Create the Future Design Contest Opens for Entries: Competition Sponsored by SolidWorks and Tech Briefs Media Group Spurs Engineers to Put Their Innovations on Display for US$20,000 Grand Prize
NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire/ —
Celebrating the “a-ha!” moment latent in every product designer and
engineer, the Create the Future Design contest sponsored by SolidWorks
Corporation and Tech Briefs Media Group is accepting entries from inventors
around the world.
Engineers and product designers have until Oct. 17, 2008 to submit their
ideas for the next invention that could change how we work, play, and live.
In its seventh year, the contest celebrates entrants’ abilities to explore
new ways to design the, as yet, unimagined. Aside from the US$20,000 grand
prize, the contest will award a new powerful HP workstation to each of the
category winners, and US$100 to the top 6 most popular entries. To submit an
entry or find out more information about the Create the Future Design
Contest, visit www.createthefuturecontest.com. Other contest co-sponsors
include COMSOL, Hewlett-Packard, and National Instruments.
contest entrants have six categories from which to choose: machinery,
equipment, and component technology; consumer products; medical; safety and
security; transportation; and sustainable technologies. A panel of expert
judges will evaluate entries based on innovation, marketability,
manufacturability, and cost effectiveness. Winning ideas can include products
that are entirely conceptual, or in prototyping or early production. The key
criteria will be bold alternatives to conventional approaches.
Qualified entries will include a text description (500 words or less) on
an idea for a mechanical or electro-mechanical product in the categories
above. They should also include a 30-word abstract of the idea and a 30-word
description of the problem solved. Finally, they should have one or more
visual illustrations (regardless of format, i.e., CAD file, sketch, etc.) of
the idea.
“In six years this contest has been the seed bed for innovative designs
that could someday be ubiquitous,” said Joe Pramberger, president of Tech
Briefs Media Group. “Last year’s contest set a record with nearly 1,000
entries and we expect 2008 to be even bigger.”
About Tech Briefs Media Group
The Tech Briefs Media Group is publisher of NASA Tech Briefs, the
largest-circulation design-engineering magazine worldwide and Defense
Tech Briefs, the largest-circulation engineering magazine for the mil/aero
market. Combined, these products reach over 600,000 engineers and managers
worldwide.
Through organic growth, the Tech Briefs Media Group product line has
grown to include print/digital advertising, email/web products, virtual
events, seminars & conferences, custom media and content related advertising.
Additional products include Photonics Tech Briefs, Imaging Technology, Motion
Control Technology, Defense Tech Briefs, RF & Microwave Technology and
Embedded Technology. For more information, visit:
www.techbriefsmediagroup.com.
About SolidWorks Corporation
SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext
Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software for design,
analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD
technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them
design better products. For the latest news, information, or an online
demonstration, visit the company’s Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call
1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call 1-978-371-5000).
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