The M2M App Challenge

Part of the Connected World Conference in Santa Clara (http://connectedworldmag.com/conference/index.php?q=app_challenge):

The U.S. Dept. of Energy will be on hand to provide access to sets of open government data and work with you on the data. We will be offering you the choice of five different development platforms. The challenge is to create an app that help the environment or improve healthcare or maybe even public safety ... the idea is to make the world a better, greener place!

We are calling all coders, developers, and anyone with a creative mind to take part in the second annual M2M App Challenge, where we give you the opportunity to work with open data sets from the U.S. Dept. of Energy to create next-generation M2M apps!

The M2M App Challenge, June 7-9 at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, encourages participants to develop next-generation apps focused in the areas of automotive, healthcare, energy, and more.

Cost: Free! Register at
http://www.connectedworldmag.com/registration
Prizes:
There will be three sets of winners across five different development platforms.
First prize: $3,000
Second prize: $1,500
Third prize: Tablet

Plus, each of the five first place winners will be profiled in an article about what they created in a cover story in Connected World magazine, with their picture on the cover of the magazine in the next issue!

Judging Criteria:
-Potential impact/Viability, creativity/innovation, use of open data, technical nature, market readiness/completeness, time to implement, and aesthetics.