I got an alert to an interesting contest focused on using modern sensing technology (ZigBee) and building small models to demonstrate key ideas for Green Design.
Want to see how a firehouse might conserve energy? Or track a railroad system? Or show how a solar farm might work? You can by visiting Digiville.You can check out these cost-saving, environmentally-themed wireless designs here....
All of these designs are based on specially-priced iDigi development kits with the starter kits all costing $149 and including an on-demand hosting services, hardware, and development tools to build your own wireless application.
But the fun part comes from Digi's Green Design Contest when you can show off your ideas and win some of the $20,000 in total prize money.
For full contest details, including a list of approved environmentally-themed categories, and to buy a kit, Go Green. Go Digi.