 0 33 13 1

Automatic Hydroponic Greenhouse
0 3 0 1

Turbidity Sensor 173 4 17 4 1

Moisture monitoring mesh network 156 2 9 1 3

Eco-Friendly Solar-io Cart
3 12 3 1

DepressionAlarm 281 4 26 16 1

CTRL-BA 110 0 6 1 1

Low power smartphone OS 73 4 24 2 1

Blockits 276 2 11 4 1

Open Source Fitness Band
0 8 1 2

BarT – The Automated Bartender
1 11 1 1

Iridium Eye: A 3d Mapping Drone 791 4 78 21 1

Environmental Condition Monitor
0 3 0 2

Smart Juggling Balls
0 18 15 2

Automatic Plant Watering System
5 25 8 2

Open Source Industrial Smart Camera 98 2 15 3 1

Internet enabled smoke alarm
0 11 3 1

LiteHouse 55 0 1 0 3

DayBreaker 374 8 12 5 3

Low-noise, Easy-to-use Analog Data Logger: SiGZiG 229 8 16 6 1

ScrolLED watch
5 7 4 3

Beer Menu Please
0 3 1 1

Noise Cancelling Headphone
0 5 0 1

LTA based Farm Monitoring Solution
2 4 2 1

Smartphone Tricorder
0 4 3 3

PASS: Pollution Analytics Shared Socially
2 2 0 1

A Wireless I2C Bridge for Amateur Radio Use
0 5 2 1

Low cost Android USB vital signs monitor
0 1 1 1

TheSixthSense
4 10 5 1

SenseBoard
0 0 0 1

BBQ Smoker Temp Control
0 4 1 2

Home Automation – BT Modules
0 8 0 1

SD card back up tool
0 12 0 1

Portable information player by Teensy LC Err? :(



Iron Man gauntlet
0 0 0 2

K-9 robotic pet 205 2 38 5 2

EnVision
1 4 1 2

Inline Keymap Switcher
6 1 1 1

Search & Rescue / Disaster relief WiFi
1 2 0 1

ikebike
1 5 2 1

fHome, a cheap and easy home automation system
0 12 1 1

Navigating Poet
3 5 3 1

Retro Modules
1 2 2 1

Low cost compact drone
0 1 0 1

DC UPS and Wallwarts Eliminator
4 10 6 4

PQ60 – EPS 472 8 12 4 1

Reverse Vending Machine 260 3 15 6 1

Reagent Robot 323 14 22 4 1

FlexSEA: Wearable robotics toolkit
0 11 7 1

Strain Indicator V2.0 55 7 11 4 1

Virtual Printer
0 2 1 1

Re_Arm
1 0 1 1

LaserOscope 290 0 9 4 1

XORYA – extremely low cost game console on PIC32
13 29 11 1

Takologic
5 5 1 1

Responsive Planter
2 7 2 2

256 Channel Firework Controller
0 5 0 2

Medical tricorder 903 6 71 54 3

On-Demand Sprinkler System
1 12 5 1

Mesh network based Internet access
1 7 0 3

SentriFarm (Farmer stay in Bed, too hot to reap!) 617 11 27 5 2

Cinebike Human Powered Cinema
3 7 10 1

Open Ground Penetrating Radar 766 15 116 36 1

Malti 628 2 15 11 1

StormSafe
6 23 6 1

Share the Warmth
0 11 4 1

energy wristband 718 3 21 7 1

The Vision Project 237 9 24 10 4
$50 at Shapeways (40) Redtree Hydra: A modular platform for robotics
0 14 11
May 21 Eye drive wheelchair
9 58 70

Aspirin for everyone
17 36 30

Bicycle Computer 160 2 16 7

Medical tricorder 903 6 71 54

Wireless Batteryless Mouse 553 2 28 13

EM-Drive
58 185 70

UV-badge 710 11 43 18

Small $100 Braille Printer
3 3 2

ScrolLED watch
5 7 4

Calculator For 3D Printed Parametric Motor 160 4 48 21

8-bit binary/hex/braille keyboard 51 5 19 7

Open Ground Penetrating Radar 766 15 116 36

NeoLimb 671 2 47 5

Nutritional Content of Food with RamanPi 123 1 9 4

low-field MRI 1100 5 85 51

Tact-Tiles 66 1 12 4

Turbidity Sensor 173 4 17 4

DIY Smartphone 13300 6 111 38

SubPos – Positioning System 3000 53 90 39

100$ Xray desktop CT scanner 1200 4 68 21

6DOF Robot Arm 10800 8 134 53

Open source sport watch 2800 27 92 41

Density Altitude Gauge
0 8 6

DC Motor Controller for CNC Router 532 5 41 9

Pill Minder – Automatic Pill Dispenser 437 5 22 8

Open-source USB CPAP machine 124 0 12 7

Realtime PCR Diagnostic Device 8000 21 219 93

A tiny scientific calculator 222 6 12 6

Very thin (but touch type-able) USB keyboard ! 858 0 21 10

Weather Controlled SmartWindow 181 4 21 5

Pathfinder – Haptic Navigation 424 4 41 14

TheSixthSense
4 10 5

Impact
10 24 12

Indoor air pollution reduction
2 10 1

The Temperizer
3 9 3

BloodWatch
0 20 5

OpenVideoMagnifier
0 6 4

Reagent Robot 323 14 22 4

OpenBionics Affordable Prosthetic Hands 722 6 49 23
Bulbdial Clock Kit (20) Tact-Tiles 66 1 12 4
May 28 Reverse Vending Machine 260 3 15 6

