For the last seven months, Hackaday has been hosting the greatest hardware competition on Earth. The Hackaday Prize is a challenge to Build Something That Matters, asking hardware creators around the world to focus their skills to change the world.
The results have been spectacular. In five rounds of design challenges, we’ve seen more than 1000 entries and so far eighty of them have won $1000 and a chance to win the Grand Prize: $150,000 and a residency at the Supplyframe DesignLab in Pasadena.
Last week, we wrapped up the last challenge for the Hackaday Prize: Assistive Technologies. We’re now happy to announce twenty of those entries that have been selected to move to the final round and have been awarded a $1000 cash prize. Congratulations to the winners for the Assistive Technologies portion of the Hackaday Prize:
- AutoFan – Automated Control of Air Flow
- Open Source Arduino Blood Glucose Meter Shield
- Shakelet – Alerts For The Hard Of Hearing
- A Modular, Low-Cost Braille Electronic Display
- TNS B1i
- Humidifeyes
- Pallette
- CastMinder – The Cast And Splint Monitoring System
- Low-Cost Tongue Vision
- FLipMouse
- Affordable Diagnostic Thermal Incubator
- Refreshable Braille Display
- Raimi’s Arm – Bionic Arm For Kids
- BEOWULF
- Facade: Tactile Interfaces To Appliances
- Antigravity Arm Floats
- Dextra
- Universal Glucometer
- 3D Prints For Teachers Of The Visually Impaired
- BOSI- BlueTooth Open Source Switch Interface
Who Will win the 2016 Hackaday Prize?
The finalists from each round are now being sent to our fantastic panel of judges. One of them will be awarded the Hackaday Prize. In addition to the prestige, they will win $150,000 and a residency at the Supplyframe DesignLab in Pasadena. Four more of the finalists will receive the other cash prizes of $25k, $10k, $10k, and $5.
Find out who will win live at the Hackaday Superconference on November 5th. The greatest hardware conference on the planet — the two-day hardware spectacular with an awesome speaker lineup, great workshops, and a fantastic community — includes the Hackaday Prize part. There’s still time to get a ticket to participate in this hardware spectacular and witness the crowning of the winner of The Hackaday Prize.