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Team Pickles and Peaches takes the Ithacka BOJ Challenge!

How could I say no to this!!  From Dorkbyte:

Ithacka Hackerspace from — you guessed it– Ithaca, NY is running a really interesting competition for makers across the country.  Using a BOJ (Box of  Junk) your team is tasked with creating something, ANYTHING, that is neat and cool and promotes the maker culture.  Full details on their site. (via Ithacka)

I immediately went online to American Science and Surplus and bought a box of junk. This is the artists rendering of the box:

Box of Junk

I am not even kidding you. 

Believe me, I realize how nutty that sounds, but the prospect of making something really fun and interesting out of some unknown components is too good to pass up. Without even skipping a beat, the other half of Team Pickles and Peaches agreed to join the competition.  So it’s ON!!!

We’re assembling a team of talented artists, hackers and dreamers.  If you want to join us, we’ll be having our first brainstorming meeting in a week or so — once we actually see what’s inside the box.  As for rules, here they are:

  1. All major components must come from the BOJ.
  2. One BOJ per team.
  3. Multiple projects are allowed.
  4. You may use the box itself.
  5. Project(s) must be documented online, and this documentation submitted for consideration.
  6. Project(s) must account for at least 75% (by individual pieces) of the contents of the BOJ.
  7. Project(s) must be completed and submitted to info@ithacka.org by 12:01a ET, August 1, 2010.
  8. Allowed components from outside the BOJ:
  • Fasteners (nuts, bolts, screws, nails, rivets, tape, glue, yarn, string, etc.)
  • Controllers (microcontrollers, radio controls, PLUs, motor drivers, relay boards, computers, etc.)
  • Power Supplies (electrical: batteries, wall warts, computer PSUs, wall current plugs; mechanical: bikes, steam engines, cars, tractors, etc.)
  • Custom Components (3D-printed components, custom machined components, or others that you make yourself from stock only.)

Voting will end August 7, 2010, and a prize will be sent out to the winner by August 10, 2010. Follow the trashtalk on twitter: #ithackaBOJ

I’ll keep you posted on our progress!



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