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# WELCOME
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Hello, and welcome to The Great Global Hackerspace Challenge, brought to
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you by the very excited folks over at element14!
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You are one of thirty hackerspaces from across the globe who have been
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chosen to participate in this amazing event, which seeks to stretch your
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hackerspace-minded ingenuity to its very limit to create an electronics
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build that will make a real, and very positive difference in an
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educational establishment. And for you to have a whole lot of fun along
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the way!
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Exactly what that build is, and what solution it provides is entirely
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down to you. The only stipulation is that your build must make use of a
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microcontroller and a portable power source. We encourage you to reach
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out to an educational institute in your area so that you can test your
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invention as it evolves, make sure you are answering a genuine
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educational need, and hopefully establish a home for your product once
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the challenge is over.
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Within this pack, you'll find detailed information on the equipment
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element14 will provide you with to get your creative thoughts flowing,
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and your talented hands building, as well as the low down on how to
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share your Hackerspace's ongoing progress with the world.
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We'd also ask you make sure to read our Great Global Hackerspace
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Challenge Pact section, on which we are asking for a virtual handshake
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from you. It's our way of establishing mutual ground rules and
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understanding before the storm of genius activity begins.
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We thank you once again for being a part of this incredible challenge,
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wish you the very best of luck, and look forward with great anticipation
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to seeing your work as it develops. This is a challenge in which
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brilliant minds collaborate so that everybody wins. Onwards!
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## CHALLENGE GUIDELINES
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Outlined below is a step-by-step guide with all the information you will
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need to help make your hackerspace challenge as successful as possible.
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There's a great deal to do in a very short space of time, and so we have
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created a calendar of key delivery dates which you'll find at the end of
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this pack to help you stay on track.
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If you have any questions along the way that aren't answered here,
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please email hackerspace@element14.com and we'll be sure to get back to
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you.
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## YOUR TOOL KIT
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element14 is providing you with a budget of \$900 US to complete your
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build. You will be contacted directly to establish exactly how you would
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prefer to receive this money. Your microcontroller and portable power
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source should be procured using this money, and any additional
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electronic components you might need can be purchased from the element14
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store. Simply go to the element14 website (www.element14.com), click on
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the 'store' tab and then select your items using your \$900 stipend.
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Your components will then be sent directly to you.
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We ask that you try not add to this budget, as one of the judging
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criteria is based on the total cost of the final build, but you are
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fully permitted to use any components or items that you might already
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have at your hackerspace within your build. We challenge you to be as
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creative as you like!
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## DOCUMENTING YOUR BUILD
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Core to this challenge is to produce an electronics build that will
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ultimately help education, but you can also start to help people learn
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about hackerspaces and electronics building along the way by regularly
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sharing information on your design. This is also how the judging panel
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will be able to track your progress and pick the three semi-finalists,
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and a minimum of one weekly update is a mandatory element of the
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challenge.
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Please feel free to share all your exciting moments as they happen, but
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as a guideline, content that would be useful for you to provide would
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be:
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- Week 1
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- Introduce your team (video would be a great way to do this), explain
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your hackerspace's philosophy, and provide a top level summary of
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your first week
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- Week 2
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- Provide a basic outline of the materials you will be using in your
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build and any key challenges you anticipate
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- Week 3
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- Provide an update on the status of your build and quick summary of
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obstacles encountered and how they are being addressed
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- Week 4
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- Is everything going to plan? Perhaps provide footage of a visit to
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an educational institution you're working with
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- Week 5
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- In your penultimate week provide a review of the challenge to date.
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Is the pressure on? What have you learned?
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- Week 6
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- This is the time to really showcase your build, why it works and
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what features make it stand out
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## HOW TO SHARE
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You will be required to contribute to your profile page within the
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element14 community. This is where you can upload your videos and photos
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and keep everyone informed via a written blog. You will be able to
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personalize the page so that your hackerspace's own unique character
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shines through. To do this, go to element14.com, click on ???Join Now???
