Tuesday 16 December 2014

Never mind the baubles!

HERE'S THE XMAS ENTRIES!

You have been sending in some great entries to our Christmas competition, which is now closed. Do not enter now as your entry will not count and you may still be charged! Even though we relaxed the strictly festive rule, that did not stop many of you from sending in seasonal entries or those on a Christmas theme.

Inside a locked room somewhere at Rapid, the judging is now taking place. No one is allowed to leave until a winner has been chosen, and no white smoke has yet been spotted, so in the meantime you will have to amuse yourselves by viewing some of the best entries we have received.   

Here is Peter Fox's home automation system




Dean Gallagher's Bipolar Slayer Exciter




Owen Wright's Rapid Christmas decoration



The Lighthouse Tree

Ed Kilgore made a lighthouse tree for a Christmas Tree festival for his church in Newcastle. A nice combination of Blue Peter type ingenuity (the lighthouse shell is made from a traffic cone) and solid electronics, including an integrated Riding Santa kit, the model illustrates a verse from the Bible linked to the Christmas story: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life".




Thank you to everyone who has entered. The winner will be announced on Tuesday 23rd December.

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