<html><head><base href="data:"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; ">Vimby & Scion gave 5 hackerspaces in USA $3000 grants for a challenge:</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "> 1) repurpose an existing object or thing to do something different</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "> 2) make it useful/fun for the average person (not just geeks)</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "> 3) include a reference to a movie.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; ">5 spaces are:</div><div style="text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.nycresistor.com/">http://www.nycresistor.com/</a> (NYC)</div><div style="text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://crashspace.org/">http://crashspace.org/</a> (LA) </div><div style="text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://pumpingstationone.org/">http://pumpingstationone.org/</a> (Chicago)</div><div style="text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://thetransistor.com/">http://thetransistor.com/</a> (Provo UT)</div><div style="text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://artisansasylum.com/">http://artisansasylum.com/</a> (Boston MA area)</div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; ">There will be 8 episodes in all: the intro, one on each space, the judging, winning space.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; ">Episode 1 went live today with the intro:</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.vimby.com/video/sponsor/us/all/detail/10908/Take_on_the_Machine_Episode_One/">http://www.vimby.com/video/sponsor/us/all/detail/10908/Take_on_the_Machine_Episode_One/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div></body></html>