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Insert Coin semifinalist: Hodu is a 'zero failure' physical therapy hardware / software combo
Hodu borrows its name from the Korean word for "walnut," a reference to the culture's use of the nut as an exercise tool in traditional medicine. The barbell-shaped device is a "zero failure" physical therapy tool, aimed at rewarding patients for even the slightest level of feedback. There are on-board pressure sensors and accelerometers for detecting activity and a series of colored LEDs that light up based on feedback levels. The team behind Hodu is also working on proprietary software to help log patients' squeezing and rotational progress. After the break is a video that should give you a bit of a better idea of precisely what Hodu is capable of. Check out the full list of Insert Coin: New Challengers semifinalists here -- and don't forget to pick a winner!
Insert Coin semifinalist: Moedls brings 3D scanning to your phone
3D scanners are kinda old hat at this point. But, while we've seen more than our fair share of Kinect hacks, we haven't come across too many phone-based systems. Moedls actually puts the power to create models like the one above in the palm of your hand... sort of. The heart of the system is either an iOS or Android app (sorry MeeGo fans), but there are actual lasers with a custom enclosure as part of the platform. Clearly, that does somewhat restrict portability, but it should all fit into a 10-inch x 10-inch x 4-inch box for storage or transportation. Creator John Fehr started the project as a way to save some of his daughter's sculptures in digital form. After trying many different component options, Fehr settled on a combination of parts that totaled around $300. That included a custom enclosure and variable speed rotating platform have been sourced. Right now the iOS app is awaiting approval from Apple and the Google-fied equivalent is currently in development. Combine this with a 3D printer (we hear you've got quite a few choices at this point) and the world becomes your playground. You can see an example of what Moedls is capable of, even at this early stage, at the source. Check out the full list of Insert Coin: New Challengers semifinalists here -- and don't forget to pick a winner!
Make Magazine offering free six month subscriptions to Expand attendees!
By now you know we really, really want you to join us at Expand this March. And if you've been waiting for Just One More Reason to attend the event, how about a free 6-month subscription to Make Magazine? Our friends at Make share our enthusiasm about independent inventors, tinkerers, and makers of all stripes driving innovation in the technology world, and we're excited to welcome them as an official Expand media partner. They'll also be joining us at the show, so look out for more fun announcements around their participation in the coming weeks. We're also thrilled to be able to offer half a year's worth of Make goodness to all of our full weekend Expand attendees if purchased in advance. When buying your ticket there will be a form where you can input your home address. If you've already bought a full pass ticket from us, don't worry -- we've got you covered too. Look out for an email coming from Eventbrite (sent to the address you used to purchase your ticket) with instructions on how to provide us your mailing address and start receiving your free subscription. See you at Expand! And don't Forget... Insert Coin audience voting is open right now! Get your votes for the best of our 10 semi-finalists in by Wednesday, February 27 at 3:30pm EST If you're a company that would like to work with us on an exhibition or sponsorship level, please drop us a line at sponsors *at* engadget *dot* com (DIYers and small startups, please ask us about our new Indie Corner option!) If you're interested in speaking at the event, please contact expand *at* engadget *dot* com to inquire If you're a member of the media interested in covering Expand, please contact engadget *at* shiftcomm.com for more information.
Insert Coin semifinalist: Make a Play is a high-tech puppet stage
The students at ITP are constantly churning out creative projects that are unafraid to walk the fine line between art and tech. So its no wonder that Gal Sasson's Make a Play wound up as one of the semi-finalists in our Insert Coin: New Challengers competition. It doesn't hurt that the concept also combines two of our greatest loves here at Engadget: toys and Arduino. The name, it turns out, is actually quite descriptive. The microcontroller-driven stage allows anyone to quickly create a piece of miniature theater using handcrafted puppets and an impressive selection of buttons, knobs and switches -- all lovingly handcrafted out of wood on this prototype. The control panel can move the actors using two motorized carts, cue lighting, playback voice recordings and even activate special electronics embedded in the puppets, such as LED eyes in the demo video after the break. Any action can be recorded and fed to a companion computer program, where tweaks can can be made to the automation. Honestly, sounds like the sort of thing we wish we had a as kids. Check out the full list of Insert Coin: New Challengers semifinalists here -- and don't forget to pick a winner!
