Sponsor Challenges
On February 12th via the Discord platform, challenges will be announced and teams will be given access to a Kit Builder website.Honda “In-Vehicle Health” Challenge [PDF]
Create a hardware solution that enables health in the vehicle by tracking health indicators
and/or actuating responses for unhealthy stimuli.
Prize: Holy Stone HS-Series HS110D Drones
AEP Health & Safety Monitoring Challenge [PDF]
Construct a device for worker health/safety monitoring and alerting. Ideas for the device include monitoring
pulse and blood oxygen, motion, temperature/humidity, and UV detection.
Prize: Up to 4 $200 gift cards for the winning team
Electronics Club Challenge [PDF]
Find an impactful problem or project that can be better optimized with low-power electronics, utilizing the
Texas Instrument MSP430 microcontroller’s low power mode to create a solution that minimizes power consumption.
Prize: $35 Amazon gift card (each) first place, $20 Amazon gift card (each) second place,
$20 Amazon gift card (each) third place.
CMEI [PDF]
This online maker challenge is a pilot test of an IoT kit innovation activity for technology that helps advance
medical diagnostic assessment outside a typical clinical setting (doctor’s office, urgent care center, hospital, etc.)
using communication and distribution networks
Prize: $250 gift card (each) first place, $100 gift card (each) second place
Bio-Hack Challenges! [PDF]
Project #1: ICU Hand Washing Recognition System
Design and build a prototype for an automated visual alert system for health-care workers to adhere to
hand hygiene protocols as they enter and leave a patient’s room
Prize: $100 Amazon Gift Cards for each member of 1st Place Team, $50 Gift Card for 2nd Place
team members, $20 for 3rd Place team members
Project #2: Wheelchair Obstacle Sensor
Develop a system that will help to prevent accidental collisions between wheelchairs and walls or other
similar obstacles in the environment
Prize: $100 Amazon Gift Cards for Each member of 1st Place Team, $50 Gift Card for 2nd Place
team members, $20 for 3rd Place team members