The challenge
To enter this challenge you must build a project that reduces our ecological footprint in some way or another, by taking advantage of the Nordic Thingy:53 functionalities. Submit your project by October 17th, 2022.
The basis for all human activity on the planet is the natural resources we have available around us. We use these resources to produce food, clean drinking water, clothes, electrical energy, and everything else we need to survive as humans. These resources are limited, and each and every one of us uses resources to a certain degree. The total amount of resources that you consume is what's called your ecological footprint.
Examples of what adds to our resource consumption include water usage, food consumption, waste generation, energy consumption for heating/cooling your work or living spaces, travel, and all the other ways you consume goods or energy.
The Hardware
Build your project with the Nordic Thingy:53; a battery-powered, multi-sensor IoT prototyping platform.
The Thingy:53 utilizes the nRF5340 system-on-chip, a high-performance dual-core Bluetooth LE SoC. With integrated sensors for motion, sound, light, and environmental factors, it is the perfect platform for building proofs-of-concept and developing new prototypes in a very short time. It also offers embedded machine learning (ML) directly on the device, powered by Edge Impulse.
Timeline
| What | When |
|---|---|
| Contest begins | June 30th 2022 |
| Applications for hardware close | August 7th 2022 |
| Hardware recipients announced | August 15th 2022 |
| Submissions close | October 17th 2022 |
| Winners announced | November 1st 2022 |
Prizes
We are giving away thousands of dollars in prizes to the top 13 projects! Our judges will pick the best qualifying 13 projects based on the judging criteria outlined in the rules section.
1st Place
Nordic surprise hardware and choose between a $2000 virtual gift card or a paid trip to Electronica with a tour of the Nordic booth
2nd Place
Nordic surprise hardware + $500 virtual gift card
3rd Place
Nordic surprise hardware + $500 virtual gift card
Runner ups
10 runner-up winners will receive surprise hardware and Nordic swags
Webinar
Start off your project by watching the webinar 'Say hello to Thingy:53'.
In this webinar, Robin walks you through the hardware features of the Thingy:53 and shows a live demo of the new nRF Edge Impulse app. The app allows seamless integration with Edge Impulse Studio for developing and testing embedded ML models directly on the Thingy:53.