Insert Coin semifinalist: cSpring bipedal robot wants to 'level the playing field' for university research
Check out this Mac-headed robot. It's the cSpring Biped Educational Development Kit from the folks at the similarly-named Cognitive Spring team. According to its creators, the 'bot is an attempt to "level the playing field between universities," letting students tool around with an affordable bipedal robotics platform. cSpring has 12 servos in all -- three per hip, one per knee and two per foot. It's controlled by the Cognitive Shield, a bit of technology developed by the team in order to help bring the 'bot to life. Cognitive Spring will be launching crowdfunding campaigns to bring bot of these products to life. cSpring's also got a "Kinect-like" camera on-board for sensing its environment, to help users perform what the company's CEO calls "really easy controls." Jump in after the break for a couple of videos of an early cSpring model in action, and click the source link below for more information on all of the above. Check out the full list of Insert Coin: New Challengers semifinalists here -- and don't forget to pick a winner!
Insert Coin: New Challengers voting is now open -- help us pick five finalists!
Just want to vote? Right this way! Last Friday, we announced our semifinalist pics for Engadget's first-ever Insert Coin: New Challengers competition. We're incredibly excited about the projects we selected, but had a hard enough time whittling the list down to 10. That's where you come in. As far as we're concerned, they're all winners, but we've got presentation time at next month's Expand conference in San Francisco, and we need your help knocking the list down to five finalists. It's a diverse array of entrants, including seafaring drones, bipedal robots, 3D scanners, futuristic radiators and more. Jump in after the break for links to posts about each of the candidates, and when you're done, please click here to vote on your favorite. Five winners will go on to present their projects at Expand in March, for a chance to win $25,000. You have until next Wednesday, February 27 at the same time (12:30pm PST / 3:30pm EST) to cast your vote!
Engadget Expand speakers, Round Six: Nest, Sprint, MC10 and sci-fi up in lights
We've already got quite a lineup unveiled so far, but the fun doesn't stop now, my friends -- if anything, we'll be ratcheting up the excitement as we get closer and closer to Expand in San Francisco this March 16 and 17th. We'll have full profiles of all 10 of our Insert Coin Semi-Finalists rolling over the next few days, and your audience vote will determine which top five will also get to demo on our stage -- and voting will kick off today at 12:30pm PST / 3:30pm EST! Stay tuned! But if you still need more reasons to attend Expand, how about 10 of 'em? Followed by four more inspiring speakers you'll get to see -- all for the low, low price of 50 bucks: Matt Rogers: Founder & VP of Engineering, Nest Dave Icke: CEO, MC10 Ryan Sullivan: Director of Product Delivery, Sprint John Scalzi: President, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Read on for the Engadget editors you most want to meet...
Insert Coin: New Challengers semifinalists announced!
As 2012 drew to a close, we asked you creative types to let us in on your forthcoming crowdfunded projects -- and boy did you deliver. We've spent the past week whittling down the submissions for our first-ever Insert Coin: New Challengers competition, and are pretty excited about the results. As detailed in our announcement post, we've chosen 10 semifinalists, who will receive a free trip to Expand next month, along with a $1,000 travel stipend. Better yet, those on the list are in the running to win a total of $25,000, including a $5,000 Reader's Choice award and $20,000 Grand Prize, along with product reviews on this very site. Congratulations to all the winners and a big thanks to everyone who entered -- paring down the list wasn't an easy task. We'll be highlighting each entry further in the week to come, leading up to a Wednesday, February 20th, vote for five finalists. Skip on through after the break to check out the list of semifinalists, and we'll see you in March!
Pssst, hey buddy: Want to win a free pair of Expand tickets?
