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Makers Against Drought Challenge Submissions Due by April 1, 2016

For everyone competing in the Makers Against Drought (M.A.D.) Challenge, please remember to update to the latest version of the firmware for both the ARTIK 5 and ARTIK 10 boards. Please review the applicability of this update to the project you are building with ARTIK, and note that you should not update if you are using Temboo for your project.

To ensure that everyone competing in the contest has the time to make the most of these changes, we are extending the deadline for submission to the M.A.D. Challenge.

All entries to the contest are due no later than April 1, 2016. And, all of the other relevant dates for the M.A.D. Challenge will be moved out by one month from the new submission deadline. Complete details with the new contest dates are

In order to be eligible, you must have an ARTIK board, and you must have been selected to compete in the M.A.D. Challenge during the application period.

We’re really excited to see your progress for the M.A.D. Challenge. Many of you have been sharing your own excitement about the contest and the Dev Kits with us via Twitter. You can check out some of our favorite recent Tweets in this blog post.