Wanna Win $75,000 While Helping Chronically Ill Children?

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Seriousely.

Hope Lab is a nonprofit group dedicated to helping chronically ill childred. Their first project was a video game called Re-Mission for kids undergoing chemotherapy. See video clip. It's pretty interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX1aGsgjGpk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of9ooFdXyus



The contest is to come up with their next project:

http://www.ruckusnation.com/whatstheruckus.html

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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I help chronically ill kids every day. Do I get the $75k?


I just went to 'Hope Lab's website to read about them and HEY! Whaddya know...they are looking to help kids with Autism.

That's very cool.

I guess they do a bunch for childhood cancer, etc. That's very cool, too.

I took one of my bank managers out to lunch one day when I was still working for that huge national bank, and we started talking about our kids. I told her about my 3; gifted daughter and severly Autistic twin boys. She told me about her son that had Leukemia.

I remembered saying, "It's difficult raising kids that are so needy, but you find a way and it's worth it," she replied with, "Yes, but your sons aren't going to die."



WTH do you say to that? It would break my heart to love a child so much and know that they will never grow up. I guess we all have a cross to bear...

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

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Good point. Give me some ideas about what kind of toy, device, or thing (I'm an engineer) might help autistic kids, and I will develop and build it for nothing. It would be fun. Now I'm going to hide for a while.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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Good point. Give me some ideas about what kind of toy, device, or thing (I'm an engineer) might help autistic kids, and I will develop and build it for nothing. It would be fun.

Wow, i'd have to really think about that. 'Learning' toys are pretty helpful for Autties because many of them are so far behind and cannot perform simple 'skills of life' tasks like brushing their teeth or tying their shoes...

I'd have to think a little more, but off the top of my head, something that teaches to those basic tasks. Buttoning, brushing, tying...kinda like these dolls. Hmmm...Autistics need to learn what imagative play is, as well. It helps develop the part of their brain that they aren't using.

Interesting. Like I said, I'd have to think about it.

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Now I'm going to hide for a while.

Don't go away! You're one of the handiest people on this forum!

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

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The Ruckus Nation contest has announced semifinalists in the various categories. Still reading through 'em. I kinda like the idea of wearable accelerometers and/or heart rate monitors linked to video games that is suggested in several of the entries.

http://www.ruckusnation.com/semifinalists.html


Winners will be announced Monday, 17 March, 2008 in SF: http://www.ruckusnation.com/event.html

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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The contest is over. None of the semifinal ideas really knocked my socks off, but who am I to talk (didn't even enter). The grand prize entry is described below, and the link points to the page describing all winning entries. The way this works, is commercial rights to the ideas are the property of the charitable organization, and if product(s) are successfully marketed, proceeds will be used to support children's health.

Any opinions regarding the marketability of the GP winnning idea? I bite at both video games and dancing.

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Stacy Cho, 30, Seattle, Washington

Stacy is a program coordinator at Island Middle School in Seattle. After encouraging her students to enter Ruckus Nation, she decided to come up with an idea herself.

"An interactive game with wearable motion sensors that make your virtual character come alive as you dance. Pick your music, record your moves, and share your virtual dance video online. You can even create group dances or test your skills by mimicking videos from other players. Plus, log onto the Dancing Craze website to see whose moves are voted number one!"

http://www.ruckusnation.com/category_winners.html

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG