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Over the past couple of months we’ve been letting you know about the awesome speaker lineup for Expand, our big event that’s just around the corner at San Francisco’s Fort Mason on March 16th and 17th. Now you can check out the full agenda of sessions and speakers who will be gracing our stage for two days full of in-depth discussions about the frontiers of technology.
From 3D printing to crowdfunding, from robots to space (and undoubtedly some robots in space) and more, you’re not going to want to miss the Expand experience. And if you’re looking for even more reasons to attend Expand, how about 10 of them? Go on and pick yourself up a full pass for the weekend and get a free six month subscription to Make Magazine to boot.
See you at Expand!
And don’t forget…
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Pssst hey buddy: want to attend Expand for free and get a chance to go behind the scenes and help us actually put on the show? Read on!
We’re looking for a few good volunteers to help us out on site at Fort Mason in San Francisco this coming March 16th and 17th. In exchange for free tickets, we ask you to work with us for a half day for a six hour shift from the following options (all times are PST):
Read on to find out more about volunteering at Expand…
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If you’ve been following along with our speaker announcements for Expand, you know we’ve already got a lineup chock full of some of the most interesting technologists at the forefront of innovation. You’ll also appreciate that this last batch is a bit of a doozy — consider this the big reveal before the Big Reveal of the full agenda, coming very soon:
Here’s why else you need to be at Expand…
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On Wednesday, we opened voting so you can help us choose five finalists in our first Insert Coin: New Challengers competition. It was hard enough for Engadget editors to decide on 10 semifinalists out of the myriad awesome crowdfunded projects entered, including such futuristic fare as bipedal robots, high-tech puppetry and more. Now it’s your turn to pick which final five entrants will also present on stage at Expand this March for the chance to win a total of $25,000: $5,000 for the Reader’s Choice winner and a whopping $20,000 Grand Prize. Voting closes this coming Wednesday, February 27 at 12:30pm PST / 3:30pm EST, so get your vote in!
To celebrate the DIY ingenuity and high tech innovation demonstrated by our intrepid entrants, we’re running an Insert Coin Twitter Giveaway that gives a little something back to all the makers out there. We’re giving away the following three kit prizes: Grand Prize is the Egg-Bot, an art robot that draws intricate designs on eggs or other round objects including ornaments, golf balls, and light bulbs; 2nd Prize is an Apple 1 Replica Kit designed with permission from the Apple I’s original creator, Steve Wozniak; 3rd Prize is the Adafruit FLORA GPS Starter Pack including a Flora motherboard, a GPS module that can also perform location datalogging, eight ultra-bright chainable RGB pixels and more.
To win, simply send a tweet naming which of the 10 semifinalists you want to win, in the following format: “I think [PROJECT NAME] should win $20,000 in the @EngadgetExpand Insert Coin Competition!” Of course while you’re at it, don’t forget to vote! To be eligible to enter, you must be 18 years of age and a U.S. resident (please peruse the full rules).
Name your inventor of choice by 5pm EST on Monday, February 25 (one entry per person, please!). We’ll choose three winners at random to win each kit prize and will notify them via Twitter. Plus, make sure to follow @EngadgetExpand for more chances to win tickets, prizes and other goodies.
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By now you know we really, really want you to join us at Expand this March. And if you’ve been waiting for Just One More Reason to attend the event, how about a free 6-month subscription to Make Magazine?
Our friends at Make share our enthusiasm about independent inventors, tinkerers, and makers of all stripes driving innovation in the technology world, and we’re excited to welcome them as an official Expand media partner. They’ll also be joining us at the show, so look out for more fun announcements around their participation in the coming weeks. We’re also thrilled to be able to offer half a year’s worth of Make goodness to all of our full weekend Expand attendees if purchased in advance.
When buying your ticket there will be a form where you can input your home address. If you’ve already bought a full pass ticket from us, don’t worry — we’ve got you covered too. Look out for an email coming from Eventbrite (sent to the address you used to purchase your ticket) with instructions on how to provide us your mailing address and start receiving your free subscription.
See you at Expand!
