2006 Wireless
Design Contest Winners
Congratulations to the Winners
of the
Lantronix WiPort
Wireless Design Contest!
We had a large number of very innovative, imaginative and well-designed entries. Our engineering team had a great time narrowing them down to the top contenders. We would like to thank our editorial judges at Penton Media - Lee Teschler, Machine Design Magazine, Mark David and Bill Wong, Electronic Design Magazine - for their help in selecting the winners!
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First Place $5,000
eLAWN™ Wireless Sprinkler Controller Keith Emery, D&K Engineering Enables owners to check on the status of their lawn moisture content and also be notified by email if there is a change in normal operating flow pressure. The system’s schedule can be adjusted from a browser from any where in the world!
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| Second Place $2,000
Wireless Pool Monitoring System Don Davis, American Innovations Monitors pool chemistry (pH and ORP readings), water temperature, and pump pressure. Personnel can receive |
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variable readings along with historical graphs and can be notified via
email if any corrective action is required. Wireless is ideal in this situation where cabling is difficult or prohibited!  |
Third Place $1,000
LAN*Minder™ Network Power Controller David Hicks, Micro Energetics Corp.
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Tests network connectivity and reboots an attached device when needed. Stores IP addresses and independently pings them at specified intervals. When a ping fails, the unit cycles
power to the attached device. Wireless makes it easier to install and opens up more potential applications! Runner-Ups
SCI WiFi Wireless
Roomba
Steve Hawkinson / Cameron Mott, NavCom Technology
How fun is this?? Clean your floor with wireless Roomba control! Even record and playback paths!
Communicating Cars
Michael Golebski, Technische Universität Braunschweig
A glimpse of the future... Soon vehicles will be able to communicate with each other using WLAN technology to share information such as road conditions, accidents, traffic jams and much more!
