Address climate change through energy innovation! Share projects that help conserve energy, create clean energy, or raise awareness about energy use.
Did you harness the power of a free and abundant resource like the sun or wind to power your gadget? Discover a technique for making a household appliance more efficient? Create a beautiful work of art to visualize real-time electricity consumption? First of all, kudos to you for being energy conscious. Second, enter your project in Make Energy: A US–Mexico Innovation Challenge. You could win a MacBook Pro, a Huxley RepRap kit or other excellent prizes.
Partners in the United States and Mexico organized this challenge, but it is open to makers all over the world. Give your creativity a boost by checking out these sample projects!
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¡Ataja el cambio climático a través de la innovación en energía! Comparte proyectos que ayudan a conservar la energía, generar energía limpia, o crear conciencia sobre el uso de energía.
¿Aprovechas el poder de un recurso gratuito y abundante como el sol o el viento para alimentar tu gadget? ¿Descubriste una técnica para hacer un electrodoméstico más eficiente? ¿Creaste una bella obra de arte para visualizar el consumo de electricidad en tiempo real? Primero que nada, pemítenos felicitarte por estar consciente de la energía. Ahora te invitamos a dar el siguiente paso inscribiendo tu proyecto en el Make Energy: A US-Mexico Innovation Challenge. Puedes ganar un MacBook Pro, un kit Huxley RepRap, entre otros excelentes premios.
Socios en los Estados Unidos y México organizan este desafío, pero está abierto a los fabricantes de todo el mundo. Inspira tu creatividad con esta muestra de proyectos.
The MAKE ENERGY: A US-Mexico Innovation Challenge is closed.
Grand Prize
WINNERS
Grand Prize (1)
Judges' Prize: Spanish Languge (1)
First Prize (5)
Second Prize (10)
Runner Up (20)
37 PRIZES
Grand Prize (1)
- a 13 Inch Macbook Pro
- a Huxley Reprap Kit
- a Smart Citizen Kit
- a Solar Science Station
- an Ultimate Arduino Microcontroller Pack
- a DSO Nano Oscilloscope v3
- an Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt
El ganador del Gran Premio recibirá:
- Una MacBook Pro 13 pulgadas
- Un kit Huxley Reprap
- Un kit Smart Citizen
- Una Solar Science Station
- Un paquete Ultimate Arduino Microcontroller
- Un osciloscopio DSO Nano v3
- Un paquete de premios de Instructables, que incluye una playera de robot
Judges' Prize: Spanish Languge (1)
- a 13 Inch Macbook Pro
- a Huxley Reprap Kit
- a Smart Citizen Kit
- a Solar Science Station
- a Newark Raspberry Pi Kit
- an Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt
El ganador del Premio de Jurado al mejor proyecto escrito en español recibirá:
- Una MacBook Pro 13 pulgadas
- Un kit Huxley Reprap
- Un kit Smart Citizen
- Una Solar Science Station
- Un kit de Newark Raspberry Pi
- Un paquete de premios de Instructables, que incluye una playera de robot
First Prize (5)
- an Ultimate Arduino Microcontroller Pack
- a Solar USB charger kit
- a copy of Practical Electronics for Inventors
- an Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt
Cinco ganadores del primer premio recibirán:
- Un paquete Ultimate Arduino Microcontroller
- Un kit de cargador solar USB
- Una copia de Practical Electronics for Inventors
- Un paquete de premios de Instructables, que incluye una playera de robot
Second Prize (10)
- a Newark Raspberry Pi kit
- a copy of Practical Electronics for Inventors
- and Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt
Diez ganadores del segundo premio recibirán:
- Un kit de Newark Raspberry Pi
- Una copia de Practical Electronics for Inventors
- Un paquete de premios de Instructables, que incluye una playera de robot
Runner Up (20)
- a copy of Practical Electronics for Inventors
- an Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt
Veinte finalistas recibirán:
- Una copia de Practical Electronics for Inventors
- Un paquete de premios de Instructables, que incluye una playera de robot
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Judging
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