It’s that time of year again – time to Think FUTURE!
If mobile communications is your think then the Design the Future of Mobile Communication Competition is for you. Ssponsored by LG Mobile Phones in conjunction with CrowdSPRING and Autodesk, they’re offering over $80,000 of prizes and Autodesk is throwing in a 15-day trial version of Sketchbook Pro so you can polish up your final submissions.
Prizes are as follows:
First Place: $20,000 Cash Award + 1 Wacom Intuos4 medium tablet (ARV of $349) + Autodesk industrial design software (ARV of $500)
Second Place: $10,000 Cash Award + Autodesk SketchBook Pro software (ARV of $100)
Third Place: $5,000 Cash Award + Autodesk SketchBook Pro software (ARV of $100)
Prop Master’s Choice: $3,000 Cash Award + Autodesk SketchBook Pro software (ARV of $100) + 1 non-working concept mock-up creation (ARV of $4,000)
37 Honorable Mentions: $1,000 Cash Award
Start and End Dates: The competition ends on April 26, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. PST
For more info click here.
The other competition is the Create the Future Design Contest sponsored by PTC, COMSOL and Tech Briefs Media Group. Submit your design in six categories: Machinery Equipment and Component Technology, Consumer Products, Medical, Safety and Security, Transportation and Sustainable Technologies. It runs through June 30, 2010.
Prizes are as follows:
Grand Prize (1)-$20,000 USD
First Prize in Each Category (6)-A workstation computer provided by Hewlett-Packard
Popular Vote Winners (10)-A SpaceNavigator 3D mouse from 3Dconnexion
Top 100 Entries (100)-Certificate of Achievement suitable for framing
All qualified entrants will be included in a random drawing for NASA Tech Briefs T-Shirts. Minimum of 1 per 50 entrants will win.
Best of luck and may the best innovators win!
