The contest was held from August 15 to December 18 2006, and Microsoft announced the winners this week. The Chairman’s Award winner went to John Leung for a PC design titled “Made in China”, a “No CPU, No Hard drive, No Graphics Card, & No Sound Card” computer, controlled by a chopstick-like stylus. The idea is obviously targeted at the Chinese population.
The equally prestigious Judge’s Award went to Christianne LeBlanc Livingston and Maarianne Goldberg. They created “Blok”, a computer designed for kindergarten students that, when idle, can be folded up into a plastic block.
Both winning entries netted the top prize of $25,000. Other notable runners up include Allen Wong’s and Matt Conway’s BulbPC, which took the judge’s second place prize of $15,000. The BulbPC is the size (and shape) of a desk grommet hole, which Wong and Conway say could help unclutter office desk space.
Kenneth Wu took the third place $10,000 prize with “Zeed+ for the Future”, which has the design of a pen holder. Each “pen” carries a function of the PC, like a video or sound card, making it simple to replace or upgrade individual components.
Source: TG Daily