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Very cool, we are excited to win our first contest. I am very thankful for all that voted. I was touched by all of the feedback we received and hope that many people get use from our Instructable.

Nate thinks it is the coolest thing ever to see his picture on the internet. He keeps asking if he is famous now.

We plan on donating a portion of our win to those less fortunate than us. We want to give back since we have been so blessed with our luck.

Just wanted to say that we got our fruit box a few weeks ago from Friends' Ranch in Ojai California and it was delicious! My wife and I are both from California originally, and the delicious citruses reminded us of the fabled oranges of our youth.

Thank you for the lovely and healthy prize!

Thanks everybody!

Wow! Thank you to everyone who voted for the HALO, and to the panel of judges. It was amazing as well to see what everyone came up with. I was very impressed by the projects, low and high tech. I hope they run this again next year because these submissions can really improve people's lives. A most sincere thanks to everyone.

Thank You for the runner-up Prize! MMMM fruit! Thank you to everyone who voted for me and thank you to Humana!

Fruit, fantastic! Congratulations all, & many thanks to the organizers & sponsors.

Congratulations!

I'm sooo excited to read about the winners tomorrow! Yeah!!!!!!!

when do we get the results?

Why is it taking so long?

Winners will be announced Tuesday, February 8!

"Thanks for your patience - we're finishing up the formal announcement, and will post winners as soon as possible! You'll also get a PM when winners are announced, so don't worry that you'll miss it."

was posted on the 1st, so I assume the judging is complete, winners picked and all. Maybe logistics issue, legalities for prizes, gotta be a reason?

In the meanwhile I think I'm gonna go to Canadian tire, pick up that drill-press that's on sale, disappear into the garage to play for the weekend and pop out on Monday. If I see contest results - winter weather is soon over. No contest results winter for 6 more weeks... Taking the groundhog approach!

"Contest is limited to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (except the province of Quebec)."


I am a resident of Puerto Rico. Puertoricans are citizens of the U.S. I feel a little miffed at being excluded from this contest.

Could the organizers of the contest extend eligibility to include Puerto Rico, or explain why we are being excluded?

For that matter, why is Quebec being excluded?

Thanks for your patience - we're finishing up the formal announcement, and will post winners as soon as possible!

You'll also get a PM when winners are announced, so don't worry that you'll miss it.

On the risk of being banned....

If you think they are late in giving out the awards, you have to remember that it's a health organization. One, you had better fill out your form correctly or it will take two more weeks until you hear from them , and Two, if you have had pre-existing project, you are automatically disqualified.

Cool posts by the community. To me, this is what its all about. Helping people through technology. Sometimes all real problems need is a drop of smart and creative people. Looks like this site is the catalyst.

Just wanted to say: Working full-time and having 2 small children, active exercise can be difficult to squeeze into my day. I manage to work in workout time by spending at least 20 minutes a day 2 different times (usually mid-morning before lunch and then around 3pm for the burst of late afternoon energy) to take a brisk walk around the outside of my office building area. Then when I get home with my kids, we grab the dog and go for a brisk walk around the neighborhood. So far I've managed to get almost an hour each day of speed walking, and my kids get some too!

Winners will be announced in about a week and a half! Thanks for being patient, everyone. The holidays threw a monkey wrench in our voting, but we'll have results soon!

This is my first contest entry. Is it normal for the judging date to keep getting pushed back? I stayed up tonight because I was excited to know the results.

So soon after the holidays stuff like this must get put on the back burner for the designated people. Its a busy stressful time of year, so hard to blame them really. Something to pass peoples time if they are interested, I put up a forum topic where people can compete for a couple free pro memberships I have up to give away. Under community. Check it out, even if you have a pro membership, maybe you can pass it on to a friend!

I've got count-down fever! anyone else?

Don't you think the entries on the first page have an unfair advantage? I think you should have randomized which ones come up first. People have made some really great stuff!

Was wondering if my LED interactive table is to old for the contest? Friend of ours has a son with autism and saw the table, she said they have similar tables for sale for sensory seek autistic children, but none that are interactive like this one. If its too old, I get it - Keep things fresh, if not am I missing something? Which with me is usually the case, often resulting in me going - oh

Are you still reviewing entries? I submitted my liquid lemon tart a few days ago, and although it is the best drink in the world to nip a cold in the bud, it still isn't on this list....

Well, I won't be finished with my Gluten Free entry by the deadline. I've been in a writing funk the last few days.