Binary Pomodoro Timer
0 1 2

8-bit binary/hex/braille keyboard 51 5 19 7

Chocometer 491 19 79 35

Reagent Robot 323 14 22 4

A tiny scientific calculator 222 6 12 6

Turbidity Sensor 173 4 17 4

Iridium Eye: A 3d Mapping Drone 791 4 78 21

TeensyGLCD 52 0 23 1

Ultra-Portable Sustainable Electric Generator
0 15 8

Light Electric Utility Vehicle 409 10 42 29

Sunburn Monitor
5 12 4

Squirco Smart Home System – Hub + Thermostat 61 3 11 2

Open source two stroke diesel engine
34 74 26

Open Source Industrial Smart Camera 98 2 15 3

Ultrasonic range finder for the visually impaired
4 16 8

Modular Vertical Farming 551 1 51 14

Indoor air pollution reduction
2 10 1

UV-badge 710 11 43 18
Stickvise (65) nRFIoT – Easy IoT Sensors 4100 13 125 30
June 04 AluPi – Pocketable Game and Computer System
0 4 1

Portable environmental monitor 550 12 68 48

Mute-ation 166 1 10 4

WΛLLTΞCH PHΛNTOM: Bone-Conduction BT Audio Headset
7 18 7

Dual Channel Battery Charger/Analyzer 337 0 25 3

low-field MRI 1100 5 85 51

Smart Battery makes a smarter Power Pack
0 8 2

Indoor air pollution reduction
2 10 1

A low cost multispectral imaging payload for a UAV 417 0 36 10

Medical tricorder 903 6 71 54

A tiny scientific calculator 222 6 12 6

EzeeSample
0 3 1

Open Source Industrial Smart Camera 98 2 15 3

Eye drive wheelchair
9 58 70

Teleimperium
2 12 3

An IOT Device That Tells Dad the Stove is Off. 530 3 17 7

DC Motor Controller for CNC Router 532 5 41 9

Terra Spider 899 0 33 13

Chocometer 491 19 79 35

Ultrasonic range finder for the visually impaired
4 16 8

Sit.Up
0 4 1

Car alarm secure remote with nRF24LE1
0 5 2

Bench Power Supply 10600 41 242 82

Aleph 630 10 20 8

Weather Controlled SmartWindow 181 4 21 5

ESP8266 Dev-Board 452 7 33 5

Health Maintenance Robot 224 4 28 10

uBBB 32u4 447 15 17 2

BLE Intertial Measurement Unit
0 13 5

ButlerBOT 115 0 9 1

Driverless Mouse and Keyboard Sharing 407 12 64 22

Residential Street Speed Watch
0 4 2

DIY Electric Vehicle from Recycled Parts 257 6 48 16

Internet enabled smoke alarm
0 11 3

ARDUINO MPPT SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER 5200 36 162 79

Python Powered Scientific Instrumentation tool
0 51 19

USB Booster 123 4 10 3

Muffsy Hifi Dual Power Supply
0 7 0

Pediatric Therapy Device 83 0 6 4

DC UPS and Wallwarts Eliminator
4 10 6

A Wireless I2C Bridge for Amateur Radio Use
0 5 2

Timstock Slim – a tool for the autistic
5 20 13

C12666MA Micro-Spectrometer 2100 23 107 34

Wireless Batteryless Mouse 553 2 28 13

Biopotential Signal Library
1 42 16

Green eutectic rocket propellant
1 15 5

Portable tiny IoT device solving general problem 4400 13 46 17

In-Line Battery Back-Up Module for Ham Radio 1500 0 17 3

Electric Ninja 4800 7 49 19

Low-noise, Easy-to-use Analog Data Logger: SiGZiG 229 8 16 6

Low Cost Wireless Home Automation and Security
2 43 8

EM-Drive
58 188 71

NodeUSB- 'Eat your own dog food' WiFi IoT DevKit 555 0 25 6

PICxie: A micro PIC18F development kit
2 8 2

BeagleLogic 223 4 50 20

Binary Pomodoro Timer
0 1 2

SentriFarm (Farmer stay in Bed, too hot to reap!) 617 12 27 5

ESPLux – Smarts for your downlights 467 4 12 7

Guard Llama 346 0 4 6

Iconic clock for deaf children
2 4 4

Braille Computer
9 22 15

Artificial Muscles and Ultra-capacitors 1000 2 44 10

MultiSpork 700 3 79 38

Tote, affordable spider robot
6 29 19
Totals: Prizes View Com Follw Skull

342 208490 1935 10527 4187

Sorry about the duplicates, but they are listed by contest nicely. Data taken 6-7 and 6-8-2015. Let me know if you find mistakes. Spreadsheet available (two sheets with both log data) in my dropbox.

Stubborn LibreOffice pie chart:

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