Last week, two lucky Tweeters each won a pair of tickets to Engadget Expand this March 16-17 in San Francisco by telling us which speaker they're most looking forward to seeing at the conference. Now we're giving away some more free tickets -- and this time, it's personal! We want to know which Engadget editor you're most looking forward to meeting. Shoot us a tweet to @EngadgetExpand, naming which of our elite cadre of technophiliac scribes you'd most want to meet face to face (and feel free to include his or her Twitter handle so they know you're stalking them a fan!). To be eligible to enter, you must be 18 years of age and a U.S. resident (and please peruse the full rules). Let your favorites flow from now until 4pm EST (one entry per person, please!). We'll choose two fortunate winners to each receive a pair of free tickets to Expand, and will notify them via Twitter. Plus, make sure to follow @EngadgetExpand -- we'll be running more ticket giveaways (and other surprises) at least once a week until the show. Good luck! UPDATE: Our two lucky ticket pair winners are: Ian Rosenfield of South San Francisco, CA (@orkchop) Stephen Colbert of Naperville, IL (@smcolbert)
10 reasons you really need to be at Expand this March
In case you haven't noticed, we really, really want you at our inaugural Expand extravaganza this March 16-17! We wanted to take a moment and recap the highlights of the show we have planned so you have it all in one place (and because, let's be real, everyone loves a list): 1) Even more reasonable ticket prices! We want to make sure Expand is as accessible to as many of you as possible so we're knocking the ticket prices for all of the above back to $50 if you buy them in advance. We're also instituting day pass pricing for those of you unable to attend the show both days. A $35 ticket gets you into Saturday's show plus our after-party from 8 to midnight, and only $25 gets you in for Sunday. Parents, kids under 13 get in absolutely free so please bring the family for a day of hands-on technology fun! Of course, we know many of you have variable schedules and aren't sure if you'll be able to make the show ahead of time. We'll also be selling tickets at the door for $60 for the full weekend or $40 for just Saturday and $30 for just Sunday. And if you've already purchased Expand tickets, check the email you used to register for info about a refund (we won't leave you hanging!). If you didn't receive the email or have other questions about your tickets, please hit us up at tickets at engadget dot com and we'll help you out. Read on for nine more reasons...
Engadget Expand speakers, Round Five: Robots, bionics, da Vinci surgery and more!
It's time for another unveil of the speaker lineup we've got brewing for Expand in San Francisco this March 16-17. We've got four more inspiring thinkers and doers who will be joining us on stage at Fort Mason Center: Marc Raibert: President & Chief Robot Lover, Boston Dynamics Catherine Mohr: Sr. Director of Research, Intuitive Surgical MG Siegler: General Partner, CrunchFund Russ Angold: Co-Founder and CTO, Ekso Bionics™ They're joining a whole host of other rad speakers including Chris Anderson (CEO, 3D Robotics and former editor-in-chief, Wired), Yancey Strickler (Co-founder and Head of Community, Kickstarter), Steve Cousins (CEO, Willow Garage), Julie Uhrman (Founder and CEO, OUYA) and many more. Stay tuned here and on our social channels (Twitter, Facebook and Google+) for more agenda reveals and other Expand news. Plus, find out who the attendees are most looking forward to seeing...
Win free Expand tickets: Here's how!
So you've been wanting to come to Expand this March 16-17 in San Francisco, but you've been dragging your feet on actually buying those tickets (we know, life is busy). Good thing we have a chance for you to win a pair of free tickets right now! All you have to do is send us a tweet to @EngadgetExpand, telling us which speaker you're most excited to see at the show. Check out the full list of announcements we've made so far and let us know your favorite! You'll need to be 18 years of age and a U.S. resident to be eligible to enter (and be sure to check out the full rules). Keep the tweets rolling in from now until 5pm EST (one entry per person, please!). We'll pick two lucky winners to each receive a pair of free tickets to Expand, and notify them via Twitter. Plus, be sure you're following @EngadgetExpand - we'll be doing more ticket giveaways (and other surprises) over the coming weeks. Good luck! P.S. Don't forget, tomorrow is your last day to enter our Insert Coin competition! UPDATE: Our two lucky ticket pair winners are: Brian Daviadoff of Atlanta, GA (@BDaviadoff) Jonathan Rogers of Los Angeles, CA (@jonarogers) Thanks to all who participated, and be sure to follow @EngadgetExpand for more chances to win tickets and other goodies!
Engadget Expand Giveaways: Official Rules
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Dear makers: You have 3 days left to submit your project for a chance to win $20,000!
