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'''The idea is this:''' We hold regular competitions where teams use the hackspace achieve some kind of construction goal in a time-boxed period. Teams will be given a design brief and then will have to design, implement, and refine their solution against the clock. | '''The idea is this:''' We hold regular competitions where teams use the hackspace achieve some kind of construction goal in a time-boxed period. Teams will be given a design brief and then will have to design, implement, and refine their solution against the clock. | ||
Team solutions will then be judged and the winning team with get some kind of prize. | Team solutions will then be judged and the winning team with get some kind of prize. | ||
Similar ideas: | |||
* It's a bit like a non-televised version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Egg_Race The Great Egg Race]. | |||
* or a small scale [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrap_heap_challenge Scrap Heap Challenge] but not limited to mechanical engineering. | |||
* also a bit like a '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_Day Hack day]' but with the results generated in meat-space. | |||
* or a more geeky '[http://design-smash.com/ Design Smash]' - with less emphasis on 'design'. | |||
=Why?= | =Why?= | ||
