<div dir="auto"><div>Hellooo again, shiny happy people!  Hope all of you are feeling awesome and having fun in this annoying quarentine!  :D</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think this contest can be very interesting for some people here.  No, not because of the prizes, but because they can help to save lives.  </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please, help to avoid great losses for the humanity like this one...  :'(</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><<a href="https://planetprinceton.com/2020/04/13/covid-19-kills-princeton-mathematician-game-of-life-inventor-john-horton-conway">https://planetprinceton.com/2020/04/13/covid-19-kills-princeton-mathematician-game-of-life-inventor-john-horton-conway</a>><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Conway was simply amazing.  Please, honor all the people who changed this world for better, with their knowledge, researching, and Science discoveries in all areas.  Honor their lives and their deaths helping those who are still here, those who can still be saved...  <3</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Wish you all much love, inspiration, and good luck, my beloved ones!  <3</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Hackster.io</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:help@hackster.io" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">help@hackster.io</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 21:46<br>Subject: The United Nations Development Programme COVID-19 Contest Announcement<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:cecilia.tanaka@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">cecilia.tanaka@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>

    
        
        
        
        
        
        

    
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                            <p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><span style="color:#000000">COVID-19 is an unprecedented global health and humanitarian emergency, which threatens to create devastating social, economic, and political crises. In some of the world's most vulnerable areas, the impact could be catastrophic. This extraordinary situation demands innovation and ingenuity from the best and brightest of humanity, wherever it may be found.</span><br>
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<span style="color:#000000">Today, the United Nations Development Programme is announcing the <strong><a href="https://hackster.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3fd72855783c7f1a97812d84e&id=3fe96de617&e=44aad073fa" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">COVID-19 Detect and Protect Challenge</a></strong>, in partnership with Hackster and some of the world's leading technology companies.  </span></p>

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<font color="#000000">The 10 best entries will receive a $1,000 Visa gift card, an NXP HoverGames drone and telemetry radio, and most importantly, a Global UNDP Innovator Award badge and certificate.</font>
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