Engadget's recession antidote: win a GigaPan Epic Imager!

This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn't want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back -- so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We'll be handing out a new gadget every day to lucky readers until we run out of stuff or companies stop sending things. Today we've got a swank GigaPan Epic Imager on offer, ideal for capturing those landscapes in ways you've only dreamed about. Read the rules below (no skimming -- we're omniscient and can tell when you've skimmed) and get commenting! Hooray for free stuff!

Big thanks to GigaPan for providing the gear!

The rules:

• Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for "fixing" the world economy, that'd be sweet too.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
  
• Winner will be chosen randomly. One (1) winner will receive one (1) GigaPan Epic Imager. Approximate retail value is $299.99.
  
• If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
• Entries can be submitted until Friday, July 24st, at 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

The GigaPan Epic is a revolutionary robotic mount for most point and shoot digital cameras that makes it easy to capture and share high-res panoramic images of everything, from inaugurations to concerts. The small and powerful Epic uses the power of NASA engineering to capture the places that inspire you. Then you can share the images at www.gigapan.org or on your own Web site by embedding the gigapixel image and its viewer. Check out how the band Wilco used the Epic to share their studio with their fans. Zoom in and out of the Wilco studio and see all the detail. If you don't win today, you can take advantage of the summer savings GigaPan is offering and buy the Epic for only $299.00. GigaPan Image below - Credit: Zoran Orlic from www.wilcoworld.net

[parachaz Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:01PM]

in for 1.

[atdt1991 Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:11PM]

I'll take it!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:25PM]

I'm in. Could use it for my real estate photography business!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:28PM]

Sweet panoramic porn

[NikAmi Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:32PM]

Requisite comment to win overly complicated technology that i really don't need and will probably never use.

[dudde Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:38PM]

need 1

[TommyFeds Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:41PM]

Epic it is! WANT ONE!

Thanks engadget

[flesheatingemu Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:42PM]

idk what it does but the resale is probably decent

[dchrist Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:43PM]

I'm in

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:45PM]

Nice!!! ...and I thought that was a music store at first...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:47PM]

How awesome would this be

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:50PM]

Requisite comment to win overly complicated technology that i really don't need and will probably never use.

[CAJensen01 Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:25PM]

pew pew pew

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:57PM]

i want this to go with my new camera

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:56PM]

yes

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:54PM]

try, try again.

[sethmo Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:57PM]

Holy Schmoly!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 5:36PM]

In for one

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:59PM]

pleaseee! I really want one of these

[drzeller Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:01PM]

Count me in...

D.

[iHEARTbiff Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:08PM]

Hecks yes I want one!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:10PM]

this things are fantastic

[thon Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:12PM]

panoramic images of your mom!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:12PM]

bleep bloop i want this :3

[madduffy Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:13PM]

I want 1 2.

[celcius0 Posted Jul 26th 2009 8:55PM]

i'd love to get one..

[hickhamt Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:19PM]

better than a bag of crap!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:23PM]

gigapan GIGAPANNNNNN!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:26PM]

I need to do a panorama of my back yard

[GadgetGeeks Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:30PM]

How To Solve The Economy Problems:

1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing crisis fixed.

[nihaoyao Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:30PM]

i want one.

[JjSwee Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:36PM]

Engadget - Provide me with this GigaPan and I will never post in another recession antidote again! Please!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:41PM]

ooh, this would be good with my D40 on holiday!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:41PM]

My friend just bought one of these, so he'd be quite pissed if I won one for free.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:46PM]

This is one give-away that I really do want. I've tried making smaller panoramas with a normal tripod but have not gotten good stitching. This, combined with their software, would be wonderful.

[PureVendetta Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:47PM]

Yoink!

[thephatness Posted Jul 24th 2009 1:48PM]

Of course this is gonna be mounted on my RC car. First stop, girls locker room!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:04PM]

Sure, I'll have it.

[Ozenbac Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:05PM]

I actually did the field testing for this, it works really well. It was developed at the NASA campus in Mountain View. They do some really cool non-space things there.

[munchies Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:06PM]

I actually could use this and have been looking at one for some time, ever since I saw the big one of the inaguration.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:12PM]

nomnomnom

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:14PM]

So frakking cool.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:16PM]

sweet

[oldmicah Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:23PM]

shiney!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:23PM]

mine!!!!

[acewun Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:23PM]

put it on my tab...

[shadow8110 Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:24PM]

not really interested, but lets see if i win anyway

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:25PM]

gigiddy gigiddy gigapan

[Socram Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:25PM]

This looks cool...

[danreetz Posted Jul 24th 2009 2:37PM]

I would love to have one of these.