Was wondering if a multi touch stylus would count as an idea for helping people injured in the arm or hand, you know, people with casts?

My Idea is a set of caution lights for wheel chairs, made from EL wire (or LEDs, EL was just an idea put forth by my teacher, as we can get that for about a dollar a foot from one of our suppliers) and powered by a microprocessor like arduino. The body of the system would include a central light as the main signal, and two lights off to the side to act as turn signals. Unfortunately I will not be able to submit this due to the materials we need being on back order. This idea was inspired by the fact we have a number of wheel-chair bound people in my community and very often some of them will go out at night. Being that they are low to the ground and not terribly visible I thought these lights would be a good idea. Any input or ideas on design or implementation would be appreciated. Thank You

OOO OOO I have a cool one for this!

Stay tuned folks, I will shock, amaze, and delight with this one.

Women and children may want to sit down so that no one faints.

Stay tuned boys and girls!

No, really, I will have somehting posted up this weekend. I have a project for this one!

Heef

Well, here's an idea I'd love to see someone develop. Toward the end of my mother's life, she was wheelchair bound and her legs could scarcely support her and her balance was precarious. Yet we all knew that with her heart and lung problems, exercise was imperative to keep her as healthy as possible. She absolutely hated the boring leg lifts and arm circles. What she had loved all her life was dancing, but there was no way for her to do more than sway to the music in her wheelchair.

So here's what I wished I could find for her. You know those baby exercisers that hang in the doorway - I think they are called Johnny Jump-Ups. They suspend the baby by elastic cords, and the baby can jump and kick without falling. I would think there would be a way to make something like that for an adult invalid, to support her or his body weight while allowing them to move to the music. It's too late for my mom, but I'm sure there are plenty of people who are immobilized due to age, injury or infirmity, whose physical and emotional health would benefit from such a device.

Anybody?

I have a power chair for I am on oxygen and am in a handicapped apartment. I am a good bit away from the parking area so I have made it a challenge to get my cart out by placing it in a room with other things in front of it so that if I choose to use it I have to move things for the excercise or just walk to the car for the excercise and walk wherever I am going also which is what I do most of the time. I love living in a one floor apartment but have a lot of things spread out purposely to extend my walking to get in my excerc ise even more. I love cooking and sewing and working with the childen in the neighborhood with crafts and have earned the name of The Craft Lady so we all have a good time making crafts for them to give to their parents for holidays. The parents help out by donating and sending over snacks for the kids so this is a really nice thing for the kids.

Being on a limited income and being disabled has taught me many ways to meet the fitness challenge in a low tech or inexpensive manner.

#1 - I keep the long reach type "extra hands" poles in most rooms. They are under $10 at most retailers. I can then enjoy picking up trash on a walk and feel better about the neighborhood, and pick up the house to maintain my positive mental outlook.
#2 - I keep a set of hand weights near my bed - these have straps on each weight to slip my feet into (although designed for hands). I do leg lifts with them before bed to strengthen my legs, lower abs and back. IF you do not have hand straps on yours, you can use a soft rope tied to each end to do the same.
#3 - I keep small containers for heavy liquids. It is cheaper to buy large so I refill the smaller containers from the larger ones. it is much easier on my body and my storage space!
#4 - For every task and when placing an appliance (large or small) Think of how often you will access it and if it would better serve you to be on a platform (sturdy boxes or bricks), a shelf, or counter.

Do not let your disabilities define WHO you are. You may not be able to do the same job you have had all your life - or accomplish the same goals - so what! Change your goals to more realistic ones and do something new! Discover a hidden talent and think out of the box!

It really is a new mindset to think "fitness" and "wellness" in the same sentence when disabled. But by keeping ones mental and emotional settings on joyful - it helps enormously!

I'm not interested enough in the prizes to enter the contest but I like helping out so here's a link to a one-handed typing solution I made when I had surgery on my arm.

http://daughtrey.com/?cat=13

Matt

I really like that this contest could better people's lives :) Also, I'd be excited just to get fruit... I love fruit!

I know some food instructables got accepted into the contest. I entered some of mine in but they got rejected so I was wondering what a food ible needs to be accepted. Thanks!

I'm aU.S. citizen but live in honduras can I still win?

Will we have a choice of fruit? Can I get Starfruit then? It was may favorite back in Asia.

ummm...
why fruit, it would probably rot and why can't we buy it at the store???

Do all the prizes include the Instructable Prize Packs (1year pro membership, t-shirt, etc...)like all the other contests? It doesn't specifically say but assume it does.

Mike