URGENT - check the word count of your idea submissions

[MartyG]

Hi everyone,

This may be too late a discovery for some with 2 hours before deadline, but I just saw a rule clause that says that the opening section of the idea can be no longer than 300 words and the second 'how RealSense will be leveraged' section can be no more than 200 words.  I can see a lot of people getting caught out by this and disqualified if they missed the clause.  

[MartyG]

Also, if you are uploading more than one file as supporting material, check the supporting-files section of your idea carefully.  I had two MP4 video presentations to upload and the uploader only stored the most recent one, so it nearly didn't store the main video of my project - I had to quickly merge the two videos into a single MP4 that ran sequentially.

[benjamin_b_]

You're a lifesaver.

[MartyG]

Thanks Benjamin!

I realized this morning that though it had been 2 hours til deadline for me at the time of writing as an Englishman (who actually lives in the GMT time the deadline was quoted in), it would have been 7-9 hours in the US and Middle East time zones, so hopefully people got a chance to see the message!

[Shyam]

Thanks for information.

I wasn't aware of fact, I just check my idea did not cross the word limit :)

[Carola_C_]

I'm shocked... I thought I have submit the idea correctly and now that. My text is longer than 300 words.

I hope that the Intel employees are aware that there are people who didn't know about this rule. Why didn't they write it on the submission web page, directly beneath the text boxes, if it's that important? And the second thing is, there was also the possibility to upload pdf and docx files. And there is no rule concerning the uploaded files. I have added a docx file containing the same text that I wrote on the web page, so now I don't know if they will consider my idea or not.

[MartyG]

Carola, I can really sympathize.  I had written a 2,100 word technical essay that I spent a long time on and it was honed razor-sharp to efficiently address every one of the points that the judges are marking on without any unnecessary waffle ... and then with two hours to go before deadline, I had to carefully butcher it!  

My attached supporting-material video should visually make the points that I was conveying in the text, but it was still heart-breaking after all the effort I had put into writing it, and I kept a copy of the original 2,100 version for reference on future projects.