And don’t Forget…
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Last Friday, we announced our semifinalist pics for Engadget’s first-ever Insert Coin: New Challengers competition. We’re incredibly excited about the projects we selected, but had a hard enough time whittling the list down to 10. That’s where you come in. As far as we’re concerned, they’re all winners, but we’ve got presentation time at next month’s Expand conference in San Francisco, and we need your help knocking the list down to five finalists. It’s a diverse array of entrants, including seafaring drones, bipedal robots, 3D scanners, futuristic radiators and more.
Jump in after the break for links to posts about each of the candidates, and when you’re done, please click here to vote on your favorite. Five winners will go on to present their projects at Expand in March, for a chance to win $25,000. You have until next Wednesday, February 27 at the same time (12:30pm PST / 3:30pm EST) to cast your vote!
1. cSpring: Bipedal Robo
2. Hodu: Physical therapy hardware / software combo
3. Moedls: 3D scanning for smartphones
4. Make a Play: High-tech puppet stage
5. Observos: Environmentally-aware computers
6. Radiator Labs: Personal radiator temperature controller
7. Smart Knob: Keyless door lock
8. smARTPulse: Hackable Bluetooth oximeter
9. Snapzoom: Superzooming for smartphone cameras
10. Ziphius: RC aquatic drone
Now don’t forget to vote!
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We’ve already got quite a lineup unveiled so far, but the fun doesn’t stop now, my friends — if anything, we’ll be ratcheting up the excitement as we get closer and closer to Expand in San Francisco this March 16 and 17th. We’ll have full profiles of all 10 of our Insert Coin Semi-Finalists rolling over the next few days, and your audience vote will determine which top five will also get to demo on our stage — and voting will kick off today at 12:30pm PST / 3:30pm EST! Stay tuned!
But if you still need more reasons to attend Expand, how about 10 of ’em? Followed by four more inspiring speakers you’ll get to see — all for the low, low price of 50 bucks:
Read on for the Engadget editors you most want to meet…
And yet there’s a whole other cadre of professionals who will be gracing our event stage, and that is the incredibly hardworking team of Engadget editors. We’ll be bringing out the majority of our crew to make the Expand magic happen — and we ran a ticket giveaway contest last week to see which of them you are most excited to meet. Here is just a short list of some of the editors you’re looking forward to colliding with in the proverbial Real World (and please stay tuned to @EngadgetExpand for more chances to win tickets and other goodies!):
And don’t forget…
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In case you haven’t noticed, we really, really want you at our inaugural Expand extravaganza this March 16-17! We wanted to take a moment and recap the highlights of the show we have planned so you have it all in one place (and because, let’s be real, everyone loves a list):
We want to make sure Expand is as accessible to as many of you as possible so we’re knocking the ticket prices for all of the above back to $50 if you buy them in advance. We’re also instituting day pass pricing for those of you unable to attend the show both days. A $35 ticket gets you into Saturday’s show plus our after-party from 8 to midnight, and only $25 gets you in for Sunday. Parents, kids under 13 get in absolutely free so please bring the family for a day of hands-on technology fun!
Of course, we know many of you have variable schedules and aren’t sure if you’ll be able to make the show ahead of time. We’ll also be selling tickets at the door for $60 for the full weekend or $40 for just Saturday and $30 for just Sunday. And if you’ve already purchased Expand tickets, check the email you used to register for info about a refund (we won’t leave you hanging!). If you didn’t receive the email or have other questions about your tickets, please hit us up at tickets at engadget dot com and we’ll help you out.
Read on for nine more reasons…
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It’s time for another unveil of the speaker lineup we’ve got brewing for Expand in San Francisco this March 16-17. We’ve got four more inspiring thinkers and doers who will be joining us on stage at Fort Mason Center:
They’re joining a whole host of other rad speakers including Chris Anderson (CEO, 3D Robotics and former editor-in-chief, Wired), Yancey Strickler (Co-founder and Head of Community, Kickstarter), Steve Cousins (CEO, Willow Garage), Julie Uhrman (Founder and CEO, OUYA) and many more. Stay tuned here and on our social channels (Twitter, Facebook and Google+) for more agenda reveals and other Expand news.
Plus, find out who the attendees are most looking forward to seeing…
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