If you have a sweet pre-crowdfunding hardware project and haven't entered our Insert Coin: New Challengers contest yet, what are you waiting for? You only have until midnight EST this Friday, February 8th to get your entry in! Head on down to our submission form (and be sure to read the full legalese to make sure your project is eligible). You could win $20,000 at Expand, a review on Engadget and a nice promotional boost before you begin a crowdfunding campaign. One additional Reader's Choice Winner will receive $5,000 and an Engadget review. Ten semi-finalists will get exhibit space on our show floor and $1,000 to help them travel to San Francisco this March 16-17, and five finalists will also get a chance to demo their products live on stage to the in-person audience as well as the livestream viewers. If you don't qualify for our Insert Coin contest but still want to get your sweet product in front of the eyes of the Expand audience of early adopters and tech enthusiasts, we have very affordable sponsorship opportunities available. You can sign up for an Indie Corner table right here, and please give us a shout at sponsors [at] engadget [dot] com with any questions about participating in our exhibition hall. Read on for even more reasons to attend Expand...
Engadget Expand speakers, Round Four: Boxee, Samsung, Formlabs and LUNAR, oh my!
Thanks for joining us as we continue our unveil of the speaker lineup for Expand in San Francisco this March 16-17. We've got four more brilliant folks who will be gracing our stage to share with you: Idan Cohen: Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Boxee Dennis Miloseski: Head of Design Studio, Samsung Design America Maxim Lobovsky: Co-founder, Formlabs Gerard Furbershaw: Co-founder and COO, LUNAR These smart speakers will be joining the action-packed roster we've announced so far: Chris Anderson: CEO, 3D Robotics and former editor-in-chief, Wired Yancey Strickler: Co-founder and Head of Community, Kickstarter Scott Croyle: Vice President of Design, HTC Tom Rivellini: Mars Science Laboratory Entry Descent and Landing Lead Mechanical Engineer at NASA/JPL Julie Uhrman: Founder and CEO, OUYA Ryan Block: Co-founder of gdgt Michael Laine: President, LiftPort Group Avi Reichental: President and CEO, 3D Systems Walter de Brouwer: CEO and Founder, Scanadu Veronica Belmont: Co-host, Tekzilla Gene Munster: Research Analyst – Devices & Internet, Piper Jaffray Steve Cousins: CEO, Willow Garage So what are you waiting for?! Go on with your bad self and get those tickets now! And don't forget... You have until this Friday, February 8 to submit your project for a chance to win $20,000 in our Insert Coin competition! If you're a company that would like to work with us on an exhibition or sponsorship level, please drop us a line at sponsors at engadget dot com (DIYers and small startups, please ask us about our new Indie Corner option!) If you're interested in speaking at the event, please contact expand at engadget dot com to inquire If you're a member of the media interested in covering Expand, please contact engadget at shiftcomm.com for more information.
Engadget Expand speakers, Round Three: Space elevators, 7 Minutes of Terror, and more!
We've been announcing our speakers for Expand in San Francisco this March 16-17, doling out the good news a little bit at a time. Today we have a whole new batch of awesome to unveil: Yancey Strickler: Co-founder and Head of Community, Kickstarter Steve Cousins: CEO, Willow Garage Tom Rivellini: Mars Science Laboratory Entry Descent and Landing Lead Mechanical Engineer at NASA/JPL Michael Laine: President, LiftPort Group In other words, come for the space elevators and crowdfunding, and stay for the 7 Minutes of Terror and sweet robots! And don't forget we'll also have drones, tricorders, Android consoles, founders, CEOs, builders, futurists and cool cats of all stripes in technology, science and beyond. We're working on the holograms and aliens, too. Seriously, you should come to Expand. It will be a good time! And don't forget... If you're a company that would like to work with us on an exhibition or sponsorship level, please drop us a line at sponsors *at* engadget *dot* com (DIYers and small startups, please ask us about our new Indie Corner option) You have until February 8 to submit your project for a chance to win $20,000 in our Insert Coin competition! If you're interested in speaking at the event, please contact expand *at* engadget *dot* com to inquire. If you're a member of the media interested in covering Expand, please contact engadget *at* shiftcomm *dot* com for more information.
Insert Coin: You have two weeks left to submit your project for a chance at $20,000!
Hey makers, tinkerers, and inventors -- have you entered our Insert Coin: New Challengers contest yet? Seriously, you could win $20,000 at Expand this March, a review on Engadget, and a nice promotional boost before you begin a crowdfunding campaign. What are you waiting for? We implore you to help us spread the word, so we can get the very best projects up on our stage for you (yes, you!) to vote on for a chance to win 20 grand. If you know anyone with a cool project in the works, or a friendly local makerspace, college campus or startup accelerator/incubator whose members might want money and exposure, please send them our way! We really want to give new inventors an extra boost on the road to success. The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 8. If you don't qualify for our Insert Coin contest but still want to get your sweet product in front of the eyes of the Expand audience of early adopters and tech enthusiasts, we have very affordable sponsorship opportunities in the Indie Corner section of our exhibition hall. You can sign up for a table right here, and please give us a shout at sponsors [at] engadget [dot] com with any questions about getting onto our show floor. Read on to find out who's speaking at Expand...
