TEAM COMPETITION

This competition will have separate categories for high school students and adults (including Tertiary Students).

 

This competition enables participants to showcase their creativity and innovation. Competitors are required to produce a commercially viable invention which performs tasks by programming microcontrollers using the simple ezSystem software. Topics could include animatronics, robotics, waste disposal, water/air/soil conservation, a watering system and many more.

 

Rules

Topics

The topics must demonstrate and add value to or improve the quality of life. They must also incorporate one of the following five themes:

• Entertainment and Recreation
• Environmental Issues
• Agricultural Application
• Manufacturing and Industrial Application
• Energy and Transport

 

Competitors must present their control system, invention and enterprise with a 10 to 15 page A4 folio of work with a front title page advertising the innovation as a marketing tool.

 

Evaluation of the final product

• A working invention must be displayed and activated in order to be evaluated by the judges.
• A copy of the working program should be put on a USB or disk for any modification on the judging day if required.
• Competitors must have a hard copy A4 folio or a presentation of the folio content on screen.
• Competitors must be present at the Show on the judging dates to present their working model and program.

 

Competitors need to present:

• The design brief.
• A vision statement showing marketing and application as a business proposition.
• The technology and systems used.
• The materials used.
• Graphics showing the principles of the design and innovation.
• A print of the program.
• A photo gallery of the invention working.

 

The closing date for the registration is 22nd of July 2016 at 5pm