The Embedded Linux Journal has announced that the first round of their “NIC contest” is over, and NIC systems are being sent to the twenty lucky finalists. This second annual design contest is based on projects using the New Internet Computer… (NIC) as a platform.

After the twenty finalists receive their NICs, complete their proposed projects, and submit their results (due on February 4, 2002), a winner and two runners-up will be picked. The grand prize winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Costa Rica and the two runners-up will each receive a Lego Mindstorms package. Complete contest details are in the May/June 2001 issue of Embedded Linux Journal and contest progress will also be documented in upcoming issues of Embedded Linux Journal.

Here is a list of the twenty finalists in the ELJ's “NIC contest” . . .

Home Appliance Interface (HAPI), by Shawn Bower, Gerry Mletzko, Kris DeMuth, Steve Ernst and Peter Halliday

L'âne POS: the NIC as a Thin Client, by Jason Burrell

A Cost-Effective Video Conferencing Solution Using ThinkNIC, by Jeremy Bursky

IP-Video Transmitter, by Giuseppe Colucciello

Multi-Session PPPoE Router, by James A. Courtney

PottyPenguin: Addressing Computing Needs While in the Bathroom, by Juan Ignacio del Valle, Alexis Maldonado and Alf Delgado

Agent's Contact Mine, by Matthew W. Excell

Puffin on the NIC, by Richard J. Jafrate

SNOT: Secure Network Orifice Tester, by Steve Johnson

Internet-Aware Communications Device for People with Disabilities, by John Kacur

Wireless Kiosk, by Holden Karau

Implementing DOCSIS-compatible Cable Modem Using a Host Processor, by Huan Liu

Teleport: Video Conferencing/Telecommuting Station and Distance Learning Terminal, by Mike Machado

MobiSale: POS Note Suitable for a Mobile Environment, by Imran Patel

Non-destructive Evaluation of Aircraft Components for Corrosion, by Alexander Perry

Voting Machine, by Kurt Schiftner

Shortwave Radio Educational Kiosk, by Jay Sissom

Voice-Controlled Wireless MP3 Music System, by Jeff Wisnewski

Oracle ERP/Java Application Workstation, by Carl Zmola

Adaptive and Efficient Residential HVAC Control, by Philip Zumsteg

Further information on each of these projects is available at the Embedded Linux Journal website.

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