Theme: “Man to Machine”
Eligibility: Contest is open only to individuals with a valid student identity card of his/her educational institute.
Entry Fee: No entry fee.
Number of entries/participant: Each participant can submit a maximum of 3 entries.

Image Specifications:

1. Format of photo uploaded must be JPEG.
2. The minimum dimension of the larger side must be 3000 pixels.
3. Maximum disc size of a photo must be 5 MB.
4. Each photo must have a caption and a write up of maximum 50 words.

Editing Details: Color enhancement with change and hue, saturation and levels is allowed. Creation of panorama is permitted.

Online Submission Guidelines:

1. Participants can register here. for Click.

2. Images with write up have to be mailed to click@techfest.org
3. Each participant can submit a maximum of 3 photos.
4. Subject of the mail "Your registration no."(Your registration will be in the form of CK**** where **** represents a 4 digit number.)
5. Last date of registration is January 5th, 2011.

Important dates:
Deadlines for photo submission is January 5th, 2011 by 11:59PM IST.
Final prizes will be announced in January 2012.

Rules

1. Techfest has sole and absolute discretion to determine which submission entries, if any, merit an award.
2. Techfest reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to change, modify, extend or reduce the terms and conditions of, or to suspend or terminate, the competition without prior notice.
3. Techfest further reserves the right to nullify and/or cancel any part or all of the competition if it appears that any fraud or malfunctions have occurred in any form whatsoever.
4. Each participant undertakes to indemnify and keep Techfest harmless from and against any loss, damage, claims, costs and expenses which may be incurred by or asserted against Techfest as a result of such participant's participation in the competition.
5. Participation in the competition and submission of photographs grants Techfest a perpetual, worldwide, royalty free license to use the images in its sole discretion.
6. Submission of the photograph grants Techfest the right to use the photograph in its media, including but not limited to its website, marketing materials, or upcoming books and films.
7. Any photograph selected to be used in that way would be done so with proper attribution to the photographer.

Legal Restrictions

1. The entrant must be the sole creator of his/her photographs and must also own the copyrights and rights to reproduction of all pictures entered into the contest.
2. The decision of the judges will be final. Techfest will not enter into any correspondence regarding the judging or organisation of the competition.
3. Entrants may be contacted for a high-resolution JPEG or RAW file of their image and other details such as proof of age, for potential shortlisting purposes during the competition. Failure to produce such details or a high-resolution file within five days will eliminate an entrant from the shortlisting process.

Game Rules

1. There will be a qualifying session with each team getting 2 laps out of which the faster lap will be considered. Note that these laps will have to be taken successively.
2. The top teams from the qualifying rounds will make it to the second round.
3. After the qualifying round there will be races with multiple cars racing at a time. So the participants must use remote with frequency of band spectrum 2.4 GHz.
4. The track will have check points at regular intervals. If a machine tumbles, or halts, or goes off the arena at any point on the track, one of the team members is allowed to lift it up and place it at the nearest checkpoint behind that point. The time shall still be running in the meantime.
5. Team members are not permitted to touch either their machines or those of their opponents once the race begins (unless there is need to lift the machine as stated in fifth point). The penalty for doing so is disqualification.
6. In the qualification round there will be maximum two team members allowed from a team in the racing arena while in the final round only one of the team member will be in the racing arena except the controller on the stand.
7. The machines are not allowed to leave any loose parts on any part of the arena. Any machine disintegrating during the race will be disqualified.
8. If any of the machines starts off before the flag is waved, the counter would be restarted and the machines will get a second chance. However, if any machine starts off before the waving of flag (or countdown) for a second time, it will be disqualified. No re-match will be held for the second time.
9. Teams are not allowed to purposefully damage the machine of the opponent's team. If found doing so on track (while racing), the concerned team will be disqualified. Execution of last three rules will be subjective and relies completely on judges' discretion.

Control Rules

1. Participants are required to use a remote control of frequency of band spectrum 2.4 GHz.
2. The above rule is to ensure that there is no frequency clash during the competition and participants are not allowed to use any other remotes with frequency other than 2.4 GHz.

