Dare 2B Digital

By definition, if you want to create something extraordinary you've got to leave the majority. You've got to break free from commonly accepted ideas and practices and go out on a limb. The catch, of course, is that you risk your sanity in the process. Over the past six weeks, teams with different expertises and experiences came up with truly innovative solutions to complex challenges. This collision of technology and the ubiquitous had brilliant results but raised eyebrows in the process.

A Season Highlights montage will confirm crazy behavior and question the sanity of teams, judges, audience and even hosts. But let's take a step further back. Dare 2B Digital, Crazy or Brilliant?

Looking forward to your Season Highlights Montage for Optional Challenge Seven and Dare 2B Digital Feedback.

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
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Another amazing week of creativity and brilliance.  Judging and voting for this week's entries are being accepted until noon PDT.  Get your vote on!  Extra points are being awarded this week for dialgoue and discussion.

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Ahoy! Thank ye hearties fer bravin' th' Dare 2B Digital seas. Twas a dangerous journey for ye lily livered landlubbers, but Blow me Down, ye were amazing!

For weatherin the storms there is booty and plunder for all ye buccanneers.

Join us this evenin' at 8pm for news about the treasure, an optional seventh challenge and a Grande Finale Party!

 

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Check out "The Everyone Can, Garbage Can", "Universal Milk", and "The Downfall of Stairs", just a few of the audience subissions to this weeks Before and After Universal Design Challenge. Wow keep those submissions coming.

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It is said that 88% of people who spend more that two hours each day in front of a computer screen experience some degree of computer vision syndrome (CVS). This would include all of us and a huge percentage of the North American population. Continuous flexing of the eyes' focusing muscles creates fatigue. Glare screen filters and ergonomics help somewhat.

With the increased popularity and use of computers, cell phones, mp3 players, and game devices I forsee a pandemic. Is there a solution in advance of a blind nation?

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Challenge five judge scores and votes have been cast and what a close race it was! Congratulations A-Team on winning challenge five. League of Notions came second by less than 1%. Global Voice made a strong surge and generated twice as many votes as any other team. Wow, great effort all teams.

With Challenge 6 underway teams are entering the Dare2BDigital home stretch - one more week to go. Looking forward to a fantastic finish.

Paul

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Ann rocked the Elluminate house! She was 5/5 on guessing the lines and won iTunes $$.

Dare2BRight - Dare2BDigital! But watch out for Ann!!

 

Here were the lines:

 

 

Whose Line Is It??

Check out these clips from the Dare2BDigital site and see if you can guess correctly who posted them:

 

1. Kind of like medium-firm tofu maybe?

 

2. It just made me want to get a piping hot cup of Earl Grey and sit down to do some online banking.

3. I'm glad no lives were lost during the making of this submission. ;)

4. I can see Judge Matthew Begbie's ghost drifting across the square..hang em' all!

5. Cleared My Sinuses Like Sauerkraut

6. Also check out NASA's "Vomit Comet". It's a modified airliner that flies in parabolic arcs to give astronaut trainees (and others) about 30 seconds of actual free fall.

 

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1. Gina Bennett in “Meaning, Memory, Motivation, Metaphor & Music”

2. Steve Bocska in Devil’ Club TRU challenge posting

3. Deb LeRose in Salal League of Notions submission

4. Anthony Gurr in When Ghosts Come out to Play, Madjacklogic

5. Mark Hawkes (grendel) in Challenge 2 United Students submission

6. Ron Evans in An Astronomical Experience Challenge

 

Find out more about the original show on Wikipedia.

 

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Our Energy Future challenge five submissions are in and they are looking great. The energy alternatives and life style changes proposed are very thought provoking. Thanks teams. Let the judging and voting begin!

 

Paul 

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