About the challenge

Want to create a technological concept for future museum experiences? Or dive deep into Bluetooth programming and connectivity? Ready to connect and learn with Samsung, the Bluetooth inventors and other creative professionals? 

Requirements

What to Submit

For the submission here on Devpost, we would like to see: a title and description of the idea and something visual of the idea, like pictures and/or video.

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Prizes

5 non-cash prizes
Best Museum Experience Concept
1 winner

Surprise prize

Best Technical Execution
1 winner

Surprise prize

Best User Experience
1 winner

Surprise prize

Best Use of Bluetooth
1 winner

Surprise prize

Special Harald Blåtand Prize
1 winner

Surprise prize

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Judges

Morten Teilmann-Jørgensen

Morten Teilmann-Jørgensen
Museum Director, Kongernes Jelling

Kim Schulz

Kim Schulz
Bluetooth Specialist, Samsung Denmark Research Center

Jeanette Falk

Jeanette Falk
Researcher in Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University

 Lars D. V. Schmidt

Lars D. V. Schmidt
Event & Concept Developer, Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University

 Jaap Haartsen

Jaap Haartsen
Founding Father – Inventor, Systems Architect at Ericsson in Sweden when Bluetooth Was invented

 Jim Kardach

Jim Kardach
Founding Father – Former Intel engineer, helped found and run the Bluetooth SIG. Responsible for the codename “Bluetooth”, which was inspired by the famous Jelling Stone, and the 2nd King of Denmark.

 Anders Edlund

Anders Edlund
Founding Father – Second person on board the Ericsson team that formed the Bluetooth SIG. Initially responsible for the creation of the Bluetooth usage scenarios and later the marketing activities and creation of the Ericsson owned Bluetooth trade mark.

 Johann Weber

Johann Weber
Founding Father – Former Intel Engineer and behind the idea of making laptops and phones talk together. Strong believer in the Open PC model and promoted that for Bluetooth SIG.

Örjan Johansson

Örjan Johansson
Founding Father – Radio technology specialist at Ericsson where he lead the project that became Bluetooth. He was a key person in making Bluetooth into a standard.

Judging Criteria

  • Best Museum Experience
    Was the concept/product unique and interesting as a museum experience? Is it different from what’s been seen before? Would it make you stop to say ‘Wow, that’s good’ in a museum? Is it something you could imagine in a real exhibition?
  • Best Technical Execution
    How technically difficult was the problem that the team tackled? How interesting was the solution to it? Did you use a creative approach to tackle it, or combine multiple different components? Was the underlying technology used in an impressive way?
  • Best User Experience
    Was the product intuitive to use? Did interacting with it feel good, and did it behave as expected? Did it feel like a polished product that a you’d want to keep using? Did it provide a new experience?
  • Best Use of Bluetooth
    Did your product include Bluetooth in an unexpected or innovative way? How technically difficult was your use of Bluetooth? Did you push the boundaries of what Bluetooth can do, or demonstrate a deep understanding of its capabilities?

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