1. I reckon this is easily 2nd place in the comp!

Posted at 12:53PM on Mar 3rd 2007 by choomunkee

2. I actually like this better than the entry that one. It seems fresher and more innovative.

Posted at 2:45PM on Mar 3rd 2007 by George

3. this is the winner.

Posted at 3:06PM on Mar 3rd 2007 by joelanders

4. i really wanted the tube amp to win...but i suppose the $10-15 cost of the tube makes it prohibitive to manufacture a kit.

--neg

Posted at 7:44PM on Mar 3rd 2007 by neggies

5. contest was a failure

Posted at 9:14PM on Mar 3rd 2007 by chupa

6. this shits on the winner

Posted at 9:22PM on Mar 3rd 2007 by asaa

7. ossh, The tube amp was way better than the winner IMO

Posted at 9:26PM on Mar 3rd 2007 by joey

8. You're forgetting the purpose of the business card size factor. The idea mentioned in the contest intro is to take the winning submittal and produce a few 100 of them as trade-show and general interest givaways. The pcb's serve as a unique advertisement for the Hack a day website. The cleaner, more universal, and less expensive to assemble in full it is, the more likely it is to be memorable to the target audience. A business card givaway that is going to take $80+ hardware to perform an esoteric function makes it extremely likely the givaway will be trash-binned quickly and not make any impact on the recipient. The winning entry certainly meshes well with the described intent of the contest. How well the winning entry matched is apparent with the unanimous decision.

Posted at 1:35AM on Mar 4th 2007 by mike

9. Mike summed it up very nicely there. The winning entry totally fulfils all the criteria of the competition, making it a very worthy winner.

Posted at 8:38AM on Mar 4th 2007 by choomunkee

10. This should be first place. Innovative, and pushing the limits of hacking.

Posted at 2:48PM on Mar 4th 2007 by s800

11. looks great to me

Posted at 2:28PM on Apr 14th 2007 by alienwear