Red Bull USA has chosen the greatest tech minds of today’s world in course of its Red Bull Creation contest of inventors, makers, and hackers. Previously the brand has posted a call for all inventors to participate in a competition and roll out their works that would link the past to the future. So, the main requirement set for the submissions is that it should be an invention of the future with a ‘retro’ twist.

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According to the contest rules, teams of maximum 4 people may participate in the contest; and the whole team shall be featured in the final video to be produced with the aim to introduce an invention to the audience. It is also required that each invention should be created using Arduino controller.

From July 7-10, the finalists will meet in Red Bull laboratory in Brooklyn, New York, which the brand has turned into «the ultimate hackerspace». They will be given a theme for their next invention. Afterwards, they will only have 72 hours to device it from scratch and unveil it in public.

The authors of the best inventions will be awarded with cash prizes and tools to work on their next project. So, meet the lucky finalists:

— i3Detroit — hackers from Detroit who were selected for their submission of Chronotune, a magical device that plays sounds of the past, modern days and even the future.

— Buildface, a team from Brooklyn who have introduced ‘Coffee, y u no full’ mechanism that allows a computer geek to get Twitter updates on the fullness of his coffee pot using Twitter.

— Donner Party 2.0 —from Truckee, California have re-invented «the grandfather clock for the year 2011 and beyond». Out of the steel stuff they had at hand they have created vintage clock that shoots fireballs to tell the time.

To learn more about Red Bull Creation contest and see the entries presented by other finalists, please visit the microsite of Red Bull Creation contest.