Instructions for New Participants

Why Participate

By participating in the design challenge, you will:

• Interact and collaborate with some of the best minds in this field
• Test your ideas, and receive expert comments and guidance.
• Receive an online space with construction tools for your team.
• Meet other participants from around the world.

If you are a winner, you may also:

• Receive cash prizes, internships and travel awards from sponsoring organizations.
• See your demo displayed at the Tech Museum in San José, California; the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and possibly other science and technology museums.
• See your project added to the Handbook of Collective Intelligence at MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence,
• Be connected with venture capital and angel investment firms interested in your innovation.
• Get global public exposure for your demo as the winner of an international competition.

How To Participate

Read the competitor handbook, the challenge rules and judging criteria, and look at the resources, then go here and either create a new project or ask to join an existing one.