Tech Briefs Create the Future Design Contest 2017

Organisation : Tech Briefs Media Group
Announcement : Create the Future Design Contest 2017
Application Last Date : July 1, 2017
Contest Rules : https://contest.techbriefs.com/contest-rules
Register Here: https://contest.techbriefs.com/registration
Website : https://contest.techbriefs.com/

Create the Future Design Contest :

Submit your best new product designs today for a chance to win $20,000, other great prizes, and global recognition. There’s no cost to enter….and everything to gain. Entry Last Date: July 1, 2017.

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Questions? Contact us at createthefuture@techbriefs.com.

Entry Requirements :
The Contest opens for entries on March 1, 2017 and closes July 1, 2017 (referred to herein as the Contest Live Period). Entries must be received by 11:59 pm ET on July 1, 2017. For your entry to qualify for consideration, you must meet the following requirements:
Complete the Official Entry Form and upload at least one image with your entry.

Choose one of seven categories for your entry :
Aerospace & Defense — Product innovations with applications in the aerospace, aviation, and/or defense markets.
Automotive/Transportation — Products that enable movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Consumer Products — Products that increase quality of life in the workplace, at home, during leisure time, or while traveling.

Electronics/Sensors/IoT — Products that improve computing, communications, sensing, test, and other fields that rely on advances in electronic components, boards and systems; products that enable an interconnected world – the Internet of Things (IoT).

Machinery/Automation/Robotics — Products that speed, improve, and/or automate work, manufacturing, and research & development (R&D).
Medical Products — Products that improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare.

Sustainable Technologies — Products that reduce dependence on non-renewable energy resources, as well as products designed for other purposes using environmentally friendly materials or manufacturing processes.

Provide a description of your entry (up to 500 words) in the form of a technical abstract, in English. Your description should cover how the entry works, what makes it novel, how it would be produced, and where it would be applied.

You will be judged on these criteria:
Innovation (50% of score) — What makes the design novel? Does it represent an important advance over current state of the art?
Manufacturability (25%) — How easy would it be to implement? Can it be cost-effectively manufactured/produced?
Marketability (25%) — Does the idea have practical applications? Is there a well-defined, significant market for its use?

Upload at least one (but no more than three) visual illustrations. File type options: PDF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, EDRW. The visual illustration(s) should complement your entry description and can be drawings, photos, charts, or CAD images.

Entries submitted without an illustration automatically will be disqualified, no exceptions. We cannot accept PowerPoint presentations, white papers, or other documents as illustrations. All descriptive text should be entered in the space provided on the Entry Form. Text on illustrations should be limited to captions or call outs.

Video:
** You also have the option of submitting video to support your entry (limited to one video per entry).
Maximum length: three minutes.
** First, upload your video to YouTube, Veoh, or Vimeo.
** Then, when you complete the Entry Form, provide the link to the video where indicated on the form.
** We cannot accept any video files by e-mail. Video is optional and will not factor in the judging for the major prizes.

Prototypes:
** It is NOT required to have a prototype of your product.
** However, if a working prototype does exist, please indicate this where asked on the Entry Form.
** Entrants are encouraged to include an illustration of their prototype with the entry materials.

Voting :
** Most Popular Entries will be decided by the voting of registered users of the contest Web site.
** Voting will be open until September 8, 2017 (11:59 pm ET).
** These votes will have no bearing on the selection of Grand Prize or Category winners, or the Top 100 Entries.
** Each registrant is allowed one vote per entry.
** Votes will not count if the registrant does not accurately complete the required fields on the registration form or if the registrant attempts to enter fraudulent data.

** The Contest Administrators will adjust the vote counts at any point in the competition to discount votes from registrants who have not registered properly or who attempt to vote for a single entry multiple times (including any attempt to use e-mail aliases).

** Voter registration data will be kept in strict confidence and used only for verification, to ensure a fair voting process.
** Winners will be notified by phone, email, and/or direct mail, and announced in September 2017.