$750 in Parallax Products / Boe-Bot Contest
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Hello,
We're running a contest at Parallax. The winners will claim $500, $250, and
$100 in free Parallax products.
It's simple. Do something creative with your Boe-Bot. Design a neat circuit
that exploit's the bot's capabilities, and make it look cool, too. Submit
pictures, code (a schematic is helpul) and if you win you'll get to choose
$500 of products made by Parallax. 2nd and 3rd place get $250 and $100,
respectively. We'll share your projects with others as the winners are
announced. Judging criteria is "electronic ingenuity and style".
It's hard to imagine that with the very few entries we've received so far
each contestant would be a winner! Come and claim the prizes and make a neat
bot in the process.
Boe-Bot has mounting holes and slots all over the place for your projects.
Our new Robotics text (www.stampsinclass.com) gets you started with the
essentials. Maybe paint the chassis, drill holes in the wheels for encoders,
make the bot stand on it's two front wheels using an inclinometer (could it
be done?), solve a maze, add a camera, make a gripper and pick up a felt tip
pen, or make it follow your dog around the house. The BOE has two more
positions for servo connections, too.
Contest ends December 31, 2000. More details at www.parallaxinc.com. With
the thousands of Boe-Bots in use there must be more entries! If I could
participate I'd submit my new RF-controlled CameraBot (chrome chassis,
camera, video transmitter, camera tilt, etc.). The contest page shows a
creative "Sassy Chassis" bot from one of our own, Jennifer. This one looks
pretty neat (note the clean wiring, too). Simple circuitry but it scores
high in the "style" category.
Sincerely,
Ken Gracey, Parallax
Educators can learn the BASIC Stamp at these places:
Livonia, Michigan October 13-14
Dobson, North Carolina November 1-2
Register at www.stampsinclass.com
Parallax main site is www.parallaxinc.com
(916) 624-8333 ~ fax (916) 624-8003
We're running a contest at Parallax. The winners will claim $500, $250, and
$100 in free Parallax products.
It's simple. Do something creative with your Boe-Bot. Design a neat circuit
that exploit's the bot's capabilities, and make it look cool, too. Submit
pictures, code (a schematic is helpul) and if you win you'll get to choose
$500 of products made by Parallax. 2nd and 3rd place get $250 and $100,
respectively. We'll share your projects with others as the winners are
announced. Judging criteria is "electronic ingenuity and style".
It's hard to imagine that with the very few entries we've received so far
each contestant would be a winner! Come and claim the prizes and make a neat
bot in the process.
Boe-Bot has mounting holes and slots all over the place for your projects.
Our new Robotics text (www.stampsinclass.com) gets you started with the
essentials. Maybe paint the chassis, drill holes in the wheels for encoders,
make the bot stand on it's two front wheels using an inclinometer (could it
be done?), solve a maze, add a camera, make a gripper and pick up a felt tip
pen, or make it follow your dog around the house. The BOE has two more
positions for servo connections, too.
Contest ends December 31, 2000. More details at www.parallaxinc.com. With
the thousands of Boe-Bots in use there must be more entries! If I could
participate I'd submit my new RF-controlled CameraBot (chrome chassis,
camera, video transmitter, camera tilt, etc.). The contest page shows a
creative "Sassy Chassis" bot from one of our own, Jennifer. This one looks
pretty neat (note the clean wiring, too). Simple circuitry but it scores
high in the "style" category.
Sincerely,
Ken Gracey, Parallax
Educators can learn the BASIC Stamp at these places:
Livonia, Michigan October 13-14
Dobson, North Carolina November 1-2
Register at www.stampsinclass.com
Parallax main site is www.parallaxinc.com
(916) 624-8333 ~ fax (916) 624-8003
Comments
how about a contest for board of education users sometime?
Sincerely
Kerry
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It says on the Parallax site that you must use the "Board of Education and
Parallax's Boe-Bot metal chassis" as long as I use those two items can I
make alterations to it's basic design, like adding an extra bread board for
more prototyping space (which is mainly what I had in mind)?
Chris Shuster
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stamps.
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Original Message
From: Ken Gracey <kgracey@p...>
To: <stampsinclass@egroups.com>; <basicstamps@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:28 AM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] $750 in Parallax Products / Boe-Bot Contest
> Hello,
>
> We're running a contest at Parallax. The winners will claim $500, $250,
and
> $100 in free Parallax products.
>
> It's simple. Do something creative with your Boe-Bot. Design a neat
circuit
> that exploit's the bot's capabilities, and make it look cool, too. Submit
> pictures, code (a schematic is helpul) and if you win you'll get to choose
> $500 of products made by Parallax. 2nd and 3rd place get $250 and $100,
> respectively. We'll share your projects with others as the winners are
> announced. Judging criteria is "electronic ingenuity and style".
>
> It's hard to imagine that with the very few entries we've received so far
> each contestant would be a winner! Come and claim the prizes and make a
neat
> bot in the process.
>
> Boe-Bot has mounting holes and slots all over the place for your projects.
> Our new Robotics text (www.stampsinclass.com) gets you started with the
> essentials. Maybe paint the chassis, drill holes in the wheels for
encoders,
> make the bot stand on it's two front wheels using an inclinometer (could
it
> be done?), solve a maze, add a camera, make a gripper and pick up a felt
tip
> pen, or make it follow your dog around the house. The BOE has two more
> positions for servo connections, too.
>
> Contest ends December 31, 2000. More details at www.parallaxinc.com. With
> the thousands of Boe-Bots in use there must be more entries! If I could
> participate I'd submit my new RF-controlled CameraBot (chrome chassis,
> camera, video transmitter, camera tilt, etc.). The contest page shows a
> creative "Sassy Chassis" bot from one of our own, Jennifer. This one looks
> pretty neat (note the clean wiring, too). Simple circuitry but it scores
> high in the "style" category.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ken Gracey, Parallax
>
> Educators can learn the BASIC Stamp at these places:
> Livonia, Michigan October 13-14
> Dobson, North Carolina November 1-2
> Register at www.stampsinclass.com
> Parallax main site is www.parallaxinc.com
> (916) 624-8333 ~ fax (916) 624-8003
>
>
>
>
>
>