9/16/17

Android Things Hackster Contest

Posted by Dave Smith,
Developer Advocate for IoT



Android Things
lets you build professional, mass-market products on a trusted platform, without
previous knowledge of embedded system design. With Android Things you get a
turnkey hardware solution and an easy-to-use software development platform based
on Android Studio and the Android SDK -- making it easy to build designs that
scale to production. Android Things is currently in developer preview and we'd
love to see what you can build with href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/08/android-things-developer-preview-5.html">our
latest release.



Today we are announcing a contest with Hackster and NXP for developers to
showcase their use of Android Things with other Google developer platforms.
Project ideas should be added to href="https://www.hackster.io/Google">Google's Hackster.io Community by
including href="https://www.hackster.io/google/products/android-things">Android Things
as a software component, then registered through the href="https://www.hackster.io/contests/Google">contest page.







Idea Submissions



Submit your project ideas starting today. Ideas submitted by September 29, 2017
are eligible to receive one of 120 href="https://shop.technexion.com/pico-pi-imx6ul.html">Pico Pi i.MX6UL Kits to use in the final design. During this phase, projects do
not need to be complete; we just want to see your amazing ideas! We are looking
for concepts in the following categories:


  • Smart Home
  • Robotics
  • Smart City
  • Industrial IoT / Manufacturing
  • Retail
  • Entertainment

Project Submissions



Final projects must be submitted by Oct 31, 2017. Your project does not need to
be one of the chosen recipients of a Pico kit to be eligible for the grand
prize. Winners will receive support from Avnet, Dragon Innovation and
Kickstarter to take their ideas from prototype to production. See the href="https://www.hackster.io/contests/Google">contest page for more
details.



We are eager to see the projects that you come up with. More importantly, we're
excited to see how your work can inspire other developers to create something
great with Android Things. To learn more about the benefits of Android Things,
watch the recording from the href="https://youtu.be/FMGOGEgOEXc">Bootstrapping IoT Products with Android
Things webinar. You can also join Google's IoT
Developers Community
on Google+, a great resource to get updates, ask
questions, and discuss ideas.



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