General Rules

1. The teams may obtain a time slot for practice before first round of the game. The number of practice slots will be limited and the slots will be given on a first come first served basis. The teams will get to use the track only during the time of their practice slot. Any requests for using the track at any other time will not be entertained.
2. Any team that is not ready at the time specified will be eliminated from the competition automatically.
3. The teams must adhere to the spirit of healthy competition. The teams must not damage the opponent's machine in any way. Judges reserve the right to disqualify any team indulged in misbehaviour.
4. The name of your machine should be prominently displayed on the machine.
5. Judges decision shall be treated as final and binding on all.
6. The organizers reserve the rights to change any or all of the above rules as they deem fit. Change in rules, if any will be highlighted on the website and notified to the registered participants.

Abstract Submission

Participants have to submit a written abstract of the working model before the competition. This abstract and the video will be used to shortlist teams for the competition. Only teams which send the abstract will be eligible to participate in Full Throttle: Nitrox at Techfest 2012. Organisers can declare a team ineligible to participate in Full Throttle: Nitrox based on the abstract submitted. Such teams would be notified beforehand. For teams requiring accommodation, the last date for submitting the abstracts is 1st December, 2011. For teams not requiring accommodation, the last date of submitting the abstracts is 10th December, 2011. So, teams are advised to register before 1st December, 2011..

Click here to download the abstract format.

The written abstract should be prepared on the following lines:

1. The steering mechanism, suspension mechanism, braking mechanism and the chassis layout should be explained in detail, along with proper diagrams. These have to be fabricated by participants themselves (excluding shock absorbers and springs in suspension mechanism). Readymade kits are not allowed. Picture(s) showing all the three should be attached.
2. Photographs of empty chassis have to be attached. The chassis has to be built by the participants themselves. If participants have already proceeded building their chassis, they are requested to take photographs of their machine in current state. These photographs are required for verifying that the machine has been indigenously built.
3. Description of any unique/ advantageous mechanism used.
4. The specifications of ALL the components used, including engine, suspension springs, remote controller etc. have to be mentioned.
5. This abstract can be attached as a PDF file to the video and a CD can be prepared; or the abstract can be submitted on paper. The CD and the papers have to be couriered in a single envelope to the postal address of Techfest:
   Techfest Office
   Students' Gymkhana
   IIT Bombay, Powai
   Mumbai - 400076.
6. You can email the portfolio minus the video, and send the video by a CD. This will make sure at least the abstract part of your portfolio reaches us before the deadline.
7. An email will be sent to the team leader confirming the reception of the entry.
8. Each team is allowed to make one submission only. In case of multiple submissions, the last submission before the deadline will only be used for judging purposes.
9. Techfest 2012 is not responsible for any postal/courier delays, so participants are encouraged to send their entries well in advance to ensure receipt before the last date.

Video Submission

The video should be an unedited clip, at least 1 minute long, showing the machine running at least 10-15 meters and performing a U turn on an off road dirt area.
The clip should be preferably in AVI format. If any other unusual format is used, please attach appropriate video plug-ins to ensure that the organizers can run the video properly.
It is not necessary to explain the mechanisms in video.The last date of submitting the video is 10th December, 2011.
Note: All the portfolios will be used strictly for the elimination purposes. The elimination procedure will be objective and the evaluation of every participant will be published on the website. Techfest takes the responsibility that no information will be made available to any third party. The portfolio of your machine will be helpful everywhere in future as an evidence of your hard-work, along with determining your position for the competition. So please pay adequate attention to it.
The portfolio is meant to assess the efforts put in by participants. Thus even if you are not able to meet the requirements asked in the portfolio, please send us the portfolios based on the current state of your machine before the deadline. That means even if your machine is incomplete, please send the portfolios anyway, instead of not sending them or requesting permissions for sending them late.

Judging Criterion

In the qualification round on the basis of individual best times for completing one lap, top teams will be selected who will get into the final round. In the finals multiple teams will race together to triumph over the others.

Certificate Policy

Certificate of Excellence will be awarded to top 3 winners.
Certificates of Participation will be given to all the teams that will complete at least one checkpoint in the qualification round, but not to the teams which get disqualified due to disobeying any of the competition rules.

Team Specifications

A team may consist of a maximum of 5 participants. Students from different educational institutes can form a team.

Eligibility

All students with a valid identity card of their respective educational institutes are eligible to participate in Techfest 2011-12.

1. Tutorial - Steering system

2. Tutorial - Suspension System

3. Tutorial - Chassis

4. Tutorial - Controls

5. Tutorial - Engine