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Re: Building Contest- A Better Mouse Trap
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lugnet.build.contests
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Mon, 8 May 2006 15:16:48 GMT
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In lugnet.build.contests, Timothy P. Smith wrote:
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Build a Better Mouse Trap
The contest is to build a better mouse trap from standard Lego elements.
Better means more reliable than spring traps and more humane than glue traps.
Live trapping is preferred- I don’t hate these mice, I just want them gone
from my house.
Entries will be graded in the following categories, with a score of 1 through
ten for each:
Reliability: Should capture a significant number of the mice who encounter
it. Mice will explore a new object in their territory- the rest is up to you.
Cleanliness: I don’t want to touch a mouse. I’ll clean up after a mouse, but
only if it’s easy to do.
Function: Engineering elegance, sound design, and so on. Extravagance will be
considered. Use parts a normal or typical AFOL might have. An RCX is fine-
but using six rotation sensors is a bit much.
Style: A wide-open category, I’ll know it when I see it. Includes
‘interesting’ or ‘innovative’ use of parts if appropriate. A theme might be
nice, but not if it impedes function.
Reproducibility: you should provide instructions to reproduce your design.
Photographs or MLCad or whatever you like, as long as it’s clear. Winning
design, and probably some others, will be posted to the web.
Prizes will be substantial, and will be announced soon. Please indicate here
or by email if you plan to enter, so I can get an idea what the prizes
actually should be. How about an RCX as a prize?
Tim (Smith)
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The contest is over!
Judging the entries was difficult, but a winner emerged:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=181526
Zopalin’s excellent space! mousetrap was the entry judged most likely to catch a
mouse, is clean and humane, and well styled. The detailed instructions add
something special as well.
Congratulations to Zopalin, and thank you to everybody that participated, it was
great fun.
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