I got in earlier on sunday.. .. the hackers had until 1 ( i think) to finish their project..s .. they were all still workign furiously.. writing code, training models, soldering, painting.. it was amazing to see 

Then came the time for the projects to be judged.. the judging criterion were reviewed again. then a team of judges from AMD and Hackclub began visiting all the teams. Teherewere some amazing projects that all hilighted the DELL  AI laptops with AMD Processors and Radeon GPUS as well as a the Open Source LeRobot robotic arm platform. 

We had violin playing robots. whackamole playing robots, soda dispensing robots, card playing robots, chess playing robots scalpel weilding robots, bowling robots, date ettiquite managing robots, tool sorting robots.. and many more.. . judging was hard work !

THe judges visited all the teams.. then went of to think.. and then came back with their sleection.. The winners were a  card playign robot, whackamoe and the drink despensor robots.. It was really fun to see the winnign teans reaction, The prizes were really significant… 

And jusut like that.. it was over !.. we all said our good byes.. its amazing how quixkly you make freinds in these sort of competitions.. I hoe to see many of these kids particiipating in futre hackclub programs..

The core crew hanf aroudn for a coupek more hours cleanign up the venue.. we’d made a huge mess but by 7pm .. it looked great again. .
I got in my rental car and drobre up to SFO only to find that my plne was like 3 hours late.. I eventually got to our airbnb in portland aroudn 3AM.. 

my 3rd 3am day in a row..    DIane was ther easleep.. I was so glad to be with her again.. 

what an adventure !
now switching to holoiday mode. Max and becky show up tomorrow. gabes already here.. looking forward to being with family !

nite all, nite sam
-me