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if you are not already registered, using your Hackerspace name, and we
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will create your page for you.
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## BUILD CRITERIA
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Our esteemed panel of judges will include luminaries from the worlds of
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technology and science, education and hackerspacing.
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Following the completion of the build period, they will be judging each
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one on the criteria below in order to select three semi-finalists to
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attend the California Maker Faire for the grand finale on May 22.
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Semi-finalists will be notified personally by Mitch on May 6.
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Criteria:
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- How reproducible is the final project
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- How easily can the parts be sourced in locations around the world
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- How low cost is the final output
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- How well are the plans documented
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- How relevant is the project to helping education today
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- How inventive and creative is the design and build of the project
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## THE MAKER FAIRE GRAND FINALE
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The Great Global Hackerspace Challenge will culminate in a live
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demonstration of each of the three semi-finalists in front of the panel
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of judges at the San Mateo Maker Faire. One team member from the final
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three hackerspaces will be flown out to California to attend the Faire
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and present their build. Air fare, hotel accommodation and daily food
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costs will all be covered by element14 - we'll provide more detail on
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this if you are selected.
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In the spirit of collaboration over competition, and to thank you for
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taking part, element14 will be sending you a set of soldering equipment,
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including a soldering station, for your hackerspace once you have
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completed the challenge.
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Each of the semi-finalist hackerspaces will receive the following
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prizes:
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- Fluke 233 DMM (worth US\$300)
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- Fluke 381 Clamp Meter (worth US\$500)
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- Tektronix PWS4205 Power Supply (worth US\$865)
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- Agilent HH DMM (specific model TBD)
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Finally, the build chosen to have that extra sprinkling of hackerspace
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magic will receive a suitably rocking prize: a Tektronix MSO2024
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oscilloscope (worth around US\$5,600). Start clearing a space in the
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corner of your hackerspace now!
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## THE GREAT GLOBAL HACKERSPACE CHALLENGE PACT
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You won't find any legal language here. We promise. The purpose of this
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section is to let you know that if, for any reason you are unable to
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finish your project you should let the organizers know as soon as
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possible. Particularly if you encounter circumstances beyond your
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control. We need to be able to manage expectations so we can accommodate
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the logistics of the event; judging, the Maker Faire event and the
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management of the content on the community.
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This isn't a contract. You won't be signing your life away. We trust
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you. We simply want to have the best competition possible.
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To quote the 1989 MGM classic 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure' we want
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everyone involved in this event to 'Be excellent to each other'. And
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that works full circle. We are investing funds into your builds and you
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are investing your valuable time and energy into our challenge. In the
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spirit of transparency and collaboration we want everyone to succeed and
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get as much as they can from this project however we reserve the right
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to withhold product and stipend if groups do not deliver on the
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requirements of the challenge. We will be in close communication
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throughout this project and, we can all work together to avoid any
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adverse situations.
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## CHALLENGE KEY DATES CALENDAR
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- Week of 3/21 : Official Challenge Briefing / Q+A
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- 3/25: Deadline to create your profile and submit your first blog
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update
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- 4/1: Deadline for Hackerspace Challenge Blog Post 2
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- 4/15: Deadline for Hackerspace Challenge Blog Post 3
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- 4/30: End of build time
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- 05/01- 05/05: Judging period
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- 05/06: 3 semi-finalists will be announced
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- Week Of 5/16: One team member from each of the three semi-finalist
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hackerspaces will travel to San Francisco Bay Area
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- 5/21/22: Maker Faire
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- 5/22: Maker Faire Great Global Hackerspace Challenge Grand Finale
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- 5/23: Team members travel home
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## Links
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[<http://www.element-14.com/community/groups/the-great-global-hackerspace-challenge>](http://www.element-14.com/community/groups/the-great-global-hackerspace-challenge)
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