Hi Everyone,
According to
this post the $20,000 Gada Prize (now called Uplift Prize) is alive and well. The competition criteria have been revised, and the deadline extended.
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The prize will be awarded to the inventor or team of inventors who create the 3D printer that can be assembled from its components to a fully working state most quickly by one person and that:
- Requires the least skill and experience from that assembly person,
- Has a low total one-off materials and parts cost,
- Has a high proportion of its own parts that it can print for itself,
- Requires a minimum of specialist parts that it doesn’t make for itself,
- Has a low power requirement when running, and
- Is completely open-source.
The deadline for prize submission is May 31, 2013, with a winner to be selected and announced on June 30, 2013.
link to Official Guidelines
link to Gada Prize Reprap Forum
link to Reprap Wiki Page on Gada Prize