Engadget Expand Speakers, Round Two: Four more reasons you need to be there!
If you caught our first speaker announcement last week, you know by now that we're not referring to woofers and tweeters on our Expand stage this March -- nay, we we will have real live humans speaking words of inspiration and insider knowledge about the most interesting trends and topics in the technology world today. Beyond our hands-on exhibition floor and the Insert Coin hardware competition (have you gotten your entry in??), there will be two whole days of stage programming to get you fired up at Expand. We're excited to announce the next batch of speakers in the Expand lineup: Julie Uhrman: Founder and CEO, OUYA Veronica Belmont: Co-host, Tekzilla Walter de Brouwer: CEO and Founder, Scanadu Gene Munster: Research Analyst – Devices & Internet, Piper Jaffray Those fine folks will join Chris Anderson (CEO, 3D Robotics and former EIC, Wired), Ryan Block (co-founder, gdgt), Scott Croyle (VP of Design, HTC), and Avi Reichental (President and CEO, 3D Systems) at San Francisco's Fort Mason on March 16-17 -- and you should be there! You'll still got plenty of time to pick up your Early-bird tickets and join us for the big event. As always, stay tuned for more nuggets of goodness from the upcoming agenda, and be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ to be the first to hear any Expand-related news. Don't Forget... If you're a company that would like to work with us on an exhibition or sponsorship level, please drop us a line at sponsors *at* engadget *dot* com (DIYers and small startups, please ask us about our new Indie Corner option!) If you're interested in speaking at the event, please contact expand *at* engadget *dot* com to inquire If you're a member of the media interested in covering Expand, please contact engadget *at* shiftcomm.com for more information.
Don't miss these incredible speakers at Expand this March!
We've been itching to start telling you about the speaker lineup we have brewing for Expand this coming March (you've bought your tickets, yes?), and now that frabjous day is finally here. We don't want to spill all the proverbial beans at once, so we'll be giving you snack-sized peeks at the agenda as we go along -- there will be a lot to get excited about in the coming weeks as we get closer to the show. We're psyched to present the first batch of speakers in the Expand lineup: Chris Anderson: CEO, 3D Robotics and former editor-in-chief, Wired Scott Croyle: Vice President of Design, HTC Ryan Block: Co-founder of gdgt Avi Reichental: President and CEO, 3D Systems And that's only the beginning -- we've got lots more speakers to announce in the days and weeks ahead, along with fun reveals about what will be on our show floor for you to get your hands on. Be sure to stay tuned to our Expand hub for all the latest news, and of course follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ for insider info and special offers. See you in March! And don't forget... If you're a company that would like to work with us on an exhibition or sponsorship level, please drop us a line at sponsors *at* engadget *dot* com If you're interested in speaking at the event, please contact expand *at* engadget *dot* com to inquire If you're a member of the media interested in covering Expand, please contact engadget *at* shiftcomm.com for more information.
Today is your last day to grab Expand tickets at extra-early bird pricing!
That's right folks -- tonight, at 11:55PM PT, the special discount on Expand tickets is set to expire. Don't fret just yet, because you still have time to order tickets at the rock bottom price of $75, before they climb into the more expensive $100 price range. There, now our conscience is clear and we're confident that you'll use this information wisely. The Winners List You've been waiting for the announcement and now it's finally time to reveal the winners of the Expand Celebrates CES Sweepstakes. The grand prize winner of an expenses paid trip to Expand in fabulous San Francisco is none other than (...drum roll...) Rick F. of Minnesota! Our first prize winners of a pair of Expand tickets are Marcy C. of Ohio, Patrick L. of Texas, and Josh M. of Pennsylvania. Congratulations to all of our winners and a huge thank you goes out to everyone who entered. We'll have more giveaways in the weeks ahead, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled! And don't forget... time is ticking. Grab your tickets before the clock strikes midnight!
