Game of chance built as a Red Bull Creation entry

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[Tom Bourke] wrote in to show off the game of chance which was built for this year's Red Bull Creation contest. The project was completed with the help of the Wausau Collaboration Center, a Hackerspace in Wausau, Wisconsin. He does a great job of showing off the game in the clip after the break. Near the bottom of the device is a hard drive platter which each player can spin to test his or her … [Read more...]

Red Bull Creation hardware (Bullduino) arrives

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The Bullduino's are starting to arrive. When [Arclight] received his in the mail the first thing he did was to share the hardware details. Of course this is the hardware that participants in the Red Bull Creation contest will be receiving ahead of this year's contest. The board is an ATmega328 Arduino clone. Instead of an FTDI chip for USB this one is sporting an ATmega8u2. That's not too much … [Read more...]

Red Bull Creation contest results

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72 hours of hacking came to a head with the completion of the Red Bull Creation. This years challenge was to build something out of junk that moves a human. It's hard to pull all the aspects of the event together in one place, so here's some links you'll want to check out if you weren't able to attend. Tech Crunch has an overview of all the event winners. One of our favorites is pictured above. … [Read more...]

Hacking and Rolling at the Red Bull Creation Challenge

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The crew over at the HarfordHackerspace used their wits and creativity to land a spot at the final round of Red Bull’s Creation challenge. The team arrived in Brooklyn just yesterday, ready to take on all comers in the 72-hour hacking challenge which kicked off earlier this morning. Like any other hacker convention, the Red Bull challenge sports its own unique guest badges just begging to be … [Read more...]